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Could be... Which answers are you missing?

Well, some curiosity behind the development, behind the choice of the music, the car, the idea, anything that could give us something new to valorize it. I can think about it anyway..

Hi,

some time has passed since I was here and I'd like to ask if is it possible to make a new interview just like was done with the developer that unfortunately was not as goos as I hoped regarding the lenght of the answers and the (little)passion gived to the interviewer. It would be a good thing to have a new interview with another developer. What do you think?

Bye

Yeah!!! Now I've a FAT32 C: partition I installed Dos 7.1 on first and after xp on it. Stunts run flawlessy smooth as never seen on dosbox. I was right on it comparing both system.

The only bad thing is that my laptop can't apparently resiza dos low res image to scale on fullscreen..

http://youtube.com/watch?v=EF3kDcDV_X

...and CTG also appears, muhahahahaha!!!

...and here only two fingers... 

http://it.youtube.com/watch?v=5l9A_7gqmPQ

Hi italian

Excellent race! You rock but I don't understand... lot of corner taken with 4th gear, my indy skid.. 

I hate it. I don't want to get used to it. This evening I format my computer, create a C: FAT partition with best os ever created (MSDOS 6.22) and install xp on a second NTFS partition.

You surely are determined to run stunts in DOS mode! I hope you have that determintaion when it comes to racing too. But you'll have to get used to DOSBox if you're planning to take part in 'Feel the thrill' (Is that correct, Krys? I can't remeber exactly right now). as you need DOSBox to record your racing and send the video to Krys.

What about an external video made by a camera?

The problem is that in this moment I've no computers that boot in dos with fat partition... But maybe I've the solution using an old 486SX 33Mhz just for this cause.

You can play it from Windows though...

I wont to appear paranoic () but even in Windows Xp emulation there's something that is different in the general feeling of the gameplay that is wrong. I feel it immediately when you play... I'm the only? Try well and maybe you'll feel it.

You're not the only one. There is a delay of about 0.3 seconds every time you push a button. But you get used to it... I've been racing on XP for the last 2.5 years.

I hate it. I don't want to get used to it. This evening I format my computer, create a C: FAT partition with best os ever created (MSDOS 6.22) and install xp on a second NTFS partition.

I can only agree : even if I managed to find almost-good settings for DOSBox with my new computer, it's always with a slight "late response" of the cars compared to pure DOS. Which is a handicap, especially for corner speed.

Exact, I'm happy I'm not the only one to feel it. I suffer it when I've to prepar for a dangerous turn.

We all know what you feel, but we just got used to that minimum thing you feel, as nobody has a perfect DOS like playing. I just wanted to know about CPU, not because of usage but for the configuration. Your CPU is faster than mine, so my settings probably won't help you. I can give them to you if you want to give it a try. Just ask me for them.

I think is something related to a "layer" inserted between the input commands one and the game engine itself and dosbox even if a system is powerful indeed insert a additional layer emulating a entire environment.
I've tried with laptop booting to dos and play and surely is another thing. Even the sound is better on pc speaker.

If I got it correctly, Simon's suggestion is to have a NoRH and/or IRC scoreboard for Permanent Comp. tracks. Such a scoreboard, that would most likely be implemented as solely trust-based (right? ), could be useful for posting times under such rulesets without having to share the board with 3x:yy times, particularly for newcomers who after joining would like to see times on Default and other tracks as a reference. For that matter I think I'd make use of it too should it exist...

Yeah because I think that each race could be done in a "all permitted" way and in a "just race on the track as fast as possible" in two different scoreboard so one person can race for one type or the other. I've seen rpl of the best times for ex. on default but even if this is a type of fun, I think that the normale race would be competitive and fun too.

What are your CPU caracteristics? Maybe someone with a similar system can help you.

The Mac Mini intel has got a Intel Core duo cpu at 1,66Ghz. I see cpu usage from 2 to 10% maximun, I don't think it's a cpu issue. I think it's somethin related to dosbox itself. Others game give me the feeling that something is wrong... I'm talking about a FEELING difficult to proof and explain but I'm sure I'm right.

BTW, Simon82, after you set DOSBox parameters correctly, you should try NoRH competition (not anymore managed by Mark, but managed by Krys T?ff from next year on). You'll see NoRH also allows drivers to do crazy replays as well.

But norh races are not make here in zaq site, only at USC or others? I see that for the zt79 only one score is inside and rules on this site are gone.

can your computer boot from an USB flash drive? I plan to prepare a Stunts USB boot drive image.

This is the first thing I've thoke to but not every pc can do it. I've a Mac Mini and with Bootcamp I don't know if it's possible. I've spare computer here and there but It would be good to have it on a usb key and surely easy to do. Just the boot drivers on it are a little tricky to install the first time.

To Duplope:
Try and you'll see that something change in better, obviously being a native environment. I thinki Dosbox fit in a layer in wich it's inserted a millisecond lag I've the unluck to feel of. Maybe I'm the only "robot".. surely I'm a passionated of the accuracy of every reproduction, talking about both dosbox or emulators.

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mount c: /home/zaqrack/Stunts
c:


Just think to replace this part by your own pathway to Stunts.

Obvioulsy.. 

Hi (to zaq and others)

I was thinking that would be good to have a permanent "clean" competition we couldn't decide do make different path to arrive in. I was thinking at a no-rh rule plus a time to respect staying on the track. For example we could go on the grass for a maximun time o 2-3 second maybe to correct ourself, maybe to jump an ostacle who know. Don't you like it?

Bye 

You can play it from Windows though...

I wont to appear paranoic () but even in Windows Xp emulation there's something that is different in the general feeling of the gameplay that is wrong. I feel it immediately when you play... I'm the only? Try well and maybe you'll feel it.