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From: jasonk AT direct DOT ca (Jason Keddie)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: QUAKE and DJGPP
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 1996 23:58:24 GMT
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nkopp AT grfn DOT org (Nathan Kopp) wrote:

>Justin Frankel (mud AT merlin DOT sedona DOT net) wrote:
>: Old System Diagnostic (sysdiag AT mozcom2 DOT mozcom DOT com) wrote:
>: : On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Paul Derbyshire wrote:

>::> I read that ID Software's sequel to DOOM, Quake, was written using DJGPP! I am 
>::> somewhat incredulous and ask if this is indeed to be taken at face value.
>::> 

>: : Yes it was, and on the Pentium-75 I "play" it on (no monsters == no fun) 
>: : the familiar CWSDPMI register dump appears every 5 minutes or so  :(

>: Ha! I play it on a DX/4 100, with monsters, and it hasn't crashed on me yet.

>I downloaded the QUAKE test demo about a month ago.  It ran painfully 
>slow on my P75, even in 320x200 mode.  Is this slowness the fault of 
>DJGPP (Descent II using DOS4GW runs much faster) or is it ineffecient 
>programming on the part of ID software.  Maybe they've got an optimized 
>version available now that runs faster (sounds that way...if somebody's 
>running it on a 486).  Comments anyone?

DJGPP is awesome and I have had no problems with it. It also produces
slightly faster code than Watcom on average.

I have a P66 and get 28fps(map test1 at start). Maybe you have a slow
video card or something? Quake is a true 3d game engine and I won't
try to explain why but it will be a fair bit slower than a DOOM style
engine. Just as a note I read that 3DRealms said that when Prey comes
out a Pentium-90 will be the system requirments.

jasonk AT tnet DOT net