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#3956944 - 05/22/14 07:28 PM Direct3D 9 conversion  
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Recently XP was stopped supported, so it's time to change EECH to use a newer outdated DirectX 9.
Here are the Direct3D 9 conversion executables.

http://wikisend.com/download/384842/cohokum_08jun2014_d3d9.7z

1. Install EECH 1.15.2 (EEAH is not used and thus is not required).
2. Copy the files into COHOKUM directory.
3. Run the proper file.

Support of 16 bit colour was removed, and some Direct3D switches too. notnl=0 and 1 both should work.

mfd export is implemented partially. Havoc cockpit does not use EEAH files.

Feedback about visual bugs and conversion-related CTDs is appreciated.

FireBird

#3956948 - 05/22/14 07:38 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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noob questions:
dx9 render states works?
pixel shaders??
volumetric clouds???

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get crash after attempt to make screenshot
game freezes after applying new screen resolution
transparent textures on fuselage, MFD screens etc. flickering, HW rendering

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#3957008 - 05/22/14 11:07 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Does this mean larger resolutions will be available for triple-head screens?

#3957016 - 05/22/14 11:44 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Well, screen resolution change and Alt-Tab worked good on XP.
For now for resolution change please run original 1.15.0, change it there, then quit and run the new one.

Could you please provide video with flickering? I don't have one. But sometimes transparent pixels of "FLAMMABLE" and registration number on cars are black.

Bug fixing first, existing features improvements secondly, all other later.

FireBird

#3957098 - 05/23/14 08:08 AM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Click to reveal..


one more thing. you know that mouse in nonexclusive mode and cursor moving at the background. but now some buttons (like start, show desktop) can be activated by clicking LMB, eech app crashes because it loosing focus (joystick problem I suppose).

#3957226 - 05/23/14 04:03 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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I fixed resolution change and Alt-Tab problem. Resolution change leads to textures loose, but it seems Alt-Tab fixes that.

The link in the first post is updated.

#3957259 - 05/23/14 05:13 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Any way to get true 3D terrain like Enemy Engaged 2 and stereoscopic support?


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#3957278 - 05/23/14 06:00 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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after switching windows I got this both hw and sw rendering, crash after trying to exit. changing resolution gives same effect but game can be closed safely. also I dive underground when get into blackhawk =)


#3957287 - 05/23/14 06:24 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Yup, textures problems like I said. Non-rendering features were not touched, so ground diving probably is an original bug.

Where's truth of 3d in EE2 landscapes?

The supplied exes have only interface changed from 7 to 9. There are no changes in the engine itself yet. There are still 256 points limitation per surface. There are still CPU-based rendering calculations.

So, bug fixing first (and they are a lot), then removal of archaisms from engine, and only then addition of new features. And if engine allows to show high-poly models without fps drop, we should have them from somewhere, they won't appear by themselves. It's true for every new or better features - landscape details, for example.
I hope I have enough time for bug fixing - in my understanding of D3D9 first, not code misprints.

#3958369 - 05/26/14 04:03 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Nice FireBird. A good step on a good path here. It's been needing an engine upgrade for some time, and this is a good start. I had started reading about D3D and DX9 a while ago, but gave up due to time and also as I didn't think it would be possible to do it. But I'll tr and pick up some reading again and we could try to form a team of a few devs to work on this on the side.

On a side note, it would also be great if I could pick your brain some more for my Blackhawk model. I've only recently started it again, and I think we had started implementing MFDs last time we spoke. If I could have some pointers to work it out myself, then I'll not need to bother you too much. We could PM.

#3958425 - 05/26/14 07:03 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Hi guys, just to let you know that this EXE solves the low framerate in fullscreen mode for me (as reported here) smile

Will 1.15.2 be updated in the same manner?

#3958472 - 05/26/14 09:58 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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I hope I'll fix the bugs by the moment 1.15.2 is released. Then I'll merge the code and publish yet another 1.15.2 D3D9 test version.
For now I don't have enough time to fight with 1.15.2 bugs as well.

BTW, Dr. Memory shows some nasty "out of allocated memory" accesses. In sound loading, for example, get_sound_block_header_index() returns -1 and caller does not check that. Heap is crushed then. And I see C programmers don't like to release resources as well, there are lots of leaks (even in leak-cheking code).

#3958861 - 05/27/14 09:43 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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New test exes are available (in the first post). It seems I coped with textures. And Print Screen should work in Full Screen mode. Maybe mouse problems are fixed too. And of course, fixed a lot of memory problems.

No MFD export yet.

Please report bugs.

#3959184 - 05/28/14 06:31 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Hmmm... No activity in the thread... It's no good. Or just there are no bugs?

BTW I was able to run EECH with two-monitor configuration using SoftTH. FPS was low, but I think it's EECH problems of usage of software buffers.

And question about MFD export - how do you connect your additional MFD monitors? Are they connected to the same graphic card (where primary one attached), another graphic card, or both cases exist?
Anyway, how do you control the video resolution of that MFD monitor? I don't see those controls in EECH.INI, just positions.

FireBird

#3959195 - 05/28/14 07:04 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Quote:
there are no bugs?

no way! I'm finishing 3 pages report right now =)

#3959201 - 05/28/14 07:14 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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I hope those pages are not A1 size?

Your primary goal is to finish 1.15.2. Please don't mess with anything else.

#3959224 - 05/28/14 08:09 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Quote:
Please don't mess with anything else

but it's so cool to find problems without feeling that I need to fix them!

what is works now:
- printscreen button is fine, and looks like now it's doesn't create half second freeze like before
- no texture problems after switching windows

Hw rendering troubles only

- transparent surfaces and some objects has wrong z depth
Click to reveal..


- some very strange objects visibility problem - sometimes all objects are just cut by some kind of horizon contour, depends on distance and direction of camera view
Click to reveal..


both hw and sw rendering troubles:

- when trees fog is disabled (trees-fog=2 and fps too low, or trees-fog=0) strange things happens with trees sometimes, usually they are good (don't look at broken alpha of texture). no problems with fogged trees
Click to reveal..

- looking at clouds with minimum FOV (clouds cover whole screen) makes fps drop from 60 to 2-5 (or it was before? not sure)
- got crashes several times after attempts to exit with ctrl-x. not really bothering
- still has mouse troubles - after clicking in corner it switching to desktop


if I remember correctly, there is no way to change resolution for second monitor - it's always 640x480

#3959239 - 05/28/14 08:32 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Looks like HW rendering has no correct znear/zfar margins set for some reason.
For trees probably blending is not enabled in some code path.

FPS is not a goal for now.

Screenshots don't work in windows mode yet, but I found Ogre has some code about that situation.

Crashes & mouse problems - probably it's better to fix those problems when source code is available and debug exe is runnable by many. I cannot reproduce both of those problems, so maybe anyone else will can (after 1.15.2 release).

Thus, export/znear/zfar/blending and that's all so far.

Thank you for report.

#3959244 - 05/28/14 08:38 PM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Hi Firebird, long time no see!

I don't know if it's relevant here, but I'm running my exported MFDs on an external monitor via a second networked PC using a program called MaxiVist Mirror Pro and I have full control over the resolution of that monitor. I'm actually running them at 1280 x 1024.

You're doing a great job Thealx, it's very much appreciated.

Cheers,

Andy


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#3959873 - 05/30/14 12:29 AM Re: Direct3D 9 conversion [Re: FireBird_[WINE]]  
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Well, I did something about depth problems. Sometimes it helps.

Also I implemented some way of MFD export. But it's not good enough yet... MFDs are in window mode only now ignoring main game video settings. For a single adapter with multiple outputs I found a way to make both of the windows to be in full screen via D3DCREATE_ADAPTERGROUP_DEVICE (and will implement it). Two Direct3D9 devices with a single graphic card don't want to be in full screen simultaneously.
But for many adapters... Is it the same? Have anyone got that configuration? MirrorPro says to disable Direct3D and OpenGL in PowerPoint, does it support any type of such API? Have anybody got additional PCI card in his computer?
Or there is a simple Direct3D9 usage for 2D only full screen output I know nothing about like DirectDraw was?

The link in the first post is updated.

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