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64 bit Storm

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ChezJfrey

Freebooter
Storm Modder
Compiled and running a 64 bit version of the Storm. Still runs all my games: POTC, New Horizons (still without flags...I'll get to it eventually), Caribbean Tales, AoP, GOF 1.2, 2.0 and 2.5, ERAS.

Still a couple niggling issues with placement of sea/land interface icons/text. The source is notorious for hardcoding pointer arithmetic that assumes a next array item is 4 bytes (32 bits away), but that is of course untenable for 64 bit programs. Also had to replace all the inline assembly (asm) with C++ code as Visual Studio does not allow direct compilation of inline asm for 64 bit code. Also point at 64 bit DirectX libs, fmodex64, etc. This has been too much work, but once I got the urge to try, I couldn't let it go.

Note there is no *32 next to start.exe. Rock and roll.

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What does this give? How does the game improve? Can the City of Lost Ships run through a different video card? I have a notebook with two video cards: intel hd 4000 and nvidia 620m I am work with GOG version COAS. Only TEHO work with 620m.
 
I give them a tip Myth.
Look at the following files.
G2MXSea.sha
G3Sea.sha
RadeonSea.sha
XBoxSea.sha
ATIShaders.sha
GF3Shaders.sha
Here they find the cause of their problem.
 
Myth said:
What does this give? How does the game improve? Can the City of Lost Ships run through a different video card? I have a notebook with two video cards: intel hd 4000 and nvidia 620m I am work with GOG version COAS. Only TEHO work with 620m.
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Bigger, better, faster? A 64-bit app can use more memory space; up to 4 gb, vs. 2 gb for a 32-bit. Typically run faster since they are compiled with the ability to use twice as many registers, that are also twice as large. More scalable? LOL Maybe I'll take the next jump and port to DirectX 10 for the 64 bit version?

Actually, the real benefit is my bragging rights as being the only person in the world that is playing a 64-bit version of AoP, and have the only copy ;)

Crash when loading to sea, but found that was some bit-shifting of some pointer values...again with that old presumption of 4 bytes per pointer, which is wrong for 64 bit. No more crash and all that looks to be left are the battle interface images/text; obviously still messed up.

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Jan Marten said:
I give them a tip Myth.
Look at the following files.
G2MXSea.sha
G3Sea.sha
RadeonSea.sha
XBoxSea.sha
ATIShaders.sha
GF3Shaders.sha
Here they find the cause of their problem.
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Do you need to replace these files?

I understand that besides using more RAM, there is no use? And if you can send me the texture of the ship, which you showed above. I was just looking for a new texture for the ship, it's hard to find someone who is willing to help with textures ...

Can you help me with changing the game startup file?
 
Still no nvidia 620m for COAS. And the guys at me a problem of very unusual character. Secured lost ships in the city weather. The result was that there were terrible brakes and crashes on Windows 7. Other operating systems do not cause such problems. Any fix? Function

locations[n].QuestlockWeather = "Storm04";
 
Myth said:
Still no nvidia 620m for COAS. And the guys at me a problem of very unusual character. Secured lost ships in the city weather. The result was that there were terrible brakes and crashes on Windows 7. Other operating systems do not cause such problems. Any fix? Function

locations[n].QuestlockWeather = "Storm04";
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About windows 7: update video driver and all ok. But on my windows 10 no 620m for COAS.
 
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