direct x required?

xkaliboor · Post by **xkaliboor** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:04 pm

is there a version of zsnes that doesnt require direct x?

xkaliboor · Post by **xkaliboor** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:05 pm

anyone?

VxLeSTaTxV · Post by **VxLeSTaTxV** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:11 pm

not that i know of

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i may not be the one to ask, but Im here to say no

xkaliboor · Post by **xkaliboor** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 2:18 pm

VxLeSTaTxV wrote:not that i know of

<_<' dam.....

any1 else? maybe one of the creators of zsnes........?

yournamehere · Post by **yournamehere** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:11 pm

I would presume the DOS version doesn't require DirectX.

aprad046 · Post by **aprad046** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 3:50 pm

The DOS version doesn't require DirectX, and neither should the Linux version, since directx doesn't load there
The older versions of Zsnes for Windows use an older version of directx

Ichinisan · Post by **Ichinisan** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:12 pm

Which version of Windows do you use? I think that Win98 can update to a DirectX version new enough to run ZSNES.

Also, DirectX is a free download from Microsoft (in case you didn't know

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Axiom · Post by **Axiom** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 4:41 pm

Just curious, why do you want to avoid DirectX?

Magus` · Post by **Magus`** » Thu Jul 29, 2004 6:16 pm

All Windows versions need Direct X, due to their use of Direct Input and Direct Sound.

The DOS version and Linux version do not. If you are running a Windows platform, and it's a decent one (500 Mhz+) there is no reason to not use the Windows version, and upgrading to the newest version of Direct X should have little (or most likely) no effect on the overall speed or stability of your box.

If, however, you have a fairly slow computer (233 mhz or below) then you should run the DOS version, anyhow. While you can run the Windows version, you should find the DOS version to be faster. However, that's speculation as I've not used the DOS version in a long time, and my computer is far too fast to have a noticable difference in either.

Hope that helps.

darkfalz · Post by **darkfalz** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 6:14 am

It's a shame Pagefault never went through with going back to DX7. I have a PC which has DX7 and I don't want to put DX8 or higher on it (it slows it down about 5%, which I don't like). But there's Snes9x for that PC

Post by **Nach** » Sat Jul 31, 2004 7:27 pm

Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 7:31 pm

Nach wrote:Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.

Are there some benefits from upgrading to DX8 emulation-wise?

xamenus · Post by **xamenus** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:30 pm

Nach wrote:Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.

I guess he'll have to stick with Snes9x 1.42 then.

Post by **Nach** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 8:59 pm

Agozer wrote:
Nach wrote:Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.
Are there some benefits from upgrading to DX8 emulation-wise?

Much better input support. You want to be able to use your cool controller to play with, right?

Post by **Agozer** » Sun Aug 01, 2004 9:01 pm

Nach wrote:
Agozer wrote:
Nach wrote:Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.
Are there some benefits from upgrading to DX8 emulation-wise?
Much better input support. You want to be able to use your cool controller to play with, right?

Yes, I suppose.

Thanks for clearing things up.

Post by **Nach** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 12:45 am

IceFox38 wrote:
Nach wrote:Your happiness is short lived, Snes9x is revving up to DX8.
I guess he'll have to stick with Snes9x 1.42 then.

That reminds me...
v1.42 is not the latest version.

PGN-X · Post by **PGN-X** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:50 am

yeah, they have the BETA of 1.43 out, however its all gayed up for me, i cant load a damn rom with it! maybe its just my comp suks ass...either way im getting some brownies

DarkDragoon · Post by **DarkDragoon** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 2:59 am

It's a WIP for version 1.4, and it works just fine for me.

PGN-X · Post by **PGN-X** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:09 am

It's a WIP for version 1.4, and it works just fine for me.

Its actually 1.43
http://www.lysator.liu.se/snes9x/
check that out...
(sorry if i am wrong)
Also, do you have any idea why when i try to load the roms, it doesn't show my directories so i can select the rom, its just all blank?
Is there something else i need to download or something i need to do to make it work?

DarkDragoon · Post by **DarkDragoon** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:11 am

Oops, I forgot that the WIP in question was for SNES9x, my bad.

<edit> I checked it, and it doesn't have that "gayed" up problem. Now, as for the directory, perhaps you have the wrong directory selected.

Clements · Post by **Clements** » Mon Aug 02, 2004 3:15 am

xzib1t wrote:
It's a WIP for version 1.4, and it works just fine for me.
Its actually 1.43
http://www.lysator.liu.se/snes9x/
check that out...
(sorry if i am wrong)
Also, do you have any idea why when i try to load the roms, it doesn't show my directories so i can select the rom, its just all blank?
Is there something else i need to download or something i need to do to make it work?

It's a known bug, read the Snes9x forums where it has been discussed at length.

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