DOOM v1.9's screen resolution?

[Archy]

What is it's resolution?

[Reisal]

You mean DOOM.EXE's max screen resolution? 320x200

[RestlessRodent]

MODE 13h, using 320x200 with 256 colors.

[_bruce_]

mov ax, something then int something.

btw, is the hicolor squashed mode still in the DOOM code?

[fraggle]

_bruce_ said:

btw, is the hicolor squashed mode still in the DOOM code?

The what?

[wildweasel]

_bruce_ said:

btw, is the hicolor squashed mode still in the DOOM code?

Not since 1.2, from what I hear. Low Detail mode is all that remains of it.

[fraggle]

I must have completely missed something here. What is this about a hi-color squashed mode? I've never heard of it.

[Graf Zahl]

I think he's talking about the 320x400 VGA hack mode. No idea if Doom ever supported it but I somehow doubt it.

[Gez]

I think it may be the purpose of some mysterious lumps in the alphas. 0.2 has VIEWINFO (3608 bytes) and HIGHBLIT (8099 bytes) lumps, 0.4 and 0.5 have COLORS12 and COLORS15 lumps (both 16384). The R key in 0.4 does some weird things with the colors.

[Dragonsbrethren]

The 5-22 alpha has a (non-functional?) hi-res mode, I'm guessing that's what he's referring to. It's mentioned on this page and in notes.txt that comes with the alpha.

[LogicDeLuxe]

I've never seen that working either. Since there are special lumps for hi-colors, it can't be just the 320x400 mode. It's probably not VESA either, so it must be some code for a specific hardware.

[_bruce_]

Yep - the 320x400, where the lower 200 lines remain black. Never got it to run properly. Switch - picture - as soon as I moved - crash.
Was in the version where you can chose the levels from 1 - 9 or something. I remember reading about it in an old mag where Jay Wilbur was rambling about the 32000 color mode and the possibility of being able to hit around 100 fps with a 486-1xx+VESA Local Bus in normal Doom.

[RTC_Marine]

_bruce_ said:

Yep - the 320x400, where the lower 200 lines remain black. Never got it to run properly. Switch - picture - as soon as I moved - crash.
Was in the version where you can chose the levels from 1 - 9 or something. I remember reading about it in an old mag where Jay Wilbur was rambling about the 32000 color mode and the possibility of being able to hit around 100 fps with a 486-1xx+VESA Local Bus in normal Doom.

Is that what the settings "Hi-Color DAC" and "Hires" in the options menu are for?

EDIT: When you mentioned VLB, I immediately thought of the cirrus logic card I used to have, maybe it was designed for these types of cards?

[LogicDeLuxe]

RTC_Marine said:

When you mentioned VLB, I immediately thought of the cirrus logic card I used to have, maybe it was designed for these types of cards?

I once had one of these. I don't remember if I tried the Doom alphas on it, though. I possibly sold it before I found them on a showelware CD.

[Maes]

Ahh Doom...always ahead of its time ;-)