IRC log for #bzflag on 20170112

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02:10.07macsformeJeffM, what's the problem with Windows 10 on your mac?
02:15.21macsformeanyone else have an unstable framerate on Windows when vsync is on? mine varies from 55-58 or so, while under macOS it's a stable 59
02:20.39JeffMmacsforme: it's too old and 10 isn't on the list of supported windowssses
02:20.43JeffMBut I'll try it anyway
02:21.22macsformeyeah, don't listen to any of that
02:21.44JeffMThat's what my IT guy said when I asked him
02:21.50JeffMI'll try it in the morning
02:22.26blast007macsforme: mine is usually on 59 but I did see it drop to 58 and 57 several times
02:22.59macsformeand I wouldn't use bootcamp... you should be able to shrink the partition under recovery mode, then just hold down option and boot directly into the installer (EFI mode preferably, if it's available)
02:23.23JeffMI have no choice, it's not my machine and boot camp is what IT wants to do
02:23.36macsformeblast007, okay... when I turn vsync off I get like 300-400, so it's weird
02:23.57JeffMmacsforme:it could be the QPC code windows does for timers
02:24.05JeffMIt's not awesome
02:24.32macsformethat would affect vsync?
02:24.42JeffMIt could cause the measurement to read wrong
02:24.51JeffMMake it report that it missed a frame when it didn't
02:25.28JeffMThe clock can drift and bounce around a little, and that can affect the math that computes the FPS that is displayed
02:25.39macsformeah
02:26.05JeffMIt changes the other side of the division :)
02:31.25blast007I was gonna test on my othe system, but that renders at 300 to 600 regardless of my vsync setting :P
02:31.30blast007other*
02:34.26macsformeJeffM, if you use the bootcamp tool you may be limited to what versions of Windows that Apple thinks that machine can support
02:34.36macsformejust to keep in mind that if it fails, there is an alternative
02:35.37blast007changing from g-sync to ULMB did the trick.  runs at 143 or 144 then, didn't see it drop below.
02:36.55JeffMAt that update the qpc jitter may keep it under a rounding tolerance
02:37.56blast007getting similar FPS on that system as I am on my dev system... that's somewhat sad
02:38.34JeffM👩🏼‍🚀
02:38.35blast007probably means I'm CPU bound
02:38.45JeffMor bus
02:39.09blast007as in, the PCIe bandwidth?
02:39.28JeffMyeah
02:39.43JeffMbut probalablyu CPU
02:40.14blast007cuz the other system is PCIe 3 vs 2, DDR4 vs DDR3
02:40.37JeffMYeah then CPU or bzflag does too many cache flushes
02:41.39blast007oh, right, I'm also running at a higher resolution.
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21:12.52JeffMmacsforme: do you think it'd work if I used bootcamp to put 8.1 on then upgrade that to 10?
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22:05.25macsformeJeffM, possibly... what's the specific issue with installing 10 directly?
22:05.39JeffMbooktcamp won't let me pick it
22:07.33macsformeif you already have an install CD or USB key (and you don't need bootcamp to create one from an ISO), and you reboot holding option, you should see one or both of "Windows" and "EFI Boot" as options... you should be able to boot directly into the installer from there
22:08.08JeffMresize the partition beforehand?
22:08.15macsformeyou may just not be able to install Apple's drivers, although you could make a driver disk for 8.1 and try it
22:08.22macsformeyeah
22:13.31macsformeif you install in BIOS emulation mode (selecting "Windows") when you hold down option, you will probably need to use the bootcamp utility just to resize the disk (it converts it to a hybrid MBR/GPT partition layout)... if you install in EFI mode (generally better if available), you can use any GPT disk utility to make space for it
22:16.13JeffMI resized the partion with the disk too
22:16.25JeffMthen it locked up in bios mode, trying efi mode
23:02.58JeffMinfobot: seen timriker
23:02.59infobottimriker <~TimRiker@bzflag/projectlead/TimRiker> was last seen on IRC in channel #infobot, 35d 17h 37s ago, saying: 'possible.'.
23:40.49JeffMover a month not on IRC.....
23:47.29blast007December 20th, actually.  I think ibot only bases it on messages, not joins.
23:47.43JeffMahh ok
23:47.46blast007which is still over 3 weeks

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