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	==Pod: Planet of Death – Compatibility & Testing Notes==		==Pod: Planet of Death – Compatibility & Testing Notes==

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	===Dolby Surround Technical Note===		===Dolby Surround Technical Note===
	According to information referenced from Wikipedia, ''POD (1997)'' supported '''Dolby Surround only on CPUs with Intel’s MMX instruction set'''. Ubisoft relied on MMX’s SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) capabilities to perform real‑time audio mixing and surround decoding efficiently. Systems without MMX lacked the required vector instructions, so Dolby Surround was disabled on those processors.		According to information referenced from Wikipedia, ''POD (1997)'' supported '''Dolby Surround only on CPUs with Intel’s MMX instruction set'''. Ubisoft relied on MMX’s SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) capabilities to perform real‑time audio mixing and surround decoding efficiently. Systems without MMX lacked the required vector instructions, so Dolby Surround was disabled on those processors.
	===Reference===
	*''POD (video game)'' – Wikipedia		==== Reference ====
			*[[wikipedia:POD_(video_game)\|''POD (video game)'' – Wikipedia]]

Admin: Created page with "{{GameInfo|title=POD: Planet of Death|year=1997|developer=Ubi Soft Entertainment Software}} ==Pod: Planet of Death – Compatibility & Testing Notes== The game has been tested in two environments: '''DOSBox Pure''' and '''PCem'''. This page documents how the game behaves in each environment and explains the MMX‑related Dolby Surround feature. ===DOSBox Pure=== The game runs correctly when using '''3dfx software mode''', although performance is not fully smooth. Whe..."

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Created page with "{{GameInfo|title=POD: Planet of Death|year=1997|developer=Ubi Soft Entertainment Software}} ==Pod: Planet of Death – Compatibility & Testing Notes== The game has been tested in two environments: '''DOSBox Pure''' and '''PCem'''. This page documents how the game behaves in each environment and explains the MMX‑related Dolby Surround feature. ===DOSBox Pure=== *The game runs correctly when using '''3dfx software mode''', although performance is not fully smooth. *Whe..."

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{{GameInfo|title=POD: Planet of Death|year=1997|developer=Ubi Soft Entertainment Software}}

==Pod: Planet of Death – Compatibility & Testing Notes==
The game has been tested in two environments: '''DOSBox Pure''' and '''PCem'''. This page documents how the game behaves in each environment and explains the MMX‑related Dolby Surround feature.
===DOSBox Pure===
*The game runs correctly when using '''3dfx software mode''', although performance is not fully smooth.
*When using '''3dfx hardware mode''', the game becomes excessively fast and shows '''HUD artifacts'''.
*'''MMX is not implemented''' in DOSBox Pure, which prevents enabling the '''Dolby Surround''' option.
===PCem===
*PCem fully supports both '''MMX''' and '''3dfx''', allowing the game to run and sound as intended.
*During installation, the '''Full Installation with MMX Support''' option must be selected to enable MMX‑dependent features such as Dolby Surround.
===Dolby Surround Technical Note===
According to information referenced from Wikipedia, ''POD (1997)'' supported '''Dolby Surround only on CPUs with Intel’s MMX instruction set'''. Ubisoft relied on MMX’s SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) capabilities to perform real‑time audio mixing and surround decoding efficiently. Systems without MMX lacked the required vector instructions, so Dolby Surround was disabled on those processors.
===Reference===
*''POD (video game)'' – Wikipedia