Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-05-18, 09:58

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It's just lines 844 to 847, Neville. RedTony wrote on 2022-04-30, 07:19: Would you be able to generate a scaled-down runtime environment with the java modules required for DBGL using jlink? Maybe as an extra download on DBGL website. Yep, coming soon.

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-05-02, 20:22

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I forgot to mention another issue I've been experiencing with DBGL. I may have mentioned before that I have several DBGL installations on my PC. One for playing, and another to test new games / apps I come across. This later install is the only one where I use DBGL betas. But I've also got another …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-04-28, 19:31

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You're the only one as of yet, but then again, you may also be one of the very few users actually trying out the beta builds 😜

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-04-25, 16:11

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I've just uploaded beta5 with a toggle option in the preferences dialog, in which you can choose to use the 'old' file linking method (by file path), or the more modern method by using file:// URL. This should help with the issue reported by Neville, above. As to why file linking by using URLs does …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-04-23, 14:04

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I found the issue for real this time!. Sierra games in particular like to install a game in a subfolder (BC, KQ1, ZELIARD, etc.) and place a batch file with the same name (BC.BAT, KQ1.BAT, ZELIARD.BAT) alongside that folder. When the game folder and a file with the same name exist alongside one …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-04-15, 18:29

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Oh, no, please use dbglcons.cmd (not dbgl.cmd) as it will display a console screen with the logging. The output is not saved to file, though.

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-04-15, 16:05

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Still having the issue with 0.96beta3 That's unfortunate. If you start DBGL with dbglcons.cmd, do you get any logged messages when there is a failure to open a folder? I'm noticing something in the last beta... linked documents no longer open their viewers / editors. I'0m talking PDF and JPG files. …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-03-30, 11:02

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Yeah, see Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend), the upcoming DBGL version will require Java 11 or up.

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-03-30, 07:33

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That is correct, these are development kits, including the JRE. For Windows, there is no stand-alone JRE available for Java versions after 8, AFAIK.

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-03-29, 19:40

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You may use https://www.oracle.com/nl/java/technologies/j … -downloads.html or https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/down … /#jdk18-windows or https://adoptopenjdk.net/ And yes, a more recent version should also work. If not, that would be a bug 😀

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-03-29, 17:48

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Thank you Digitoxin, this should now be resolved in the new beta build. All the latest files. To upgrade, just update dbgl.jar. Ronald

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-02-23, 19:14

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Thanks for trying out DBGL! 1. Right clicking on many of my games and choosing Open game folder causes a window to briefly pop up and then close. I haven't been able to determine why the game folder for some of my games opens fine, but doesn't on others. Odd thing, let me know if you find any …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-02-21, 21:09

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feanor512reset wrote on 2022-02-21, 03:13: Where does DBGL store that profile information? DOSBox settings are stored in regular .conf files, which you can find inside the DBGL/profiles folder. Profile meta-data is stored in the main database, db/database.script .

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-02-16, 15:06

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Onward with 0.96 beta1, the first DBGL version to require at least Java 11 : Fixed issue where on some systems, non-relative profile links could be saved. Any such existing links will be corrected on first startup (arobbo) Stripped j7zip, effectively removing 7-zip support for GamePackArchives …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2022-02-02, 18:27

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Thanks for the feedback, arobbo, I'll have a look at the issues as soon as I can find some time!

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2021-12-20, 17:12

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Hm, interesting question. What you could do, of course, is just to add the Mac DOSBox-Staging/X version in DBGL when running OSX. Then you can run your profiles by right-clicking and using "Run with.." and choose the Mac DOSBox version of your liking. However, it would be better if it were possible …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2021-12-16, 08:56

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Great to hear that, thanks for your post Ted!

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2021-12-14, 19:49

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I've just released DBGL 0.95, which you can find on the website. No more changes other than a few library updates, so don't forget to update the files in your existing DBGL/lib directory.

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2021-12-10, 17:25

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Thanks for answering Neville. I just wanted to add that DBGL stores these custom autoexec entries inside the profile's .conf file. Thus, one can always run the game with DOSBox without using DBGL (for example, using a desktop shortcut). Also, you can add/edit these custom entries multiple DBGL …

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Re: DOSBox Game Launcher (DOSBox Frontend)

Posted on 2021-12-08, 15:44

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Well-spotted! Should be fixed in this new build. If nothing else of interest comes up soon, this may be the last beta build before a next official one. All the latest files. To upgrade, just update dbgl.jar. Ronald

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