Re: Windowed Resolution
Posted on 2005-11-22, 21:44
Alternatively set output= something elsethan "surface", then use hwscale=... Using a scaler (even if it's just normal2x) together with that is still recommended.
Re: DosBox setting for resolution of textmode characters?
Posted on 2005-11-22, 21:38
you can use any DOS tool to change font size. FreeDOS' mode.com should work, as do third-party freeware utilities (tm.exe for example)
Re: output=Opengl for nVIDIA cards ONLY?
Posted on 2005-11-22, 00:14
Well, finally I'm no longer the only one who has opengl working just fine... One thing I have noticed which may be of some use: I once had problems with GL_RGBA_888 (or whatever it was, don't remember exactly), it was slow, while using plain GL_RGBA was fast. In both cases I fed the same data into …
Re: Scalers, Shaders and Direct3D
Posted on 2005-11-20, 11:34
You want to set "fullfixed" and "fullresolution".
Re: Screen tearing in DOS games running through DOSBox
Posted on 2005-11-18, 15:52
... and then I'd forgotten that the description of 'fullfixed' in the conf file is reversed. So, saying you don't want it fixed in fullscreen makes it stay the same fixed size... and saying you do want it fixed lets it be scaled to fit the screen Fullscreen is always [meant to be] scaled to fit the …
Re: What are the correct clock settings for PC AT 80-286.
Posted on 2005-11-17, 02:13
DOSBox cycle settings do not correspond to any MHz value, you can't compare them. Just keep on lowering them until speed feels right. I guess it would be less than 1000 cycles, though it varies with each program.
Re: Screen tearing in DOS games running through DOSBox
Posted on 2005-11-17, 02:11
For ATI you can't, at least as far as I know. ATI offers triple buffering only for OpenGL, and it breaks some programs.
Re: Shift key doesn't work.
Posted on 2005-11-17, 02:07
DOSBox works like real DOS, i.e. unless you load a keyboard driver, you will get the US layout which differs in some more places AFAIK. You can use the "keyb" utility from the FreeDos project, it works in DOSBox. DOSBox should reset your screen mode after it is done, though it might differ with each …
Re: Improvements to DosBox CLI (Discussion)
Posted on 2005-11-16, 18:58
As an editor, I use a program called "DCT File Editor" (e.exe), a fast and really small editor looking a lot like edit.com. It's german, though 😉
Re: Screen tearing in DOS games running through DOSBox
Posted on 2005-11-16, 18:48
Of course it will make DOSBox sleep. That's the point of vsync-wait (and the reason why it's called "wait"). You can't work around that one easily, unless your video hardware can do triple-buffering. And even if inside-dosbox and outside-dosbox refresh rates (seem to) match, it won't avoid delays, …
Re: config suggestion
Posted on 2005-11-16, 18:42
I have had very nice results with batch files and DOSBoxens new config commands, for example: z:\config -set cpu cycles 300 This can't set all options yet, some must be set via dosbox.conf or environment, but all important game-specific settings work (all cpu and memory related, frameskip and the …
Re: Direct serial port working
Posted on 2005-11-16, 18:29
Make sure you don't "overcycle" dosbox. That box can handle 15000 cycles at most with dynamic core, around 3000-5000 in normal core.
Re: can I add a file to the Z drive?
Posted on 2005-11-15, 15:45
Files on Z are _not_ loaded internally or anything else. It's not special in any way, except that it is a read-only drive that's always available. Many programs look for their registration information in the path, so you might want to set %PATH% to a suitable value. See a DOS manual for details.
Re: Improvements to DosBox CLI (Discussion)
Posted on 2005-11-15, 15:41
As far as external commands go, Vern Buerg's famous LIST.COM is still famous 😉
Re: DOS "Mode" Command
Posted on 2005-11-15, 15:26
Other third-party tools work as well, though some video modes confuse DOSBoxens int10 code. I use a tool calles "tm" which offers a wide range of text mode settings.
Re: Improvements to DosBox CLI (Discussion)
Posted on 2005-11-11, 11:31
IIRC, DOS used a temporary file in %TEMP% for "more" (or pipes in general).
Re: 2.4ghz a64, and doom still runs slow! (i know how to speed it up)
Posted on 2005-11-10, 17:15
Or rather, use a modern port like jDoom (www.doomsdayhq.com) instead of DOSBox.
Re: Seperate Profiles
Posted on 2005-11-07, 19:13
No difference. When dosbox is started, there's no difference who started it.
Re: Seperate Profiles
Posted on 2005-11-06, 15:09
Read the README - you can use command line options to specify which config file to use.
Re: best values for some variables
Posted on 2005-11-05, 10:19
Lofty, both are available for Linux as well. As fas as I can see, Doomsday focuses more on good appearance (that's why I use it) while DL provides lots of features for level designers.
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