Does fullscreen switch into 8bit color mode (256 colors) I notice in some games when switching screens it does the palette flicker, and i'm kind of wondering because I want to play some of these games on my tv, but my tv card only outputs in 16bit color in windows, it doesn't do dos or 8bit (256) colors. Would anyone be willing to let me know?
Keith
try it ? 😀
honestly it'll work but slower.
As long as your videocard reports that 8 bpp isn't allowed.
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You missed what I said. My video-to-tv card won't allow 8bit color or dos programs to be displayed on the tv. I'm wondering if Dosbox uses 8bit color in fullscreen mode or not? If it does, then I won't be able to play the games on my tv, but if it uses 16bit color in fullscreen, then i'll be able to play it.
It will work as long as your video card reports that 8 bbp isn't allowed (dosbox will then use the current colordepth (which might be 16 bbp)
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oh, my vid card does do 8bpp 😒 Can you force dosbox to use 16bpp?
Keith
Must be one crappy card that i can't do 8-bit to tv-out.
Well if you feel like buying me one, i'd be glad to accept it. It's a matrox rainbow runner card attached to a matrox millenium 2, and for an analog capture card it's pretty darn good, with the exception that it's pretty old. Plus there's no sense in ridiculing someone else's hardware.
