I run DOSBox on WinXP.
It works perfectly and I love the sound and joystick support.
There is one thing, though, that bugs me.
Every time I play a game for like 10 minutes or so, the colors will change. It doesn't even matter what game - the colors just change. The resolution's still fine and you can still see what's what, but like red becomes yellow or blue becomes grey - it's wierd.
How can I fix that?
does it happen when you play with joystick or keyboard ?
if it's joystick: see if a energysaving feature or a screensaver pops in
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Thanks for your help.
I use a joystick. Why would it be different if I used the keyboard?
usually keyboard and mousestuff is used for stopping the counter of the screensaver. Just try playing with keyboard and see if it still happends.
It's just a wild thought. It could be wrong.
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OK I tried it. I switched off all the energy saving stuff. Unfortunately, it still goes wrong. Funny thing is, when it happens and I change back to Windows (letting DOSBox run in the background) and then change back to DOSBox again, the colors are alright again. I have no idea why. So I should have like an automatic window switching tool? Or does it have to do with Windows refreshing the desktop icons?
I remember i had problems with colours when i used old nvidia drivers. After installing the new ones the problem was solved.
hmmm let me think... I'll try that too.
Hmmm doesn't work.
I guess it does have to do with Windows refreshing the desktop icons
because when I changed to the desktop the last time it did that, the icons were actually refreshing. So is there a way to solve that?
don't use windows ? 😉
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I've had this problem recently. It is rather specific solution that may not fit your issue, but it could be similar.
I play Day of Defeat and have the Steam client running in the background. It appears that this client does something with windows, resetting palettes or something, and it screws up the colors. It does this maybe every 10 minutes or so like you said.
So I guess my suggestion would be to make sure that you don't have a lot of windows programs in your task bar, ones that may update palettes or do something else.... it's worth a try.
qbix: not bad, not bad
never mind. it works now. thanks y'all!
Please explain to us what did you do to fix it. It might help others with the same problem.
it's funny actually. I had installed an automatic wallpaper switching tool which not also made the wallpaper switch, but also the colors in DOSBox.
So I just quit that program and DOSBox worked normally again.
*blink*
...(that's all I have to say.)
Yes, it’s my fault.
