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Unsupported utilities to be included DOSBox?

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First post, by MiniMax

Posted on 2008-08-19, 16:15

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I don't know if this is a terrible idea, but I thought it could be cool...

In this thread ripsaw8080 made a little TRS to fix a problem with Global Conquest checking for a HIDDEN attribute.

He also made this Swap Stereo fix.

I am sure that in the depts of the VOGONS starship there are other little hidden gems that could be included in the official DOSBox, maybe as a Zip-archive that gets silently copied to the DOSBox folder.

When a problem that can be fixed with one of these programs comes along it will be (relatively) simple to instruct the user to unzip said archive and copy the fixer to the mounted C-drive.

Reply 1 of 7, by wd

Posted on 2008-08-19, 16:19

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Stereo swapping is a bug that needs to be sorted out, has to do with on the
fly switching of mono/stereo modes.

Reply 2 of 7, by DosFreak

Posted on 2008-08-19, 16:21

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I think we've brought up the utilities thing before and Qbix said that he wanted to offer these things on the website. (This was before we had DOSBox.com so they couldn't be hosted at Sourceforge).

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Reply 3 of 7, by collector

Posted on 2008-08-19, 17:46

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Instead of a silent copy, how about a separate download, like ScummVM has with "ScummVM Tools"?

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Reply 4 of 7, by wd

Posted on 2008-08-19, 18:09

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The compatibility database can be used to point to (additional) tools which
are present on vogons or other sites.

Reply 5 of 7, by Zorbid

Posted on 2008-08-20, 08:12

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Having a local copy of said utilities (be it here (in "Deep Thought"?) on or www.dosbox.com) could be handy, if one of these other sites had to disappear...

Reply 6 of 7, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2008-08-21, 14:02

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Maybe use the board to reference itself a bit: a sticky thread with a list of games with known issues and links to user-provided remedies. When an issue is resolved in CVS, or by an official release, it could be noted as well. Might be hard to manage if the list is long, but it seems to me that it's not. Granted that people could search the forum and sift through the results, but I think it would be a handy reference to have it in one place. It would involve some work for a moderator to maintain, but on the plus side it could stop many questions before they're asked.

Reply 7 of 7, by collector

Posted on 2008-08-21, 17:41

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What you suggest seems like it would be much easier to manage as a wiki.

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