Binleroy wrote:

it seems to run fine on most settings

The vast majority of programs run just fine in DOSBox by default and there is usually nothing to be gained (and much to be lost) by messing with the settings. What exactly were you expecting to accomplish?

If you're unsure about some of the options, the readme (and the default .conf file itself) has everything you might need to know. I suppose some people do prefer different scalers, but that's a matter of personal preference.

OK, let's see...I don't seem to have anything special in my config for Darklands.

I think the only thing set up specially for it was to enable MT-32 support. If you have the ability to use MT-32 audio, you may want to look into the method to enable SB /w MT-32 music, instead of just one or the other. It's described about midway through the Darklands FAQ...
http://www.darklands.net/faq/2.shtml

First off thanks for your comments,

I was just looking to find ways to improve my experience with the game, and rather than re invent the wheel figured i would ask for the best config.
As i am sure there is people before me that have tried this.

Usually takes me a lot of trial and error to get the correct/best working settings for a game.
And for some options in the config like the output and scaler, i just try out different combinations not really knowing what the exact difference between some of them is (even with the provided description and guide's) considering performance vs prettiness.
If there is some database with tested working or recommended configs for most or all games i would love to know. 😀 At the moment i just make a config and make a backup in separate folder once i got it to work properly. All very time consuming i might add. 😢

For this game i noticed that most works nicely except for me alt+entering like 20 times exiting full screen to look at a map, tool or a copy protection word i need to enter.
The game gets very very slow after doing the alt+enter like 20 times and i still like to play it full-screen without to many restarts of DOSbox. I figured it might have something to do with not having the correct or best settings at the moment.

So i figured i would give a try asking if you guys had experience with this game on your own backed up configs, or if you knew of some kind of config database. Would save me some time in trying combinations.

Anyway thanks for all your help so far and i will defiantly look into the MT-32 support 😎 (did read that part already by the way but was and am still not sure what exactly it was for)
Edit: just tried it out sounds a lot better with that done did not even notice i missed half of the music 🤣 thx man

With kind regards,
Leroy

Binleroy wrote:

Usually takes me a lot of trial and error to get the correct/best working settings for a game.

Why, exactly? Can you give an example? Usually adjusting the cycles is really all that is necessary. I guess it depends on whether you are playing an unusually wide variety of games – if you're running ancient CGA or PCjr games, then you'll probably need to change the machine line appropriately.

And for some options in the config like the output and scaler, i just try out different combinations not really knowing what the exact difference between some of them is (even with the provided description and guide's) considering performance vs prettiness.

There is not much point to changing Output. It either works or it doesn't. As for scalers, yes, there are a lot of them, and the explanations of what each of them do gets kind of technical (the Wikipedia article is informative) but again, you just pick whichever one you think looks pretty and stick with it. There's not much point in changing it for different games.

For this game i noticed that most works nicely except for me alt+entering like 20 times exiting full screen to look at a map, tool or a copy protection word i need to enter.
The game gets very very slow after doing the alt+enter like 20 times and i still like to play it full-screen without to many restarts of DOSbox.

I think you will find that every game will act that way. There's nothing magical about Darklands that would suddenly make DOSBox behave differently in that regard. I guess output=ddraw might help? (Again, if it works for Darklands, then there will be no reason at all to change it for anything else.)

The defaults are best for most games. Outside of a few options that are simply personal preferences like rendering modes, you only need to alter the conf file for a given game if there is some issue that needs to be solved.

Jorpho wrote:

Why, exactly? Can you give an example? Usually adjusting the cycles is really all that is necessary. I guess it depends on whether you are playing an unusually wide variety of games – if you're running ancient CGA or PCjr games, then you'll probably need to change the machine line appropriately.

For example Imperium galactica only gives black screen on start new game with above config , as you said need to try out different machine's, output, cycles and mem settings, Tie fighter same deal. Reunion had it crash on start game all the time cant remember why anymore tho all works now. the game Z gets a sound card not responding unless you set your card to sbs16 instead of sbpro again.
All in all just takes some switching configs for different games.
Not that it bothers me much tho, i just wish there was an easy way of just copying a working config from some site and pasting it instead of trial and error way 😢
And its as you said most game's work fine with the config i use above.

So anyway thanks for your answers cleared a lot up about the scalers that i did not know and i think my questions have been answered.
With kind regards,
Leroy

Binleroy wrote:

For example Imperium galactica only gives black screen on start new game with above config , as you said need to try out different machine's, output, cycles and mem settings, Tie fighter same deal.

Let me emphasize again that changing "output" will not affect the functionality of individual games – if a particular game isn't working, changing "output" will not help you. (DOSBox slowing down after pressing Alt-Enter many times is a different matter entirely.) Changing cycles is just inevitable.

Imperium Galactica apparently gives a lot of people problems, but it is a 1997 game, so it's kind of expected. Tie Fighter is surprising.

Not sure how old this game is, but check out my Space Quest III Tweak Guide video. You can apply most of the changes to most DOSBox games.

Space Quest 3 GOG.com Tech Review Tweak Guide

The game-related documents I would just print 😀

Hey,

Nice vid but how do i get the mt32 emu to play darklands speech ? i notice that in the intro she is not talking atm and in a youtube vid she is...
gonna try figuring that out or is it based on the sound card i have? notice i am missing lots of sounds.
did change the files like in the faq of darklands and does sound better but no speech and lightning etc yet

Cheers,
leroy

Munt is for emulating Roland MT-32 music, not speech. As to where to find the ROMs, the legality of distributing them is a bit of a question, so best to not ask for them here. Remember, Google is your friend. If you are missing sounds, be sure that you have run the the game's setup to configure it.

Ah i see. anyway did run the setup and changed the file's like in the faq. i'll fiddle around with it some more.