Make sure scaler is none and try various output modes (overlay, surface, ddraw, etc.)

thanks, will do, soes anyone have more tips?

Privateer 2 is a rather late DOS game. You probably need more than 30000 cycles to make it run "good".

Use Dosbox 6.1
Set the CPU cycles to around 20,000+
Use Dynamic CPU
Disable all the sound emulation you don't need
Set the sound blocksize to around 3000
Run in fullscreen.
Maybe set the scaler to none instead of normal 2x
Also, get the 17.e patch if you don't have it, get it and a whole bunch of other stuff here:
http://www.wcnews.com/files.shtml#wcpriv2.

I have it running okay, not great, on a 1.6ghz machine.
As far as i know, the video is like that on the disc. So nothing you can do to change it.

All i can't figure out is how to get a flight yoke stick to work with it now.

0.61? So it doesn't work as good with newer versions?

Mr Wendal:

ok did everything,
cpu: should i try more cycles and see what happens?
about sound emulation, i only play P2, what should i choose? sound works now, but is there a better option than the defaults?

i have dosbox 0.63, should i use 0.61 instead? and where can i find it?

thanks

You can find 6.1 here:
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/download.php?main=1
on the frikin dosbox main site ffs.

If you check the "game" section of the dosbox website, it will show you which version of dosbox works with various games. You'll notice that for privateer 2 it says it is not supported with dosbox 6.3, but is supported with dosbox 6.1

i tried it, still the game is not playing in satisfactory speed

i tried the win95 patch, works great, only problem that it crashes after take off

It should run fine on your comp. On mine it lags to no end, because my machine is too slow.

I have attatched the dosbox 6.1 config file I use with the game. Maybe you will find it useful.

Windows XP will not work with the memory system of the game, even with the windows patch. You need Win95 or dosbox.
Mr. Wendal.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
[sdl]
# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
# fulldouble -- Use double buffering in fullscreen.
# fullfixed -- Don't resize the screen when in fullscreen.
# fullwidth/height -- What resolution to use for fullscreen, use together with fullfixed.
# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb.
# hwscale -- Extra scaling of window if the output device supports hardware scaling.
# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.
# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity.
# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.

fullscreen=true
fulldouble=false
fullfixed=false
fullwidth=0
fullheight=0
output=surface
hwscale=1.00
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true

[dosbox]
# language -- Select another language file.
# memsize -- Amount of memory dosbox has in megabytes.
# machine -- The type of machine tries to emulate:auto,hercules,cga,tandy,vga.
# Try a specific type if your game has problems with auto.

language=
machine=vga
memsize=32

[render]
# frameskip -- How many frames dosbox skips before drawing one.
# snapdir -- Directory where screenshots get saved.
# aspect -- Do aspect correction.
# scaler -- Scaler used to enlarge/enhance low resolution modes.
# Supported are none,normal2x,advmame2x

frameskip=0
snapdir=snaps
aspect=false
scaler=none

[cpu]
# core -- CPU Core used in emulation: normal,full,dynamic.
# cycles -- Amount of instructions dosbox tries to emulate each millisecond.
# Setting this higher than your machine can handle is bad!
# cycleup -- Amount of cycles to increase/decrease with keycombo.
# cycledown Setting it lower than 100 will be a percentage.

core=dynamic
cycles=30000
cycleup=10
cycledown=10

[mixer]
# nosound -- Enable silent mode, sound is still emulated though.
# rate -- Mixer sample rate, setting any devices higher than this will
# probably lower their sound quality.
# blocksize -- Mixer block size, larger blocks might help sound stuttering
# but sound will also be more lagged.
# wavedir -- Directory where saved sound output goes when you use the
# sound record key-combination, check README file.

nosound=false
rate=11025
blocksize=350
wavedir=waves

[midi]
# mpu401 -- Enable MPU-401 Emulation.
# device -- Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.
# This can be default,alsa,oss,win32,coreaudio,none.
# config -- Special configuration options for the device.

mpu401=false
device=default
config=

[sblaster]
# sblaster -- Enable the soundblaster emulation.
# base,irq,dma -- The IO/IRQ/DMA address of the soundblaster.
# sbrate -- Sample rate of soundblaster emulation.
# adlib -- Enable the adlib emulation.
# adlibrate -- Sample rate of adlib emulation.
# cms -- Enable the Creative Music System/Gameblaster emulation.
# Enabling both the adlib and cms might give conflicts!
# cmsrate -- Sample rate of cms emulation.

sblaster=true
base=220
irq=7
dma=1
sbrate=11025
adlib=true
adlibrate=500
adlibmode=adlib
cms=false
cmsrate=500

[gus]
# gus -- Enable the Gravis Ultrasound emulation.
# base,irq1,irq2,dma1,dma2 -- The IO/IRQ/DMA addresses of the
# Gravis Ultrasound. (Same IRQ's and DMA's are OK.)
# rate -- Sample rate of Ultrasound emulation.
# ultradir -- Path to Ultrasound directory. In this directory
# there should be a MIDI directory that contains
# the patch files for GUS playback. Patch sets used
# with Timidity should work fine.

gus=false
rate=11025
base=240
irq1=5
irq2=5
dma1=3
dma2=3
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND

[speaker]
# pcspeaker -- Enable PC-Speaker emulation.
# pcrate -- Sample rate of the PC-Speaker sound generation.
# tandy -- Enable Tandy 3-Voice emulation.
# tandyrate -- Sample rate of the Tandy 3-Voice generation.
# disney -- Enable Disney Sound Source emulation.

pcspeaker=false
pcrate=11025
tandy=false
tandyrate=11025
disney=false

[bios]
# Nothing to setup yet!

[dos]
# xms -- Enable XMS support.
# ems -- Enable EMS support.

xms=false
ems=false

[modem]
# modem -- Enable virtual modem emulation.
# comport -- COM Port modem is connected to.
# listenport -- TCP Port the momdem listens on for incoming connections.

modem=false
comport=2
listenport=23

[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.

still lags, but it keeps crashing for the last couple of days

i might be playing for half an hour or more and it will crash (during flight)

should i try 0.63?

it keeps crashing now