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Draw FPS over DOS games.

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First post, by koleq

Posted on 2022-04-11, 10:08

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Is there any way to draw FPS overlay over DOS games, just like you can with fraps 1.9 over Windows 98 games?

###HP Vectra VL 5/133 Series 4, D4644B###
CPU: Pentium 1 133Mhz
RAM: 96 MB EDO RAM (4x8MB, 2x32MB)
GPU: ELSA Victory 3DX (S3 Virge/DX 4MB)
Sound: Avance Logic ALS100 Plus+ REV 2.0
HDD: Seagate 20 GB (need to boot OnTrack)
OS: Windows 98 SE

Reply 1 of 3, by BinaryDemon

Posted on 2022-04-11, 10:29

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See Scali’s post at the end of this thread:

Is there something like fraps for dos?

Check out DOSBox Distro:

https://sites.google.com/site/dosboxdistro/ [*]

a lightweight Linux distro (tinycore) which boots off a usb flash drive and goes straight to DOSBox.

Make your dos retrogaming experience portable!

Reply 2 of 3, by koleq

Posted on 2022-04-11, 11:33

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Okay any idea how people enable the FPS counter in Tomb Raider 1, or is that only part of a custom engine like OpenLara?

Reply 3 of 3, by chuky

Posted on 2022-04-11, 17:15

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With the software version I don't think you can show the fps but there are patches for many graphics cards from that time that show the fps when you press F2. Maybe it's a different key but it's usually F1, F2, F3 or F4, I think one version has keys like shift+F6 or F7. The patch notes usually say this. Tomb Raider 1 has patches for the 3dfx voodoo, 3dfx voodoo rush, S3 Virge, Matrox Mystique, Power Vr, Rendition Vérité, Ati Rage Pro and there's a Mac version too.

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