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First post, by GoblinKing

Posted on 2008-11-22, 15:52

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Hey guys,

Im using Dosbox 0.72 to run a certain game (future Wars 'CD Version') but there seems to be a flickering problem. its mostly any sprites that move flicker across the screen, and will flicker behind objects too. Ive loaded many games on dosbox but nothing else seems to have this problem.

I tried it first on my laptop (AMD Turion64 x2 2.0Ghz, 2 gig ram, ATI Radeon x1250 graphics) and then on my desktop pc (Intel Quad cord 2.4ghz. 3 gig of ram, NVIDIA Geforce 8600 GTS) same problem on both.
Im also using D-Fend Reloaded, and have tried every single option in the graphics tab.

any ideas?

Cheers

Reply 1 of 10, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2008-11-22, 16:10

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Try a CVS build?

1+1=10

Reply 2 of 10, by GoblinKing

Posted on 2008-11-22, 17:44

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Sorry to sound like a noob but what is a CVS build?

Cheers.

Reply 3 of 10, by h-a-l-9000

Posted on 2008-11-22, 18:00

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DOSBox SVN Builds

1+1=10

Reply 4 of 10, by GoblinKing

Posted on 2008-11-22, 18:24

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Ahhh cheers, well ive just a bunch of those and NO difference what so ever. Thanks anyways, worth a try 😀

any other suggestions?

Reply 5 of 10, by oolie

Posted on 2008-11-24, 22:53

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I also use DFR. Enabled 'Correct aspect ratio' in fullscreen mode may cause such problems. Have you tried turning it off or playing in a window? I experienced some strange screen flickers (tooltips-wise) myself playing Deadline so, of course, it may be related to something else.

I don't have 'Future Wars' so I can only speculate about that.

Reply 6 of 10, by GoblinKing

Posted on 2008-12-08, 20:57

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hey oolie, I have already tried turning that on and off and i have also tried it in a window, no difference at all im afriad. It only seems to be in this game though which is weird, everything else ive thrown at it has worked fine.

Thank you for the suggestion and your help.

Has anyone else played this and had the saem issue?

Reply 7 of 10, by rcblanke

Posted on 2008-12-09, 11:59

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Try setting the game graphics (install.exe) to mcga instead of vga.

Reply 8 of 10, by tsampikos

Posted on 2008-12-09, 17:13

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See the graphics settings, the scale/scaling section. If it is set in "normal 2x" mode change it to "scale/scaling: none". This will allow the game to run in the original resolution and not in advanced 640x480 which must be not supported by future wars. I had this problem with Time Quest the adventure game of Legend Entertainment, 1991. I followed the steps described above and the problem was solved.

Reply 9 of 10, by viritys

Posted on 2009-01-23, 20:15

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rcblanke ftw! mcga did the trick. Thanks 😀

Reply 10 of 10, by wolf

Posted on 2024-08-09, 03:51

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rcblanke wrote on 2008-12-09, 11:59:

Try setting the game graphics (install.exe) to mcga instead of vga.

Awesome!!!! Worked!

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