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X-COM Apocalypse: scaler setting reverts to native resolution after intro

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First post, by sunkai

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Hi all,

I've checked out the forums, but did not find a post about this.

When I alter the scaler parameter in dosbox.conf, it is applied to X-COM Apocalypse's opening credits and intro, but when I skip these with ESC, the menu screen and subsequent game revert to being rendered in their original resolution without filtration.

I am running DOSBox 0.73 in Windows XP. I have attached my dosbox.conf.

Any advice would be much appreciated.

Cheers,

sunkai.

Reply 1 of 3, by DosFreak

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Scalers by default don't apply to high resolutions. You need to use scaler=nameofscaler forced.

Can't remember what res XCOM was probly 640x480 and the intros probly 320x.

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Reply 2 of 3, by sunkai

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You were spot on, thank you. The "forced" flag applies the scaler to the higher resolution part of the game engine.

I find the 2x scalers slighty too big for my laptop monitor. Do you have any tips for forcing the game to display at a custom resolution in windowed mode (e.g. 1024x768)? I have tried setting the windowresolution parameter, but this does not seem to impact the rendering.

Thanks again.

Reply 3 of 3, by sunkai

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I've cracked my windowresolution problem, and that is that I needed to change the output parameter from surface to overlay.

This enables hardware acceleration, and the features of DOSBox that are supported only in hardware.

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