I have a vague memory of the game being buggy even beyond the final version.
Speedup issues are probably not exclusive to DosBox - I think I had them in DOS as well.
At least the color issues can be fixed with the patch (I have the EU version, you might have the US one). Double buffering, page flipping and palette issues are corrected for the most common VGA cards:

http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/298/19303

+ A very good walkthru:
http://thesandystamper.com/hiveseeker/index.html

Jolaes76 wrote:

I have a vague memory of the game being buggy even beyond the final version. Speedup issues are probably not exclusive to DosBox […]
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I have a vague memory of the game being buggy even beyond the final version.
Speedup issues are probably not exclusive to DosBox - I think I had them in DOS as well.
At least the color issues can be fixed with the patch (I have the EU version, you might have the US one). Double buffering, page flipping and palette issues are corrected for the most common VGA cards:

http://www.patches-scrolls.de/patch/298/19303

+ A very good walkthru:
http://thesandystamper.com/hiveseeker/index.html

That doesnt solve the issue, the game runs fine to me and yeah ive patched using EU cos im using EU. i dont mind the slowing framerate sometimes its mainly the fact that i cannot go full screen but can still hear sound is whats annoying me and if i go out of full screen the game works fine

Why is this topic on the PC section?

Yes, it should be moved to DosBox, that is the platform.

Jolaes76 wrote:

Yes, it should be moved to DosBox, that is the platform.

oh uh, how would i do that?

...Earn some respect and become a moderator ? Nevermind, the mods will deal with it.

Well... my main pc can run alien trilogy in full screen. the problem now is the framerate is alot worse, jerky no matter what, tried all install options and patches, cycle max etc

[Thread moved to DOSBox Games/Apps. Section]

Thanks for moving the post
on lighter news, i figured out the problem, it was my cd drive, for some reason thats whats slowing it down. Maybe because its a blu ray drive i dunno. Anyways i created an iso out of the disc i got and did a imgmount instead, and it worked a little too well. Now its extremely fast 🤣. Can anyone tell me how cycles work? apparently according to dosboxs compatibility list or something like that 30000 cycles should run the game smoothly, yet it runs at a jerky framerate for me. Anyways like i said this is working fine on the laptop when its on max cycles using auto. is there anyway i could pull the cycle value of that so that i can manually specify on the pc?

You can adjust cycles on the fly and when you find the correct amount (ctrl+f11, ctrl+f12) put that in the conf file

Dominus wrote:

You can adjust cycles on the fly and when you find the correct amount (ctrl+f11, ctrl+f12) put that in the conf file

oh yeah... guess i should try to match the speed im getting on the laptop, thanks for that

MajorFoley wrote:

Right now im using it so it auto launches a config file
mount c c:\
C:\

Please run a "format c:" virus next. 😎

IIGS_User wrote:

MajorFoley wrote:

Right now im using it so it auto launches a config file
mount c c:\
C:\

Please run a "format c:" virus next. 😎

i know its safer to do straight to the folder, just eh. and yeah dont suggest that in a thread i was actually asking for help 🤣

You know, it takes about two minutes to make your dosbox more secure:
- make a folder in c:\ called dosgames
- move c:\acclaim into c:\dosgames
DONE!
Now you do almost exactly the same but instead of
mount c c:\
you do
mount c c:\dosgames
(I suggest you write that into the autoexec section of the config)

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You know, it takes about two minutes to make your dosbox more secure: - make a folder in c:\ called dosgames - move c:\acclaim i […]
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You know, it takes about two minutes to make your dosbox more secure:
- make a folder in c:\ called dosgames
- move c:\acclaim into c:\dosgames
DONE!
Now you do almost exactly the same but instead of
mount c c:\
you do
mount c c:\dosgames
(I suggest you write that into the autoexec section of the config)

eh ill just change it to c:\acclaim\trilogy,
i really only want to play one dos game and thats alien trilogy, and if i need to i can move it and probs play powerslave

That might not work if the game stores where it was installed 😉

Dominus wrote:

That might not work if the game stores where it was installed 😉

did when i tried it just gotta mount the cd or an image before i do it

Then it's cool 😉
(Some games won't like that though or might fool you until you want to save 😉)
Happy playing 😉

Me, too, happy playing, nice you saw my comment with sense of humour.