Maybe you refer to "Program: KRNL386", which would be the currently running program.
Yes, I thought that "Program:KRNL386" meant DOSBox was emulating a 386.
When I change "cputype=auto" to "cputype=386" the DOSBox title bar says
CPU speed max 100% cycles Frameskip 0, Program: KRNL386
It says the same thing whether I start Windows from the DOSBox command line with
win
or with
win /3
It seems a little better using cputype=386 instead of cputype=auto, but still very slow and sticky.
If I move the mouse the cursor pauses for several seconds then jumps across the screen.
For example with Missile Command, the cursor seems to move normally for maybe a second after I press the F2 key to start the game, then freezes and doesn't move again until maybe 10 or 15 seconds later, when it jumps to the other side of the screen.
If I press F3 to pause the game and access the toolbar, the cursor moves normally, but as soon as I start the game again, it's super slow and jerky again.
Maybe "cycles=auto" should be changed to something slower?
I tried "cycles=3000" and Windows 3.1 took longer to start, but I had the same problem with the cursor freezing/jerking.
Should I change "core=" to normal or simple instead of auto?
I have these lines under [render]
frameskip=0
aspect=true
scaler=normal3x
Should "frameskip" be something else?
Could this be a sound problem?
My sound settings in the .conf file look like this
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
sbmixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplemu=default
oplrate=44100
gus=false
gusrate=44100
gusbase=240
gusirq=5
gusdma=3
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND
pcspeaker=true
pcrate=44100
tandy=auto
tandyrate=44100
disney=true
Should I turn off soundblaster or use different settings for it?
Could something like "disney=true" or "tandy=auto" be confusing the game?
I'm using the Linux version of DOSBox 0.74 (Linux Mint 17).
I'm not sure if that matters.
I followed the guide at Windows 3.1x DOSBox Guide
for the S3 video card and no gravis ultrasound for the Windows 3.1 installation.
It's been over a year since I installed Win 3.1 and I have made some changes to it, though not to the sound or video configuration. For one thing, I installed QuickTime 2.1.2 for another game. And I also installed something that was supposed to help with 32-bit games when I was trying to get the game "Connections" working (which was a failure because the game continued to skip essential cut scenes). Anyway, the Windows 3.1 installation is not "default" any more.
