I cant figure out how to put dosbox into full screen mode even after reading the readme. Im running XP and i dont think anything else has to do with this, just my own stupidity. I type what it tells you to type in the readme but it just says illegal command and so forth. Im doing sumthing wrong i know it ><
1[sdl] 2# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen. 3# fulldouble -- Use double buffering in fullscreen. 4# fullfixed -- Don't resize the screen when in fullscreen. 5# fullresolution -- What resolution to use for fullscreen, use together with fullfixed. 6# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb,ddraw. 7# hwscale -- Extra scaling of window if the output device supports hardware scaling. 8# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen. 9# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity. 10# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error. 11# priority -- Priority levels for dosbox: lower,normal,higher,highest. 12# Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized. 13# mapperfile -- File used to load/save the key/event mappings from. 14 15fullscreen=false 16fulldouble=true 17fullfixed=false 18fullresolution=1280x960 19output=ddraw 20hwscale=2.00 21autolock=true 22sensitivity=100 23waitonerror=true 24priority=higher,normal 25mapperfile=mapper.txt
You can see that the very first line (that doesn't start with a # symbol) controls whether or not DOSBox starts in full-screen mode. All you have to do is change it from "false" to "true".
Here are some things to try:
- Does Alt+Enter work at least?
- Change the output= line to one of the other listed rendering modes (the one you're trying to use might not support full screen mode?)
- You might also have a fullresolution= setting that isn't supported by your system (try 800x600 as a safe place to start)
- Try toggling the fullfixed= parameter
Be sure to post exactly any error messages you see in the DOSBox console window, and also exactly what you try and what effect it has.