NECRIDS wrote:

But in the game everything is very slow, what can I do to make it faster?
I already tried Ctrl F7 and F8 and Cntrl F11 and F12.

Edit dosbox.conf and change the line that says core=normal to core=dynamic. Also change the lines that reads cycles=3000 to something like cycles=20000.

Note: not all games like core=dynamic, and sometimes higher cycles will cause stuttering in sound or video sequences in the game.

NECRIDS wrote:

And how can I play it without following getting game to work in 60 seconds? Must I install the game every time I want to play? Must I follow this 60 seconds guide every time I want to play?

The install is only necessary the first time you run the game. Otherwise just do step 2, 3, 4 and 7.

NECRIDS wrote:

PS:I know exactly where I installed it in. Just can't find the files anymore.

Explain please.

I did what you said, I can go into the game much faster now.
But there is still a problem, I changed the cycles and the core. Now if I go into the game everything is at normal speed (main menu) but when I go acctually play it's still very slow, not as slow as before but still slow, do you think somethings wrong with the game or can I do something about it?

PS:never mind what I said about:I know exactly where I installed it in. Just can't find the files anymore.

Well, what game is you talking about? And what kind of CPU do your computer have?

my CPU =AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1800+
my CPU speed=1.50GHz

And the name of the game= Guts 'n' Garters in DNA danger

Guts 'n' Garters in DNA Danger was released in 1997 and uses a 640x480 resolution. I don't think an AMD 1800+ XP is good enough to do the amount of cycles required to have a smooth gaming experience.

NECRIDS wrote:

<snip> when I go acctually play it's still very slow, not as slow as before but still slow, do you think somethings wrong with the game or can I do something about it?

Edit dosbox.conf and set frameskip=1 (or 2).

If your game has options for number of colours on the screen, screen resolution, etc, see if you can reduce those.

My computer can't handle Guts n garters?
It can handle games like Far cry, Half life 2, F.E.A.R., doom 3, Quake 4, Elder scrolls Oblivion,Battlefield 2, but it can't handle a game from the year 1997.
That's actually really weird.

And I tried setting frameskip=0 to 1 or 2.
But almost nothing changed, still too slow.

And the game doesn't have a option where you can change colours or screen resolution.

Does this mean I can only play this game VERY SLOW??

Or is there still something else I can do?

Buy Virtual PC or VWware Workstation. Install either one, and then install real MS-DOS (or FreeDOS) inside the virtual PC.

Or - create a dual-boot configuration on your PC so you can boot into either Windows XP or real MS-DOS.

Or - buy a cheap, cheap, old, used, dusty PC and install MS-DOS on that.

NECRIDS wrote:

My computer can't handle Guts n garters?
It can handle games like Far cry, Half life 2, F.E.A.R., doom 3, Quake 4, Elder scrolls Oblivion,Battlefield 2, but it can't handle a game from the year 1997.
That's actually really weird.

Not really. Emulating hardware is a very resource-demanding process.

ok i get it now, so there is nothing else I can do about this except buying that stuff Minimax said.

There is still one thing I don't get.

Ik have other games that were made in the nineties and they all work just fine WITHOUT using DOSbox.

That is really weird.

PS:thanx for all the help

blame microsoft.
😉

How do you Save actually?

I've searched everywhere on how to save and load your game, I just can't find it.

how do you do it? You can do that in the game too but I can't find out how to do that either.

You do it in the same way as you do it on a real PC.