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DOSBox 4x scaler?

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First post, by Rarilmar

Posted on 2016-07-02, 16:05

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So the development seems to be dead since no new release in 6+ years but the source is out there, how come none is making good public custom builds? I'd be interested in a 4x scaler and can't seem to find a good custom build.
Also I found this http://web.archive.org/web/20070717064839/htt … d.com/hq4x.html so there is a good looking scaler out there and the source is out, however I have 0 programming skills so can't attempt to merge this in DOSBox's source.
It's sad how DOSBox hit huge success after GoG went viral but development slowed to a halt immediately after. Maybe GoG should have stepped in and help a bit... after all they did sell a lot of old games with DOSBox bundled...

Reply 1 of 4, by Stiletto

Posted on 2016-07-02, 17:19

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DOSBox is still updated nearly weekly - there's just no new release: http://source.dosbox.com/dosboxsvn.txt

This page may interest you: http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds

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Reply 2 of 4, by Rarilmar

Posted on 2016-07-03, 18:48

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Thx for the reply, I did find the Daum build pretty useful for my needs but no1 uses what it seems to be the most amazing hq4x scaler 🙁

Reply 3 of 4, by collector

Posted on 2016-07-04, 03:10

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Keep in mind that the last build of Daum is broken. You have to go back to even earlier builds to find one that is not broken.

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Reply 4 of 4, by Rarilmar

Posted on 2016-07-04, 17:35

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Well.. I'm playing Daggerfall so in that case it's hard to tell what's more broken the Daum build or the game 😁 I did dl the last build from 2014 regarded as the last stable one but I'll probably just get back to the custom fan-made Daggerfall installer based on stock 0.74 DOSBox since I already had problems from character creation and it's not like the better render options from Daum really have a worthy impact on that ancient game....

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