Re: 0.74's keymapping

Posted on 2010-05-12, 14:53

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Ok, here's the trick. You must use a local dosbox.conf file - even a dummy (i.e. empty) one - in order to save the mapping locally. Having a dummy dosbox.conf around is a special requirement that wasn't needed in previous versions. But another problem is that once you do this and exit, using CTRL-F1 …

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Re: 0.74's keymapping

Posted on 2010-05-12, 14:35

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But, using the default config, how come Game X saves it in its own folder, while Game Y saves it in the profile's folder?

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0.74's keymapping

Posted on 2010-05-12, 13:38

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v0.74 ignores old mapper.txt files. I've had to re-define my entire archive manually. The new files are called mapper-0.74.map which mean they too may not work in newer versions. Also, it sometimes insists on putting mapper-0.74.map in %USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Application Data\DOSBox\ - it did …

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Re: DOSBox 0.74 Released!

Posted on 2010-05-12, 12:56

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DosFreak wrote: DOSBox 0.74 has been released! Here is an overview of the changes: * Add fake microphone input. (fixes Talking Parrot) See relevant topic.

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Re: "Talking Parrot" program - help?

Posted on 2010-05-12, 12:55

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DosFreak wrote: DOSBox 0.74 has been released! Here is an overview of the changes: * Add fake microphone input. (fixes Talking Parrot) What does it mean? What's different now? Why is it fake?

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Re: Any thoughts about moving to GPLv3?

Posted on 2010-04-18, 11:51

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The whole premise of GOG is that it's DRM-free. And I doubt if Steam uses DRM when it comes to DOSBox. My example was hardware DRM. Plus like I said, GPLv3 does allow DRM.

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Re: Any thoughts about moving to GPLv3?

Posted on 2010-04-18, 00:13

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The main thing GPLv3 seem to have over GPLv2 is the anti-DRM stuff, and how relevant is that to DOSBox? There are sales of machines that are designed like arcade machines. Inside, they're just computers that only run an emulator. I don't know if anyone ever sold a "DOSBox arcade machine" (probably …

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Re: Any thoughts about moving to GPLv3?

Posted on 2010-04-16, 19:31

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Well, GPL sees itself as a whole philosophy. They spent more than a decade and a half on v3. As for benefits: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/rms-why-gplv3.html If the source code mentions "version 2 or later", then it can automatically move into 3 by changing it to "version 3 or later".

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Any thoughts about moving to GPLv3?

Posted on 2010-04-16, 14:05

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I found various discussions here that mentioned GPLv3, but not even one that mentioned it as a goal. Do you think you'll ever move to it or is it too late by now? Just curious.

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Re: "Playing online" guide added to DOSBox wiki.

Posted on 2009-12-22, 18:42

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I guess you should have searched first. I've merged both this and IPX inside Connectivity. I've also added lots of info, including a whole guide for non-IPX online connectivity.

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Re: DOSBox 0.73 Discussion

Posted on 2009-05-29, 14:48

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IMHO the only way you should alter the path is with the "SET PATH=" command. Why? "set path=c:" seems to give the exact same result with: Z:\>path PATH=Z:\ Z:\>path c:\ Z:\>path PATH=c:\ BTW, the link http://projects.freedos.net/keyb/ in README.txt has died back in 2007 (after v0.72 was released). …

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Re: DOSBox 0.73 Discussion

Posted on 2009-05-29, 13:42

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Qbix wrote: the "does nothing" part isn't present. So what does it mean "provided for compatibilty" if it works just like any other command?

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Re: DOSBox 0.73 Discussion

Posted on 2009-05-29, 09:40

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wd wrote: The question is why does it work if the help suggests it doesn't? Please point to the exact location where you derive this from, then that passage can be updated. z:\>help/all Attrib> Does nothing. Provided for compatibility Path > Provided for compatibility

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Re: DOSBox 0.73 Discussion

Posted on 2009-05-28, 21:49

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DosFreak wrote: Last but not least, the "path" command is "for compatibility only" but it's not a dummy like "attrib". It actually works. Is it on purpose? What's the question? The question is why does it work if the help suggests it doesn't?

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Re: DOSBox 0.73 Discussion

Posted on 2009-05-28, 16:03

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Yes, a new version! But there's an installation bug - you've stopped supporting upgrades. If I install it over the last version, as I've always done, the old version remains in the start menu. Also, it keeps the old config file with the header "0.72" in it. In the end, I've uninstalled everything …

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Re: DOSBox.com user database compromised

Posted on 2009-01-16, 16:39

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Does tihs include the wiki?

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Re: Recording video with microphones voice

Posted on 2008-10-06, 10:32

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You are a) claiming to know the reason for the actions of all other people, which obviously you don't For your information, I've only written this after running a little survey in YouTube by PMing relevant users and asking them why they don't use DOSBox' own recorder. They all had just one reason, …

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Re: Recording video with microphones voice

Posted on 2008-10-05, 09:28

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how is this related to dosbox ? I think the OP meant he simply expects DOSBox's video capture to record all enabled sounds (in Windows' volume control) or at least the microphone and not just the game's sound. try a video editor or so I bumped this topic because I wanted to point out that YouTube …

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Re: VLC v0.9 presents: "DOSBox Capture support"

Posted on 2008-09-23, 14:30

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I forgot VLC doesn't use the OS' codecs, so I don't need to install the relevant codec. Therefore, I also checked it myself. It indeed works fine. BTW, why do you use PCM for sound instead of MP3?

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Re: VLC v0.9 presents: "DOSBox Capture support"

Posted on 2008-09-23, 13:26

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Maybe you should convince YouTube to add "DOSBox Capture support" as well. It's pretty bad to do a "DOSBox=>AVI=>FLV" conversion (YouTube does the last part). Also, I really wrote this topic so people would actually check if it works...who wants to confirm?

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