Re: Getting the most out of Dosbox

Posted on 2008-06-30, 08:17

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

I didn't try DOSBox in such a slow device yet, but there may be some generic advice/remarks. It's about the equivalent to a 8-10 Mghz PC. That kind of comparison is not valid. Besides pure processing "power", there are many more factors to consider when comparing the speed of systems - system …

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Re: Cut&Paste

Posted on 2008-06-28, 18:20

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by ADDiCT

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Whoops... Wasn't aware of that patch, sorry. But i can't imagine how copy/paste should work, because DOSBox uses graphics mode for output, not character mode, like the W9x DOS boxes, or NTVDM. There are no characters to copy, only pixels. (; Ahh, i've read the patch desc, and i think i understand …

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Re: Cut&Paste

Posted on 2008-06-28, 17:29

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by ADDiCT

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in DOSBox General

The short answer is: no. Someone else might have the time to give a long answer. (;

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Re: More Univbe mysteries

Posted on 2008-06-24, 18:43

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by ADDiCT

in PC Emulation

in PC Emulation

OT: Amigaz, you should at once apologize sincerely for arousing WolverineDK. Who knows which sinful and utterly dirty acts you forced him to do, after pressing him to look at your highly revealing and erotic picture. (; Btw: i had to look at picture for about one minute until i saw what WolverineDK …

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Re: _inmm.dll : another solution for problematic CD audio?

Posted on 2008-06-22, 06:29

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by ADDiCT

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I wouldn't be too excited about it. Didn't try the program yet (i'm quite reluctant to installing unknown software), but from what you can see in that "Tutorial" (which is, in large parts, incomprehensible), it seems it can only patch a few "known" games. The program patches the game exe, so i can't …

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Re: Renegade Legion: Jacob's Star - soooooo frustrating.

Posted on 2008-06-21, 08:51

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Next thing to try would be to create an image of the CD, and install from there. For testing, you should always re-install into a empty directory, btw. .

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Re: Renegade Legion: Jacob's Star - soooooo frustrating.

Posted on 2008-06-18, 08:51

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Didn't test that game, but you should stick to "standard" mounting. It's not possible to run a "real" DOS system without a C:\-drive. C:\ = first hard disk, install the game here (you should re-install the game) D:\ = CD-ROM PS: anything related to "Abandonware" is not welcome on VOGONS.

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Re: Sound on Ubuntu 8.04

Posted on 2008-06-17, 23:08

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

What do you want, a full tutorial on all variations and combination of PC and sound hardware, and Linux distributions (not to mention ALSA and kernel versions)? C'mon, if you're a Linux user, you're supposed to be a little more active. You could start with testing if your soundcard works OK with …

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Re: Found a shop that sells old pc hardware

Posted on 2008-06-17, 09:38

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by ADDiCT

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in Milliways

Well, find a shop in your "exotic region" then, and post its address! P.S.: i am aware of the fact that my comment is nearly as pointless as the one above it. That is all.

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Re: Openglhq and Direct3d in Dosbox

Posted on 2008-06-10, 23:08

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox Development

in DOSBox Development

"Good" or "Bad" are not appropriate terms in this case - that should be something like "has many features" or "has not so many features". Ykhwong's builds, btw, had some serious stability problems and bugs in the last few versions he released - i wouldn't call that "good" (no offense meant - i used …

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Re: Windows Game Launcher

Posted on 2008-06-09, 08:34

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by ADDiCT

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I'm using QSel. The program is easy to use, flexible and can be configured to look quite nice. The website is in german language, but QSel itself is in english language.

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Re: MAME 32: GAME WONT PLAY (NO SOUND)

Posted on 2008-06-07, 19:35

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by ADDiCT

in Console & Arcade Emulation

in Console & Arcade Emulation

Salim, if you are able and equipped, you should use you brain before posting. If i wasn't such a friendly, understanding person, i would call this post of yours very, very stupid, and you an imbecile. First, the original post is more than two years old, so you're a major thread necrophiliac. Second, …

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Re: why is DB so slow when textures are enabled (svga)

Posted on 2008-06-07, 11:38

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by ADDiCT

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in DOSBox General

That's not the point. The games the OP has mentioned do not support any kind of 3D acceleration at all, AFAIK. This means that the CPU has to do all the maths for displaying 3D objects, textures, etc. . These games were pretty much unplayable on machines that existed at the time the games were …

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Re: Rayman (MSCDEX v 2.1)

Posted on 2008-06-07, 11:18

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

Might be because it's a Windows game.

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Re: Important question about Bad Cat.

Posted on 2008-06-06, 16:26

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by ADDiCT

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in DOSBox Games/Apps

OK, now all you have to do is to get rid of the exaggeration "fundamental", and you might have a chance of someone trying to help you. PS: i'm pretty sure all needed files would be included with the original game PPS: who the f*ck is Sotho Tal Ker? Should we know this guy? If you're often talking …

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Re: LFN in dosbox

Posted on 2008-06-06, 09:08

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by ADDiCT

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The fact that there's a DOS version of MUGEN doesn't make a MUGEN "game" a native DOS game. Tell me one single "real" DOS game that's using LFN. I would be amazed if there was one, because using LFN for a native DOS game would make it unplayable on its designated platform. The fact that MUGEN …

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Re: Will it be possible someday DOSBox run as a Java applet?

Posted on 2008-06-05, 23:12

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox General

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BWUAHAHAHA!!!! "JAVA is the future"... When did i heard this the last time - 2000? The fact is that JAVA, despite being an interesting approach, could be considered a failure, if you look at what Sun was trying to achieve. And JAVA will most certainly never be the platform of choice for games or …

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Re: "Illegal Command" (v0.72)

Posted on 2008-06-04, 20:28

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by ADDiCT

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Besides, the XYZ extension (if it would be registered in Windows) could only be executed by Windows, not inside DOSBox. How should DOSBox know about registered filetypes in Windows? wd: i think there are more elegant ways indeed (;

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Re: why is DB so slow when textures are enabled (svga)

Posted on 2008-06-04, 20:19

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox General

in DOSBox General

Short answer: buy a faster machine. Long(er) answer: polygons are (more or less) just instructions like "draw a line from a to b to c to d, and fill the form with some colour (or shades of coulours)". When textures are involved, the area "inside" the form that's outlined by the polygon has to be …

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Re: Phantasmagoria Install

Posted on 2008-06-02, 22:02

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by ADDiCT

in DOSBox Games/Apps

in DOSBox Games/Apps

I didn't test that game yet, but i'd use a c: and d: drive (instead of using g: for CD-ROM). To be honest, i can't understand how one could have the idea of using c: and g: as drives, without drive letters "in between". This is just asking for trouble.

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