Re: Old game whose title I cannot remember
Posted on 2020-01-10, 13:26
In case no-one will be able to identify, check https://www.reddit.com/r/tipofmyjoystick/
Re: DOSBox Sound Blaster emulation (Lowpass Filtering)
Posted on 2020-01-09, 16:31
If everything goes smoothly, DOSBox will have awesome SB16 filtering emulation. Is lack of perfect filtering emulation a root cause for clicking sound when using anything other than SB1? Or does the real hardware behave the same and the existing emulation is actually correct? I think this problem …
Re: $$$ to Convert Lotte's CRT Shader for DosBOX Daum
Posted on 2020-01-09, 02:05
Yeah, big switch-case blocks look weird at first sight, but in practice, for modern compilers, they are not a problem - just remember to compile with -O3 for release builds and it's irrelevant. A few weeks ago I performed some rudimentary benchmarking using Linux perf command to learn where hot …
Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows & Linux)
Posted on 2020-01-08, 14:57
@Yesterplay80 , @Ant_222 I think you already noticed, that recent SVN changes conflict with pixel-perfect patch. Conflicts are happening with revisions trunk@4305 and trunk@4306; I already dealt with these when merging r4306 into dosbox-staging master, so decided to help you out a little: Branch po …
Re: colored text in the command line
Posted on 2020-01-06, 03:45
I've gotten DOSBox to work and I have been able to tweak the parameters. But I have also noticed that on the Welcome Screen when DOSBox starts up, there are fields with blue background, colored titles, etc. I am sure there is an escape sequence that can be used to change colors in forground and …
Re: Basic question on imgmount
Posted on 2020-01-04, 22:14
DOSBox supports *.img images for floppy and disk images (FAT), *.iso files for CD-ROM images and *.cue sheets for emulating CD-DA using several music formats. And some more exotic images, like ROMs for Tandy cartridges (I have never tested it myself though).
Re: MDK on Wine, mouse issue
Posted on 2020-01-04, 09:42
Not sure, what version of Wine are you using? Have you tried running the game via Proton? Reports on ProtonDB (link) indicate the game works very well except fullscreen. Lutris lists the game as "garbage", but links to an outdated bug report and installers were prepared very long time ago.
Re: How do computers recognize letters?
Posted on 2020-01-02, 00:35
Why punch cards were used? Was the card some sort of paper to recognize the output? Because it is really simple technology. Literally just a paper card/tape with holes in it - it's easy to build a machine to write to such tape (keyboard punching holes in the paper) and easy to transform into an …
Re: How do computers recognize letters?
Posted on 2020-01-01, 22:38
That's a very broad question and makes some presumptions about what a computer is :) To simplify an answer, it'll need to be split it into smaller parts: How did the computer recognize letters from the input of the keyboard This was a merge of several technologies: first programmable computers …
Re: An adaptation to SDL 2.0 (Alpha-level Android build attached)
Posted on 2019-12-26, 05:52
Hello, NY00123 - let me start by thanking you for your work on bringing SDL2 to DOSBox - this is high-quality implementation and it solves so many DOSBox bugs, that I can't just list them all. Just today we merged your patch (with extensive code cleanups before and fixing warnings and some small …
Re: DOSBox Continuation Character
Posted on 2019-12-25, 10:57
Hmm, I did small test and can't hit 128 character limit (neither in command nor batch file) - at least not with `echo` … JimLarimore, can you show us the command you have problem with? And how do you invoke your batch file?
Re: Is Ethernet support interesting to anybody?
Posted on 2019-12-22, 23:40
It seems like DOSBox-X includes NE2000 support, but I don't know what's state is it in. I recovered (some version) of this patch from the Wayback Machine, but Megabuild 6 is not buildable using modern C++ compiler any more (or at least not using GCC 9). I would be ok with modernizing this patch (I'm …
Re: Fluidsynth soundfont patch
Posted on 2019-12-17, 15:19
I thought package managers like vcpkg made these issues a thing of the past. If you want a VC++ glib, you just install it with vcpkg and it's there. DOSBox SVN is not compatible with vcpkg, solution files need to be manually fixed to make it compile. dosbox-staging fixes it - you can use vcpkg …
Re: 64-bit dynamic_x86 (patch)
Posted on 2019-12-10, 13:01
@latalante thank you for testing our version :) I think this thread should be kept on topic of jmarsh 's patch; I imported it to dosbox-staging for easy reference and cherry-picking and to make it easier to create apples-to-apples comparison in the future: 919514 (branch vogons/dyn-x86-carrypatch-1 …
Re: Duke Nukem 3d Atomic Edition did not find CD-ROM
Posted on 2019-12-09, 21:53
If you imgmount as if it was a HDD, the game might get confused if it expected a CD… Manual (README file) specifically lists this as an example for imgmounting CD-ROM: Copy code to clipboard 1 imgmount d c:\cdimage1.cue -t cdrom
Re: Duke Nukem 3d Atomic Edition did not find CD-ROM
Posted on 2019-12-09, 17:43
I'm not 100% sure, but I believe if you have a .BIN file, then you'll need a .CUE file as well to mount the CD image.
Re: Dosbox Scaling/SDL help
Posted on 2019-12-05, 03:01
Thanks Dreamer. I'll give that a shot. However, my version of Dosbox won't run in fullscreen mode (it's a linux variety that can't do that for some reason I don't understand) but I can set the "windowed mode" to 640x480 resolution. Hopefully that's the same result. Yes! I love the midi music to …
Re: screen size
Posted on 2019-12-05, 02:49
JessicaJones wrote: You can only get full screen with black border by using surface? It doesn't work with any other one? AFAIK, only surface 🙁 If you care about such usecase, you can make a feature request. edit by Qbix: This is something that is requested for dosbox. Please stay on the right …
Re: screen size
Posted on 2019-12-04, 18:36
Having an option of fullscreen with black border around maybe? I would like that! Because window mode is not so fun because the desktop distracts me from the game. How can I get a fullscreen with black border? Here you go :) [sdl] fullscreen=true output=surface [render] scaler=normal2x Tested on …
Re: Dosbox Scaling/SDL help
Posted on 2019-12-04, 18:24
I would suggest setting `aspect = true` to preserve aspect ratio the game was designed for and using scaler `normal2x` (and fullscreen - either setting it to 640x480 resolution or `desktop` if this is the only display attached). Also, I very, very much recommend playing this game with MIDI music on …
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