Re: Looking for a DOS adventure game starring a monkey...
Posted on 2012-06-03, 20:04
Runaway?
Re: Any Developers of Paradox for DOS out there???
Posted on 2012-06-01, 23:03
Dunno about 3.5, but 4.5 at least runs. However, if your data files are suddenly truncated to zero bytes or some other data disaster occurs, you'll only have yourself to blame for trying to use a database application in a games-oriented emulator.
Re: X-Com in DOSBox doesn't work with real MT-32
Posted on 2012-06-01, 22:46
Well, I guess you could say "primarily" because v1.2 only supported MT-32/LAPC-I synths, and GM support was added later in the v1.4 patch. Separate .MID files were not part of any DOS release, but the Win9X "Gold Edition" port did have them.
Re: X-Com in DOSBox doesn't work with real MT-32
Posted on 2012-05-31, 23:22
If you have the patched version of X-Com, the ROLAND.CAT music file was not updated to the the new file format, and the old file causes X-Com v1.4 to choke. Seems to have been an oversight that was never officially corrected; I guess because GM was starting to take over by then. There's an …
Re: TEXT font size
Posted on 2012-05-31, 09:48
Maybe all you want to do is load a 15-line font, but that doesn't change the emulated display dimensions to 320x240; there will still be active screen area beyond the right and bottom edges of your 320x240 viewport. If you just want the font, get the PC Mag FONTEDIT program available here: ftp://ftp …
Re: TEXT font size
Posted on 2012-05-31, 09:20
What kind of system is this? DOSBox for phones and the like should use the native 320x240 resolution of the display, but with whatever you're using it's showing the scaler pixel doubling. Double-height and double-width create a normal VGA refresh rate for a 320x240 resolution. You could change the …
Re: Installing Star Trek: Judgment Rites (Floppy)
Posted on 2012-05-30, 14:21
A few notes that may be helpful to anyone trying to install the game in DOSBox: If you're going to use ykhwong's build, you can switch floppy disk images while the installer is running by mounting the next image file from the menu bar. However, with Judgement Rites' eleven disks it could become …
Re: TEXT font size
Posted on 2012-05-29, 15:31
The attached TSR program sets up a 320x240 native resolution with an 8x15 font, yielding a 40x16 text display. Mode 1 is used as a base because the horizontal parameters are already in place, so only the vertical must be adjusted. The display is double-width and double-height to create a typical 60 …
Re: using dosbox for old dos program, not a game
Posted on 2012-05-26, 19:36
Hal's MegaBuild adds printer support, which could certainly make a difference considering you mentioned printing stuff. You might want to try MB6 because it's more current.
Re: TEXT font size
Posted on 2012-05-26, 13:35
A 320x240 text display? Only tweaked VGA graphics modes have that exact resolution. Using machine=cga with mode 0 or 1 text (40 column) has a native 320x200 resolution, but still with 25 rows. Many DOS programs expect 25 rows, anyway, and won't adapt to fewer. What is this for, some hand-held …
Re: Something of Ikari2:Victory Road disappear while booting on hercules mode ...
Posted on 2012-05-26, 13:20
I doubt the game cares about EMS one way or the other, being a booter. I listed all three memory settings to point out that XMS is needed for UMBs, but EMS is not needed. BTW, I made a DOSBox patch for the issue that I will submit to the devs for consideration.
Re: using dosbox for old dos program, not a game
Posted on 2012-05-25, 11:11
You've said you're using DOSBox 0.74 on a new system, but I don't see any mention of what version you were using on the old system. If it was a prior version then you could try using that on the new system. Also, even with identical settings between versions, changes in the memory start address can …
Re: Something of Ikari2:Victory Road disappear while booting on hercules mode ...
Posted on 2012-05-24, 14:32
Like so: ems false xms true umb true lhup lh mkfile You can get LHUP from here to work around an issue with loading programs in upper memory; and you probably already know that Magic Key works in SVN but not in 0.74.
Re: Something of Ikari2:Victory Road disappear while booting on hercules mode ...
Posted on 2012-05-24, 13:31
Is more than the title screen affected by the issue? I hardly think it's crucial to have that text when you already know to press F1 or F2 for number of players, and J or K for input device. CGA should not have the issue, so I think DOSBox is still quite a good option for playing the game today. BTW …
Re: Something of Ikari2:Victory Road disappear while booting on hercules mode ...
Posted on 2012-05-23, 15:31
The game is trying to switch the system into mode 4 while Hercules graphics are active so that the BIOS will draw graphic characters in the B800h segment instead of regular text in the B000h segment. DOSBox doesn't support this trick and refuses to set mode 4 for machine=hercules. It might work if …
Re: CGA Composite Mode under DOSBOX?
Posted on 2012-05-22, 23:11
Looking at the PCjr BIOS disassembly for function 0Bh of INT 10h at offset E543h in the ROM, the first instructions are "MOV DX,3DAH / IN AL,DX" so my .diff patch is correct according to the BIOS. However, DOSBox SVN is doing exactly what the PCjr BIOS does regarding the palette entries. Palette 1 …
Re: CGA Composite Mode under DOSBOX?
Posted on 2012-05-22, 20:59
You can see the reason for the mixed intensity of palette 1 in the INT10_SetColorSelect() function (the one changed in the above patch), where it's using entries 3, 5, 0xf . You can change the entries for both palette 0 and 1 to all intense colors with: case M_TANDY4: for(Bit8u i = 0x11; i < 0x14; …
Re: CGA Composite Mode under DOSBOX?
Posted on 2012-05-22, 11:06
Below The Root works with machine=pcjr in official releases, but has a problem in SVN when the game calls INT 10h/AH=0Bh/BH=08h/BL=00h. BH=08h is a strange subfunction number, but DOSBox treats it the same as BH=01h, thus selecting palette 0. There appears to be a bug in INT10_SetColorSelect(). I've …
Re: Emulating Monochrome/VGA Multi-Screen setup?
Posted on 2012-05-20, 17:34
I have enhanced the patch to where the secondary display can be used actively. By "actively" I mean displaying the shell and running programs; making the window active will shut off input to DOSBox. - Writing the display is done with a 50 Hz refresh (like MDA), and a render cache is employed to …
Re: Fatman: The Caped Consumer
Posted on 2012-05-19, 18:02
It's indeed strange that the developers of the game felt the need to mess around with the keyboard hardware in unusual ways... never heard of any other DOS game that does this. Anyway, here is a Win32 build of 0.74 with the patch applied. The game seems to work fine with it using default settings.
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