Re: BlackStar: Agent of Justice -- Playing with soundcard?

Posted on 2018-02-23, 14:17

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by ripsaw8080

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It's almost always best to not change the BLASTER environment variable directly. DOSBox will set the variable according to its SB settings, assuring that they agree with one another. sbtype sb1 fm blakstar

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Re: SVN Daum font scaling

Posted on 2018-02-20, 20:23

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aspect=false, or change the output= setting to something other than surface.

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Re: DOSemu does this better than DOSbox under Ubuntu

Posted on 2018-02-20, 11:55

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by ripsaw8080

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I noticed another post elsewhere in this forum, exclaiming VERY LOUDLY that DOSbox is not suitable for non-game applications. Goodness knows why, but if that's the case, perhaps I'm just wasting my time (or perhaps the author of said article is sadly mistaken). That warning is no mistake. DOSBox is …

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Re: DOSemu does this better than DOSbox under Ubuntu

Posted on 2018-02-20, 08:12

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by ripsaw8080

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I'm not experiencing a problem drawing polylines of any angle, size 0.2, solid fill. This is with AutoSketch 3.1 configured for Microsoft Mouse and VGA Graphics; running with default settings in official Win32 DOSBox 0.74 and my own SVN build. You say you can't draw horizontal non-zero-width …

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Re: The myth of the vertical retrace interrupt on EGA/VGA

Posted on 2018-02-19, 14:51

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by ripsaw8080

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Scali wrote: if you run DOSBox, the IRQ only works if you set machine=ega. Why is that? I believe the history of that, at least in part, is here: unsupported port 3c2h access

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Re: DOSBox ECE (for Windows)

Posted on 2018-02-05, 21:33

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by ripsaw8080

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Already reported . It's actually a bug in some LucasArts setup programs that happens in real DOS when you load ANSI.SYS, and SVN is currently emulating ANSI.SYS more accurately. Might revert to the old behavior, but still considering because the installers fixed by the accurate behavior will become …

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Re: C.I.T.Y. 2000: London garbled videos.

Posted on 2018-01-23, 23:17

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by ripsaw8080

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The game appears inflexible regarding VESA mode parameters; but seems to work correctly with the machine=svga_et4000 setting and running the TLIVESA driver in the \SETUP\VESA\TSENG directory on the cdrom. You can run the INSTVESA program and choose option K (Tseng) to create a VLON batch file that …

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Re: Controls on keyboard are bocked in DOSBox

Posted on 2018-01-19, 06:35

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by ripsaw8080

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Ctrl-ScrollLock is also a break, which is the key combo on XT-style keyboards, and that works in DOSBox.

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Re: Win3.11 - S3 Drivers

Posted on 2018-01-05, 05:05

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by ripsaw8080

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The 1.70.04 drivers are recommended; however, the guide links to what I guess is only the English driver. A search for "w3117004.zip" should turn up some places to grab the full package that supports English, French, and German.

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Re: Build current SVN in macOS High Sierra?

Posted on 2017-12-14, 15:30

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by ripsaw8080

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Fussy compiler, I guess. Maybe it will like this instead: setCD(clientsocket != 0); Edit: thinking about it, the compiler has a point, and my suggestion makes better sense.

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Re: Disable keyboard buffer

Posted on 2017-12-01, 15:47

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by ripsaw8080

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It's potentially a problem for ANY action game that uses auto-repeat behavior of the keyboard; e.g. Kroz and ZZT. However, the problem is exaggerated on games intended for 4.77 MHz PCs because a short repeat delay causes the key buffer to fill up when the game can't process the keys fast enough.

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Re: Disable keyboard buffer

Posted on 2017-12-01, 14:59

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by ripsaw8080

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Don't look just at "joykey" but also the word *MAPPING* that followed it. I was referring to using the DOSBox keymapper to bind keys to the joystick input, just as I described in my previous comment.

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Re: Disable keyboard buffer

Posted on 2017-11-30, 22:48

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by ripsaw8080

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Works for me with a "joykey" mapping, joysticktype=2axis, timed=true, and cycles=300. Yes, cycles matter with timed=true.

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Re: Disable keyboard buffer

Posted on 2017-11-30, 19:27

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by ripsaw8080

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Forgot to mention: you can blame the game developers for using BIOS to read keys instead of an IRQ 2 handler to track key presses and releases, but the joystick input works better. Some games only need d-pad-style input from a joystick rather than true analog, and Montezuma's Revenge seems to be one …

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Re: Disable keyboard buffer

Posted on 2017-11-30, 18:12

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by ripsaw8080

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250 ms is the shortest initial delay possible. Anything shorter could cause too many accidental repeats when typing at the prompt. BTW, "x1" will use 250 ms for both initial and repeat delay. Keeps the delays consistent, but Panama Joe may move more sluggishly than you like. 😉

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Re: Disable keyboard buffer

Posted on 2017-11-30, 13:48

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by ripsaw8080

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The "m2" delay values are like a real IBM PC, for better or worse, but of course you can experiment with other values. I'm not familiar with "chuckling" in your usage of the word, but on a guess you may prefer a short initial delay, so try "m1". BTW, I suggest a cycles setting in DOSBox from 270 to …

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Re: Disable keyboard buffer

Posted on 2017-11-30, 12:54

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by ripsaw8080

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You can't really disable the keyboard buffer, although it's technically possible to make it hold only one keypress. In any case, use "turbokey m2" (no space between "m" and "2") for longer typematic delays like those of an original IBM PC. You were on the right track, but mistakenly used shorter …

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Re: Earthsiege 2 on Windows 3.11 on DOSBox - virtual memory issue

Posted on 2017-11-25, 18:02

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by ripsaw8080

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Have you tried changing memsize? Not only increasing, try memsize=8 as well. Can seem counterintuitive to have less RAM, but virtual memory requirement might be proportional to physical memory. The contiguity check in Win3 for a "permanent" swap file might need an hdd image, but not sure about that. …

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Re: Earthsiege 2 on Windows 3.11 on DOSBox - virtual memory issue

Posted on 2017-11-25, 14:35

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by ripsaw8080

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Control Panel, 386 Enhanced, Virtual Memory... There you can change the size of the swap file.

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Re: Ultima 8 crashes periodically when saving

Posted on 2017-11-25, 09:57

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by ripsaw8080

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DOS error 2 is "file not found", so check if the gamedat\nonfixed.dat file exists. If that file is indeed missing then I guess you'll need to re-install. Also, maybe try increasing cycles, as I read a comment that the game tends to crash on save if cycles are too low.

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