First post, by J.B.
Hi, I just wanted to report a few things after upgrading Dosbox for the first time in ages.
First of all the performance is spectacular. Games that used to stutter like hell, like Killing Moon, GP2, WC4 are super smooth now.
On top of that each one of the few problems I had with the older version have been fixed, namely virtual CD swapping, joystick problems and even Loom CD audio. And thanks to cycles=auto I don't even need to adjust settings for different machines anymore.
Now I guess none of that is news to you guys so here are a few minor issues I found that maybe aren't known yet.
-California Games and SWOTL only run in CGA mode.
-When loading multiple images with one Imgmount command, mounted paths are accepted but Windows paths aren't. For example C:\privat~1\cd1.iso works (if mounted correctly) while "E:\emulation\dos\games\privateer 2\cd1.iso" doesn't. Not a big problem but might cause headaches to some people trying to find out what's wrong.
-timed=true causes the joystick to be very jumpy in the centre compared to timed=false.
-cycles=auto can cause inconsistent, varying game speed. Noticed when flying towards a space station in Tie Fighter.
-Lots of audio distortion in some parts of Loom CD (right at the beginning "please choose your skill level")
Anyway great work, thanks to everyone involved!