First post, by thothie
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I can't seem to get the 16-color Tandy Graphics emulation to work within DOSBox v0.72. The old pc-speaker three channel sound works fine - but graphics fail to display entirely.
Currently I'm trying to get it to work Thexder (ooo the nostalgia of wasted youth!), as well as Defender of the Crown.
(Edit out those links if we're not allowed to link abandonware, plzkthx, and sorry in advance) (edited! --HunterZ)
Both games run on a more generic configuration, but they switch to CGA mode, and sound much worse than that which I grew up with.
If the Tandy graphics emulation is simply incomplete, is it possible to somehow emulate the Tandy Sound and use the EVGA graphics? (I think Thexder, at least, supports EGA)
Here's the config I'm using:
tandy.conf
[sdl]# fullscreen -- Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.# fulldouble -- Use double buffering in fullscreen.# fullfixed -- Don't resize the screen when in fullscreen.# fullresolution -- What resolution to use for fullscreen, use together with fullfixed.# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb,ddraw.# hwscale -- Extra scaling of window if the output device supports hardware scaling.# autolock -- Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.# sensitiviy -- Mouse sensitivity.# waitonerror -- Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.# priority -- Priority levels for dosbox: lower,normal,higher,highest.# Second entry behind the comma is for when dosbox is not focused/minimized.# mapperfile -- File used to load/save the key/event mappings from.fullscreen=falsefulldouble=falsefullfixed=falsefullresolution=1024x768output=ddrawhwscale=trueautolock=truesensitivity=100waitonerror=truepriority=higher,normalmapperfile=mapper2.txt[dosbox]# language -- Select another language file.# memsize -- Amount of memory dosbox has in megabytes.# machine -- The type of machine tries to emulate:hercules,cga,tandy,vga.# captures -- Directory where things like wave,midi,screenshot get captured.language=machine=tandycaptures=capturememsize=31[render]# frameskip -- How many frames dosbox skips before drawing one.# aspect -- Do aspect correction.# scaler -- Scaler used to enlarge/enhance low resolution modes.# Supported are none,normal2x,advmame2x,advmame3x,advinterp2x,interp2x,tv2x.frameskip=0aspect=truescaler=advmame3x[cpu]# core -- CPU Core used in emulation: simple,normal,full,dynamic.# cycles -- Amount of instructions dosbox tries to emulate each millisecond.# Setting this higher than your machine can handle is bad!# cycleup -- Amount of cycles to increase/decrease with keycombo.# cycledown Setting it lower than 100 will be a percentage.core=dynamiccycles=50000cycleup=5000cycledown=5000[mixer]
# nosound -- Enable silent mode, sound is still emulated though.# rate -- Mixer sample rate, setting any devices higher than this will# probably lower their sound quality.# blocksize -- Mixer block size, larger blocks might help sound stuttering# but sound will also be more lagged.# prebuffer -- How many milliseconds of data to keep on top of the blocksize.nosound=falserate=44100blocksize=2048prebuffer=10[midi]# mpu401 -- Enable MPU-401 Emulation.# intelligent -- Operate in Intelligent mode.# device -- Device that will receive the MIDI data from MPU-401.# This can be default,alsa,oss,win32,coreaudio,none.# config -- Special configuration options for the device.mpu401=noneintelligent=truedevice=defaultconfig=[sblaster]# type -- Type of sblaster to emulate:none,sb1,sb2,sbpro1,sbpro2,sb16.# base,irq,dma,hdma -- The IO/IRQ/DMA/High DMA address of the soundblaster.# mixer -- Allow the soundblaster mixer to modify the dosbox mixer.# oplmode -- Type of OPL emulation: auto,cms,opl2,dualopl2,opl3.# On auto the mode is determined by sblaster type.# oplrate -- Sample rate of OPL music emulation.type=nonebase=220irq=7dma=1hdma=5mixer=trueoplmode=autooplrate=44100[gus]# gus -- Enable the Gravis Ultrasound emulation.# base,irq1,irq2,dma1,dma2 -- The IO/IRQ/DMA addresses of the# Gravis Ultrasound. (Same IRQ's and DMA's are OK.)# rate -- Sample rate of Ultrasound emulation.# ultradir -- Path to Ultrasound directory. In this directory# there should be a MIDI directory that contains# the patch files for GUS playback. Patch sets used# with Timidity should work fine.gus=falserate=44100base=240irq1=5irq2=5dma1=3dma2=3ultradir=C:\ULTRASND[speaker]# pcspeaker -- Enable PC-Speaker emulation.# pcrate -- Sample rate of the PC-Speaker sound generation.# tandyrate -- Sample rate of the Tandy 3-Voice generation.# Tandysound emulation is present if machine is set to tandy.# disney -- Enable Disney Sound Source emulation.pcspeaker=truepcrate=44100tandyrate=44100disney=false[bios]# Nothing to setup yet![dos]# xms -- Enable XMS support.# ems -- Enable EMS support.xms=falseems=false[modem]# modem -- Enable virtual modem emulation.# comport -- COM Port modem is connected to.# listenport -- TCP Port the modem listens on for incoming connections.modem=falsecomport=2listenport=23[directserial]# directserial -- Enable serial passthrough support.# comport -- COM Port inside DOSBox.# realport -- COM Port on the Host.# defaultbps -- Default BPS.# parity -- Parity of the packets. This can be N, E or O.# bytesize -- Size of each packet. This can be 5 or 8.# stopbit -- The number of stopbits. This can be 1 or 2.directserial=falsecomport=1realport=COM1defaultbps=1200parity=Nbytesize=8stopbit=1[ipx]# ipx -- Enable ipx over UDP/IP emulation.ipx=false[autoexec]# Lines in this section will be run at startup.mount c "d:\Games\"c:dir /ad /w
edit: Updated config due to Dosbox 0.73 messages - same result.
Last edited by thothie on 2009-09-09, 10:24. Edited 2 times in total.
