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First post, by Venter127

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Overall, i love dosbox, and i think its a great program, but im a little new to it all, so ive got some problems, and need some help. For starters, i only use it for games, but when i try to go to fullscreen, the screen either freezes, or goes garbled, and closes. Ive only tried this with system shock1, as it is the only game i have succesfully gotten to run, which brings e to my next problem. I have tried several games, but ive only been able to get system shock to run. With the others (ex darkseed, blood), after it finishes with an intro or a startup screen, it freezes, and does nothing.

I havent changed any setting, and im running vista, which i think might be the problem, but please dont tell me "Its just vista, your screwed" then leave me for the dogs. I came here for assistance, not to have a door shut in my face.

Reply 1 of 6, by DosFreak

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Change "output=" in dosbox.conf to a different value such as overlay or ddraw.

As for the other games verify that you are using the correct sound settings.

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Reply 2 of 6, by Venter127

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How do you change the config file? Sorry, like i said, im new to this. Also, the sound worked in the other games, i tested it when i installed them, and they played fine.

Reply 3 of 6, by ripa

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There's a file called dosbox.conf in the directory where you installed Dosbox (e.g. c:\program files\dosbox 0.72\). You can edit it with a text editor like notepad.

Also, I suggest reading the README.txt in that same directory 😉

Reply 4 of 6, by MiniMax

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Venter is using Vista 🙁 He (she?) might need to run Notepad as Administrator when editing dosbox.conf.

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Reply 5 of 6, by Venter127

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My notepad wont let me save the changes for some reason. I can change the code, but when i try to save, it wont let me. Any suggestions? Also, does anyone know anything for the other games that freeze? Ive got some really good ones that i cant get to work...