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D-Fend settings for M1 Tank Platoon

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First post, by pk_boomer

Posted on 2009-02-23, 19:50

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Hi,

I'm new here, it's good to find an active community of others who love old Dos games. I grew up playing games on my old XT in the late 80s and I still love to play some of the old classics like F19 Stealth Fighter, Red Storm Rising, M1 Tank Platoon (as you can tell I was a Microprose worshipper).

I've been looking for some suggestions on how to configure the various settings for optimal performance of DOS games on D-Fend. I am currently playing M1 Tank Platoon and Wolfenstein 3D on DosBox using a D-Fend front end. Can anybody here who plays these games tell me their D-Fend settings? Or are there any suggestions for other front ends?

Reply 1 of 4, by Qbix

Posted on 2009-02-23, 19:53

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don't use D-Fend.

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Reply 2 of 4, by Neville

Posted on 2009-02-23, 22:39

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So true. D-Fend is outdated and doesn't work too well with newer DOSBox versions. Try DBGL or D-Fend Reloaded instead.

As for those games, I have a number of MicroProse sims in my collection, and they (mostly) work fine with DOSBox's default settings. You may want to leave the cycles option at 1500 for some of the oldest, such as "M1 Tank Platoon", but that's it.

Reply 3 of 4, by pk_boomer

Posted on 2009-02-24, 16:29

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I'll give one of those other front ends a try. I haven't been having any problems running anything per se, I was just unsure that the game was running as it should (cycles etc)

Thanks!

Reply 4 of 4, by Neville

Posted on 2009-02-24, 16:54

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Most games will run with default cycles setting (auto), but oldest games still need some tweaking, if they run too fast try lowering cycles to 1000 - 1500.

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