i've got z working with the cvs, which is very cool infact. svga didn't work though, and there were some horribly sounds when it's loading. unfortunately, with the newest cvs it doesn't work anymore, and i didn't keep the old one D:
Meh. Don't even talk about Z. Thats the only game I`ve ever regretted buying. C&C + Dark Reign were VASTLY better.
I`ll have to try increasing the cycles before I play Syndicate next time, as the sound stuttering has gotten alot worse with the new version of the cvs (as of the 27th of August) when I increase the cycles in-game.
Out of curiosity does Ultima 8 run with the current cvs? I haven`t tested it, but it would be great to play that game again sometime.
heh, back then i prefered c&c as well. but nowadays, i just love the graphics of z, they are kinda way superior to those of c&c (by not being rendered). i'm into pixelgraphics myself, so it's very interesting for me 😀
Originally posted by firestorm225 Yay, Dark Forces works on the latest CVS build! It's really quite slow, but it seems that the sound and the graphics have no problems at all now.
Missed this one earlier... Why on Earth are you running "Dark Forces" in DosBox?
I'm happy to say that Ultima 7 appears to now be working with the latest DOSBox CVS build, everything seems to function fine, no graphical anomolies or anything, though it still runs a little slow (even at a cycles = 10000), and upping it any further in-game results in sound skipping (even at 10000 sound skips slightly) - I haven't tested it extensively though so I have no idea whether it does indeed function 100% or not.
I'm happy U7 is starting to work now... Ultima 8 still bombs out right on startup though, I checked the standard output log to see if anything funny was reported and I got this:
Exit to error: CALL: Descriptor type 4 unsupported
Anyway, good job guys, it can only get better 😀
Well I tried increasing the cpu cycles before I started up syndicate, but the sound skipping still occurs. Ah well.
If the sound is stuttering when you raise the cpu cycles, try increasing the frameskip. I have found it does the trick when playing Syndicate and it doesnt degrade the visual quality.
Currently I am running it at 8000 cycles with a frameskip of 2 on an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ at 1466MHz. All you need to do is mess around with the config and you should be able to get it working pretty sweet. Just a matter of adjusting it to the right levels for your CPU...
wrote:Missed this one earlier... Why on Earth are you running "Dark Forces" in DosBox?
Why not? 😀 No sound at all on Windows XP + very difficult steps that need to be followed in order to even get it installed (like running a .bat file each time in the DOS XP console) made me lose my interest in the game.
Since I have started to use my TV instead of a monitor I havent been able to play Dos based programs because my video card doesnt support it in fullscreen. Something to do with Directx but I'm not sure of the technical specifics. Even trusty old VDMSound wouldnt help... Then comes DosBox and now I can play all those good ol' nostalagic games in all their "320x200" glory... Cheers! I'm off to play Might and Magic 3
Gabriel Knight works... in glorious scale2x... OMG.
Ok, it's pretty slow on my P3@667, but I guess I have to blame my CPU. Woot!
Originally posted by firestorm225 Why not?
*blink*
It's really quite slow,...
In other words, poor performance.
There's also the limit of 8-bit SoundBlaster Mono vs 16-Bit Stereo with VDMSound and you don't get to specify the GS Wavetable for MIDI.
No sound at all on Windows XP + very difficult steps that need to be followed in order to even get it installed (like running a .bat file each time in the DOS XP console)
Eh? What advise is this? The install program attempts to perform diagnostics that gives it the appearance of having "locked up"...it's not.
Database was moved since that post, so my entry is now here. Once you've got the basic setup configured the way you want (things like controller setup, changing the type of install, and the number of Digital audio channels using SETUP.EXE), you can use IMUSE.EXE (with VDMSound) to change individual sound settings.
...made me lose my interest in the game.
Well if you're ok with making your processor cry trying to run this title within an emulator with poor performance....c'est la vie.
wrote:*blink*/In other words, poor performance.
Yes, but I meant, why wouldn't I try the game in the first place?
And I've never tried it with VDMSound so I wouldn't know that 😉
wrote:Prince of Persia 2 works with the latest CVS! 😀
Thank you DOSBox!
Woohoo!
Holy monkey!
If you want some Prince of Persia 2 MP3's, I have some recorded through a Roland MT-32 (from a p75, not emulated).
Thanks Bailey, excellent stuff you have here.
Originally posted by ChaosFish Prince of Persia 2 works with the latest CVS!
Might want to do some in-depth testing before declaring success. We've had "false positives" before.
I still prefer the Mac version, heh.
wrote:Might want to do some in-depth testing before declaring success.
Works smooth here 😀 But you're right about the Mac version, it kicks @$$.
Actually there are some problems with Prince of Persia 2.
While the prince is walking up a door he can still move, and the game crashes sometimes (only the game, not dosbox).
Originally posted by ChaosFish While the prince is walking up a door he can still move, and the game crashes sometimes (only the game, not dosbox).
Well, if it's because of the game itself, there's nothing to be done.
Apparently, the "critical" place to test is around "quicksand".
