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Can you try an SVN build of Dosbox? AND I think there was/is an issue that makes you try different output settings in the config (as strange as that sounds).

Dominus wrote:

Can you try an SVN build of Dosbox? AND I think there was/is an issue that makes you try different output settings in the config (as strange as that sounds).

What's an SVN build? and what do you mean by different output settings in the config?

In the config of Dosbox you can write different output settings.
Output=surface
Or overlay or ddraw or opengl.

SVN build: DOSBox SVN Builds

Dominus wrote:

In the config of Dosbox you can write different output settings. Output=surface Or overlay or ddraw or opengl. […]
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In the config of Dosbox you can write different output settings.
Output=surface
Or overlay or ddraw or opengl.

SVN build: DOSBox SVN Builds

What should I do to fix this problem?

change Output=surface to Output=opengl?

try them all.

I just discovered that the left shift key works, but the right shift key does not.

I guess this solves my problem. Still though, why does the right shift key not work?

Dominus, please give me more information on what you mean by dosbox builds. I don't use any builds I just use the latest version of dosbox from their website.

Am I missing something here and can I make my dosbox better by changing it or modifying it or something?

Read http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/SVN_Builds which was linked by the forum thread I posted.

If you want to use compressed audio files for CD audio replacement or want to make screenshots or even videos of your games, you can use my SVN builds (see my signature).

Yesterplay80 and Dominus, I can see that you both have made "SVN" builds for Dosbox.

I downloaded the EmuCR-Dosbox-r3993 from the website. I am guessing I have to copy paste its contents on top of the original dosbox 0.74 installation folder to use it.
1) Is that how you use it?

2) user Yesterplay80, I am guessing you made the SVN build called "DOSBOX SVN r3993 3Dfx". Did you modify the "EmuCR-Dosbox-r3993" to add more features like taking screenshots and videos or is it independent from that one?

3) If you don't mind, can you elaborate on the differences between the regular dosbox 0.74, the "EmuCR-Dosbox-r3993" and the "DOSBOX SVN r3993 3Dfx" SVN builds?

4) What does "SVN" stand for?

5) Also, do you think D-Fend reloaded is better than these builds?

Thanks for your time.

1. however you want to use it. You can just put it in a different folder
2.no, he is compiling SVN and is making use of all features of Dosbox, while the built by Emucr is not
3. 4. you could have read the wiki. SVN is a way to store work in progress on the source of Dosbox. 0.74 is a point in the far past of the dosbox sources. Development has not stopped and is stored in SVN. When something gets changed in SVN these get a revision number, for example r3993. EmuCR r3993 is a straight build of that SVN revision (just without the screenshot/video option). Yesterplays built has those options but (I guess) also thd 3dfx patch applied.
5. d-fend reloaded is a frontend for dosbox and can utilize different Dosbox versions.

SVN is an abbreviation for "Subversion": https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apache_Subversion

Dominus wrote:

Yesterplays built has those options but (I guess) also thd 3dfx patch applied.

Actually there are 3 builds to choose from at the moment: One plain vanilla build (DOSBOX SVN r3993.7z), one with kekkos 3Dfx patch added to it (DOSBOX SVN r3993 3Dfx.7z) and one with nukeykts NukedOPL patch applied (DOSBOX SVN r3993 NukedOPL.7z).

Those aren't modifications of the EmuCR builds, they are compiled independently following the official wiki explaining how to compile DOSBox using MinGW.

Yesterplay80, which one of these would you recommend and how should I install them? By copying their contents on top of the already existing Dosbox 0.74 installation?

And do you think D-Fend reloaded is any good?