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Syndicate Plus too fast

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First post, by saides6183

Posted on 2014-07-27, 13:04

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I wanted to make a new question thread but HOW? Im new here fresh noob am I
Anyway my question is relevant to DOS BOX games
I have syndicate plus for DOSBOX but this game runs so furiously fast that it is practically unplayable my team all dead in seconds No fun
Can some one here help me hack this game so I can slow it down a good few pegs please
Thx
S83

Again apologies for posting my Q here ... but clicking VOGONS above does not help me find where to post any new question thread how come I dont know

Reply 1 of 9, by Stiletto

Posted on 2014-07-27, 20:12

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Moved to DOSBox forum as it seems to be a DOSBox question.

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Reply 2 of 9, by Mau1wurf1977

Posted on 2014-07-27, 23:23

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Set a manual cycle speed in the config file.

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Reply 3 of 9, by awgamer

Posted on 2014-07-28, 01:27

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Syndicate Plus came out in 94, I don't know how well they matched their release to the CPU of the day but the CPUs released in 94 were the Pentium 90 and 100, pentium 100 is around 53000 cycles in DOSBox. According to mobygames, Syndicate Plus is just Syndicate(1993) bundled with its expansion pack, 93 the initial pentium at 60,66 was released, though I don't think most bought them, so a more likely target at the time might have been the 486 66 from 92, which is around 23000 cycles.

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Reply 4 of 9, by mr_bigmouth_502

Posted on 2014-07-28, 02:09

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I usually play it with a cycles count of just 10000. It's slower, but it works well. The GoG.com release defaults to only 8000 cycles though. 😲

awgamer wrote:
Syndicate Plus came out in 94, I don't know how well they matched their release to the CPU of the day but the CPUs released in 94 were the Pentium 90 and 100, pentium 100 is around 53000 cycles in DOSBox. According to mobygames, Syndicate Plus is just Syndicate(1993) bundled with its expansion pack, 93 the initial pentium at 60,66 was released, though I don't think most bought them, so a more likely target at the time might of been the 486 66 from 92, which is around 23000 cycles.

How did you figure that out?

Reply 5 of 9, by awgamer

Posted on 2014-07-28, 02:28

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DOS benchmarks.

Reply 6 of 9, by saides6183

Posted on 2014-07-30, 13:29

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote:
Set a manual cycle speed in the config file.

Thank you for your response but Im not so advanced as you that I have a clue how to do that

Reply 7 of 9, by Mau1wurf1977

Posted on 2014-07-30, 14:06

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saides6183 wrote:

Thank you for your response but Im not so advanced as you that I have a clue how to do that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQRCBZ-QNY

Please follow my video guide 😀

This video covers CPU cycles. It is part of a massive playlist that covers other parts.

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Reply 8 of 9, by saides6183

Posted on 2014-07-30, 23:25

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Mau1wurf1977 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQRCBZ-QNY […]
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saides6183 wrote:

Thank you for your response but Im not so advanced as you that I have a clue how to do that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQRCBZ-QNY

Please follow my video guide 😀

This video covers CPU cycles. It is part of a massive playlist that covers other parts.

Thank you very much! I'Il check it out

Reply 9 of 9, by saides6183

Posted on 2014-07-31, 01:27

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saides6183 wrote:
Mau1wurf1977 wrote:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQRCBZ-QNY […]
Show full quote
saides6183 wrote:

Thank you for your response but Im not so advanced as you that I have a clue how to do that

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acQRCBZ-QNY

Please follow my video guide 😀

This video covers CPU cycles. It is part of a massive playlist that covers other parts.

Thank you very much! I'Il check it out

Yes that fixed it! I liked your vid on Youtube

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