Increase response time??? I hope you mean decrease response time.

In any case, I don't think it is possible.

Usually the guys in games don't care for the key repeat rate and move instantly...

But somewhere in this forum is a thread where somebody found a tool for this purpose.

Please post the full system specs first, what dosbox version etc.

Then start with a clean dosbox.conf, lower the priority setting and recheck.

The typematic delay and repeat rate in DOSBox works the same as DOS machines. Turbokey was a popular freeware program for adjusting the settings, found in many an autoexec.bat back in the day. Parameters are (A-Z)(1-4); letter is the rate, number is the delay, lower is faster, so you would use "TURBOKEY A1" for the fastest settings.

Note that many games have their own keyboard handling stuff, and the settings this utility tweaks will have no effect on those games.

Please don't post such tools unless you are sure they fix the problem.

What makes you think I don't know that it works?

Could be that the CPU is overloaded which would cause the input to lag, too.

What makes you think I don't know that it works?

What makes you think you know it works for THAT game?

"My mom can beat your dad!"

What makes you think you know it works for THAT game?

I don't think I even suggested it would do anything for any particular game. The OP's inquiry was about changing the typematic delay in general with no mention of a specific game, posted in the general forum; and even if they are in error that it is the source of the problem, the utility is effective for what was asked for.

BTW, I just tried it, and the mode.com from FreeDOS is effective for setting the typematic delay and rate in DOSBox as described in the OP's link. Some might prefer to use it (can do other stuff as well) over a specific tool like Turbokey.

Wow! So many responses in such a short time 0_0

Anyway, thanks a lot everyone for your answers. Perhaps my words have been a little hard to understand. English is not my native language, perhaps that is why only ripsaw808 was able to understand what I meant.

Thank a lot ripsaw808. Your solution was exactly what I needed. After looking on the internet for the turbokey, I finally was able to download it, set it up as you said to "turbokey A1", and lo and belhold, everything is finally responsive to the touch and actually moves when I want to:) You really made my day, ripsaw808, thanks 😄

I was really quite surprised though that apparently nobody but me has been bothered by it. Before posting here I spend quite a lot of time looking for some solution or DosBox option or some forum discussions about that, but couldn't find anything anywhere regarding keyboard response time in Dos or Dosbox.

By the way, if anyone is interested I was trying to run the "Betrayal at Krondor" game. The issue however applies to practically any game running under Dos.

Anyway, the problem is finally solved, thanks everyone, especially ripsaw808 and I hope this will help somebody else in the future too.

BTW, I just tried it, and the mode.com from FreeDOS is effective for setting the typematic delay and rate in DOSBox as described in the OP's link. Some might prefer to use it (can do other stuff as well) over a specific tool like Turbokey.

I wanted to use that command in DosBox, but it didnt work:(
Whenever I tried to write "MODE CON: rate=32 delay=1" in Dosbox it would say "Illegal command: mode"

I don't think I even suggested it would do anything for any particular game.

He said "before the guy actually starts moving forward." so obviously it is
game related. Thus PLEASE instead of randomly putting up applications on
the forum ask for the stuff they should post in the first place anyways.

The issue however applies to practically any game running under Dos.

Do keen or doom have the same effect for you? Then something is seriously
wrong as they do not respect the typematic programming.

OK, wd, I will question the poster's conclusions more thoroughly in the future. 😉

I know the typematic rate influences games like Rogue and Nethack, but I can't think of any others. I'm surprised a game of Betrayal's relative complexity relys on repeating keys; because after all it's a poor sort of way to read the keyboard for an action game -- even with the shortest delay possible there is still a delay involved.

I'm surprised a game of Betrayal's relative complexity relys on repeating keys

Yes, and i'm not aware having a problem like that with this game ever,
so this feels a bit strange to me.

I found that Betrayal at Krondor (CD version) is indeed influenced by the keyboard typematic programming for moving around; it becomes painfully obvious if you increase the delay or decrease the repeat rate. Tried with 0.72 and CVS using normal and dynamic cores. DOSBox defaults to the fastest repeat rate, but the second-shortest delay, so being able to switch to the shortest delay can be useful for this game. But, again, the issue is not a common one in my experience.

The game sets up an INT 9 handler, and does not appear to use INT 16, which is what I expected. It might be useful to examine its keyboard hardware interrupt stuff to at least ensure that DOSBox isn't doing anything to bring out the behavior; but it may just be the way it's programmed. Note that one doesn't have to use the keyboard at all if the mouse is used to click on the arrows around the compass, but I can see why the keyboard might be preferable to that.

The repeat rate is set in the keyboard itself. Some games might react to the key being pressed and depressed only, others could use the repeat strokes.

Yes, by writing commands to the keyboard I/O ports, or rather to DOSBox's emulation of the hardware, not the actual hardware. Still, it seems unusual for a game like Krondor to use repeating keys, but oh well.

Not that anyone really wants more conf settings, but being able to define the default delay and rate would eliminate the need for a tool program to do it.

A mode.com implementation could kill this fly and some others too 😉