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First post, by nikiniki

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It's just a suggestion but ...

How about to adjust main memory under dosbox.

In Robocop on 512k, you won't see a guy using the big gun. Unstead, Robocop finds this weapon when opening on the box.

Other games might work differently if not played on 640k.

Reply 1 of 16, by Gamecollector

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Use Ykhwong's build, "memsizekb=" parameter in the .conf.

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Reply 2 of 16, by nikiniki

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Do you mean this version: http://ykhwong.x-y.net/

It works fine. Dosbox craches if memsizekb is 128 or lower.

Reply 4 of 16, by nikiniki

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DosFreak wrote:

Use loadfix

It's working.

Thank you.

Reply 5 of 16, by IIGS_User

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Loadfix should work independent of any funny other builds.

Klimawandel.

Reply 6 of 16, by nikiniki

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I agree.

but with Ykhwong's build, I don't need to type LOADFIX over and over unless it's under 256k.

Reply 7 of 16, by robertmo

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how about reading the manual?

Reply 8 of 16, by nikiniki

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Ho. You mean:

# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
# You can put your MOUNT lines here.
set path=c:\;c:\qb\;c:\qbx\;c:\debug;z:\;
keyb cf

I could put LOADFIX there as well.

Yeah. I know that too.

Reply 10 of 16, by nikiniki

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I know how LOADFIX works. I solved the problem with California games with LOADFIX.

Reply 11 of 16, by robertmo

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nikiniki wrote:

but with Ykhwong's build, I don't need to type LOADFIX over and over unless it's under 256k.

What do you exactly mean by this?

Reply 12 of 16, by nikiniki

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It means I'll use LOADFIX if I want to set dosbox to 128k or lower. I'll use Ykhwong's build if i set dosbox to 256k or more. I don't need LOADFIX for this build.

Reply 13 of 16, by VileR

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I guess robertmo meant to hint that you don't need to type LOADFIX over and over, since LOADFIX lets you specify how much memory you want to decrease. This way doesn't crash DOSBox and doesn't require different builds.

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Reply 14 of 16, by nikiniki

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With Ykhwong's build, I don't need to write LOADFIX each time I run dosbox. I know, LOADFIX is available in all dosbox buids.

Reply 15 of 16, by IIGS_User

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Don't need to enter the Loadfix command makes a useful difference, thought.

Klimawandel.

Reply 16 of 16, by Dominus

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Actually running loadfix each time one wants to play a troublesome game makes more sense than setting it globally in the config for all games and then running into problems with games like Ultima 7...
If you have special configs for games it doesn't matter much whether it is a setting or you have loadfix in the autoexec section.

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