0.73 : priority=higher,pause + alt-tab = slowdown \ VOGONS

0.73 : priority=higher,pause + alt-tab = slowdown

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First post, by Orme

Posted on 2009-07-05, 01:13

Orme Offline

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Hello 😀

I've noticed that if I configure DosBox 0.73 with priority=higher,pause , each time I alt-tab my game's speed is roughly halved, no matter what scaler or output I select.

Tested and happens with :
Dungeon Hack
DUNE2
Eye of the Beholder 2
Eye of the Beholder 3
Hand Of Fate
Lands of Lore
TYRIAN2K

With priority=higher,lower , no problems at all.

Host is AMD Sempron ( i.e. monocore ), XP SP2, 2 Go RAM

Config file attached.

Thanks to the team for that emulator 😀 Have a nice day.

Reply 1 of 1, by Laukku

Posted on 2013-11-05, 13:47

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Bump. This still happens in 0.74 and latest SVN (r3841 form EmuCR). It didn't happen in earlier versions. I can reproduce this on several Windows machines.

The speed can be "reset" within the same session if you exit to the command prompt and change the core setting (for example to dynamic and back to auto), but this is clunky at best. Very annoying if you want to repeatedly check something else from the computer without the game progressing as you do it.

My YouTube account, with miscellanous DOS game stuff: http://www.youtube.com/@LaukkuPaukku

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