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Change resolution and machine inside dosbox?

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First post, by theelf

Posted on 2019-03-17, 18:01

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Hi, well, exactly this, is possible to change resolution and machine inside dosbox?

for example, most of the time i just use

fullresolution=original
output=surface
machine=vgaonly

For vga games

But some games i want to play in hercules mode for example, i try machine=hercules and fullresolution=720x350 but no luck, dosbox dont change on the fly

Same for EGA games, for example i create 322x200 at 60hz with scanlines, and i tried fullresolution=322x200, but same, no change

Of course, if i different config outside dosbox, i get perfect hercules and EGA

My idea is if possible to do inside dosbox with commands

Thanks for any help

Reply 1 of 2, by ripsaw8080

Posted on 2019-03-17, 20:34

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In SVN you can use the CONFIG command to write settings and then restart: config -writeconf -r

Any setting changes you made will be saved and used after restarting, including settings that don't take effect immediately like machine type and memory size.

Reply 2 of 2, by theelf

Posted on 2019-03-17, 23:49

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ripsaw8080 wrote:
In SVN you can use the CONFIG command to write settings and then restart: config -writeconf -r

Any setting changes you made will be saved and used after restarting, including settings that don't take effect immediately like machine type and memory size.

Thanks a lot! great tip, i did not test latest SVN, i was using stock 0.74

New config options are great, i just need to make some batch files (setvga, setega, sethercules, etc), and problem solved

Again, thanks for your time and reply

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