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Dosbox 0.65 is AMAZING

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First post, by avatar_58

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I know fan useless threads are probably not nessesary, but damnit guys you've outdone yourselves. Games like Crusader and System Shock had terrible lagging sound on my FX-53, forcing me to use frame skipping and other fixes that only caused fps issues.

Now they run like a dream. Perfect video + perfect sound = one happy retro gamer! 😁 I'm compelled to run every game I own just to see any boosts I get from using this new version.

Best yet, it still works in the old D-fend. Just add 'original' to the list of resolutions and a few other options and all set. 😎

I am going to test a few games known to have issues just to be on the safe side.

Reply 1 of 44, by ChaosFish

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Lol, I guess DOSBox 0.65 has no better description than "AMAZING" then!

Reply 2 of 44, by avatar_58

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We did it almost the exact minute! 🤣

I'm in love so far, assuming my little bio menace issue can be easily solved.

Reply 3 of 44, by emodel

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so its MUCH better than latest cvs ?

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Reply 4 of 44, by avatar_58

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The verdict is still out on a few things, but so far I'm seeing major improvements over the CVS build I was using. I still have quite a bit to try out though.

EDIT - Dear god, even Duke3D runs full speed for me now. 😎

Reply 5 of 44, by emodel

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anyway, i wont download, as it comes with a crap installer thing (god i hate those)
Zip/rar version somewhere ?

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Reply 6 of 44, by ChaosFish

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I confirm the installer is spyware free 😜

Reply 7 of 44, by avatar_58

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I'd never used video record features of the CVS before so this is a fun feature for me to play with. 😁 Perfect for showing people old nostalgic moments.

Reply 8 of 44, by TeaRex

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Good job guys. If I were your boss I'd send you to the Caribbean for a week now... since I'm not you'll have to go on your own 😉

tearex

Reply 9 of 44, by Johan

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Indeed, this new release is friggin sweet!
Even MDK runs smoothly! Good job, guys!

Reply 10 of 44, by Peturrr

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WOW!!! DOsbox is amazingly improved!!
Extreme Pinball on Ubuntu Linux is now completely smooth and no graphical artifacts anymore!!
Great job!!

Reply 11 of 44, by adventur

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how is 0.65 different from say, last month's CVS build? 😲

Reply 12 of 44, by Reckless

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It's probably an amazing release but for those that enjoy added features such as D3D/OpenGL scaling/filtering, I guess it's stick with a CVS?!

Reply 13 of 44, by Lofty

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Well, I guess anything considered unstable, not integrating with the rest of dosbox too well, or otherwise less-than-perfect was kept out of the official release so there wouldn't be loads of people complaining about it.

Reply 14 of 44, by Neville

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A couple of questions: Does Windows 3.11 work under this version? I lost contact with the CVS builds several months ago.

If so, what is the easiest way to install it from an ISO image? I'm using D-Fend.

Reply 15 of 44, by absolutefunk

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WOW! Quake loads now and it actually runs smooth! This is great, nice job guys!

-Brian

Reply 16 of 44, by Johan

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Nevlle, AFAIK there is no CD version of Windows 3.11. Anyway, there is an installation how-to in the DOSbox guides subforum.

Click here

Reply 17 of 44, by Neville

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Yeah, I know there's no CD version. It's just that in order to make it easier to install it under virtual machines (I use VMWare Workstation) I copied the whole installation package into a ISO file.

I'll check that guide, thanks. BTW, to the dude who said he can run Quake smoothly, what are youe machine specs and what settings are you using? I have quite a few early Pentium era games I'd like to test as well.

Reply 18 of 44, by DosFreak

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Quake is the heaviest of the DOS games. I highly doubt he's running it @ 640x480 probably at some resolution lower than that although it's probably playable @ 640 but not ideal.

Anyways the FPS engine games are the slowest of the protected mode games under DosBox, other protected mode games are just fine with a recent processor.

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Reply 19 of 44, by Neville

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A pity to hear that... I was looking forward to play "tekwar" or one of those Terminator games.. Maybe next time.