What did you change in dosbox.conf so far?

h-a-l-9000 wrote:

What did you change in dosbox.conf so far?

Well... i have no idea.sorry.i just don't know what is "dosbox.conf".what does it do??
keith 😕

keithktam. Welcome to the forums.

dosbox.conf is a TEXT file located inside the DOSBox folder and it serves as configuration file. You can edit it (with Notepad, for instance) and fine tune DOSBox by changing some parameters.

You should take a look at it (revise documentation too) and ask here afterwards if you have got some further questions.

eL_PuSHeR wrote:

keithktam. Welcome to the forums.

dosbox.conf is a TEXT file located inside the DOSBox folder and it serves as configuration file. You can edit it (with Notepad, for instance) and fine tune DOSBox by changing some parameters.

You should take a look at it (revise documentation too) and ask here afterwards if you have got some further questions.

I have sucessfully opened the dosbox.conf with the notepad, and have taken a look at it.What should i do now?
keith

Well, for starters, change these lines...

output=overlay

You could also try ddraw and Opengl. For ATi cards overlay and ddraw seem to be the best. For nVIDIA cards, you can try Opengl. In my opinion, I like overlay most, because I do not like bilinear filtering used in ddraw and Opengl (although there is also a Openglnb - without bilinear filtering).

Then adjust speed:

core=dynamic
cycles=auto

There is also an autoexec section at the end of the file. It's used to auto execute parameters when starting DOSBox. Mainly used for writing mounting commands there.

E.g.

mount c c:\oldgames {The Hard disk}
mount d h:\ -t cdrom -iotcl {The CD-ROM}

Exit and save changes.

eL_PuSHeR wrote:

Well, for starters, change these lines... […]
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Well, for starters, change these lines...

output=overlay

You could also try ddraw and Opengl. For ATi cards overlay and ddraw seem to be the best. For nVIDIA cards, you can try Opengl. In my opinion, I like overlay most, because I do not like bilinear filtering used in ddraw and Opengl (although there is also a Openglnb - without bilinear filtering).

Then adjust speed:

core=dynamic
cycles=auto

There is also an autoexec section at the end of the file. It's used to auto execute parameters when starting DOSBox. Mainly used for writing mounting commands there.

Thank you very much.It works so much better now...must be magic...

However,the game is just a little bit slow,it is not so smooth.

would be grateful if u can help me just a bit more.thank you
keith 😁

You ARE aware that DOSBox is an emulator, aren't you!? The emulation process consumes a LOT cpu power, i.e. you can emulate something like a 486/66 MHz at the most on your 2.4 GHz machine - which means you only meet the minimum requirements for Syndicate Wars. I doubt you'll be able to run it smoothly through DOSBox unless you switch to 320x200 mode.

Xelasarg wrote:

You ARE aware that DOSBox is an emulator, aren't you!? The emulation process consumes a LOT cpu power, i.e. you can emulate something like a 486/66 MHz at the most on your 2.4 GHz machine - which means you only meet the minimum requirements for Syndicate Wars. I doubt you'll be able to run it smoothly through DOSBox unless you switch to 320x200 mode.

Ah,I see. 😦

You can speed it up and stuff, CTRL+F12 here:

The Newbie's Pictorial Guide To DOSBox