A new release of DOSBox is out. It offers improved performance over the previous release. The new auto CPU core really works well with Moo2.
Here is my dosbox.conf file. The highlighted items are the ones I changed for performance and sound.
[sdl]
fullscreen=false
fulldouble=false
fullresolution=original
windowresolution=original
output=overlay
autolock=true
sensitivity=100
waitonerror=true
priority=higher,normal
mapperfile=mapper.txt
[dosbox]
language=
machine=vga
captures=capture
memsize=16
[render]
frameskip=0
aspect=false
scaler=scan2x
[cpu]
core=auto
cycles=auto
cycleup=500
cycledown=20
timesynched=false
[mixer]
nosound=false
rate=22050
blocksize=2048
prebuffer=10
[midi]
mpu401=intelligent
device=default
mt32rate=22050
config=
[sblaster]
sbtype=sb16
sbbase=220
irq=7
dma=1
hdma=5
mixer=true
oplmode=auto
oplrate=22050
[gus]
gus=false
gusrate=22050
gusbase=240
irq1=5
irq2=5
dma1=3
dma2=3
ultradir=C:\ULTRASND
[speaker]
pcspeaker=true
pcrate=22050
tandy=auto
tandyrate=22050
disney=true
[joystick]
joysticktype=none
timed=true
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=true
[serial]
serial1=dummy
serial2=dummy
serial3=disabled
serial4=disabled
[dos]
xms=true
ems=true
umb=true
keyboardlayout=none
[ipx]
# ipx -- Enable ipx over UDP/IP emulation.
ipx=true
[autoexec]
# Lines in this section will be run at startup.
mount c c:\mps\orion2\
c:
11 comments:
most of the options you highlight are of the experimental build of ykhwong.
you might want to refer people to the official 0.70 build as that one should work fine as well.
Yes, I corrected it. I posted my dosbox.conf that I used for the CVS build. Either way the extra config entries are ignored on DOSbox 0.70 so no harm done.
aww your site sometimes lets my konquerer crash. i dont have that problem with other blogspot sites.
There's a new version of Dos box available now.
I noticed you haven't been posting much lately. Losing interest in MOO2?
Ya DosBox 0.72 is out. Not much new there though. No impact to Moo2.
I'm pretty busy these days. Not much time to post. I still find time to play moo2 online at least once a week :)
Hmm, wouldn't it be better to use GUS audio? Less CPU overhead and all that... seems to work better on my comp.
Anyway, great job with the patch. MOO II without the money bug is a huge improvement :D
FYI for new/returning space emperors: The fastest, most basic way for WinXP users to get in and play a campaign against AI opponents (NOT human opponents): Stick the CD in; install Windows version; apply the 1.31 patch (see Brazen's links); change Compatibility Mode settings in shortcut icon's properties; run DXDIAG to disable direct draw and hardware acceleration; and play. See Brazen's forum if you need more help!
I installed your patch.
I am having issues with DOSbox and would like to know if any of your bug fixes are still fixed when instead of running your EXE file, I run ORION95.EXE ?
My patch only addresses the bugs in the DOS version of the game. The windows version of the game has its own bugs (oddly most are different than the DOS bugs).
Hi
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i use your patch for years already :) great stuff
sadly i cant get teh sound to work on dosbox, i am on that for 2 days now and getting more and more frustratted, i got mostly your settings, those yellow marked overall.
Well it took me a day to get it to work at all, 1-2 days more or less for sound ... worth it
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