Dosbox, *trying to make this pinned... arg!* Options

[jonajosa]

Does anyone know which DosBox Ishould download so I can run Arena for my laptop? Go to the downloads section at the ES website to understand my question.

[ThePerson98]

There is a direct3d patch that can increase performance by up to 20%

http://www.si-gamer.net/gulikoza/dosbox/dosboxcvs-060318.zip

Download, open, and put ALL the files into your DosBOX directory. (Usually C:\Program Files\DosBOX 0.63\)

Go into Start\Programs\Dosbox 0.63\Dosbox.conf

When you open it there will be a list of what different things say. On the list for output it should say..

"# output -- What to use for output: surface,overlay,opengl,openglnb,openglhq,ddraw,direct3d."

Make sure it says Direct3d, if not, restart this walkthrough

Below that it should say..

"output=surface"

Change that to..

"output=direct3d"

This should improve your performance. Least it does with mine.

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Also, setting your Frameskip to 1 increases performance by a good amount without making much a visual difference. Do this by pressing Ctrl+F8

This post has been edited by ThePerson98: Apr 7 2006, 01:49 AM