Post by: XPort on August 28, 2004, 11:17:00 AM
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Post by: XPort on November 07, 2004, 10:39:00 AM
http://xport.xbox-scene.com
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
What's New :
- Every file gets a unique configuration regardless of whether or not
the filename is unique. This fixes the configuration problems where
different games have the same executable filename (e.g. play.exe ).
This also fixes the screenshot filenames.
- Added configuration option to enable VSync. This should fix the screen
tearing but performance will suffer with it enabled.
- Added ability to map the following keyboard keys:
+ Num Lock
+ Scroll Lock
+ PrintScreen
+ Pause/Break
- Added ability to use light gun as a mouse pointer
Stella, Gnuboy, SMSPlus, FCEUltra, HUGO, NeoPop, DGen, Bochs, HUGO-CD,
FMSXBox, Bliss, WinSTon, Gens, Z26X, StepmaniaX, PCSXBox, XBoyAdvance,
DOSXBox, AtariXLBox, MirrorMagicX, KoboX, MaelstromX, MarblesX, Vice64X,
Vice20X, VicePETX, KegsX, XPired, AdamX, WonderSwanX, BeatsOfRageX,
PowermangaX, LynxBox, BlueMSXBox, GladiatorX, AmphetamineX, StarfighterX,
PachiX, BlobWarsX, OdysseyX, ArnoldX, X68000X, WinUAEX
what's next?
Enjoy!
Post by: Likklebaer on November 07, 2004, 11:54:00 AM
One other thing though, would it be possible to speed up the mouse controls when using the analogue stick? Games like Wolfenstein 3D and X-Wing use the mouse for analogue movement but it's way too slow ATM.
Post by: XPort on November 07, 2004, 12:00:00 PM
| QUOTE (Likklebaer @ Nov 7 2004, 03:57 PM) |
| Thankies for the VSync option One other thing though, would it be possible to speed up the mouse controls when using the analogue stick? Games like Wolfenstein 3D and X-Wing use the mouse for analogue movement but it's way too slow ATM. |
Adjust mouse sensitivity in configuration options.
Post by: XDelusion on November 07, 2004, 01:31:00 PM
...besides a point and click adventure that is.
Post by: Likklebaer on November 07, 2004, 01:44:00 PM
| QUOTE (XPort @ Nov 7 2004, 09:03 PM) |
| Adjust mouse sensitivity in configuration options. |
Sorry. missed that one. Thankies
Post by: Matsku on November 08, 2004, 12:19:00 AM
I don't know what kind of twisted person makes Scroll lock a mandatory key, but unfortunately that kind of a twisted individual also made a great game like Tankkk...But a couple of guestions about the new configuration files. Does Dosxbox v6 "automatically import" configurations made with v5, or is there a GUI option to do so? Or can this be done manually by copying/renaming/cut&pasting files (haven't tried it yet, so I don't new mechanism)? I spent some time specifying the mappings for a few games and would hate get them destroyed in the update.
Cheers,
Post by: Rion on November 08, 2004, 03:25:00 AM
Post by: XPort on November 08, 2004, 04:56:00 AM
| QUOTE (Matsku @ Nov 8 2004, 04:15 AM) |
| Great work, just the additions I was hoping I don't know what kind of twisted person makes Scroll lock a mandatory key, but unfortunately that kind of a twisted individual also made a great game like Tankkk... But a couple of guestions about the new configuration files. Does Dosxbox v6 "automatically import" configurations made with v5, or is there a GUI option to do so? Or can this be done manually by copying/renaming/cut&pasting files (haven't tried it yet, so I don't new mechanism)? I spent some time specifying the mappings for a few games and would hate get them destroyed in the update. Cheers, |
It will first search for the old configuration filename and if it finds it, it will copy it over to the new filename. The old configuration is then deleted.
Let's say you have two games launched by the filename SIERRA.EXE and they are both configured the same way. The first time you load up the first SIERRA.EXE, it will copy over the old configuration and delete it. After this, if you load up the second SIERRA.EXE, it will not be able to find any configuration files and will default to whatever the current configuration is (which is the configuration of the last game you loaded.)
This is an easy way to copy one game configuration to another, if the need arises. Load up SOURCEGAME and then exit back to the game selection menu. Then highlight DESTGAME on the game selection menu and press the BLACK button to delete all configuration files for DESTGAME. Then press A and it should bring you to the game configuration screen where you should see that the settings are the same as SOURCEGAME. The keymappings will all be the same as SOURCEGAME as well.
Post by: A600 on November 08, 2004, 06:25:00 AM
Any idea?
Post by: XPort on November 08, 2004, 07:42:00 AM
| QUOTE (A600 @ Nov 8 2004, 10:21 AM) |
| I have a problem with V6: it only runs games that have a config file from V5. If I copy a new game to the harddrive, V6 can't execute it. I have delete all game configs but didn't work until I used V5. Any idea? |
What do you mean by "can't execute it"? Describe exactly what is happening and what game you are trying to run.
Post by: Pistol on November 08, 2004, 08:39:00 AM
| QUOTE (Likklebaer @ Nov 7 2004, 08:57 PM) |
| .... Games like Wolfenstein 3D and X-Wing .... |
..nnnNnNNnnnNN!!!..
So have you actually run Xwing on DosXBox, Likklebaer? That's the one game I really really want!!
If you wouldn't mind, can you tell me which version you're running, and any special measures you had to take to get it to install? I've got the Xwing Collector's Edition CD, but I couldn't get it to install at all with DosXBox V3. I'm not sure whether it was a problem with the old version of DosXbox, or whether my Xwing CD is just plain incompatible with DOSBOX. It won't install on Windows 2000 either - I get an error saying something like "the program is trying to directly access the harddrive". Well duh! It's trying to install the game!
I'll get the latest version of DosXbox at the weekend!
Post by: Likklebaer on November 08, 2004, 09:13:00 AM
However, I haven't had to install from CD. The files I'm using come from an installation I did on an old PC years ago and it wasn't from Collector's Edition disc. So I'm afraid I really don't know what to suggest.
This post has been edited by Likklebaer: Nov 8 2004, 05:15 PM
Post by: XPort on November 08, 2004, 09:17:00 AM
| QUOTE (A600 @ Nov 8 2004, 10:21 AM) |
| I have a problem with V6: it only runs games that have a config file from V5. If I copy a new game to the harddrive, V6 can't execute it. I have delete all game configs but didn't work until I used V5. Any idea? |
I'm pretty sure I know what you're trying to say now. It's not that v6 cannot run the games, it's that it no longer automatically sets up the autoexec.bat lines for you (which you can edit manually on the game configuration screen.)
This is fixed and will be out in the near future.
Post by: A600 on November 08, 2004, 10:37:00 AM
Post by: XPort on November 09, 2004, 08:52:00 AM
http://xport.xbox-scene.com
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
What's New :
- Autoexec lines were no longer being automatically created in v6.
This is fixed.
- Added support for USB connectors on your joypad upper/lower memory
card slots. Unfortunately I cannot test this, so someone will need
to let me know if this works or not.
Stella, Gnuboy, SMSPlus, FCEUltra, HUGO, NeoPop, DGen, Bochs, HUGO-CD,
FMSXBox, Bliss, WinSTon, Gens, Z26X, StepmaniaX, PCSXBox, XBoyAdvance,
DOSXBox, AtariXLBox, MirrorMagicX, KoboX, MaelstromX, MarblesX, Vice64X,
Vice20X, VicePETX, KegsX, XPired, AdamX, WonderSwanX, BeatsOfRageX,
PowermangaX, LynxBox, BlueMSXBox, GladiatorX, AmphetamineX, StarfighterX,
PachiX, BlobWarsX, OdysseyX, ArnoldX, X68000X, WinUAEX
what's next?
Enjoy!
Post by: wisefire on November 09, 2004, 09:43:00 AM
Post by: XPort on November 09, 2004, 10:58:00 AM
| QUOTE (wisefire @ Nov 9 2004, 01:10 PM) |
| why doesnt dosxbox have point releases?? |
Why should it?
Post by: Matsku on November 09, 2004, 11:17:00 AM
V6 (haven't tested v7) seems to suffer from a strange slowdown whenever the right trigger is pressed. This happens even if it's not mapped to anything, and left trigger doesn't seem to be affected. This happens at least with Slick 'n Slide, Pinball Dreams 2 and Pinball Fantasies. Let me know if more detailed information is needed.
Cheers,
Post by: XPort on November 09, 2004, 11:57:00 AM
| QUOTE (Matsku @ Nov 9 2004, 02:44 PM) |
| Hi again, V6 (haven't tested v7) seems to suffer from a strange slowdown whenever the right trigger is pressed. This happens even if it's not mapped to anything, and left trigger doesn't seem to be affected. This happens at least with Slick 'n Slide, Pinball Dreams 2 and Pinball Fantasies. Let me know if more detailed information is needed. Cheers, |
Unmap the throttle button. Read General FAQs for configuring controllers or at least examine the various configuration options.
Post by: wisefire on November 09, 2004, 04:14:00 PM
| QUOTE (XPort @ Nov 9 2004, 07:25 PM) |
| Why should it? |
well for little changes like for example some bugs, its more usual to do a point release.. instead of a full on version change.. ofcourse the jump i made from 4 to 6 thats worth a version change over.. whoah.. nicely done..
2 version changes in one week.. thats a lot..
Post by: tristanx on November 09, 2004, 04:36:00 PM
Post by: XPort on November 09, 2004, 04:47:00 PM
| QUOTE (wisefire @ Nov 9 2004, 07:41 PM) |
| well for little changes like for example some bugs, its more usual to do a point release.. instead of a full on version change.. ofcourse the jump i made from 4 to 6 thats worth a version change over.. whoah.. nicely done.. 2 version changes in one week.. thats a lot.. |
v5 vs v3.2 = tomato vs. to-mah-to
Post by: Ecrofirt on November 09, 2004, 09:23:00 PM
Would there be any way for you to add more options for the Game Mappings?
I've got V6, and in the game mappings area there's no way to map the Up, Down, Left, or Right arrows to the controller. There's also no way to map anything higher than the letter a.
If there's any way you could add this, it would make playing some of my older games with an Xbox controller work much better.
Post by: chilin_dude on November 10, 2004, 01:15:00 AM
You can map ANY keyboard button to ANY controller button, however you have to go into 'game ui settings' I think, I can't remember for sure, but I will post up exactly how to tonight!
Post by: XPort on November 10, 2004, 05:14:00 AM
...or he could go to the Help menu in the emulator...
...or he could search the forums...
Post by: XDelusion on November 10, 2004, 05:34:00 AM
Seems like there is some sort of speed increase since version 5? I would not know why, but now Alone In The Dark 2 is running great!
Post by: Ecrofirt on November 10, 2004, 08:50:00 AM
edit: And I read the Dosxbox FAQ in the sticky. It's not mentioned there, either.
This post has been edited by Ecrofirt: Nov 10 2004, 05:06 PM
Post by: A600 on November 10, 2004, 12:15:00 PM
| QUOTE (XDelusion @ Nov 10 2004, 02:01 PM) |
| Sorry if I'm over looking something, but is there a way to swap the mouse to the right analog instead? I was playing Hexx which runs VERY well BTW, but it kinda gets old having to let off of the directional pad to look around. |
Yes, you can
In the game configuration screen there is a mouse option (you can choose left/right analog or USB mouse)
Post by: XDelusion on November 10, 2004, 01:47:00 PM
So glad that Hexx runs correctly!
Post by: XPort on November 10, 2004, 02:26:00 PM
http://xport.xbox-scene.com
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net
What's New :
- Fixed support for USB connectors on your joypad upper/lower memory
card slots.
Stella, Gnuboy, SMSPlus, FCEUltra, HUGO, NeoPop, DGen, Bochs, HUGO-CD,
FMSXBox, Bliss, WinSTon, Gens, Z26X, StepmaniaX, PCSXBox, XBoyAdvance,
DOSXBox, AtariXLBox, MirrorMagicX, KoboX, MaelstromX, MarblesX, Vice64X,
Vice20X, VicePETX, KegsX, XPired, AdamX, WonderSwanX, BeatsOfRageX,
PowermangaX, LynxBox, BlueMSXBox, GladiatorX, AmphetamineX, StarfighterX,
PachiX, BlobWarsX, OdysseyX, ArnoldX, X68000X, WinUAEX
what's next?
Enjoy!
Post by: wisefire on November 11, 2004, 11:58:00 AM
| QUOTE (XPort @ Nov 10 2004, 01:14 AM) |
| v5 vs v3.2 = tomato vs. to-mah-to |
you are right.. its just syntax.. but still if the developers keep this up they will be at dosxbox v52 within no time..
but dont get me wrong i am very happy to see 3 versions coming out in one week.
it shows me that the developers are passionate and very productive.
and that if ive got a problem, they can and will fix it..
also i would just like to state that i think this rox.. running my commander keen games and my supaplex and my streetrod and even simon the sorcerer..
i love it..
thank you dev guys!!
Post by: XPort on November 11, 2004, 11:48:00 AM
| QUOTE (wisefire @ Nov 11 2004, 03:25 PM) |
| you are right.. its just syntax.. but still if the developers keep this up they will be at dosxbox v52 within no time.. but dont get me wrong i am very happy to see 3 versions coming out in one week. it shows me that the developers are passionate and very productive. and that if ive got a problem, they can and will fix it.. also i would just like to state that i think this rox.. running my commander keen games and my supaplex and my streetrod and even simon the sorcerer.. i love it.. thank you dev guys!! |
You're talking to me, right? What's all this 3rd person talk of "the developers"?
"XPort" is the name of a person ; not a group....and you've been talking to him.
Post by: XDelusion on November 11, 2004, 01:29:00 PM
Post by: XDelusion on November 11, 2004, 11:14:00 PM
Post by: Ecrofirt on November 12, 2004, 12:57:00 AM
I've read the FAQ, the help menu in the emulator, and I've looked at the readme.
I keep getting told that I can map any button to the controller for the game, but I just don't see the option anywhere.
I'm using v8, and here's my normal process to get to the controller settings:
Open game>right thumbstick click>Configuration>Controller Configuration>Controller 1>Change Joypad Mappings>Change Game Mappings
In this screen there's nothing for mapping the keyboard up/down/left/right, or any letters past A. I can't change pages or anything by pressing right/left on the d-pad, so it's not like they're on a different page.
I've also tried all the other controller 1 menus, and there's nothing there to map keys I need to the controller.
It's not like I haven't tried figuring this out. I've looked everywhere I can, and I'm being told I haven't and that it's 'right there' and stuff.
Can you help me?
Post by: XDelusion on November 12, 2004, 04:50:00 AM
...then Change Emulator Definitions.
At which point, you manually add in the keys you want in your Joy Mapping list, then goto Joy mapping, and assign those keys to your controller.
Post by: mrinsane on November 13, 2004, 05:05:00 PM
Post by: wisefire on November 15, 2004, 03:34:00 PM
| QUOTE (XPort @ Nov 11 2004, 08:51 PM) |
| You're talking to me, right? What's all this 3rd person talk of "the developers"? "XPort" is the name of a person ; not a group....and you've been talking to him. |
i am sorry.. i didnt know that..
im not used to developers checking in regularly to talk to the masses..
and ehm. WHAT??? you dont mean to say that all these emulators are being created by one person?? that is impossible.. .. isnt it??
anyway.. i finally got this thing under control.. it runs beautifully.. exept for some games.. but im guessing i would need a 486 emulator for that.. lol.. (doom2 High seas trader..) ive read that you are experimenting with a dynamic core.. which should speedup the emulation.. or something.. im not a programmer so i wouldnt know..
the control setup is not that difficult however i find that the whole interface structure is a bit chaotic.. a lot of features i inversly proportional to a intuitive interface, i guess..
naturally i have some some suggestions..
the controller assignment is a bit cumbersome.. first having to define what i want to control with my controller.. and next actually putting under speciffic controller buttons..
my idea would be to make a menu where the buttons of the controller are listed and you just have to choose what keyboard(or mouse) key you want under it..
(and a advanced button so you can make those nice dual controller combos for frameskip etc.. which would work like it does now..)
and i have a couple other ideas.. but im tired right now.. also i can understand that you get a lot of suggestions from everybody and get a bit irritated with them.
couple of questions to finish though..
how can i upload my configs?
how can i delete a config? or has that been answered in previous messages.. ill go check after posting..
how can i put 2 keyboard keys under one controller button.. hold on.. with your somewhat cumbersome controller setup.. that shouldnt be that hard.. ok it does have its advantages..
ooh im tired.. im off to bed..
Post by: s1w on November 18, 2004, 04:11:00 PM
I have been able to get most games to run with dosxbox.
I'm having a problem with NBA Jam TE, Duke Nukem 3D & Rally Championship Racing.
They will execute to their DOS loader and terminate back to the dos prompt.
Has anyone had this problem and resolved it?
Also, will it be possible in the future to run a DOS based Windows game. What I mean is AGD revamped King's Quest I but it needs Ddirectx to run. So if you try to run the executable, it gives you the famous error 'Cannot run in DOS mode'.
Is there a way around this as well?
ADG Sierra VGA remakes, http://www.agdinteractive.com/
This post has been edited by s1w: Nov 19 2004, 12:13 AM
Post by: A600 on November 19, 2004, 09:12:00 AM
| QUOTE |
| I'm having a problem with NBA Jam TE, Duke Nukem 3D & Rally Championship Racing. They will execute to their DOS loader and terminate back to the dos prompt. |
I haven't tried myself but don't bother. DosBox is a 286/386 emulator and according to my tests, the Xbox port is comparable to a 386-25/40 MHz so those games even if run, won't be playable.
| QUOTE |
| Also, will it be possible in the future to run a DOS based Windows game. What I mean is AGD revamped King's Quest I but it needs Ddirectx to run. So if you try to run the executable, it gives you the famous error 'Cannot run in DOS mode'. Is there a way around this as well? |
No
This post has been edited by A600: Nov 19 2004, 05:12 PM
Post by: s1w on November 19, 2004, 02:54:00 PM
Is it possible to emulate 486dx50 systems with DosXbox or is the emulation speed maxed out?
Also I found a great site for DOS games if you have corrupt 5 1/4's and need the downloads. I won't post it on here in case of legalities. Now, I don't need to mess with the ADG releases because they have a lot of SCI based Sierra releases available.
The only one I couldn't get to run properly so far is Police Quest 4. ALL the others work perfectly and look excellent. PQ4 loads up and displays the Sierra graphic, I have sound but the mouse doesn't respond, and then it freezes at the menu. Not sure what is causing the problem with that.
Any ideas?
This is a great app, I have ressurected a ton of my old DOS games, it's like having 10 different machines in the Xbox now. I'm glad I went this route instead of a PS2!
I even tested Windows 3.1 on it.... ha ha. It runs, I was shocked!
This post has been edited by s1w: Nov 19 2004, 10:55 PM
Post by: debikkel on November 21, 2004, 09:47:00 AM
Now I just reinstalled XBMC 2004-11-15 (and set the auto temperature control to checked, which makes the fan spin less, thus the noise less), and ever since that, no dos game starts, every game -properly installed and working before- gives me a black screen... IGR seems disabled, the xbox hangs.
So I restored my previous XBMC (2004-11-11), set the temperature and fanspeed control to default (unchecked), completely removed all dosbox settings from E and F, reinstalled Dosbox, restored the testgames back on my hdd, reconfigured them, and still the black screen of death.
Any suggestions to fix this?
Post by: s1w on November 25, 2004, 10:36:00 AM
Make sure to double check the configuration for each executable, because you have to make sure it's using the proper video mode, ie: Tandy, VGA, or CGA.
Robocop did that for me when I tried to use the Tandy emulation even though it's the CGA version. I had to change the emulation to VGA and then it worked no problem. I was dissapointed though because I have the EGA 16-color version of Robocop but it has that stupid copy proctection and I can only find the CGA version on the net.
But once again, make sure to double check the configuration on the executables.
Are you using a favourites list or executing your games directly?
NOTE: Also make sure you have XMS and EMS enabled as well.
This post has been edited by s1w: Nov 25 2004, 06:42 PM
Post by: total_ass on November 25, 2004, 10:43:00 AM
however i am to understand that it emulates a 386 pc, which is something like 33mhz. but when i look at the pc dosbox
http://dosbox.source...php?show_news=1
it doesn't emulate just a 386, it emulates a general x86 pc running dos. why is it that the xbox version only emulates a 386 running dos, and not all x86 pcs.
or are these two completely programs i have mixed up???????
Post by: total_ass on November 26, 2004, 12:09:00 AM
Post by: total_ass on November 26, 2004, 08:31:00 AM
i understand now, i thought that maybe the two programs (even though the name is the same) were different.
is there anyway to access the dosbox terminal in version 8?
sorry if its been asked.
Post by: total_ass on November 26, 2004, 09:11:00 AM
thanks.
xport, it would be nice to have a tab on the menu to take you to the dos shell. or even an option to always boot straight into it.
just an idea, up to you whether you choose to implement it.
Post by: chilin_dude on November 26, 2004, 10:02:00 AM
| QUOTE (total_ass @ Nov 26 2004, 05:14 PM) |
| dos shell, thats what i meant yeah. thanks. xport, it would be nice to have a tab on the menu to take you to the dos shell. or even an option to always boot straight into it. just an idea, up to you whether you choose to implement it. |
Damn that brought back memories!!! Dos-shell, that would be ace!!! I'll have a look round the dosbox forums for how we do it
Post by: total_ass on November 26, 2004, 10:29:00 AM
but dos pwned!!!!!!
Post by: chilin_dude on November 26, 2004, 12:46:00 PM
Post by: deathx88 on November 28, 2004, 01:08:00 AM
and im pretty sure this is a bug
each game shares the same configuration, if i change any settings for one game, it will do it for the rest of them, this also happens with the controllers
this is all very annoying
because of this your download configuration from your web site would be worthless since it would configure every game
and can anyone help me with this, every other time i enter a certain game i get some type of error
i'll use the game raptor as an example
i played the game for the first time and it ran perfect, i turned off my xbox and came back later to play that game and it said something like
16 meg error (15) protected against 386 and 486 or something like that
this also happened with alot of other games
i restart my xbox and those games work but now other games get that error
why the hell is it doing that, and is there a sure way to fix it
one more stupid question
on the virtual keyboard, is there some way that i can press more than one key at a time on it
its probably a no, but im just wondering since i would like to get some of those codes working for some games
Post by: EnigmahUser on November 29, 2004, 03:12:00 AM
| QUOTE (deathx88 @ Nov 28 2004, 10:11 AM) |
| have you thought about putting save states in dosbox, there are quite a few games that i would need that for |
I agree, I recently tried version 8 which works nice. But the only thing that is missing or working is savestates.
Post by: Teclis on December 04, 2004, 10:13:00 AM
Post by: Dreamachine on December 07, 2004, 01:40:00 PM
Post by: maaark on December 12, 2004, 06:31:00 AM
I've FTP'd the HDfiles over to the xboxHD, and have inserted T7G CD... I've tried out all kinds of settings, but everytime I get an error the game can't find the selected soundcard.
Can somebody also look into this please?
All the patches can be found HERE
Post by: BulkySam on December 26, 2004, 10:07:00 AM
Post by: Rion on January 03, 2005, 10:31:00 PM
http://home.amis.net...avi/dosbox.html
Maby you can make it work on the Xbox Port?
Post by: GutterBoy on January 24, 2005, 11:34:00 PM
Post by: harlekin on January 25, 2005, 02:25:00 AM
QUOTE(blackwolf @ Jan 4 2005, 12:58 AM)
Im having some problems with some sierra adventure games crashing when moving the mouse. police quest 4, quest for glory 4, gaberial knight. All of them crash the very second i move the mouse (or move mouse using gamepad too) ive tried them on pc version of dosbox and they work fine.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: everlasting1 on February 04, 2005, 12:01:00 AM
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I've got a v1.2 xbox, original 10GB HD, I'm running a late december build of XBMC for my dashboard and I can't get DosXbox to work.
I have a wireless USB keyboard combo too (gyration) but I unplugged it.
It just goes to a black screen. I installed to f:\apps\emulation\dosxbox\ but tried it on E as well. I fiddled with the .ini file (not much to do there, really) and tried loading avalaunch first, then DosXbox, still no go.
Any thoughts?
the xport of the commodore 64 emu works perfect, as well as Gentoox and other things.. bochs works too but it is not as well designed IMO.
Help?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: everlasting1 on February 04, 2005, 12:30:00 AM
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CORRECTION:
If I start DosXbox v8 via avalaunch (so boot to xbmc, then avalaunch, then dosxbox) it works GREAT.
Something in xbox media center not cleaning up fully?
Weird. And w3rd.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: debikkel on February 07, 2005, 01:13:00 PM
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Hello,
I'm not sure if this is possible, but could a custom config.sys be configured for each game? I'm trying to do a LASTDRIVE setting in order to try and get my X-Wing CD and Tie Fighter CD to work.
I installed the games to my pc harddisk, copied those installed files over to the Xbox and ran install.exe there. It found the soundcard settings and everything is looking good, but it can't find either -original- cd in the drive (all further emulator configuration ie cdrom mapping is done properly as far as I can see).
I would like to set LASTDRIVE in order to give it all one last try with fakecd, and see if X-Wing or Tie Fighter understands that. But fakecd doesn't work due to no driveletters available... which... can be set using LASTDRIVE in config.sys
Or have I completely lost track here somewhere? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Mr.INSANE on February 08, 2005, 08:11:00 AM
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that could be very usefull and the games would look much better but xport has seemed to have disapparead
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: FISTOFGOD on February 18, 2005, 11:09:00 PM
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone else had run into this problem. I'm trying to play Ravenloft 2: Stone prophet and it gives me a "Bufmgr error 102 parameter=0" everytime. Whats weird is that it plays on my PC in Dosbox and on my xbox with Dosbox v4.01-hcl just fine, but Xport's Dosbox wont get past that bufmgr error. Any suggestions or am I out of luck? Thanks!
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: FISTOFGOD on February 21, 2005, 01:51:00 AM
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Nevermind, the solution was to not mount a CDrom at all.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Pistol on February 21, 2005, 05:57:00 AM
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Post by: everlasting1 on February 04, 2005, 12:01:00 AM
I have a wireless USB keyboard combo too (gyration) but I unplugged it.
It just goes to a black screen. I installed to f:\apps\emulation\dosxbox\ but tried it on E as well. I fiddled with the .ini file (not much to do there, really) and tried loading avalaunch first, then DosXbox, still no go.
Any thoughts?
the xport of the commodore 64 emu works perfect, as well as Gentoox and other things.. bochs works too but it is not as well designed IMO.
Help?
Post by: everlasting1 on February 04, 2005, 12:30:00 AM
If I start DosXbox v8 via avalaunch (so boot to xbmc, then avalaunch, then dosxbox) it works GREAT.
Something in xbox media center not cleaning up fully?
Weird. And w3rd.
Post by: debikkel on February 07, 2005, 01:13:00 PM
I'm not sure if this is possible, but could a custom config.sys be configured for each game? I'm trying to do a LASTDRIVE setting in order to try and get my X-Wing CD and Tie Fighter CD to work.
I installed the games to my pc harddisk, copied those installed files over to the Xbox and ran install.exe there. It found the soundcard settings and everything is looking good, but it can't find either -original- cd in the drive (all further emulator configuration ie cdrom mapping is done properly as far as I can see).
I would like to set LASTDRIVE in order to give it all one last try with fakecd, and see if X-Wing or Tie Fighter understands that. But fakecd doesn't work due to no driveletters available... which... can be set using LASTDRIVE in config.sys
Or have I completely lost track here somewhere? Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
Post by: Mr.INSANE on February 08, 2005, 08:11:00 AM
QUOTE
Dosbox OpenSource Direct3D patch
http://home.amis.net...avi/dosbox.html
Maby you can make it work on the Xbox Port?
http://home.amis.net...avi/dosbox.html
Maby you can make it work on the Xbox Port?
that could be very usefull and the games would look much better but xport has seemed to have disapparead
Post by: FISTOFGOD on February 18, 2005, 11:09:00 PM
Post by: FISTOFGOD on February 21, 2005, 01:51:00 AM
Post by: Pistol on February 21, 2005, 05:57:00 AM
QUOTE(debikkel @ Feb 7 2005, 08:19 PM)
Hello,
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: c0rderr0y on February 24, 2005, 03:28:00 AM
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v6 doesnt not crash seirra games when moving mouse......
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: c0rderr0y on February 24, 2005, 11:32:00 AM
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also prince of persia 2 shadow and the flame freezes when u die but when you push esc and space bar it will unfreeze?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: isaac_24 on February 27, 2005, 04:33:00 AM
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will there be a release with 0.63 source?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: bios on March 07, 2005, 08:02:00 AM
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Don't seem to get imgmount to work screen just goes black.
Request:
It would be nice if you could pop up a onscreen controller to check wich button is mapped where.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Danny Mosquito on March 10, 2005, 03:59:00 PM
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I have also just started playing Legend of Kyrandia on my XBOX but I find that its a little annoying to have the original cd in the drive when I am running it. (It may also be the cause of the stuttering). I have tried all different methods to get DOSXBOX to run the cd off the hard drive. The problems I have encountered is that in DOSXBOX the mounting of the cdrom does not support sub dirs (well anything that's not your actual cd rom). I also tried creating an iso image of the CD and then running IMGMOUNT this goes to a black screen and froze. In desperation I tried copying FAKECD across and running but then I have the dilema of no LASTDRIVE in the config.sys. Any one have any ideas....
Having said all that I think this emulator rocks!!!
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Renos on April 08, 2005, 04:20:00 AM
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Is there any change that DOSxbox will have network support?
-stelios
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: hitman850 on April 13, 2005, 07:06:00 PM
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This might be stupid question.. Can DOSXBox run a DOS web browser. If it could would it even work being that doesn't have network support. I'm looking for a way to surf the web using the XBOX.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: nadcraker on April 25, 2005, 11:38:00 AM
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Hey all, whats the difference between DosXbox V8, and DosXBox V4-hcl-beta?
I got the latter one from "a chat client" that you always are told to use to get these emulators, and that's the only version they had. So can someone clarify the version issues?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: nadcraker on April 25, 2005, 07:47:00 PM
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Hmmm, nevermind the above question, I decided to go with V8. Anyhoo, how do you change the screen resolution? Im trying to play Quest for Glory remake, and it wont start and it gives me an error. "There was a problem initializing graphics mode 320x200 (Problem: Resolution not supported)"
I only found how to change the video mode from 480p to 720p, etc....
Any help in here?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: senorchubbs on May 16, 2005, 01:43:00 AM
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Hi...I'm a total Noobie to Dosxbox. All I want to do is learn the basics to using it and setting it up so that it will work, but I can't find a faq or any information I can understand to help me do that. When I start the program, it takes me to a dos prompt, but I can't do anything other than just stare at it. What should I do? do I need to use a keyboard of some sort? I don't understand hand any help you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: FISTOFGOD on May 17, 2005, 02:40:00 AM
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Go to the dosbox official website http://dosbox.source...php?show_news=1 and browse the forums, there's tons of help there. You should also have an .nfo or readme.txt or something with it that will tell you the basics, it's pretty easy once you learn a few basic commands and Xport's interface makes everything SUPER easy on the Xbox (as opposed to the pc version).
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Insanecrazy on June 23, 2005, 06:26:00 PM
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I am having the same problem as the above newbie/\
I am looking at the forums, but arnt all those for DOSbox on PC's?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Jason9875 on August 07, 2005, 07:32:00 PM
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I hope this thread isn't too old, and sorry if it is, but its the only place where I can ask for help!
Anyway I have tried getting Command and Conquer Red Alert the Aftermath to run on DosXbox, but I get the dreaded NO CD FOUND error.
I read the read me, but I couldn't figure out exactly how to help this problem.
Also I do know that the game engine works somewhat ok, because I ran the Command and Conquer DOS demo for a while, though it ended up crashing..
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: VampX on August 09, 2005, 05:39:00 PM
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Post by: c0rderr0y on February 24, 2005, 03:28:00 AM
Post by: c0rderr0y on February 24, 2005, 11:32:00 AM
Post by: isaac_24 on February 27, 2005, 04:33:00 AM
Post by: bios on March 07, 2005, 08:02:00 AM
Request:
It would be nice if you could pop up a onscreen controller to check wich button is mapped where.
Post by: Danny Mosquito on March 10, 2005, 03:59:00 PM
Having said all that I think this emulator rocks!!!
Post by: Renos on April 08, 2005, 04:20:00 AM
-stelios
Post by: hitman850 on April 13, 2005, 07:06:00 PM
Post by: nadcraker on April 25, 2005, 11:38:00 AM
I got the latter one from "a chat client" that you always are told to use to get these emulators, and that's the only version they had. So can someone clarify the version issues?
Post by: nadcraker on April 25, 2005, 07:47:00 PM
I only found how to change the video mode from 480p to 720p, etc....
Any help in here?
Post by: senorchubbs on May 16, 2005, 01:43:00 AM
Post by: FISTOFGOD on May 17, 2005, 02:40:00 AM
Post by: Insanecrazy on June 23, 2005, 06:26:00 PM
I am looking at the forums, but arnt all those for DOSbox on PC's?
Post by: Jason9875 on August 07, 2005, 07:32:00 PM
Anyway I have tried getting Command and Conquer Red Alert the Aftermath to run on DosXbox, but I get the dreaded NO CD FOUND error.
I read the read me, but I couldn't figure out exactly how to help this problem.
Also I do know that the game engine works somewhat ok, because I ran the Command and Conquer DOS demo for a while, though it ended up crashing..
Post by: VampX on August 09, 2005, 05:39:00 PM
QUOTE(Jason9875 @ Aug 8 2005, 04:43 AM)
but I get the dreaded NO CD FOUND error.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: dcnigma on September 02, 2005, 08:36:00 PM
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just got malcolm's revenge running on dosbox for xbox after alot ini hacking
its the first game i got working.
all the other gave my problems with the sound install. (7th guest, under a killing moon) gobliiins worked disk version
I loved this game so i wanted to get it running on my xbox.
how did i do it.
i first installed it on my pc.
first problem xp will not write the player.ini file
so i made a one from MALCOLM.INI
then i installed it without sound. the player.ini file get updated.
so you will have
[Game]
RunStyle=DOS
[Player]
SoundEnabled=false
and transferd it to my xbox but got a error. FILEDATA.FDT not found or something like that the file is on the cd.
but the xbox says found soundcard gravis. so i used my edit to change player.ini to
[Game]
RunStyle=DOS
[Player]
SoundEnabled=Gravis
transfer player.ini to xbox.
because it will not find my cd i used a no cd crack
put all data from malcolm (CD) in the malcolm install directory.
gave it a try running main.exe and it worked only no movies need to fix this.
maybe if i burn a copy to a cdrw my dvd will read my cd and i dont need a nocd crack.
but first gone play malcolm abit.
if some need the player file for xbox just make a player.ini in a text edit and place
[Game]
RunStyle=DOS
[Player]
SoundEnabled=false
in it. save it and your done.
Greetz and good luck
ps anyone got 7th guest running?
dosbox is cool just like scumm. love the old games they are better then doom 3
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: dcnigma on September 14, 2005, 07:07:00 AM
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hi thanks for your help but no help at all ''érror couldn't load the sound driver''
got to try again
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: dcnigma on September 14, 2005, 07:24:00 AM
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got it to work just installed it on my xbox and kept installing to get it work.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: sili on October 19, 2005, 06:53:00 PM
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Post by: dcnigma on September 02, 2005, 08:36:00 PM
its the first game i got working.
all the other gave my problems with the sound install. (7th guest, under a killing moon) gobliiins worked disk version
I loved this game so i wanted to get it running on my xbox.
how did i do it.
i first installed it on my pc.
first problem xp will not write the player.ini file
so i made a one from MALCOLM.INI
then i installed it without sound. the player.ini file get updated.
so you will have
[Game]
RunStyle=DOS
[Player]
SoundEnabled=false
and transferd it to my xbox but got a error. FILEDATA.FDT not found or something like that the file is on the cd.
but the xbox says found soundcard gravis. so i used my edit to change player.ini to
[Game]
RunStyle=DOS
[Player]
SoundEnabled=Gravis
transfer player.ini to xbox.
because it will not find my cd i used a no cd crack
put all data from malcolm (CD) in the malcolm install directory.
gave it a try running main.exe and it worked only no movies need to fix this.
maybe if i burn a copy to a cdrw my dvd will read my cd and i dont need a nocd crack.
but first gone play malcolm abit.
if some need the player file for xbox just make a player.ini in a text edit and place
[Game]
RunStyle=DOS
[Player]
SoundEnabled=false
in it. save it and your done.
Greetz and good luck
ps anyone got 7th guest running?
dosbox is cool just like scumm. love the old games they are better then doom 3
Post by: dcnigma on September 14, 2005, 07:07:00 AM
got to try again
Post by: dcnigma on September 14, 2005, 07:24:00 AM
Post by: sili on October 19, 2005, 06:53:00 PM
QUOTE(maaark @ Dec 12 2004, 03:42 PM)
I'm having trouble with The 7th Guest...
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: dcchiz on October 27, 2005, 06:45:00 AM
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This emu is great. I've been playing my Dungeon Hack and Dark Sun I and II on it, and it runs way better than it did on my real 386 dx 33 and my 486 dx2 66 (both with 4, then 8, and then 16 megs of ram...with a 520 megabyte hard drive!)
Okay, no bragging material these days...
Xport, is there any hope of save states in the future? Or is it just too complicated to get the machine state, or require too much hard disk space? I'm hopeful, you see...
Dungeon Hack can't be completed in one sitting, and it keeps giving me a, "...couldn't open savegame directory for reading..." and then a prompt when I go to camp and save.
I tried this in Dark Sun, and it seemed to save fine, so that isn't a big issue. But a romp in DH and I always have to restart from scratch. It's not life-threatening, but save states or a resolved save system would be cool.
And if I haven't said it enough yet, Xport, you rock. I love Neogenesis and DosXbox. In fact, I only really use those two emus.
To all those who want to map the cursor keys - numeric keypad MAY be the answer. I was reading a lot of faqs and docs about DOSXBOX and somewhere I think it said that the number lock key is mapable. SO you map the NUMLOCK then map 2, 4, 6 and 8 to buttons. Shut off number lock and you have your cursor keys, right? Did anyone try this out? And no, I don't know how to map NUMLOCK....
I may be mistaken...
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: dcchiz on October 27, 2005, 07:13:00 AM
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jameslkight
I'm not sure how this wireless desktop works exactly, but I assume you have one USB plug for both devices? While this may work in Windows (with help from special drivers) it shouldn't work on your Xbox.
I made a 'home jobby' USB adapter, and instead of cutting off the XBox controller end, I left it on. So I have a cable that splits in a "Y" out of the controller port, and I can hook up USB devices or a controller, but not both at the same time. I actually tried it and it will not work. Controller, yes. Keyboard, yes. Both, no.
If I hook up both at the same time, the controller wins over the keyboard.
So it could be a simple thing like it won't work without specific drivers, or it could be two devices on one USB line. Maybe your keyboard is 'winning' out between the two devices and you should try them separately to see if they work with DOSXBOX at all....
I cannot speak for the Linux Xbox community, and as such I have no idea if it would work in Linux on Xbox or not.
I hope this helps you out....
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: guybird on November 02, 2005, 01:37:00 AM
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For those asking (Klownie), yes it is possible to map the arrow keys to the dpad and it is very easy. However if you're using a keyboard (which if you were then you wouldn't be doing this) it would take functionality from some keys. I went in the the controller config, then I believe emulator config (at work so I don't have xbox in front of me to clarify). Find a few keys that you won't be using and select one. You will be given a list of all of the keyboard's keys that can be binded to the emulator's keys. Towards the bottom you will find either arrow up, down, left right or cursor up, down, left, right. Assign those four keys there, then go back into the game controller config. You should see where you assigned the cursor keys on the left somewhere and you can now assign the dpad buttons to the corresponding keys. Hope that helps.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: jameslkight on November 09, 2005, 12:56:00 PM
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OK, I got Fallout to work, but it's unbelievably slow, so scratch that. I'll wait to see what happens with the 360 (if anything DOES happen).
Still absolutely no luck with keyboard/trackball combo, separate keyboard & mouse , or otherwise. I'll give up on that, or dig further into it from a hardware viewpoint.
Incidentally, any rumblings about any of this stuff going to the 360?
James
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: dcchiz on November 09, 2005, 07:41:00 PM
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jameslkight :
All I was actually saying is that I think the combo won't work and you'll need two separate cables - IE : Keyboard in Port 1 and Mouse in Port 2.
I could be wrong but I could never get two devices working on one joystick port. Unless someone coded it into the emulator specifically. It would mean something to the effect of Xport programming the emulator to specifically use a combo.
All I would ever do is use two separate joystick ports, with two cables, one for the keyboard and one for the mouse.
guybird :
Thanks! I haven't seen that, but I have to try it!
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: meowkak on November 27, 2005, 10:14:00 PM
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just recently checking this stuff out, it would be really nice to be able to run alot of my old games from my Pc that i cant get to work on Xp(no matter how much time i spend screwing with systemfiles and game files)
just one question with 2 parts does this work with a Xbox thats only a Softmod and if so does it matter what Dashmod i'm running on my Xbox which right now is UnleahedX.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Legend216 on January 08, 2006, 11:30:00 PM
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I have a question which may sound a little stupid. Is there any way to get Soundblaster Awe 32 drivers into DosXbox? I've actually had a little trouble running a game that I just got working last week, now it won't budge because of this one file's messing up... Stupid machines. I'm looking forward to seeing a Windows emulator for some of the post-dos games that I remember playing a long time ago. Lol, I'm even considering buying some of the old CDs off of Amazon to relive those old glory days. 7th Guest anyone?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: luotinen on March 05, 2006, 11:05:00 AM
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I would like to request:
1- support for two mouses (COM1 and COM2), which is needed to play Settlers in split screen mode
and
2- a graphical way of creating mappings to keyboard
Thanks for a great emulator!
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: law56ker on March 05, 2006, 11:24:00 AM
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I was wondering if we could see an update with this emulator and/or just have savestates as well. Thanks if anything like that is possible.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: johnnywikked on March 08, 2006, 07:47:00 AM
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I haven't read this topic, but Keyboard support for controlling the emulator (before the game is selected.)
It's a bit annoying having to swap between controller to keyboard (share the same USB slot), especially when I have to do it fast so the keyboard is picked up before the game has been started.
If this is already implemented (haven't checked), or can't be done (my keyboard works flawlessly in XBMC, and everything else that supports it), then sorry.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: johnnywikked on March 21, 2006, 06:15:00 AM
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bump
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: WermX on March 28, 2006, 11:15:00 AM
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I'm looking for a dos game site in particular, I remember them having a couple sega CD(like snatcher), and console games as well. They also had reviews for a large majority of the DOS games availible on their site. I think it was something moby or something. i dunno.
Edit: Actually it wasn't moby games but it was alot similar. I'm pretty sure it has a darkish background.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: flavor on March 30, 2006, 02:06:00 PM
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Maybe you mean www.the-underdogs.org which is down since a week or so.
It had nearly all the abondonware in existence. It had a darkish background and some dog wearing a space helmet as logo.
Anyone know why they closed down?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: VampX on March 30, 2006, 03:03:00 PM
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Anyone know why they closed down?
They didnt.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: madmab on April 02, 2006, 07:42:00 PM
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Have not really seen anyone discuss this very much and be highly surprised if someone knew what to do about it, but I figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.
Anyone run into problems with games that use cwsdpmi.exe? Any one that I have tried pretty much just ends up locking up on me.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: WermX on April 05, 2006, 04:25:00 PM
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yeah that was the site. I searched around after I made this post and finally found it. I was so happy when I clicked the link only to find they closed down. It's good to know they will be back though.
Btw, Since the sega cd version of rise of the dragon dosen't 100% work I've been playing the Dos version and it seems pretty good so far. The voice acting in the sega cd version was horrible, although the graphics were alot cleaner. Also, I heard there were many things censored out of the sega cd version.
I'm down to play pretty much anything cyber-punk. anything else good in DOS? I just finished snatcher for the 3rd time, and i need some other fix.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: xb0x3mu on April 17, 2006, 04:56:00 PM
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I can't get my USB mouse to work at all. Any ideas? Also I can't use IMGMOUNT. It just seems to lock up the machine.
I also have had trouble with imgmount. It locks everything up as well... it is a must for my Lengend of Kyrandia trilogy. They play just fine but I have to have a working copy in the cdrom. Hopefully this is just a bug or something. mounting is a very nice feature I would like to get working.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Tramboi on May 08, 2006, 11:58:00 PM
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It would be great having the port migrated to 0.65!
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: turner3d on May 09, 2006, 12:53:00 PM
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Is there any way to have dosxbox bypass the gui and directly load a pre-defined game? I know that with v4.01-HCl you could set up mystuff.bat to act like an autoexec, but that version doesn't support mapping the mouse to the sticks and also doesn't have a working dynamic core. I realize that version was based on Xport's v4, not actually done by him...
I tried editing custom_launch_params.cpp using the examples in its comments, but with no effect. Am I doing something wrong? Can this be done?
What I would really like to see is a default.xbe along with some sort of .ini containing emu settings & joypad mappings... no gui, no global saving settings to an external folder, nothing. Slapping these 2 files in a folder along with an old DOS game would launch it on the xbox. Edit the default.xbe title in a dash and u have an instant port. Is it just me, or would that be really cool?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: turner3d on May 12, 2006, 02:19:00 PM
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Does the "Xport method of command-line launching" apply to dosxbox?
Since I can't seem to find a definition anywhere of this method, am I right in that it is an unleashx menu item with an Arg1=? <item="c:\dosxbox\default.xbe" Arg1=.... >game title</item>
If that is the case, is the syntax the same as for dosbox .62? (dosbox [name] [-exit] [-c command] [-fullscreen] [-conf congfigfile] [-lang languagefile] [-machine machinetype] [-noconsole] [-startmapper])
If so, which options apply for the xbox version? (guessing name, hopefully -conf, and maybe -c command for xbox)
If so, do the command-line switches all get put in Arg1= as a single string or does there need to be Arg2= etc for each option?
Also, if these options do work, will it auto-mount the folder [name], or do you need to use -c MOUNT [name]?
When specifying a path, will a path relative to the xbe work, or does it need to be an absolute path?
If it will only take an absolute path, can it be defined as E:\games\blahblah or does it need to be \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\games\blahblah?
I apologize for all these questions, but I have searched the forums and docs inside out for anything relating to this with no results whatsoever.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: swaaye on May 14, 2006, 02:10:00 PM
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I'm trying to set up Phantasmagoria to run in DOSXbox. I'm having some lockup problems which I just can not figure out. I think it's sound related but the game doesn't let me choose no audio from what I can tell so it's hard to diagnose. Phantas runs fine in PC DOSBOX, and the game compatibility page says that 0.61 is good enough for it. So I'm a bit baffled.
Anyone else run it?
Here's my thread over on VOGONS http://vogons.zetafl...p?p=83436#83436.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: swaaye on May 14, 2006, 08:47:00 PM
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I downloaded 0.62 for Win32 and messed with it a bit. It seems that the Sound Blaster emulation was a lot less complete at this version and in Phantasmagoria most audio is missing in the game. There is no FM music, no video sound, and a lot of in-game sound effects aren't playing. That and the Normal core is FAR less efficient in this version compared to newer releases. My 2.6 GHz Opteron can't hack more than about 15,000 cycles. Of course dynamic core would run a lot better, but the 0.62 dynamic core is bad and DOSXBOX doesn't have it at all so I didn't test it.
We REALLY need someone to get this emulator up to speed. DOSBOX has gotten a ton better since 0.62. And we also really need dynamic core to make it in this time. The little P3 in Xbox would be very appreciative.
Please 'o please tell me this can happen!
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: knil on May 15, 2006, 08:13:00 AM
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Hi new to the board. Quick couple questions. i want to check to see if some of these FMV games will work or if anyone has tried. Ripper, or any of the Tex murphy games like undera killing moon or pandora directive. Also I take it you cant mount iso's like in the windows version? can i use a burnt disc of the game? I know ripper is like a 5 disc game. can i still run it and swap the discs out?
Thanks for any help. I have gotten these to work on the windows version of dosbox.
Knil
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: madmab on May 15, 2006, 02:25:00 PM
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A burnt disc would either have to be in XISO format or CD-RW in order for your Xbox to read it. Just like any other CD. A real CD though, would work just fine (assuming it has no copy protection). Most Xbox drives though have difficulty with CD-RW so XISO is your best bet.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: swaaye on May 26, 2006, 02:53:00 PM
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Yup I'd say DOSXBOX development is dead. Yay.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Neorave on June 13, 2006, 08:53:00 AM
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Yup I'd say DOSXBOX development is dead. Yay.
Sad! Especially now that ver. 0.65 can now run Windows 3.1 (as far as I know). It would be cool to see Windows now emulated on an Xbox through DosXbox.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Consoleman! on June 13, 2006, 11:36:00 PM
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Patience little ones. Xport has already stated that he's going to update each of his emulators before heading back into retirement. I'm sure he's well aware that Dosbox 0.65 is out and how much Dosxbox would benefit from it and the recent additions to his GUI. Even if Dosxbox is the last project on his priority list, it'll still get done because that's just how Xport is.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: swaaye on August 03, 2006, 07:28:00 PM
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Patience little ones. Xport has already stated that he's going to update each of his emulators before heading back into retirement. I'm sure he's well aware that Dosbox 0.65 is out and how much Dosxbox would benefit from it and the recent additions to his GUI. Even if Dosxbox is the last project on his priority list, it'll still get done because that's just how Xport is.
Ooo Ooo. I'm still being patient! LOL
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: computerB on August 04, 2006, 05:38:00 AM
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does dosbox support unextracted zip files ?
from my experience they havent worked. I had to manually unzip on the pc then ftp the folders.
can someone shed some light on this.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: djtwok on August 05, 2006, 08:03:00 AM
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A few question about controlling:
Is it possible to mount the keyboard direction buttons to the xbox pad (i didnt find a option). My pad doesnt seem to work at all. Wolfenstein i.e. detects it as joystick but doesnt react at any input (just starts, when i map "Enter" to my Start Button).
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: madmab on August 05, 2006, 03:10:00 PM
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does dosbox support unextracted zip files ?
from my experience they havent worked. I had to manually unzip on the pc then ftp the folders.
can someone shed some light on this.
No. You have to extract the files and ftp them over to the xbox.. Then you point DosXbox to that directory and the file that starts the game (or actually any file will do). Me... I use dummy .cfg files named after the game and point it to the directory the game resides in, then I set it up to "Cd C:", and run the proper file.
A few question about controlling:
Is it possible to mount the keyboard direction buttons to the xbox pad (i didnt find a option). My pad doesnt seem to work at all. Wolfenstein i.e. detects it as joystick but doesnt react at any input (just starts, when i map "Enter" to my Start Button).
I bind the keyboard direction keys to the xbox pad all the time and have never had a problem.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Marscaleb on August 22, 2006, 01:08:00 AM
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Hmm, okay, so just stumbled across this place, and I'm pretty interested in the DosXbox program, though I cannot seem to find it readily available for download, and I'm told not to even ask where I can download it.
Since I can't ask "where," I'm going to ask "why."
I can understand that for most of the software here, a lot of emulators for console systems and ports of specific games, I understand that these *might* be questionable in the legal category, since they would only be used to play illegal copies. But why would this program? It's emulating DOS, so the games I would run would have to be the actual and original versions, I don't see how that would be illegal.
I'd really like to check this program out, especially since the whole reason I modded my box was to get it to play old PC games (though that hasn't gone over very well just yet) and even though the 386 era is a bit too early for most of the titles I am interested in, there are still a few games I'd like to run on it.
So seriously now, why is none of the software on this site readily available for download? If someone is worried about the legalities of having ports of games I want to play available, why do they still list information about them just to taunt me and mock my inability to play these older and cherished games?
And moreover, why would there be no download for DOSXBox, which is unquestionably legal?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: VampX on August 22, 2006, 03:44:00 AM
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And moreover, why would there be no download for DOSXBox, which is unquestionably legal?
Sorry , but because all that software has been compiled with MS SDK we can not link to the software due possible legal issues.
The best way to get the files is irc & newsgroups.
If you are a programmer , please support the OpenXDK project (http://openxdk.sourceforge.net/). This will make it possible to distribute xbox homebrew software legally.
Now go here and get your dosxbox.
and damn that was a long post you wrote..
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Fred_PJ on August 22, 2006, 08:26:00 AM
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It's a shame that DOSXBox isn't updated, I'd love to play Extreme Pinball in my Xbox... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: quadriko on August 31, 2006, 02:55:00 PM
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i like dosxbox alot myself and would love to see it updated also. it would be my dream come true to see arena or daggerfall running full speed.
This post has been edited by quadriko: Aug 31 2006, 09:56 PM
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: wizzel on September 04, 2006, 03:47:00 AM
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Me too I'd like to see the DOSBox-Port being updated.
The Daum Cafe recently updated a few things DOSBox related,
but i wonder if this adaptable for the XBOX-Version of DOSBox ??
BTW: Managed to get Toonstruck to work on it. A bit slow, but works
XPort keep up the great work on your current ports. You're the master of disaster
.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: fluffyashes on September 21, 2006, 05:58:00 PM
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I'm having difficulties getting DosXbox to work. It runs, but it stops at the DPMI screen. Presumably because I can't give the xbox input. The adapter I have to run a keyboard is the SmartJoyFrag which seems to input commands from a ps/2 keyboard as controller buttons. That's the problem tho, apparently dosxbox doesnt recognize controller buttons as valid input.
So i figured i'd go around this by setting up a custom config file that mapped the controller buttons to keyboard keys.... it sounds difficult but it's the only way I can think of.
Following that course I searched for sample dosxbox configs and found none so i downloaded DosBox and have looked at that config file....now I have the problem as to what the differnces are between the two.
I would just generate a config file with the dosxbox config.com HOWEVER i can't type in that command to get it to do that.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: stahlhammer89 on August 01, 2007, 07:43:00 PM
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I was wondering if you could just place a dosbox.conf file in the home dir of dosxbox? I am trying to get Shadow of Yserbius to work but I need to allow the xbox to be able to use the modem.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Consoleman! on August 02, 2007, 03:24:00 PM
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I was wondering if you could just place a dosbox.conf file in the home dir of dosxbox? I am trying to get Shadow of Yserbius to work but I need to allow the xbox to be able to use the modem.
What are your thoughts about playing Yserbius online?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Yserbius
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: stahlhammer89 on August 02, 2007, 08:14:00 PM
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I believe that Yserbius is awesome... Basically the worlds first mmorpg and better yet, it was the early 90's! The game play is pretty good for the game being so old. I think that its actually more fun than alot of newer rpgs. I got 3 pc's running dosbox so we can play but I wanted to see if i could get my xbox running yserbius online too
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Zelgadis on August 03, 2007, 05:58:00 AM
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i fpossible i like to see dosxbox runs mugen at full speed. at first i though
maybe it's the graphics thats causing this lag. but when i tune it down to
8bit color. the process time was alot slower, just like that simpsons episode
when the comic nerd trying to download this women picture on his monitor
with his dialup modem.
if mugen can run at full speed and joystick support, it would be perfect for mugen players.
This post has been edited by Zelgadis: Aug 3 2007, 12:59 PM
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: XPort on November 19, 2007, 06:13:00 AM
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That was an oversight on my part. I had removed all the SDL stuff when I moved to my UI instead of just a straight SDL port, but then when I added IPX Network support, I added in the SDL-Net libs. The xport_common.zip package has been updated with these items, so re-download it and you should be good to go.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: althena on November 19, 2007, 10:24:00 PM
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Talking about the sources and compiling them: Are there any tutorials how to do it and once you have the VS.NET and XDK installed, is the process not too difficult? I have a few experiences with compiling under Linux (configure/make/make install) but only did it there if there was no binary to find, otherwise I don't know a lot about programming.
However I would like to see some of my favorite see translated into other languages and would like to ask if this would be a task possible if you don't know a lot about coding. I would like to translate the menus and pop up window information and help section; could this be done by simply translating the text/words in the sources and compiling it again? And would special characters like the Ä or ß in German be supported?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: XPort on November 20, 2007, 06:48:00 AM
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Install VS.NET and XDK
Download xport_common and a project file, unzip to same directory.
Open SLN file in VS.NET
"Rebuild Solution"
If it works, then you have an XBE in the "Debug" or "Release" directory.
"xbepatch" (utility found on xbins) the XBE to make it suitable for non-debug xboxes
Now the XBE should be just like the most recent one released - make the text changes and try it out.
Those German characters may or may not print - I'm not sure. If they do not print, then replace the skin TTF file with one of your choosing and it may yield better results.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: althena on November 20, 2007, 11:36:00 PM
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Install VS.NET and XDK
Download xport_common and a project file, unzip to same directory.
Open SLN file in VS.NET
"Rebuild Solution"
If it works, then you have an XBE in the "Debug" or "Release" directory.
"xbepatch" (utility found on xbins) the XBE to make it suitable for non-debug xboxes
Now the XBE should be just like the most recent one released - make the text changes and try it out.
Those German characters may or may not print - I'm not sure. If they do not print, then replace the skin TTF file with one of your choosing and it may yield better results.
Thank you very much XPort, I will give it a try this weekend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: wisefire on November 25, 2007, 12:57:00 PM
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what i am wondering, how difficult would it be to incorporate the new core.. there are loads of games i'd love to play (including some win3.11 game, still working on installing it, win 3.1 works though)
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: mikejf on November 26, 2007, 08:21:00 PM
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Thank-you Xport, I got your dosbox source to compile.
Tweaked the blocksize sound buffer to 128 from 2048.
The sound is now closer to realtime, rather 1 second latter.
Now to tweak the volume control, it's too sensitive.
Mike
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Micjohvan on November 28, 2007, 01:16:00 PM
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Hi. I have a quick question. I have been using v8 of DosXbox for a while now but finally updated today to v13.
I was so happy because I thought that the background music would finally work... but it dosent
There is a option to select the music file you want to use but I cannot get it to play not matter what I try. Is it a problem with the emulator or something I am doing? I think this same thing happened when I first started using v.8 and I posted in either this thread or another asking about it.
Is there a way to fix this? I would really love to have the music to accompany my handmade skin.
Please let me know and thanks for all the great stuff Xport!
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: rubarb on November 28, 2007, 03:57:00 PM
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Hi. I have a quick question. I have been using v8 of DosXbox for a while now but finally updated today to v13.
I was so happy because I thought that the background music would finally work... but it dosent (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
There is a option to select the music file you want to use but I cannot get it to play not matter what I try. Is it a problem with the emulator or something I am doing? I think this same thing happened when I first started using v.8 and I posted in either this thread or another asking about it.
Is there a way to fix this? I would really love to have the music to accompany my handmade skin.
Please let me know and thanks for all the great stuff Xport!
was'nt this something to do with lack of memory, but not really, ie if you were only going to use small dos games you would be able to have music, but it is purposly not played because there would be bigger games not having enough memory and causing people problems so it was cut ? winuae is the same I think ?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Micjohvan on November 28, 2007, 04:31:00 PM
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im not talking about playing music while in game nessacarly.
Im talking about background music while you are in the main menus, game select menu, and other menus.
All of Xports other emulators support this feature just fine. There is even the option to select background music for the menus in Dosxbox but it dosent work. You can select the music you want to use but it will never play.
I even tryed manually editing the ini file to no avail.
And it shouldnt be a memory issue because when you load the game you want to play it should just kill the music as it does with all the other emulators.
I would really love to have this feature back as I like to skin my emulators and my Matrix theme for DosXbox would be much better with some kick ass rock playing in the menus and stuff.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: XPort on November 29, 2007, 06:51:00 AM
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Rubarb is correct. It was intentionally omitted to decrease the memory footprint. It's not simply a matter of stopping the music when the game starts playing. The MP3 engine itself (the code that plays the music) takes up memory. There are ways to dynamically load and release code (examples of such can be found in MAMEoX) but it's very finicky and hard to get working just right. The MP3 background music never seemed worth the effort to me - but maybe someone else will feel like doing it.
Or if someone doesn't care about losing the extra memory, they can always recompile the project after commenting out the "#define NO_MP3" line in the dosxbox.cpp file.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: weinerschnitzel on August 21, 2008, 12:22:00 AM
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Would someone be interested in updating this with newer dosbox source, there would be alot more game compatibility.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: wise187 on April 21, 2009, 12:41:00 AM
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Where can i download this.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: shaggoth on January 26, 2010, 11:05:00 PM
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If get it right, Fallout is unplayable on that emulator at the moment? actually that's the only game what i wanted to run there :/
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: ressurectionx on January 26, 2010, 11:52:00 PM
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I'm not a big PC guy myself, and I've barely played anything newer than X-COM except for Warcraft II and Starcraft, but I don't think there's much of a chance of Fallout running. Didn't that come out after 2000?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: ressurectionx on January 27, 2010, 02:17:00 PM
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LOL...
No problem then. I'm sure they'll have it ported by early next week.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Mega Man (?) on January 27, 2010, 03:33:00 PM
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I already have this game on my Saturn Emu (SatourneX)...
Why not just play it on there...?
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: Pulsemasta on February 17, 2010, 04:19:00 PM
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I'm ripping out what's left of my hair trying to install the Might & Magic World of Xeen CD, and I'm wondering if I have to install it on the PC first, then FTP the goodies over afterward.
I tried making ISOs, and it's only reading the redbook audio on the discs. Any ideas?
I would defiantly try to install on PC and put the files on the box, this is the process I use for most games.
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: ressurectionx on February 18, 2010, 02:03:00 AM
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I'm just wondering how DOSBox has been around on the Box for as many years as it has and I've never seen any t0rrents for XBox configured DOS games.
XPORT's idea for scraping automatic configurations was genius in a way, but serve really no purpose for the DOS emulator. There are just far too many variables. One single thing off and a config won't work.
Anybody who has gotten games working in DOSbox and know where all the relavant files are located would benefit the community greatly by getting into contact with me.
DOS happens to be one of my favorite old school gaming systems, but I just have had far too much to do to even look into it other than about 10 games.
Later,
~Rx
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Title: Dosxbox Current Discussion
Post by: madmab on February 18, 2010, 05:15:00 AM
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I've found that sometimes if a game wont "install" in dosxbox alot of times you can at least run the install on a pc. Once the files are extracted you can copy them over to the xbox and then run the config program to get the sound and music working.
Post by: dcchiz on October 27, 2005, 06:45:00 AM
Okay, no bragging material these days...
Xport, is there any hope of save states in the future? Or is it just too complicated to get the machine state, or require too much hard disk space? I'm hopeful, you see...
Dungeon Hack can't be completed in one sitting, and it keeps giving me a, "...couldn't open savegame directory for reading..." and then a prompt when I go to camp and save.
I tried this in Dark Sun, and it seemed to save fine, so that isn't a big issue. But a romp in DH and I always have to restart from scratch. It's not life-threatening, but save states or a resolved save system would be cool.
And if I haven't said it enough yet, Xport, you rock. I love Neogenesis and DosXbox. In fact, I only really use those two emus.
To all those who want to map the cursor keys - numeric keypad MAY be the answer. I was reading a lot of faqs and docs about DOSXBOX and somewhere I think it said that the number lock key is mapable. SO you map the NUMLOCK then map 2, 4, 6 and 8 to buttons. Shut off number lock and you have your cursor keys, right? Did anyone try this out? And no, I don't know how to map NUMLOCK....
I may be mistaken...
Post by: dcchiz on October 27, 2005, 07:13:00 AM
I'm not sure how this wireless desktop works exactly, but I assume you have one USB plug for both devices? While this may work in Windows (with help from special drivers) it shouldn't work on your Xbox.
I made a 'home jobby' USB adapter, and instead of cutting off the XBox controller end, I left it on. So I have a cable that splits in a "Y" out of the controller port, and I can hook up USB devices or a controller, but not both at the same time. I actually tried it and it will not work. Controller, yes. Keyboard, yes. Both, no.
If I hook up both at the same time, the controller wins over the keyboard.
So it could be a simple thing like it won't work without specific drivers, or it could be two devices on one USB line. Maybe your keyboard is 'winning' out between the two devices and you should try them separately to see if they work with DOSXBOX at all....
I cannot speak for the Linux Xbox community, and as such I have no idea if it would work in Linux on Xbox or not.
I hope this helps you out....
Post by: guybird on November 02, 2005, 01:37:00 AM
Post by: jameslkight on November 09, 2005, 12:56:00 PM
Still absolutely no luck with keyboard/trackball combo, separate keyboard & mouse , or otherwise. I'll give up on that, or dig further into it from a hardware viewpoint.
Incidentally, any rumblings about any of this stuff going to the 360?
James
Post by: dcchiz on November 09, 2005, 07:41:00 PM
All I was actually saying is that I think the combo won't work and you'll need two separate cables - IE : Keyboard in Port 1 and Mouse in Port 2.
I could be wrong but I could never get two devices working on one joystick port. Unless someone coded it into the emulator specifically. It would mean something to the effect of Xport programming the emulator to specifically use a combo.
All I would ever do is use two separate joystick ports, with two cables, one for the keyboard and one for the mouse.
guybird :
Thanks! I haven't seen that, but I have to try it!
Post by: meowkak on November 27, 2005, 10:14:00 PM
just one question with 2 parts does this work with a Xbox thats only a Softmod and if so does it matter what Dashmod i'm running on my Xbox which right now is UnleahedX.
Post by: Legend216 on January 08, 2006, 11:30:00 PM
Post by: luotinen on March 05, 2006, 11:05:00 AM
1- support for two mouses (COM1 and COM2), which is needed to play Settlers in split screen mode
and
2- a graphical way of creating mappings to keyboard
Thanks for a great emulator!
Post by: law56ker on March 05, 2006, 11:24:00 AM
Post by: johnnywikked on March 08, 2006, 07:47:00 AM
It's a bit annoying having to swap between controller to keyboard (share the same USB slot), especially when I have to do it fast so the keyboard is picked up before the game has been started.
If this is already implemented (haven't checked), or can't be done (my keyboard works flawlessly in XBMC, and everything else that supports it), then sorry.
Post by: johnnywikked on March 21, 2006, 06:15:00 AM
Post by: WermX on March 28, 2006, 11:15:00 AM
Edit: Actually it wasn't moby games but it was alot similar. I'm pretty sure it has a darkish background.
Post by: flavor on March 30, 2006, 02:06:00 PM
It had nearly all the abondonware in existence. It had a darkish background and some dog wearing a space helmet as logo.
Anyone know why they closed down?
Post by: VampX on March 30, 2006, 03:03:00 PM
QUOTE(flavor @ Mar 30 2006, 11:13 PM) 
Anyone know why they closed down?
They didnt.
Post by: madmab on April 02, 2006, 07:42:00 PM
Anyone run into problems with games that use cwsdpmi.exe? Any one that I have tried pretty much just ends up locking up on me.
Post by: WermX on April 05, 2006, 04:25:00 PM
Btw, Since the sega cd version of rise of the dragon dosen't 100% work I've been playing the Dos version and it seems pretty good so far. The voice acting in the sega cd version was horrible, although the graphics were alot cleaner. Also, I heard there were many things censored out of the sega cd version.
I'm down to play pretty much anything cyber-punk. anything else good in DOS? I just finished snatcher for the 3rd time, and i need some other fix.
Post by: xb0x3mu on April 17, 2006, 04:56:00 PM
QUOTE(GutterBoy @ Jan 25 2005, 07:41 AM)
I can't get my USB mouse to work at all. Any ideas? Also I can't use IMGMOUNT. It just seems to lock up the machine.
I also have had trouble with imgmount. It locks everything up as well... it is a must for my Lengend of Kyrandia trilogy. They play just fine but I have to have a working copy in the cdrom. Hopefully this is just a bug or something. mounting is a very nice feature I would like to get working.
Post by: Tramboi on May 08, 2006, 11:58:00 PM
Post by: turner3d on May 09, 2006, 12:53:00 PM
I tried editing custom_launch_params.cpp using the examples in its comments, but with no effect. Am I doing something wrong? Can this be done?
What I would really like to see is a default.xbe along with some sort of .ini containing emu settings & joypad mappings... no gui, no global saving settings to an external folder, nothing. Slapping these 2 files in a folder along with an old DOS game would launch it on the xbox. Edit the default.xbe title in a dash and u have an instant port. Is it just me, or would that be really cool?
Post by: turner3d on May 12, 2006, 02:19:00 PM
Since I can't seem to find a definition anywhere of this method, am I right in that it is an unleashx menu item with an Arg1=? <item="c:\dosxbox\default.xbe" Arg1=.... >game title</item>
If that is the case, is the syntax the same as for dosbox .62? (dosbox [name] [-exit] [-c command] [-fullscreen] [-conf congfigfile] [-lang languagefile] [-machine machinetype] [-noconsole] [-startmapper])
If so, which options apply for the xbox version? (guessing name, hopefully -conf, and maybe -c command for xbox)
If so, do the command-line switches all get put in Arg1= as a single string or does there need to be Arg2= etc for each option?
Also, if these options do work, will it auto-mount the folder [name], or do you need to use -c MOUNT [name]?
When specifying a path, will a path relative to the xbe work, or does it need to be an absolute path?
If it will only take an absolute path, can it be defined as E:\games\blahblah or does it need to be \Device\Harddisk0\Partition1\games\blahblah?
I apologize for all these questions, but I have searched the forums and docs inside out for anything relating to this with no results whatsoever.
Post by: swaaye on May 14, 2006, 02:10:00 PM
Anyone else run it?
Here's my thread over on VOGONS http://vogons.zetafl...p?p=83436#83436.
Post by: swaaye on May 14, 2006, 08:47:00 PM
We REALLY need someone to get this emulator up to speed. DOSBOX has gotten a ton better since 0.62. And we also really need dynamic core to make it in this time. The little P3 in Xbox would be very appreciative.
Please 'o please tell me this can happen!
Post by: knil on May 15, 2006, 08:13:00 AM
Thanks for any help. I have gotten these to work on the windows version of dosbox.
Knil
Post by: madmab on May 15, 2006, 02:25:00 PM
Post by: swaaye on May 26, 2006, 02:53:00 PM
Post by: Neorave on June 13, 2006, 08:53:00 AM
QUOTE(swaaye @ May 26 2006, 04:00 PM)
Yup I'd say DOSXBOX development is dead. Yay.
Sad! Especially now that ver. 0.65 can now run Windows 3.1 (as far as I know). It would be cool to see Windows now emulated on an Xbox through DosXbox.
Post by: Consoleman! on June 13, 2006, 11:36:00 PM
Post by: swaaye on August 03, 2006, 07:28:00 PM
QUOTE(Consoleman! @ Jun 14 2006, 12:43 AM)
Patience little ones. Xport has already stated that he's going to update each of his emulators before heading back into retirement. I'm sure he's well aware that Dosbox 0.65 is out and how much Dosxbox would benefit from it and the recent additions to his GUI. Even if Dosxbox is the last project on his priority list, it'll still get done because that's just how Xport is.
Ooo Ooo. I'm still being patient! LOL
Post by: computerB on August 04, 2006, 05:38:00 AM
from my experience they havent worked. I had to manually unzip on the pc then ftp the folders.
can someone shed some light on this.
Post by: djtwok on August 05, 2006, 08:03:00 AM
Is it possible to mount the keyboard direction buttons to the xbox pad (i didnt find a option). My pad doesnt seem to work at all. Wolfenstein i.e. detects it as joystick but doesnt react at any input (just starts, when i map "Enter" to my Start Button).
Post by: madmab on August 05, 2006, 03:10:00 PM
QUOTE(computerB @ Aug 4 2006, 07:45 AM) 
does dosbox support unextracted zip files ?
from my experience they havent worked. I had to manually unzip on the pc then ftp the folders.
can someone shed some light on this.
No. You have to extract the files and ftp them over to the xbox.. Then you point DosXbox to that directory and the file that starts the game (or actually any file will do). Me... I use dummy .cfg files named after the game and point it to the directory the game resides in, then I set it up to "Cd C:", and run the proper file.
QUOTE(djtwok @ Aug 5 2006, 10:10 AM)
A few question about controlling:
Is it possible to mount the keyboard direction buttons to the xbox pad (i didnt find a option). My pad doesnt seem to work at all. Wolfenstein i.e. detects it as joystick but doesnt react at any input (just starts, when i map "Enter" to my Start Button).
I bind the keyboard direction keys to the xbox pad all the time and have never had a problem.
Post by: Marscaleb on August 22, 2006, 01:08:00 AM
Since I can't ask "where," I'm going to ask "why."
I can understand that for most of the software here, a lot of emulators for console systems and ports of specific games, I understand that these *might* be questionable in the legal category, since they would only be used to play illegal copies. But why would this program? It's emulating DOS, so the games I would run would have to be the actual and original versions, I don't see how that would be illegal.
I'd really like to check this program out, especially since the whole reason I modded my box was to get it to play old PC games (though that hasn't gone over very well just yet) and even though the 386 era is a bit too early for most of the titles I am interested in, there are still a few games I'd like to run on it.
So seriously now, why is none of the software on this site readily available for download? If someone is worried about the legalities of having ports of games I want to play available, why do they still list information about them just to taunt me and mock my inability to play these older and cherished games?
And moreover, why would there be no download for DOSXBox, which is unquestionably legal?
Post by: VampX on August 22, 2006, 03:44:00 AM
QUOTE(Marscaleb @ Aug 22 2006, 08:39 AM)
And moreover, why would there be no download for DOSXBox, which is unquestionably legal?
QUOTE(XanTium @ Oct 20 2002, 05:07 PM)
Sorry , but because all that software has been compiled with MS SDK we can not link to the software due possible legal issues.
The best way to get the files is irc & newsgroups.
If you are a programmer , please support the OpenXDK project (http://openxdk.sourceforge.net/). This will make it possible to distribute xbox homebrew software legally.
Now go here and get your dosxbox.
and damn that was a long post you wrote..
Post by: Fred_PJ on August 22, 2006, 08:26:00 AM
Post by: quadriko on August 31, 2006, 02:55:00 PM
This post has been edited by quadriko: Aug 31 2006, 09:56 PM
Post by: wizzel on September 04, 2006, 03:47:00 AM
I'd like to see the DOSBox-Port being updated.The Daum Cafe recently updated a few things DOSBox related,
but i wonder if this adaptable for the XBOX-Version of DOSBox ??
BTW: Managed to get Toonstruck to work on it. A bit slow, but works
XPort keep up the great work on your current ports. You're the master of disaster
.
Post by: fluffyashes on September 21, 2006, 05:58:00 PM
So i figured i'd go around this by setting up a custom config file that mapped the controller buttons to keyboard keys.... it sounds difficult but it's the only way I can think of.
Following that course I searched for sample dosxbox configs and found none so i downloaded DosBox and have looked at that config file....now I have the problem as to what the differnces are between the two.
I would just generate a config file with the dosxbox config.com HOWEVER i can't type in that command to get it to do that.
Any help would be appreciated.
Post by: stahlhammer89 on August 01, 2007, 07:43:00 PM
Post by: Consoleman! on August 02, 2007, 03:24:00 PM
QUOTE(stahlhammer89 @ Aug 1 2007, 09:43 PM)
I was wondering if you could just place a dosbox.conf file in the home dir of dosxbox? I am trying to get Shadow of Yserbius to work but I need to allow the xbox to be able to use the modem.
What are your thoughts about playing Yserbius online?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shadow_of_Yserbius
Post by: stahlhammer89 on August 02, 2007, 08:14:00 PM
QUOTE(Consoleman! @ Aug 2 2007, 10:24 PM)
I believe that Yserbius is awesome... Basically the worlds first mmorpg and better yet, it was the early 90's! The game play is pretty good for the game being so old. I think that its actually more fun than alot of newer rpgs. I got 3 pc's running dosbox so we can play but I wanted to see if i could get my xbox running yserbius online too
Post by: Zelgadis on August 03, 2007, 05:58:00 AM
maybe it's the graphics thats causing this lag. but when i tune it down to
8bit color. the process time was alot slower, just like that simpsons episode
when the comic nerd trying to download this women picture on his monitor
with his dialup modem.
if mugen can run at full speed and joystick support, it would be perfect for mugen players.
This post has been edited by Zelgadis: Aug 3 2007, 12:59 PM
Post by: XPort on November 19, 2007, 06:13:00 AM
Post by: althena on November 19, 2007, 10:24:00 PM
However I would like to see some of my favorite see translated into other languages and would like to ask if this would be a task possible if you don't know a lot about coding. I would like to translate the menus and pop up window information and help section; could this be done by simply translating the text/words in the sources and compiling it again? And would special characters like the Ä or ß in German be supported?
Post by: XPort on November 20, 2007, 06:48:00 AM
Download xport_common and a project file, unzip to same directory.
Open SLN file in VS.NET
"Rebuild Solution"
If it works, then you have an XBE in the "Debug" or "Release" directory.
"xbepatch" (utility found on xbins) the XBE to make it suitable for non-debug xboxes
Now the XBE should be just like the most recent one released - make the text changes and try it out.
Those German characters may or may not print - I'm not sure. If they do not print, then replace the skin TTF file with one of your choosing and it may yield better results.
Post by: althena on November 20, 2007, 11:36:00 PM
QUOTE(XPort @ Nov 20 2007, 02:48 PM)
Install VS.NET and XDK
Download xport_common and a project file, unzip to same directory.
Open SLN file in VS.NET
"Rebuild Solution"
If it works, then you have an XBE in the "Debug" or "Release" directory.
"xbepatch" (utility found on xbins) the XBE to make it suitable for non-debug xboxes
Now the XBE should be just like the most recent one released - make the text changes and try it out.
Those German characters may or may not print - I'm not sure. If they do not print, then replace the skin TTF file with one of your choosing and it may yield better results.
Thank you very much XPort, I will give it a try this weekend (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
Post by: wisefire on November 25, 2007, 12:57:00 PM
Post by: mikejf on November 26, 2007, 08:21:00 PM
Tweaked the blocksize sound buffer to 128 from 2048.
The sound is now closer to realtime, rather 1 second latter.
Now to tweak the volume control, it's too sensitive.
Mike
Post by: Micjohvan on November 28, 2007, 01:16:00 PM
I was so happy because I thought that the background music would finally work... but it dosent
There is a option to select the music file you want to use but I cannot get it to play not matter what I try. Is it a problem with the emulator or something I am doing? I think this same thing happened when I first started using v.8 and I posted in either this thread or another asking about it.
Is there a way to fix this? I would really love to have the music to accompany my handmade skin.
Please let me know and thanks for all the great stuff Xport!
Post by: rubarb on November 28, 2007, 03:57:00 PM
QUOTE(Micjohvan @ Nov 28 2007, 08:52 PM)
Hi. I have a quick question. I have been using v8 of DosXbox for a while now but finally updated today to v13.
I was so happy because I thought that the background music would finally work... but it dosent (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)
There is a option to select the music file you want to use but I cannot get it to play not matter what I try. Is it a problem with the emulator or something I am doing? I think this same thing happened when I first started using v.8 and I posted in either this thread or another asking about it.
Is there a way to fix this? I would really love to have the music to accompany my handmade skin.
Please let me know and thanks for all the great stuff Xport!
was'nt this something to do with lack of memory, but not really, ie if you were only going to use small dos games you would be able to have music, but it is purposly not played because there would be bigger games not having enough memory and causing people problems so it was cut ? winuae is the same I think ?
Post by: Micjohvan on November 28, 2007, 04:31:00 PM
Im talking about background music while you are in the main menus, game select menu, and other menus.
All of Xports other emulators support this feature just fine. There is even the option to select background music for the menus in Dosxbox but it dosent work. You can select the music you want to use but it will never play.
I even tryed manually editing the ini file to no avail.
And it shouldnt be a memory issue because when you load the game you want to play it should just kill the music as it does with all the other emulators.
I would really love to have this feature back as I like to skin my emulators and my Matrix theme for DosXbox would be much better with some kick ass rock playing in the menus and stuff.
Post by: XPort on November 29, 2007, 06:51:00 AM
Or if someone doesn't care about losing the extra memory, they can always recompile the project after commenting out the "#define NO_MP3" line in the dosxbox.cpp file.
Post by: weinerschnitzel on August 21, 2008, 12:22:00 AM
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Post by: shaggoth on January 26, 2010, 11:05:00 PM
Post by: ressurectionx on January 26, 2010, 11:52:00 PM
Post by: ressurectionx on January 27, 2010, 02:17:00 PM
No problem then. I'm sure they'll have it ported by early next week.
Post by: Mega Man (?) on January 27, 2010, 03:33:00 PM
Why not just play it on there...?
Post by: Pulsemasta on February 17, 2010, 04:19:00 PM
QUOTE(Reese Kaine @ Feb 11 2010, 07:57 PM)
I'm ripping out what's left of my hair trying to install the Might & Magic World of Xeen CD, and I'm wondering if I have to install it on the PC first, then FTP the goodies over afterward.
I tried making ISOs, and it's only reading the redbook audio on the discs. Any ideas?
I would defiantly try to install on PC and put the files on the box, this is the process I use for most games.
Post by: ressurectionx on February 18, 2010, 02:03:00 AM
XPORT's idea for scraping automatic configurations was genius in a way, but serve really no purpose for the DOS emulator. There are just far too many variables. One single thing off and a config won't work.
Anybody who has gotten games working in DOSbox and know where all the relavant files are located would benefit the community greatly by getting into contact with me.
DOS happens to be one of my favorite old school gaming systems, but I just have had far too much to do to even look into it other than about 10 games.
Later,
~Rx
Post by: madmab on February 18, 2010, 05:15:00 AM