Re: CDROM volume issue...

Posted on 2008-07-22, 02:37

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Like I said, it may be a very obscure bug in SDL, but it is only being triggered by a few applications, meaning that those applications may not be bugged themselves, but may be manipulating SDL in just the right way to trigger this occurrence. I won't be debugging it though, as I have very little …

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Re: What is the meaning of 'cycles'?

Posted on 2008-07-21, 03:57

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Automatic cycles kills most games prior to the 386 era. I know because I have a massive collection and every one that I have tried tends to die on auto, but run fine on 100~1000 cycles. If it's Doom-era or later, auto should work, but even games from the mid-90's fail on auto at times. For example, …

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Re: CDROM volume issue...

Posted on 2008-07-21, 03:52

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So what's the conclusion? That it's a simple dosbox bug or what? It's something in the three or four applications I tested that exhibited this behavior. DOSBox is one, and I honestly cannot remember the other three, but I mentioned one or two of them on another thread. Either way, over a hundred …

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Re: What is the meaning of 'cycles'?

Posted on 2008-07-18, 17:37

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Yeah I know MMX isn't emulated, I just used it as an example because most people know about MMX and also know it wasn't around in the age of the 8086 machines. It'd be sweet if stuff like that was emulated or patched right through to the MMX support on your physical CPU though! Max, cycles are how …

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Re: CDROM volume issue...

Posted on 2008-07-18, 17:32

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Again, that's the defensive attitude that prevents legitimate problems from being fixed. I spent hours yesterday reading over the SDL site, reviewing FAQs and forum posts, and nowhere did anything say something about SDL not controlling CDROM volume levels. If the other SDL apps I tested use …

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Re: What is the meaning of 'cycles'?

Posted on 2008-07-18, 02:50

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I find that the cycles can sometimes vary across hardware as well, and have yet to understand what a "cycle" is. All I know is that higher cycles mean more speed. Changing cycles from 500 to 50,000 doesn't give you new hardware support however, whereas changing from a real 8086 to a Pentium class …

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Re: CDROM volume issue...

Posted on 2008-07-18, 02:43

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Burning images isn't the bug here. I am personally amazed that this thread has become so derailed and not been locked by wd or another admin. The reported problem/bug was with using a real CD, which many of us do due to installing many games as well as ripping our own CDs and such. Hell, I have a …

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Re: Video capture refuses to work

Posted on 2008-07-14, 01:59

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I had this issue on one machine with 0.72. I fixed it by entering the entire path to the captures folder. The other machines can use relative paths. No earthly clue why this happens!

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Re: CDROM volume issue...

Posted on 2008-07-14, 01:57

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That is not the point. It is a broken piece of functionality, and those of us who own our game legitimately do not use images. If I ripped every DOS game I own, I'd need probably four or five more hard-drives. Not worth it. Images were not created for backup in my experience, either. The earliest …

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Re: Mechwarrior in DOSBox 0.72

Posted on 2008-07-06, 03:19

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I have an 8086, a 286, a 386, and two 486's. Come over and we'll use them to play it. :p

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Re: Serial connection using internal modem

Posted on 2008-07-05, 18:05

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Use the "Hayes Compatible" modem strings. I have a 64bit AMD laptop that has a shiny new modem in it that wasn't even thought of when Doom was around, yet using the "Hayes Compatible" modem setup, Doom can actually dial out on my phone using that new modem. Hayes is pretty much a standard, so in …

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Re: DOSBox video bug...

Posted on 2008-07-05, 18:00

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No. I start in windowed mode (which is the default for DOSBox). If then (on my home PC) do an ALT-ENTER (fullscreen), and a 2nd ALT-ENTER (windowed again), then I can not get the screensaver to activate until I exit DOSBox. This is what I was commenting on. I said I dont' care if it works or not in …

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Re: DosBox Problem with Xbox360 Controller on Pc

Posted on 2008-07-05, 04:11

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Farang, that XPadder won't bother your driver, but you do not need it. You first need to configure the type of joystick you want DOSBox to emulate in the configuration file as I stated before. After that if it gives you trouble, you can try setting the timing to false. If it still gives you trouble, …

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Re: DOSBox video bug...

Posted on 2008-07-05, 02:05

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Well I don't care if it works windowed. I have the problem with fullscreen, although your discovery is interesting in that you have to go full and back to disable the screensaver. Sounds like disabling the screensaver is a problem in general.

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Re: DosBox Problem with Xbox360 Controller on Pc

Posted on 2008-07-04, 21:32

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DOSBox supports joysticks and gamepads. Note the "joystick" section in the configuration file. However, nothing as complex as an X360 controller was around during the glory days of DOS, and thus it may not work at all, or it may require a configuration change to the joystick section.

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Re: DOSBox video bug...

Posted on 2008-07-04, 20:58

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I'll give them a shot in a few and post my results afterwards. As to what you said, are you stating that if you start fullscreen you should go windowed and then fullscreen again to disable the screensaver? *UPDATE* I tested those SDL demos, and with the exception of "Fireworks", the screensaver …

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Re: DOSBox video bug...

Posted on 2008-07-04, 20:02

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Some power savers will prevent the screensaver from running when on battery or in certain modes. Linux has does this for eons to save power when on battery. It just turns off the monitor instead of running the screensaver. Try closing that powersaver and see if it changes things.

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Re: DOSBox video bug...

Posted on 2008-07-04, 19:15

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I don't have time to run around looking for an SDL application. If you know of one that doesn't mess with the registry or anything else, doesn't require an installer, and is basically a small file I can execute without altering anything on the system, please link me and I'll get right on it, but I …

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Re: DOSBox video bug...

Posted on 2008-07-04, 19:08

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No, it shouldn't. Bear in mind that if the screensaver was DISABLED as it should be, the system never would have locked. A Windows XP system will only lock if the current user has a password on the account and the screensaver kicks in OR if the user presses the Windows logo key and L at the same …

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Re: DOSBox video bug...

Posted on 2008-07-04, 18:49

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I just used the stock DOSBox config to start DB0.72 and let it sit for 1min. Sure enough, my screensaver kicked in. I moved the mouse and then entered my password to unlock the system. I was presented with the desktop below. This should be enough proof, but if you desire, I will tape this, transfer …

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