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	DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2005-7-04 @ 05:41 pm
HunterZ Moderator Joined: 2003-01-31 Posts: 4313 Location: Seattle	This thread is meant to discuss the general purpose of DOSBox CVS builds, which known public ones exist, and where to get them. The first part is a FAQ covering various DOSBox CVS-related questions, is followed by a listing, description of, and links to known CVS builds, and finally a selection of related useful links. Feel free to post any questions or suggestions in response to this thread, but be advised that replies are purged occasionally to keep the thread clean. Please refer to the very last section if you are a maintainer or forum moderator. _________________________________________________________ What are CVS builds? CVS builds are versions of dosbox.exe that people have built from the latest version of the DOSBox source code, which is stored on sourceforge.net in something called a CVS repository. CVS builds contain changes that have been made by Qbix and Harekiet since the latest official release. Some enhanced CVS builds also contain unofficial features and fixes that have been created by enthusiasts in the DOSBox development community. Why should I get a CVS build? As of this writing, the latest official release version of DOSBox is 0.72. Active development continues, however, so new features and fixes will continue to be added to DOSBox's CVS repository. If you're having trouble running a game with the DOSBox release, it's worth trying a CVS build to see if the problem has since been addressed. You may also want access to the new features or optimizations if you are having compatibility or performance issues. Which one should I get? That's up to you. Consult the list below to see which features the different builds contain and decide which one you want to try first. If you are interested in getting a CVS build in hopes that it will fix a problem you're having in the latest release version, you should probably start with a "plain" (no-enhancements) CVS build like the AEP one. Also, see replies to this post from the maintainers for additional info on their builds. How do I use it? First, install the latest official release of DOSBox. Then, unpack the CVS build over the top of it, replacing the release versions of the files with the CVS versions. Some developers also recommend regenerating your dosbox.conf configuration file so that you will see any new config options that have been added. Consult this thread for info on how to regenerate a config file. What do I do if I find bugs in a CVS build? First, search these forums to see if it's already been reported. If it hasn't, post as much information as possible (see the help request guidelines). Update: Note that bugs in plain CVS builds are probably the only ones of interest to the DOSBox devs (QBix and Harekiet). Problem reports for the other builds should be addressed to their respective maintainers, as problems could be caused by experimental patches that aren't part of the official CVS source code. _________________________________________________________ The following CVS builds are based directly off of the official DOSBox CVS source code. Use this build to test the latest official CVS changes and to report bugs. CVS-Compile (aka AEP Emulation) build Last updated: Daily URL: http://builds.tharos-online.de/index.ph...order=desc URL: http://www.aep-emu.de/cvscompile/dosbox.htm (old link; broken) Description: A direct build (i.e. no modifications or unofficial patches) from the official CVS source code. Good for testing games that have problems in the latest release version to see if they've since been fixed in CVS. rhoenie/Marcus Herbert (Mac OSX) Last updated: August 9, 2008 DosBox 0.72 for G3 DosBox CVS for OSX (G4/G5/i386) URL: http://www.spam-filter.de/bastelstunde#dosbox _________________________________________________________ The following CVS builds contain additional fixes and/or features that are not officially part of DOSBox. Many people prefer them due to the included extra features and speed optimizations. Note that if you have problems with these builds, it may be due to the unofficial changes that have been made by their maintainers and not the official DOSBox code itself that is to blame. gulikoza's (Windows) Last Updated: July 9, 2009 URL: http://www.si-gamer.net/gulikoza/ This build incorporates: coreswitch direct3d (the experimental Direct3D support in all CVS builds is developed by Gulikoza, so this build probably has the latest version of his code) munt mt32 emulation openglhq adlib optimization NE2000 support printer patch oplpassthrough vgaparts Note that the July 9, 2009 build is optimized for multi-core CPUs and may have issues running on single-core systems. HAL 9000's "Mega Build" Last updated: November 30, 2008 URL: http://home.arcor.de/h-a-l-9000/ Description: Builds of DosBox focused on serial\networking support. OPL passthrough to real hardware NE2000 Ethernet passthrough parallel port passthrough rev. 7 virtual dot-matrix printer rev. 5 double-sized video memory interface (fixes Wish demo) large vesa 16-color video mode support enhanced disney/covox/DA device Soundblaster reset fix (for Creative's diagnose.exe) 512k video memory for vgaonly mode (needed by Wish demo) CRTC hack for DoWhackaDo demo 486 style paging (for Windows 95) CMPXCHG instruction (by wd, for Internet Explorer 5) Increment day at midnight add TIME and DATE commands add a switch to use the host time as DOS time. Type 'date /?' to find out how. Experimental fix for emm386 EMS page frame detection Switch back to window mode on unsupported resolution instead of quitting (appears to be buggy) serial debugging enabled ykhwong's (Windows and Linux builds available) Last updated: May 19, 2009 URL: http://ykhwong.x-y.net/page.htm Description: The Windows build incorporates (Linux build does not have all of the patches): vasyl's experimental emulation of various SVGA chipsets OpenGL-HQ Direct3D Glide emulation munt mt32 emulation Improved IPX support Virtual Printer support PhysFS support (Mount .zip files) Overscan Border patch The build will be updated infrequently the following is a message from yhkwong as to why: Quote: I am busy and it makes me disappear for a long time. ** I, Taewoong Yoo is going to enter the army to join military service usually required of males in South Korea. It might take about 22 months to complete the service. _________________________________________________________ These builds are for other Operating Systems and are not in any way supported by the DOSBox team DOSBOX 0.72 for AmigaOS 4.0 http://www.os4depot.net/share/emulation...dosbox.lha DosBox CVS for OS/2 Last updated: January 25, 2008 URL: http://www.joschs-robotics.de/dosbox/ URL: http://www.os2site.com/sw/emulators/dosbox/index.html DosBox v0.60 for Dreamcast Last Updated: ??? (release dates not currently provided on the linked web site) URL: http://gpf.dcemu.co.uk/dcdoxbox.shtml DosBox for GP2x Last updated: January 3, 2009 URL: http://dl.openhandhelds.org/cgi-bin/gp2...,0,72,2534 URL: http://wiki.gp2x.org/wiki/DosBox DosBox for IRIX http://www.enosnusnu.de/index.php?/arch...-IRIX.html DosBox for PSP URL: http://forums.ps2dev.org/viewtopic.php?...p;start=60 URL: http://www.dcemu.co.uk/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=65494 n0p's DosBox for Pocket PC Last updated: July 6, 2009 URL: http://n0p.tonych.info/?DOSBox_PPC Dosbox 0.70 Optimized for PXA270 (iwmmxt) URL: http://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?s=...ntry156742 ____________________________________________________ Obsolete Moe's (Linux) URL: http://garni.ch/dosbox/ Last updated: December 15, 2006 Description: Recently Moe has decided to provide a DOSBox Linux (x86, 32-bit, Athlon64-optimized) binary including some useful patches. It is built against latest CVS and includes at least these patches: addkey adlib optimize Innovation SSI-2001 Self-Modifying-Code optimizations SVGA chipsets CD-Image cycling Glide emulation Printer emulation Moe is also the creator of OPENGL-HQ. OPENGL-HQ is another scaler that is implemented in SDL.dll. Unfortunately it may be some time (or never), until OPENGL-HQ is implemented in the official SDL so until then you'll have to download it from here (or compile it yourself). Neat thing about this is that you can use this SDL.DLL with any SDL program (e.g. DOSBox, SCUMMVM...). Canadacow's MT-32 build Last updated: October 15, 2004 URL: http://www.artworxinn.com/alex/downloads.htm Description: This build is no longer useful; it was made before DOSBox 0.63 came out and contains MT-32 emulation code that is much older than the current Munt releases. Note that more current MT-32 emulation is also included as an unofficial feature of some of the newer CVS builds. pDosBox for Pocket PC URL: http://www.e-lation.net/site/emufor_Pocket_PC.html Other useful links Snapshot of latest DOSBox CVS source code: http://dosbox.linuxsecured.net/dosboxcvs.tgz Changelog (list of latest changes in CVS): http://dosbox.linuxsecured.net/dosboxcvs.txt Another changelog (in case one of them goes down): http://cvscompile.aep-emu.de/cl/dosboxChangeLog.txt CVS section of DOSBox Wiki: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/wiki/inde...dingDOSBox DOSBox compatibility Database: http://www.dosbox.com/game_database.xml DOSBox Debug Build: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=7323 DOSBox home page: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/ DOSBox sourceforge project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dosbox/ _________________________________________________________ Moderators: Feel free to edit this post to keep things updated. I hope to be able to point users to this thread as a place to find fairly up-to-date links to and descriptions of various CVS builds and other related links. Maintainers: If you want info added or changed regarding your CVS build, feel free to post about it in this thread and hopefully someone will update it for you Also feel free to submit your own descriptions as long as they are in a form that I can drop in as a replacement for the descriptions I have up. _________________________________________________________ Dates current as of July 9, 2009 by HunterZ - dates updated since last change are in dark-red Last edited by HunterZ on 2009-8-05 @ 03:26 pm; edited 33 times in total

	Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2009-7-09 @ 09:10 pm
gulikoza Oldbie Joined: 2004-06-25 Posts: 1213	It's out _________________ DOSBoxcvs-090407 + patches (4.7.2009): http://www.si-gamer.net/gulikoza

	Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2009-7-09 @ 09:13 pm
ADDiCT Oldbie Joined: 2007-02-02 Posts: 841	Thanks a lot for your work and the information, Gulikoza! Highly appreciated. It's a bit late now, i'll give the build a spin tomorrow.

	Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2009-7-09 @ 09:32 pm
HunterZ Moderator Joined: 2003-01-31 Posts: 4313 Location: Seattle	Ooh thanks, I'll have to see if it squeezes enough extra performance out of Battlespire to run it in hi-res mode. Also, this thread needs to be overhauled since a lot of the links are broken. I've been out of touch for a couple years until recently, so if anyone can provide some idea of the current state of CVS builds, changelog links, etc., it would help.

	Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2009-7-09 @ 09:42 pm
robertmo Oldbie Joined: 2003-06-18 Posts: 1601	what are "most of the HAL's megabuild patches except the graphics patches (are currently out of date)"?

	Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2009-7-09 @ 09:51 pm
gulikoza Oldbie Joined: 2004-06-25 Posts: 1213	patches from h-a-l-9000's megabuild 4.1: printer, NE2000... _________________ DOSBoxcvs-090407 + patches (4.7.2009): http://www.si-gamer.net/gulikoza

	Re: DOSBox CVS Builds :: 2009-7-09 @ 10:42 pm
HunterZ Moderator Joined: 2003-01-31 Posts: 4313 Location: Seattle	Did a pass on the links in the OP to fix dead links and update dates.

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