From d46122e0f0ae2891c382689c3a2d28e442ff1c5b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Peter Veenstra Date: Mon, 25 May 2009 15:58:31 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Updates Imported-from: https://svn.code.sf.net/p/dosbox/code-0/dosbox/trunk@3403 --- README | 43 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/README b/README index b9f269e1..2fbaf8fb 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -DOSBox v0.72 +DOSBox v0.73 ===== @@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ Q: Can DOSBox harm my computer? Q: I would like to change the memory size/cpu speed/ems/soundblaster IRQ. Q: What sound hardware does DOSBox presently emulate? Q: DOSBox crashes on startup and I'm running arts. +Q: My Build game(Duke3D/Blood/Shadow Warrior) has problems. Q: Great README, but I still don't get it. @@ -249,8 +250,8 @@ A: DOSBox emulates several legacy sound devices: be sure the soundblaster is not disabled in the DOSBox configuration file. The Tandy DAC is only emulated at the BIOS level. - Adlib - Borrowed from MAME, this emulation is almost perfect and includes the - Adlib's ability to almost play digitized sound. + This emulation is almost perfect and includes the Adlib's ability to + almost play digitized sound. - SoundBlaster 16 / SoundBlaster Pro I & II / SoundBlaster I & II By default DOSBox provides Soundblaster 16 level 16-bit stereo sound. You can select a different SoundBlaster version in the configfile of @@ -271,6 +272,13 @@ A: This isn't really a DOSBox problem, but the solution is to set the environment variable SDL_AUDIODRIVER to alsa or oss. +Q: My Build game(Duke3D/Blood/Shadow Warrior) has problems. +A: First of all, try to find a port of the game. Those will offer a + better experience. To fix the graphics problem that occurs in + DOSBox on higher resolutions. Open the configuration file of + DOSBox and search for machine=svga_s3. Change svga_s3 to vesa_nolfb + + Q: Great README, but I still don't get it. A: A look at "The Newbie's pictorial guide to DOSBox" located at http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewforum.php?f=39 might help you. @@ -301,6 +309,10 @@ dosbox [name] [-exit] [-c command] [-fullscreen] [-conf congfigfile] [-version] dosbox -version +dosbox -editconf program +dosbox -opencaptures program +dosbox -printconf +dosbox -eraseconf name If "name" is a directory it will mount that as the C: drive. @@ -364,6 +376,19 @@ dosbox -version -version output version information and exit. Useful for frontends. + -editconf program + calls program with as first parameter the configuration file. + + -opencaptures + calls program with as first paramter the location of the captures + folder. + + -printconf + prints the location of the default configuration file. + + -eraseconf + removes the default configuration file + Note: If a name/command/configfile/languagefile contains a space, put the whole name/command/configfile/languagefile between quotes ("command or file name"). If you need to use quotes within quotes @@ -1189,11 +1214,13 @@ The DOSBox configuration file contains the current settings. You can alter them and start DOSBox with the -conf switch to load the file and use these settings. -DOSBox will first parse the settings in ~/.dosboxrc (Linux), -~\dosbox.conf (Win32) or "~/Library/Preferences/DOSBox Preferences" -(MACOSX). Afterwards DOSBox will parse all configfiles specified with the --conf switch. If no configfile is specified with the -conf switch, DOSBox will -look in the current directory for the DOSBox configuration file. +DOSBox will parse configuration files that are specified with -conf. If +none were specified it will try to load "dosbox.conf" from the local +directory. If there is none, DOSBox will load the user configuration +file. This file will be created if it doesn't exist. The file can be +found in ~/.dosbox (Linux) or "~/Library/Preferences" (MAC OS X). +Windows users should use the shortcuts in the startmenu to find it. +