GP2+Dosbox

Help, it runs sluggish. Does anyone have a config that gets this to run properly?

flightlessvacuum wrote: > Help, it runs sluggish. > > Does anyone have a config that gets this to run properly? > Get rFactor, it pisses all over GP2. SCNR ronny

Ronald Stoehr wrote:

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> flightlessvacuum wrote: >> Help, it runs sluggish. >> >> Does anyone have a config that gets this to run properly? >> > > Get rFactor, it pisses all over GP2.

LOL I was going to say that!

On Nov 6, 8:01 am, Tony R <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Ronald Stoehr wrote: > > flightlessvacuum wrote: > >> Help, it runs sluggish. > > >> Does anyone have a config that gets this to run properly? > > > Get rFactor, it pisses all over GP2. > > LOL I was going to say that!

Haha, actually it's funny you guys mentioned rFactor as I thought I'd give it a go last night and I was really impressed!

flightlessvacuum wrote: > Help, it runs sluggish. > > Does anyone have a config that gets this to run properly? > Because Dosbox is an emulator it runs a lot slower than real dos. It's no good for more demanding games. Dosbox can barely run Masters of Magic acceptably so there is little hope for it to run GP2 very well.

On Nov 6, 9:24 am, John Adams <[email hidden]> wrote: > Because Dosbox is an emulator it runs a lot slower than real dos. It's > no good for more demanding games. Dosbox can barely run Masters of Magic > acceptably so there is little hope for it to run GP2 very well. Bugger.

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> On Nov 6, 9:24 am, John Adams <[email hidden]> wrote: > > > Because Dosbox is an emulator it runs a lot slower than real dos. It's > > no good for more demanding games. Dosbox can barely run Masters of Magic > > acceptably so there is little hope for it to run GP2 very well. > > Bugger. > > >

You guys did press CTRL-F11 and CTRL-F12 to speed up/slow down the processor speed, yes? No? MRSisson -- LOAD "GPL",8 SEARCHING FOR GPL LOADING READY. RUN

On Nov 6, 1:04 pm, Michael Sisson <[email hidden]> wrote: > You guys did press CTRL-F11 and CTRL-F12 to speed up/slow down the > processor speed, yes? No? Yeah, I've tried that and a few other tweaks but with no great improvement. It's not just that GP2 is slow in dosbox but it's also seems out of sync (sound+graphics) and is basically unplayable. F1GP runs much better in comparison.

flightlessvacuum wrote:

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> Yeah, I've tried that and a few other tweaks but with no great > improvement. > > It's not just that GP2 is slow in dosbox but it's also seems out of > sync (sound+graphics) and is basically unplayable. > > F1GP runs much better in comparison. > >

Try VDMsound instead. That might give you better results. http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/

On Nov 6, 6:57 pm, John Adams <[email hidden]> wrote: > Try VDMsound instead. That might give you better results. > > http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/ Well I have a widescreen lcd and I simply can't stand games that stretch to fit the 16:10 aspect ratio so I think dosbox is my only real option given I can run it in a window with normal aspect.

Is it only me, or is it usually the LCD that "stretches" the image to fit 16:10? *My* LCD has options for this, at the least (Dell 2405 something), I can choose 1:1, 4:3 or Fill so that graphic modes of less resolution than the full display resolution is treated accordingly. In your case, you'd choose 4:3 since you want your old game to be displayed as large as possible. --A-- On 07.11.2007 22:34, flightlessvacuum wrote:

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> On Nov 6, 6:57 pm, John Adams <[email hidden]> wrote: > >> Try VDMsound instead. That might give you better results. >> >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/ > > Well I have a widescreen lcd and I simply can't stand games that > stretch to fit the 16:10 aspect ratio so I think dosbox is my only > real option given I can run it in a window with normal aspect. > >

On Nov 8, 3:59 am, Asgeir Nesoen <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> Is it only me, or is it usually the LCD that "stretches" the image to > fit 16:10? > > *My* LCD has options for this, at the least (Dell 2405 something), I can > choose 1:1, 4:3 or Fill so that graphic modes of less resolution than > the full display resolution is treated accordingly. In your case, you'd > choose 4:3 since you want your old game to be displayed as large as > possible. > > --A-- > > On 07.11.2007 22:34, flightlessvacuum wrote: > > > > > On Nov 6, 6:57 pm, John Adams <[email hidden]> wrote: > > >> Try VDMsound instead. That might give you better results. > > >>http://sourceforge.net/projects/vdmsound/ > > > Well I have a widescreen lcd and I simply can't stand games that > > stretch to fit the 16:10 aspect ratio so I thinkdosboxis my only > > real option given I can run it in a window with normal aspect.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text -

Make sure that you are using DosBox 0.72 and that in your dosbox.conf that core= and cycles= are both set to Auto. If the game you are playing is a realmode game and not protected mode then you will need to press Ctrl F11/F12 to slowdown/speedup DosBox.

Asgeir Nesoen wrote: > *My* LCD has options for this, at the least (Dell 2405 something), I can > choose 1:1, 4:3 or Fill so that graphic modes of less resolution than > the full display resolution is treated accordingly. In your case, you'd > choose 4:3 since you want your old game to be displayed as large as > possible. Most LCD computer monitors don't have that option. There are only about three 22" models that do. All LCD HDTV have it though so don't see why computer LCDs don't.

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> Asgeir Nesoen wrote: > > > *My* LCD has options for this, at the least (Dell 2405 something), I can > > choose 1:1, 4:3 or Fill so that graphic modes of less resolution than > > the full display resolution is treated accordingly. In your case, you'd > > choose 4:3 since you want your old game to be displayed as large as > > possible. > > Most LCD computer monitors don't have that option. There are only about > three 22" models that do. All LCD HDTV have it though so don't see why > computer LCDs don't. >

I have an LG 24" Widescreen and it didn't have the option in its built in options menus. I had to find it in the Display Properties Nvidia control panel. Its been awhile. I remember I had to uncheck something to make the option appear elsewhere. Sorry for being so vague. I work on a problem and research it and fix it and then promptly forget all about it. :) MRSisson -- LOAD "GPL",8 SEARCHING FOR GPL LOADING READY. RUN

Michael Sisson wrote:

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> I have an LG 24" Widescreen and it didn't have the option in its built > in options menus. I had to find it in the Display Properties Nvidia > control panel. Its been awhile. I remember I had to uncheck something to > make the option appear elsewhere. Sorry for being so vague. I work on a > problem and research it and fix it and then promptly forget all about > it. :) > > > MRSisson

Yea, I know what you are talking about. That option is only available if you use DVI, I use VGA due to a KVM so am SOL.

On Nov 10, 6:37 pm, John Adams <[email hidden]> wrote: > Yea, I know what you are talking about. That option is only available if > you use DVI, I use VGA due to a KVM so am SOL. I'm using VGA here as well, also it's a fairly cheapo brand lcd and I can't find any option to alter the aspect.