icemann on 24/3/2005 at 03:41
YAY :cheeky:
Thought I`d test out the latest cvs (work in progress) version of dosbox and it now runs System Shock 1 fully, albeit alittle slow at times. But atleast now we can play ss1 without having to go through alot of configuring etc, since dosbox fools the game into thinking you have whatever soundcard you select so it`ll sound exactly as you remember it :).
Latest cvs version of dosbox:
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http://cvscompile.aep-emu.de/index.php?target=system&id=dosbox)
Shadowcat on 24/3/2005 at 04:57
Weird synchronicity. I was in the middle of trying to get DOSBox to install the floppy-disc version of Shock (I want to try out the floppy version-only hard cornering described in The Hacker's Guide to Sin :)
MysteryGoat on 24/3/2005 at 06:26
Finally, I can play System Shock!!!!! One thing though, I know this is just a beta, but the game stutters very badly. Can anyone help me with this?
icemann on 24/3/2005 at 08:32
You can increase and decrease cpu cycles in dosbox via the hotkeys (ctrl+f12 and ctrl+f11).
Increasing and decreasing the amount of frame skipping can be done via the ctrl+f8 and ctrl+f9 combos.
That may help, but I`m not promising anything.
[edit]
I should mention that after a certain amount of increases, increasing cpu cycles will increase the amount of sound stuttering. Increase cpu cycles is more to do with improving the speed of the game you playing on it. For example if you upped the cpu cyles 6x with ss1 you would notice a marked improvement compared to before you did it, but the amount of sound stuttering will have increased somewhat.
Frame skipping can improve the speed without affecting sound. Which works well in most games. But in FPS games its usually not so good after a certain point.
Drat on 24/3/2005 at 08:39
Try increasing CPU cycles. Look in the docs.
Edit: Ah damnit. My problem is I open new windows for topics in forums, and this was the last one I reached.
descenterace on 24/3/2005 at 09:50
Dosbox is all very well, but a dedicated DOS PC is better...
Drat on 24/3/2005 at 10:25
You mean about ten fucking thousand times better. :)
Oskar Cruo on 24/3/2005 at 10:43
Eh.. I managed to make SS1 work in DOSBOX many many many months ago. :confused:
Piter on 24/3/2005 at 11:24
My SS1 works on win98 normally. But without voice. I'll use DOSbox for my floppy version :D
Drat on 24/3/2005 at 14:04
Why no voice? Did you configure enough memory for it? Some systems need over 600k main memory free to get sound. Others can do it with 560k.
