Thursday, October 23, 2014

DosBox/DosBox turbo/DosBox manager differences and similarities (part 1)

First, for you to know, i use DosBox 0.74 for windows 7 ultimate, DosBox turbo 2.1.17a and DosBox manager 2.1.15a, at this time of writing this blog. I will put the versions that i use, in the right, too.
Learning the differences between them, you will know what is in dosbox 0.74, wich i use in windows 7 ultimate and what is in DosBox turbo and DosBox manager. DosBox manager is made by the same developer, as for DosBox turbo. See DosBox manager like the virtual shelf in GOG site. You made a .conf file for a game, in DosBox turbo, and run the game, without using DosBox turbo. But you want to use DosBox turbo, to understand things, too. The below letters are in bold and are from dosbox 0.74.conf file and DosBox turbo/DosBox manager. There, in 0.74.conf file, doxbox turbo and DosBox manager, are not in bold of course.
If below you will see a red @, you will know that, that lines are present in DosBox, and not in DosBox turbo and DosBox manager. 
So, because i don't want to bore you to death, below, for DosBox, are only a part of the .conf file.  For DosBox turbo and DosBox manager, i will show all info.
If the DosBox turbo and DosBox manager are using the same lines like in DosBox, you will see a blue @
The differences between DosBox turbo and DosBox manager are on the end of this post. Download my dosbox
0.74.conf file from me or get it from dosbox 0.74, by installing it, if you want to see all info. The next topic in the blog i will enter every line and show the other info it contains, using images and a video, info used from this topic and more.

Dosbox .cfg file

DosBox :

fullscreen: Start dosbox directly in fullscreen.
fulldouble: Use double buffering in fullscreen. It can reduce screen flickering, but it can also result in a slow DOSBox. 
fullresolution: What resolution to use for fullscreen: original or fixed size
windowresolution: Scale the window to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling.
output: What video system to use for output.
For example, surface, overlay, opengl, openglnb, ddraw.
autolock: Mouse will automatically lock, if you click on the screen.
sensitivity: Mouse sensitivity.
waitonerror: Wait before closing the console if dosbox has an error.

All the bellow are @
Beside "-" are info
  
Dosbox turbo : 
 
Dosbox Settings - Advanced Dosbox Config
Select Input Mode - Joystick, Mouse or Scroll input
Mouse Tracking - Absolute or Relative
Mouse Sensitivity - sensitivity for Relative Mouse Tracking
Input Latency - Latency of imput devices
Virtual Joystick - settings
Overlay Joystick - check in for "on", check out for off 
Overlay Buttons  - check in for "on", check out for off 
Button Location - select location of Virtual On-Screen Buttons
Button/Controller Maps - Mappings for Hardware Buttons/Controllers
Gesture Mapping - Customize gesture actions
Use physical ALT - check in for "on", check out for off 
Screen Scaling - check in for "on", check out for off 
Screen Scale Factor - for Landscape
Scaled Screen Location - if Screen Scaling is on, choose screen location
Scale Quality - Select Fast or HQ Scaling
GPU Rendering - check in for "on", check out for off  
Rotation Settings - auto/portrait/landscape rotation
Keep Aspect Ratio - check in for "on", check out for off 
QuickMenu Display - Change how the QuickMenu slides
Enable Sound - check in for "on", check out for off
Turbo Cycles - check in for "on", check out for off
Turbo VGA - check in for "on", check out for off 
Turbo Audio - check in for "on", check out for off 
Enable Debug - check in for "on", check out for off 
Optimizations - bugfix for some ASUS devices
Version 

 
Dosbox manager : 
 
Dosbox Settings - Advanced Dosbox Config
Select Input Mode - Joystick, Mouse or Scroll input
Mouse Tracking - Absolute or Relative
Mouse Sensitivity - sensitivity for Relative Mouse Tracking
Input Latency - Latency of imput devices
Virtual Joystick - settings
Overlay Joystick - check in for "on", check out for off
Overlay Buttons  - check in for "on", check out for off
Button Location - select location of Virtual On-Screen Buttons
Button/Controller Maps - Mappings for Hardware Buttons/Controllers
Gesture Mapping - Customize gesture actions
Use physical ALT - check in for "on", check out for off
Screen Scaling - check in for "on", check out for off
Screen Scale Factor - for Landscape
Scaled Screen Location - if Screen Scaling is on, choose screen location
Scale Quality - Select Fast or HQ Scaling
GPU Rendering - check in for "on", check out for off 
Rotation Settings - auto/portrait/landscape rotation
Keep Aspect Ratio - check in for "on", check out for off 
QuickMenu Display - Change how the QuickMenu slides
Enable Sound - check in for "on", check out for off
Turbo Cycles - check in for "on", check out for off
Turbo VGA - check in for "on", check out for off
Turbo Audio - check in for "on", check out for off
Enable Debug - check in for "on", check out for off
Optimizations - bugfix for some ASUS devices
Version 
 
The differences between dosbox turbo and dosbox manager :
In dosbox turbo the below lines exist, but not in dosbox manager.
 
Reset to Default 
Help 

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