@MeltedPineapple hello! I suspect you're having an eXoDOS version of the game. @mitu is correct in saying there are parameters to help you configure your setup. To have the dosbox.conf (or any conf file or commands) you did use to launch the game would help a lot! Off top of my head here are some parameters you can use to run the game:

c:\> monkey.exe r <- enable Roland MT-32 (requires specific files and setup) c:\> monkey.exe i <- enable internal speaker c:\> monkey.exe a <- enable Soundblaster and Adlib (most compatible) c:\> monkey.exe v <- force VGA

You can use a combination as well:

c:\> monkey.exe a v <- enable Soundblaster and VGA

Search for Monkey Island reference card for DOS on the Web to get more keyboard shortcuts and interesting info. The most interesting shortcut for you would be Ctrl + S which turns on / off the sound (only working for Internal Speaker though).

Note: my recommendation would be for you to give a try to ScummVM for anything Lucasfilm games/LucasArts related. Very easy to use and you'll get the best experience possible. Check Retropie docs here for installation and ScummVM wiki to properly configure the games.

@sirhenrythe5th btw https://readonlymemory.vg/shop/media/the-bitmap-brothers-odyssey/

(Technically spam as I helped with this project. But on topic spam :-) )

@xNYARLx when you enter the mount command add the option -freesize 1024

That'll make the virtual disk drive 1024mb so you can install fallout

@nemo93 said in [Solved] "Ecstatica" - issues with saving games in DosBox:

@AdamBeGood You don't have apologize or be sorry for anything. Asking questions and seeking for help is what this forum is there for :-)

Under DOSbox, swapping discs around is not clearly indicated as you experienced yourself! Yet it does work flawless. Let me share a quick hint as well that could come in handy.

Some games do support natively multiple CDROM drives. Meaning you can mount the different "isos" images and assign these to different drives letters. As you mentioned Command & Conquer let's use this as an example below. Just add something like that in your [autoexec] section:

[autoexec] imgmount d /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/isos/comcon/CaCCD1.iso -t cdrom imgmount e /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/isos/comcon/CaCCD2.iso -t cdrom mount c /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc/games C: CD COMCON C&C.EXE EXIT

Then no more disc swapping in-game :-) Other games where this is working which I've tested: Under a Killing Moon, Ripper (6 discs!!), Pandora Directive. I haven't tried with the Wing Commander serie so feel free to report back if you have some success!!

Interesting! And I guess that would work with three disks to accommodate Covert Operations also? Great tip!

Thanks again!

Edit - that didn't seem to work for me actually with Covert Ops.. but it may be something I am doing wrong here. That is quite likely. Everything works perfectly so I won't push my luck!

Correct, @mitu , I created a separate system that lists the conf files:

<system> <name>p2000t</name> <fullname>Philips P2000</fullname> <path>/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/p2000t</path> <extension>.conf .CONF</extension> <command>/opt/retropie/supplementary/runcommand/runcommand.sh 0 _SYS_ p2000t %ROM%</command> <platform>p2000t</platform> <theme>p2000t</theme> </system>

Runcommand looked good:

Parameters: Executing: /opt/retropie/emulators/dosbox-sdl2/bin/dosbox -conf "/home/pi/RetroPie/roms/p2000t/Monkey.conf" fluidsynth: warning: Requested a period size of 64, got 480 instead fluidsynth: warning: Failed to set thread to high priority fluidsynth: warning: Failed to pin the sample data to RAM; swapping is possible. DOSBox version SVN Copyright 2002-2019 DOSBox Team, published under GNU GPL. --- CONFIG: Loading primary settings from config file /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/p2000t/Monkey.conf SDL: Current window pixel format: SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888 MIDI:fluidsynth: loaded soundfont: /usr/share/sounds/sf2/FluidR3_GM.sf2 MIDI: Opened device:fluidsynth One joystick reported, initializing with 4axis Using joystick Xbox 360 Wireless Receiver with 6 axes, 15 buttons and 1 hat(s) Using driver "opengl" for renderer

I am happy to investigate more if it helps the community. If we collectively believe this is a problem with a 20-year old emulator, I am also content to call this one good enough and run without a joystick. :)

@mitu said in Dosbox Mapper : Question:

dosbox-sdl2

Thank you Mitu . I just deleted the xboxdrv and everything that made it working ...

my gamepad seems to work on the game now

i truly appreciate the help

Thanks for the tool and the heavy-lifting, @Voljega . Works nicely on Linux.

I am using it from a retropie perspective, so I was wondering why gamelist.xml gets generated. For me I see the gamelist.xml as something generated by RetroPie's (IMHO defacto standard) SkyScraper. For use with SkyScraper it would be more elegant to use the import feature of SkyScraper.

I am not demanding implementation towards SkyScraper, I just want to understand the rationale behind your implementation. Then I might file a PR.

Thanks.

@ExarKunIv

lol no problem

You helped me get my set up for my controller and helped me with the keys ... i have struggled with this for 4 days lol ... glad it works and i hope others can see this and get the idea how it works :)

@mitu

Thank you Very Help ... might consider one of those options

I'm trying to do the exact same thing at the moment, although on an RPi3B+. I can't find a way in dosbox to rotate the screen like you can in emulationstation and retroarch.

I was looking into rotating the screen at the OS level. On the 3b+ this causes perf issues so that's not a great way to go. Was trying to do some research to see if this was possible to do on an RPi4 without perf issues. Looks like just doing the rotation there is more complicated than it was on RPi3B+.

@ReadyPlayaWon said in Mad Dog McCree Dos Box Help:

3DO

Hi ReadyPlayaWon

May i ask ... i did get my pi 4 and im enjoying it alot

i just tested the mad dog on 3do emulation and i was wondering , im using the dolphen bar/wii mote to use as a light gun ... i dont know how to reload ... any advice or tips?

@Folly

Thanks Folly

this really is going to help me

Thank you !!!!

@quicksilver Thanks, yeah, I tried all the joysticktype settings including 2axis, which is supposed to allow two controllers. Didn't help.

However, this morning I tried renaming the default dosbox-SVN.conf in retropie/configs/pc. I then ran DOSBox again from +Start DOCBox.sh and the screen looked different and the keyboard started generating invalid characters. I quit out and DOSBOX had recreated a new dosbox-SVN.conf. I renamed that one and reinstated the original one then ran it again. All of a sudden the Thrustmaster is recognised ! No idea what has changed. I guess forcing it to recreate a dosbox-SVN.conf must have also caused it to update some other setting file.

Anyway, I'm happy it's working now. Thanks quicksilver for your suggestions.

@VictimRLSH yes it is possible to install on retropie and desktop, we did this a few weeks ago testing some games, full screen needs to be adjusted by going to the games files. I think conquest we had a left small screen but got it to full screen.

@MultoBene you are trying to mount an image file to drive "2". It's expecting a letter like "d" not a number. You might look into using a .conf file instead for launching your ROMs. I'm not 100% sure if they work with lr-dosbox. Lr-dosbox had extremely poor performance last I tried so I haven't messed with it very much.

@quicksilver Oh! Thank you for all your advice <3

.sh files are not understood by lr-dosbox, but they should work withdosbox - as mentioned in the topic you referenced.

The preferred way would be to use .conf file for launching your games, where you can set your dosbox preferences and add an [autoexec] section for launching the game itself. For instance (game.conf):

[autoexec] MOUNT c /home/pi/RetroPie/roms/pc C: cd GameDir Game.exe EXIT

The .conf files are understood by both dosbox and lr-dosbox.