#DOSBOX CONF SETTING FOR FULLSCREEN WINDOWS 7#

While various hacks allowed substitution of one of the 16 colors above, there were only two official palettes for this mode: However, for gaming, by far the most common mode was 4 colors at 320×200 pixels. Graphics modes range from monochrome at 640x200 (which is worse than the Hercules card) to 16 colors at 160x200 in composite mode. The CGA supports several different modes the highest quality text mode is 80x25 characters in 16 colors. Default is original.ĬGA ( Color Graphics Adapter): Refers to IBM's first color graphics card. Those changes are performed before any additional scaling done with fullresolution setting. Note: the scaler setting under is also able to scale up the original resolution to some degree. Many games will be below the minimum resolution supported by modern video cards, so DOSBox will scale the game up to at least that minimum. (800 x 600) if the former is not available. For example, if a game in DOSBox is requesting a graphics screen resolution of (320 x 240) while your desktop is (1920 x 1200), DosBox will switch to (320x240) or the next highest resolution supported by your GPU drivers, e.g. If original resolution is less than desktop resolution, DOSBox will switch the screen resolution to the closest match requested by the game or application. Original is the game's default or chosen (through setup.exe or in-game menu) resolution. These settings are passed on to the SDL Library which handles low level things like input and thread priority.įullresolution = width x height | original | desktop Scale the application to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling (i.e. You can often achieve a fair level of optimization by working with these setting, though for the most part leaving them at their default settings will create the best experience. You can define what resolutions are emulated, how DOSBox should treat errors or listen to your keyboard and mouse. This section contains all of the low level system settings for how DOSBox interacts with your real hardware. This file is also deleted after DOSBox is launched. You can find the nf by browsing Start > All Programs > Dosbox-/Temp/cfg?.tmp. The location is indicated by the DOSBox Status Window upon startup. On 0.74, just go to the DOSBox folder and open 'DOSBox 0.74 Options.bat' in order to open the configuration file (*.conf).ĭnf is created automatically in the Windows' user profile folder. 2.6.2 mididevice = default | win32 | alsa | oss | coreaudio | coremidi | noneĭepending on the version or host OS, the nf file is located either inside the user profile folder or inside the same folder as dosbox.exe.2.6.1 mpu401 = intelligent | uart | none.2.4.3 cycles = fixed nnnn | max | auto.2.4.1 core = simple | normal| dynamic | auto.2.3.3 scaler = none | normal2x | normal3x | tv2x | tv3x | rgb2x | rgb3x | scan2x | scan3x | advmame2x | advmame3x | advinterp2x | advinterp3x | 2xsai | super2xsai | supereagle | hq2x | hq3x.

#DOSBOX CONF SETTING FOR FULLSCREEN WINDOWS 7#

1.1.2 Windows Vista, Windows 7 & Windows 8.x.

Dosbox conf setting for fullscreen