Showing posts with label DOSBox. Show all posts
Showing posts with label DOSBox. Show all posts

Monday, 1 June 2015

DOS-Box Change Screen Resolution

DOS-Box Change Screen Resolution Description
DOS Box Hint Screenshots
Sometimes we may want to play the old games with DOSBox in window and set the window dimensions.
To change the screen resolution of the DOS-Box window:
1. Find the options bat file in the folder where the DOS box is installed. By default it is in c:\program files\DOSBox-(version).
2. Find the the DOSBox bat file and run it.
DOS-Box Screen Size 1024x768
3.  Find the string "Windowresolution=" and place/type your favorite resolution. 600x400, 800x600, 1024x768 and 1280x1024 should work. Check if fullscreen=false, if not, make it false like in the screen
4. For the DOSBox to recognize the resolution, the output must be changed to opengl, so find the string "output=" and place/type opengl like in the screenshot.

Save the file and start the DOSBox, it should be with the chosen resolution now. Aslo to automate what DOSBox start, check this post: DOSBox Automatic Mount

DOS-Box Automatic Mount Screenshots

DOS-Box Finding the Options.bat file
DOS Box Hint Screenshots
When we are tired of mounting our game over and over again when using DOS-Box, we can automate this process through the options bat file.
To automate the mounting process:
1. Find the options bat file in the folder where the DOS box is installed. By default it is in c:\program files\DOSBox-(version).
2. Find the the DOSBox bat file and run it.
DOS-Box Automatic Mount  Screenshot
 3. At the bottom of the bat file find the string "[autoexec]"
just below it place/type the mounting comands, all in a new row like in the screen, for example:

mount o D:\games\thegameiplay (the path to the dos game we want to play)
o:
game.exe (the executable file of the game, it may be .EXE, .COM or .BAT)