mr_bigmouth_502
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19 Aug 2017, 1:13 pm
Enigmatic_Oddity wrote:
guitarman2010 wrote:
I play all kinds of games on DOSBox like Doom and Warcraft
You know you would get a much better experience playing Doom with something like GZDoom? Also, Warcraft 2's battle.net version works in Windows. Unless you're talking about Warcraft 1, which to my knowledge only runs in DOS. I could never get into that game; selecting only four units at a time made everything such a micromanagement chore.
You'd really hate Dune II then.
You can only select one unit at a time, though thankfully you can use hotkeys. For it being one of the very first RTS games however, I'd say it's held up quite well.
22 Aug 2017, 8:33 pm
23 Aug 2017, 6:59 am
23 Aug 2017, 9:07 am
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
You'd really hate Dune II then. You can only select one unit at a time, though thankfully you can use hotkeys. For it being one of the very first RTS games however, I'd say it's held up quite well.
You can only select one unit at a time, though thankfully you can use hotkeys. For it being one of the very first RTS games however, I'd say it's held up quite well.I was watching a video review of the remastered version of Starcraft recently and thought it was cute to hear a reviewer complain about only being able to select 12 units.
23 Aug 2017, 2:01 pm
24 Aug 2017, 12:23 pm
24 Aug 2017, 3:57 pm
Today I just created a .bat menu for DOSBox! 
I am so proud! Now I don't have to mount the games at all! (Sorry that the images are kinda small.)
mr_bigmouth_502
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24 Aug 2017, 7:31 pm
LegoMaster2149 wrote:
Today I just created a .bat menu for DOSBox! I am so proud! Now I don't have to mount the games at all! (Sorry that the images are kinda small.)
I am so proud! Now I don't have to mount the games at all! (Sorry that the images are kinda small.)What are these, screenshots for ants?
In all seriousness though, what caused them to come out so small? ^^;
24 Aug 2017, 9:34 pm
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
LegoMaster2149 wrote:
Today I just created a .bat menu for DOSBox! I am so proud! Now I don't have to mount the games at all! (Sorry that the images are kinda small.)
I am so proud! Now I don't have to mount the games at all! (Sorry that the images are kinda small.)What are these, screenshots for ants?
In all seriousness though, what caused them to come out so small? ^^;Here is what the text displays on the screen:
Menu:
====================
DOSBox Menu
====================
Page 1/1
1. Wolfenstein 3D
2. Wasteland
3. Zork
4. Zork II
5. Zork III
6. Exit
Menu (Continued) (When You Press 6)
====================
DOSBox Menu
====================
1. Exit to Windows
2. Back to Menu
And here is what the terminal command line says on each part of them:
Terminal Command Line I (Menu): Choose One [1,2,3,4,5,6]?
Terminal Command Line II (Menu Continued): Choose One [1,2]?
25 Aug 2017, 8:21 am
25 Aug 2017, 7:46 pm
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
Occasionally. I used to play DOS games a lot more often, but lately I've been too lazy to set any up. The last ones I played were Blood and Syndicate. 
Truth be told, I don't like how stagnant DosBox's development has become. It's been seven years and it's still on version 0.74, albeit with some SVN releases. Unfortunately, it's poorly optimized for 64-bit, so games like Carmageddon are out of the question unless I can somehow compile a 32-bit build on my system. PCem seems like an intriguing alternative, but it's also much more demanding. That said, I find it's better for running Windows 95.
Say, does anyone know how to compile 32-bit DosBox on a 64-bit Arch Linux system? I would be eternally grateful if someone could teach me how. DosBox doesn't really need 64-bit since it doesn't need to access more than 2GB of memory. Heck, I'd be surprised if it needed to access anything near that.
I agree, Tyrian's really fun. I haven't loaded that one up in a long time.
Truth be told, I don't like how stagnant DosBox's development has become. It's been seven years and it's still on version 0.74, albeit with some SVN releases. Unfortunately, it's poorly optimized for 64-bit, so games like Carmageddon are out of the question unless I can somehow compile a 32-bit build on my system. PCem seems like an intriguing alternative, but it's also much more demanding. That said, I find it's better for running Windows 95.
Say, does anyone know how to compile 32-bit DosBox on a 64-bit Arch Linux system? I would be eternally grateful if someone could teach me how. DosBox doesn't really need 64-bit since it doesn't need to access more than 2GB of memory. Heck, I'd be surprised if it needed to access anything near that.
Enigmatic_Oddity wrote:
Every now and then it's fun for me to load up some Master of Orion 2 or Tyrian. Master of Orion 2 less so these days; it's dated now in many respects. But I think Tyrian remains one of the best vertical shmups I've played. Great visuals and soundtrack, lengthy story mode, multiple (6!) difficulties, TONS of replayability and a decent story. I may be mistaken but as far as I'm aware there's no other game quite like it, even today.
I agree, Tyrian's really fun. I haven't loaded that one up in a long time.
./autogen.sh
export CFLAGS=-m32
export CXXFLAGS=-m32
export LDFLAGS=-m32
./configure
make
Make sure you enable multilib and download the 32-bit versions of required libraries.
I also lurk VOGONS and your avatar seems familiar. I'm not sure if it's just a common avatar though.
25 Aug 2017, 9:11 pm
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26 Aug 2017, 6:38 am
daddydilbert wrote:
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
Occasionally. I used to play DOS games a lot more often, but lately I've been too lazy to set any up. The last ones I played were Blood and Syndicate.
Truth be told, I don't like how stagnant DosBox's development has become. It's been seven years and it's still on version 0.74, albeit with some SVN releases. Unfortunately, it's poorly optimized for 64-bit, so games like Carmageddon are out of the question unless I can somehow compile a 32-bit build on my system. PCem seems like an intriguing alternative, but it's also much more demanding. That said, I find it's better for running Windows 95.
Say, does anyone know how to compile 32-bit DosBox on a 64-bit Arch Linux system? I would be eternally grateful if someone could teach me how. DosBox doesn't really need 64-bit since it doesn't need to access more than 2GB of memory. Heck, I'd be surprised if it needed to access anything near that.
I agree, Tyrian's really fun. I haven't loaded that one up in a long time.
Truth be told, I don't like how stagnant DosBox's development has become. It's been seven years and it's still on version 0.74, albeit with some SVN releases. Unfortunately, it's poorly optimized for 64-bit, so games like Carmageddon are out of the question unless I can somehow compile a 32-bit build on my system. PCem seems like an intriguing alternative, but it's also much more demanding. That said, I find it's better for running Windows 95.
Say, does anyone know how to compile 32-bit DosBox on a 64-bit Arch Linux system? I would be eternally grateful if someone could teach me how. DosBox doesn't really need 64-bit since it doesn't need to access more than 2GB of memory. Heck, I'd be surprised if it needed to access anything near that.
Enigmatic_Oddity wrote:
Every now and then it's fun for me to load up some Master of Orion 2 or Tyrian. Master of Orion 2 less so these days; it's dated now in many respects. But I think Tyrian remains one of the best vertical shmups I've played. Great visuals and soundtrack, lengthy story mode, multiple (6!) difficulties, TONS of replayability and a decent story. I may be mistaken but as far as I'm aware there's no other game quite like it, even today.
I agree, Tyrian's really fun. I haven't loaded that one up in a long time.
./autogen.sh
export CFLAGS=-m32
export CXXFLAGS=-m32
export LDFLAGS=-m32
./configure
make
Make sure you enable multilib and download the 32-bit versions of required libraries.
I also lurk VOGONS and your avatar seems familiar. I'm not sure if it's just a common avatar though.
What if I want to integrate it with my system's packages? In the past I would've used ABS, but this is deprecated now. How do I build it in such a way that it shows up as a package that I can easily uninstall or update if I need to? Would I need to use a version from the AUR? If so, how would I get it to set those flags just for that package and not for my other packages?
As for my avatar, I got it from the avatars section on the VGCats website. I've been using it for years as sort of a personal trademark, and because it's a tribute to some of my favorite things.
26 Aug 2017, 8:23 am
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
daddydilbert wrote:
mr_bigmouth_502 wrote:
Occasionally. I used to play DOS games a lot more often, but lately I've been too lazy to set any up. The last ones I played were Blood and Syndicate.
Truth be told, I don't like how stagnant DosBox's development has become. It's been seven years and it's still on version 0.74, albeit with some SVN releases. Unfortunately, it's poorly optimized for 64-bit, so games like Carmageddon are out of the question unless I can somehow compile a 32-bit build on my system. PCem seems like an intriguing alternative, but it's also much more demanding. That said, I find it's better for running Windows 95.
Say, does anyone know how to compile 32-bit DosBox on a 64-bit Arch Linux system? I would be eternally grateful if someone could teach me how. DosBox doesn't really need 64-bit since it doesn't need to access more than 2GB of memory. Heck, I'd be surprised if it needed to access anything near that.
I agree, Tyrian's really fun. I haven't loaded that one up in a long time.
Truth be told, I don't like how stagnant DosBox's development has become. It's been seven years and it's still on version 0.74, albeit with some SVN releases. Unfortunately, it's poorly optimized for 64-bit, so games like Carmageddon are out of the question unless I can somehow compile a 32-bit build on my system. PCem seems like an intriguing alternative, but it's also much more demanding. That said, I find it's better for running Windows 95.
Say, does anyone know how to compile 32-bit DosBox on a 64-bit Arch Linux system? I would be eternally grateful if someone could teach me how. DosBox doesn't really need 64-bit since it doesn't need to access more than 2GB of memory. Heck, I'd be surprised if it needed to access anything near that.
Enigmatic_Oddity wrote:
Every now and then it's fun for me to load up some Master of Orion 2 or Tyrian. Master of Orion 2 less so these days; it's dated now in many respects. But I think Tyrian remains one of the best vertical shmups I've played. Great visuals and soundtrack, lengthy story mode, multiple (6!) difficulties, TONS of replayability and a decent story. I may be mistaken but as far as I'm aware there's no other game quite like it, even today.
I agree, Tyrian's really fun. I haven't loaded that one up in a long time.
./autogen.sh
export CFLAGS=-m32
export CXXFLAGS=-m32
export LDFLAGS=-m32
./configure
make
Make sure you enable multilib and download the 32-bit versions of required libraries.
I also lurk VOGONS and your avatar seems familiar. I'm not sure if it's just a common avatar though.
What if I want to integrate it with my system's packages? In the past I would've used ABS, but this is deprecated now. How do I build it in such a way that it shows up as a package that I can easily uninstall or update if I need to? Would I need to use a version from the AUR? If so, how would I get it to set those flags just for that package and not for my other packages?
As for my avatar, I got it from the avatars section on the VGCats website. I've been using it for years as sort of a personal trademark, and because it's a tribute to some of my favorite things.
Good question. The dosbox-multilib-patched AUR repository seems to have what you need.
Just install from the AUR manually or use a helper such as pacaur and yaourt.
If you have any more questions, let me know.
28 Aug 2017, 12:55 pm
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