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[TouchPad General] RolandDeschain79:
Wow really sorry to hear you lost all those setups, its very time consuming to set them all up again. I have mentioned to the developer that it would be nice to be able to back those up or edit them from PC, I'm all thumbs on a phone or tablet:o I've setup and lost them several times and am now too lazy to do it again. I have a folder with preconfigured dosbox configs and I just swap them out, not as convenient though:(

I just checked with Kitkat and I can edit the config files fine from there.

Give me a minute I'll check my archive for Simcity 3000.
[TouchPad General] BigD145:
Holiday Island does work, I was having some safe mode issues from SC3000U locking up.

Exile, the old RPG series from Spiderweb Software works. spiderwebsoftware .com I don't know yet if the Avernum versions work. Avernum was just an updated and renamed Exile.

edit:

Okay then... Different problem. The keyboard (Hacker's Keyboard) and mouse cursor are locking up. The cursor won't move and keyboard inputs don't work. This happens about two minutes after doing anything once in Windows. ctrl+alt+del from Turbo's little lightning bolt menu does nothing. Now I wonder if SC3000U was locking up for this reason.
[TouchPad General] RolandDeschain79:
I don't have Simcity already setup so I'm getting it installed now to test.

Try using this win95 based image, I was going to add a package for it in the OP but I was too busy making notes for the Kitkat external sdcard issues to do it today.

http://www.mediafire.com/download/qvtkbb22x1ee6v6/win95+DBT+Voodoo.zip
[TouchPad General] RolandDeschain79:
Oh my, I was not able to overwrite my config file from the computer so i reinstalled that app, now I can edit the config file from the app but not overwrite the file from PC. Is it backwards day or something? I'm going to try an older build. I was also using the hackers keyboard so I'll see if thats working in an older build.

Edit: Using an older beta build everything appears to be working, might as well load up simcity 3000 now and see if it works.

Edit: Yep SimCity 3000 U works fine with the older build. Sorry I can't offer you more help, there appears to be some issue with the latest update. My device has been acting strangely as well but it seems perfect on the older build. Sorry for the inconvenience I'm sure the issues will be fixed with an update.
[TouchPad General] BigD145:
It's my week to shine. All the problems forever.

I'm going to spend my evening getting some autoexecs back up and running before sleep.
[TouchPad General] gene_wildhart:
To those having problems with editing/saving configs. I truly apologize for the inconvenience, I think some of the API's google suggested developers migrate to for KitKat (wrt to external storage) are causing unforseen problems in older versions of Android on some devices. I'm working on a fix and hope to have an updated version pushed out in the next day or so. Will post here when its available.
[TouchPad General] RolandDeschain79:
DBT manager

You may wish to hold off on remaking all those manager profiles until the problem is fixed. Gene is working hard to fix the issue but if the location of the files gets fixed then those newly made profiles may no longer work for you. The DBT manager config files are at /storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.fishstix.dosboxlauncher/files/dosbox.conf. currently but that could change. Again I am really sorry that you lost all those manager profiles and thanks very much for reporting problems here and helping us figure things out. :highfive:
[TouchPad General] BigD145:
Yeah, I saw that this morning. I'm happy to help fix things as I am a user and do not want to lose what is a frontend to oh so many good games.
[TouchPad General] gene_wildhart:
DosBox Turbo 2.1.15 was just released and will hopefully provide saner defaults for Android KitKat (4.4+) and lower versions as well as fix the conf file issues you guys have been having.

The default mounted storage location (for games/apps) is now the public Downloads directory. Due to changes in KitKat, this is the only available location for storage of shared data. Of course, you can still change the autoexec to mount any path you wish (as long as you have read/write access). This directory is usually: /<path to sdcard>/Downloads/

Manual Mode Configuration files (for DosBox Manager) are now stored at:

/<path to sdcard>/Android/data/com.fishstix.dosboxlauncher/files/dosbox/

If you do not use manual mode, then the configuration is just stored in an Android Preference object.

Let me know if you guys have any problems/issues with the new update.

I pushed this release out and pulled some voodoo optimizations that I had planned for 2.1.15. If there are no more config issues, I hope to get the new voodoo optimizations into the next release.
[TouchPad General] MADCastro:
Ssome questions...

*Can i create a Win98SE installed image from scratch? How can i do it? I would love to have the full OS with Plus! and Community Updates to remember my childhood.

*Does there is a (near) 4GB hdd image for it?

*What settings, tweaks and enhancements i can do to use it fine on my NVIDIA Shield?

*Does it support DirectX games? What is the latest version i can use?
[TouchPad General] kraxo:
d955 hackers keyboard arrow keys

Hi, please do you know how to fix dosboxturbo hackers keyboard arrow keys on lg d955 using dosboxturbo 2.1.15 with stock 4.2.2. On screen buttons and hw button mapings are ok, but any on screen keyboard arrows are not recognized... is there any possible workaround ( except bt kb ) thx
[TouchPad General] toto4d:
StarCraft Brood War

I don't understand technical well.

Is there step by step guide to run StarCraft Brood War in DosBox Turbo ?

Please...
[TouchPad General] BigD145:
Are you sure your game is using the arrow keys and not the ten keypad? Is numlock being triggered?
[TouchPad General] kraxo:
While checking the numlock, realized that arrows are working in the manager profile. It just dont works with the dbt launched directly without dbt man.

Maybe I have messed my profile at the beginning, but now i am able to use softkey arrows in dos with that manager which is great.

Its also great to use win98, but figuring out some stable config still needs to be done for me, it usually freezes after dozen of minutes, but its possible to play :)
[TouchPad General] BigD145:
There is a temporary fix for the freezing on the previous page here.
[TouchPad General] 4p47hy:
Need help running Colonization (1994) on Android

Hi,

I've been trying to get Colonization (1994, GOG version) running on Android via DosBox Turbo with no luck, all I get now is black screen. No error messages, so paths should be correct.

Used default settings provided by DosBox Manager, changed soundcard to SB1.0 and my autoexec looks like this:

echo off
mount c /storage/extSdCard/
imgmount d /storage/extSdCard/DOSBOX/COLONIZE/MPS/COLONIZE/Colonize.dat -t iso
c:
cd /DOSBOX/COLONIZE/MPS/COLONIZE/
opening -g %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9

My system: Note2, stock 4.3

Your suggestions will be appreciated :)
[TouchPad General] peterzwegat:
Wow, its almost half a year ago since i played around with windows on dosbox turbo. Time flies really fast :).

What happened? this would still be awesome, would be really funny to watch this forum while being on androind running windows :laugh: (insert xzibit yo dawg meme here)

are there also any other further plans for dosbox? would be nice to know if there are current plans for upgrading that nice app. :fingers-crossed:

greetings to all of you out there :good:

Well sorry for not seeing this, there have been to much posts i had to read :D it would still be interesting to know which other additions or improvements are planned for the future.
[TouchPad General] enigma_x:
Sorry for asking if it's already asked/guided, but I didnt see.. Is there anything special I need to know to get pc cd-rom games from the disk to a computer to get the .iso -file? Any recommended software/settings? Never done it before... For example I have the original Dune2000 game that I need to extract to .iso-file from the cd. Thanks!

Oops!! Bad example, Dune2000 is win95 game - i remembered wrong that it was a dos game :/

(off topic: Oh, and the Winulator seems to be a dead project :/)
[TouchPad General] gene_wildhart:
Some big news coming soon for DosBox Turbo that I think everyone will be happy with. Also, the next release will see the voodoo optimizations that I had to pull due to not enough time for testing.
[TouchPad General] AtmaDarkwolf:
followed the instructions to the letter (minus one change where I had to change the path to : /storage/emulated/0/dosbox.config due to the other path specified simply not existing after following all directions)

I have also tried, and failed to duplicate your success with fallout 2. In other guides you wrote I mean(I assume they were you, links from those other threads came back here)

In both cases, I can get the initial loading screen to appear(Fallout 1 shows the 'please stand by' screen, fallout 2 has a similar screen) and in both cases, once the 'loading' screen starts to fade, thats it, I will sit at a black screen forever until I close dosbox.

With another fo2 emulation attempt I was able to get the 'emulated win98' desktop working, but results in same as above when attempting to open either game(Loading screen, starts to fade, black screen, have to force close)

I have a nexus 7 2013 model, rooted, with plenty of free space.

I thank you for all the work toward this project, even if a few of us are unable to get it to work. It is appreciated.
[TouchPad General] ruffnutts:
Does anyone know how well all these run on Nvidia Shield? is it worth trying?

ruffnutts :)
[TouchPad General] Jindofox:
DOSBox Turbo runs well on the Shield, but the form factor isn't always great (small screen, no hardware keyboard). You'll be happiest with stick-n-button twitch type games, unless you use a bluetooth keyboard as well.
[TouchPad General] ruffnutts:
Cool I have DosBox Turbo on my shield just not had time to set it up, maybe I can use it in console mode on the big screen,

Will just try games with gamepad support I guess or plug in a wireless mouse and keyboard combo through OTG :)

Thanks for the reply ruffnutts
[TouchPad General] ruffnutts:
Has anyone tried Descent 2XL port on this?

ruffnutts
[TouchPad General] pachag:
Hi,

I'm a longtime happy Dosbox user and recently installed Dosbox Turbo for my new phone, a Samsung Galaxy S III.

I have a question though.

I'm using a Sony PS3 controller via the Sixaxis Controller app and got it working for Dosbox Turbo. I'm now able to play "The Lost Vikings" on my mobile phone! Who would have thought that would be possible! Very cool!

Now, I also wanted to play a few of my old "Commander Keen" games. But I have already set up Dosbox Turbo controls for The Lost Vikings (the PS3 'CIRCLE' button is set to keyboard 'D', the 'SQUARE' button is 'S' etc.). So every time I wanted to play another game, I have to set up the controls again and again and again. Luckily there's "Dosbox Turbo Manager", which is very nice.

But now there seems to be a problem. When I open Dosbox Turbo Manager and then (for example) Lost Vikings, the controls are not working like they should be. It's like pressing down and right at the same time.

Yet when I open Lost Vikings via the regular Dosbox Turbo app it works exactly as it should. Now I checked all settings and they are the same in both Dosbox Turbo and Dosbox Turbo Manager.

Obviously I'm doing something wrong, but I can't figure it out. Can anyone help me?
[TouchPad General] SmilePic:
Greetings.

Anybobody succeeded playing W40k: Chaos Gate? I am using version with Daemon tools and run setup from 3rd attempt, but it's taking forever...

I'll experiment with various versions of windows to see whether it's viable solution for said game at all. ^^'

UPD: Getting "illegal operation" for version 1.2

UPD2: Dosbox makes wonders. Looking for a way to achieve bearable performance.
[TouchPad General] antyhero:
When i run Win95 from image - i not see sd card and other drives, which been mounted in dos mode. How i can mount sdcard in win95 mode ?

How use internet in win95 mode ?

How remove second mouse cursor, when i connect mouse by OTG cable ???
[TouchPad General] gene_wildhart:
Internet will not work in win95 mode w/o libpcap. The problem is libpcap requires ROOT access on Android to run. At some point, I'll probably enable it, but unfortunately, only rooted devices will ever get internet in win95 mode.

Its not possible to remove the 2nd cursor. Whenever a usb/bluetooth mouse is plugged into an Android device, the OS will ALWAYS show an Android mouse cursor. Google made it so developer cannot disable the 2nd mouse cursor.
[TouchPad General] mdude04:
OMG this is my favorite thing on Android ever! Thank you for such an extremely detailed guide and very well-executed tutorial videos. Quick question -- I'm not a huge Fallout fan; is there any way to boot up a more traditional version of the Window 9X experience? Is there some setting I can tweak (or another c.img file I can download) to remove all the Fallout theming?
[TouchPad General] Prfndhatrdofman:
Just get WInulator from the Play Store
[TouchPad General] Prack:
Winulator looks nice but is a dead project :(
[TouchPad General] Prfndhatrdofman:
True but it functions fine for broodwar.
[TouchPad General] Prfndhatrdofman:
If anyone was interested in the performance of Diablo 2 on the Shield tablet, i posted a video.

[YOUTUBE]a46QyJJmHDI[/YOUTUBE]
[TouchPad General] high_voltage:
Hey guys, anyone managed to run warlords 3?

Tested: it runs (warlords 3 dark lords). Playable on htc M8 stock.
[TouchPad General] scarfur:
graphical mystery

Heys guys!

First of all, thanks Roland for this great idea :D

Playing D2 on my droid is the biggest (and wettest) dream I ever had!!! :angel:

I am having a strange issue. I emulate D2 - the problem: I can't see the character model.

Doesn't matter which class I choose (only tried Barb and Wiz but this cant be reason nor solution

so please do not punch me).

Anyone ever saw something similar? Another strange thing is that the characters

in the menue doesn't show their skin as well BUT they look like the biggest evil on the loading

screen (the evil "brown robe" guy waiting in front of the door... u know who I mean ^o^ )

Should I try another version of D2 - is 1.05 really the only one that works?

Or do you guys maybe have a workaround for this?

Another "sidequest" from me:

May I ask u to share some more performance tweaking experience?

I know that the sgs2 isn't that powerhorse but in my opinion, I am on a good way.

It is playable but I want to get every single fps that is possible.

Cycle - max (55k)

memsize - 390mb

gpu rendering - ON

turbo cycles - ON

turbo vga - ON

Additional Info:

Diablo II ver. 1.05b (no cd game.exe from GBW)

... using the version 1.0 (C:\) image. The windows 95 version did not started the game.

rooted SGS2 siyah kernel
[TouchPad General] RolandDeschain79:
DBT Troubleshooting

I'm happy you're enjoying the guide and info. You can simply change the desktop image and boot sounds from inside the emulated win9x environment, if you aren't interested in the fallout theme. You could also find additional win images to use on the net but they might not support all the same games and could be considerably slower. My images are designed and tested for DBT and results may vary.

Nice video, performance looks pretty solid on the shield thanks for sharing:).

Hey, so the reason you're having the graphics issues is due to the fact that you have the hardware video acceleration turned on. 3DFX glide support is still a new experimental feature for DBT and is currently under development. I've experienced similar issues during Diablo 2 testing and all you have to do is switch it back to software mode and the problem will be resolved.

I have a few performance tips mentioned in the videos description. Other than these tips I would recommend overclocking the device to improve performance, Dosbox it very CPU intensive. However your device is a little old to get reasonable performance with Diablo 2, I recommend a Note3 or Tegra 4 device to have a playable experience. Try playing Fallout 1 or vanilla fallout 2 for a good gaming experience, have fun.

[youtube]HQUqMC5G5Ak[/youtube]

Timecode:

Gamplay Starts @ 8:53

Performance tip: Disable the music and/or sound, reduce video quality @ 9:43

Performance tip: Increase cycles to improve/boost performance(Impacts sound quality)@ 13:41

See the XDA threads performance tweaking guide to learn how to increase the amount of memory used for Dosbox Turbo, the default is 256MB.
[TouchPad General] jpkillerage:
Triying to run fallout 2

So... i got as far as opening the UI of dosturbo where i should be able to "open" the fallout2.ink file on "games" folder... aaaand it tells me the shortcut is wrong.

tried going straight for the file, located at D: but when i try to open the game it tells me Dx3 isnt installed (or that i need win95 which i clearly have)

what do i do now?

PS: info... Tirying this on a note10 2014 tablet with the 1st option of w9x (so no CD support one). the fallout version is an old cd one i had + a clean install of restoration mod. tested on my machine and worked fine. Res is set at 800x640 and 16bits with either diractdraw or dx as rendering method. both fail and tell me to install at leas dx3

EDIT: YES! FIXED IT!!!!

So heres the deal, my version of the game had a lot of random files i copied as the disk didnt really run on my pc (couldnt get a resolution lower than 1000x600smth so i had to kindof copy the setup and take what i could off of it.

what happened is the .ddls werent there. so it was my bad.

but also note that the restoration mod doesnt have the 95-98 package inside it, so you still need to make it compatible to DOSBOX.
[TouchPad General] traybourne:
First off, thank you so much for this guide! I've been using the Windows 98 image for a long time and it has worked great. I just noticed you uploaded a Windows 95 version that should run faster so I gave it shot. However, I get an error upon booting up stating that my display adapter is not configured properly and I can only run Windows in 16 colors. The 256 color mode is not available which causes all games to not launch. I've attached a screenshot of the error to this post.

Also, do you know if there are any plans for Dosbox Turbo to get direct mouse control in the future? It would be so great to be able to use a physical mouse and get rid of that second cursor and is really the only thing this app is missing. I know someone posted that Google does not allow the apps disable the cursor a few posts ago, but I have seen several apps accomplish this through root access. I only ask you because you seem to have some ties to the developer as he uses your videos on the app's description.
[TouchPad General] RolandDeschain79:
Hey Traybourne glad you're enjoying the win98 image and retro PC gaming on Android:highfive:. For the win95 image make sure you have 3dfx glide support checked in the DosBox settings/Advandced DoxBox config options menu. Win95 seems to protest when you remove the 3dfx card without uninstalling the drivers first. Once you add the support back it should boot up normally, have fun:cowboy:
[TouchPad General] traybourne:
Thanks for the reply! I enabled that setting and sure enough it booted normally. However, now if I try to launch any of my games, Dosbox Turbo crashes to the homescreen. I tried wiping everything and starting at the beginning from a fresh install of Dosbox Turbo, but it still won't work for me. I have no idea what is causing this:confused:
[TouchPad General] RolandDeschain79:
Try reducing the memory amount from 256 to 128

How about some additional troubleshooting information, like what device are you using? Did the same games work with the win98 image? Its unusual for it to crash at launch it could be the memory amount is to high for an older device, try reducing it from 256(default) to 128. Are you using Kitkat? It can impose restrictions to accessing your external storage, use internal storage instead.

Not sure if we'll see direct mouse control with DBT, you're correct that root access is needed to properly use the cursor and get rid of the double mouse. If enough people request it DBT developer Gene may work on it but I believe his current focus was on 3dfx glide support. :cowboy:
[TouchPad General] infernoxzx:
3DFX Glide> Diablo 2

Diablo 2 uses the Voodoo 3 for Glide, Voodoo 1-2 not support the game, unless it is to make the game think that the set (emulated) Voodoo 3 adapter in DosBox Turbo.

Randomly freezes in the game do not give the game to go, maybe it in the video card S3 trio would check on the Cirrus Logic game.

Sorry for my bad english.
[TouchPad General] traybourne:
Hey I actually got passed the crashes by reverting Dosbox Turbo from 2.1.17a to 2.1.15. As soon as I update back to 2.1.17a, I start getting the crashes again. Not too sure what could be causing it as the settings are the same. My device is a Nexus 4 and it is running Kitkat, but it does not have expandable storage so everything is on the internal and the crashes will occur regardless of the amount of RAM I set. Same games work no problem on the 98 image on both versions of Dosbox using the same settings.

I think I'll just stick to the 98 image though to avoid any issues as I've never had a problem with it. Thanks for all your help though, I really appreciate it!
[TouchPad General] scarfur:
any experience with the galaxy tab s 10.5 and diablo 2?

I am planning to buy this device and it is very important for me to be able to play this wonderful game!
[TouchPad General] voruk:
Hello,

I'm using a Asus Memopad HD7. Whenever I try to start a game e.g. Civ2 (98 or 95 Image) Dosbox Turbo crashes to the homescreen. Unfortunately I am not able to go back to the old version. Does anyone have a suggestion to solve my problem? thx
[TouchPad General] gene_wildhart:
I'm looking into the crashing on startup. There was a bug in some of the x86 tablet roms that prevented proper x86 detection. DosBox Turbo 2.1.17a had a work-around for this bug. With recent updates to Android, it may be possible this work-around is no longer necessary and might be causing problems on x86 based devices.
[TouchPad General] Vervolf:
Now it's possible to launch old win-PC games using Exagear RPG or Exagear Strategies. They works sufficiently faster than QEMU, for example.
[TouchPad General] Borchuck:
Blair Witch: Rustin Parr

Hello!

Has someone try to run "Blair Witch: Rustin Parr"? I just love this game and I would like to play it on my phone...
[TouchPad General] hstinscdln:
Does this app utilize all 8 cores for the MT6592?
[TouchPad General] ArgyrisneoV:
error

I follow all the instructions but when I go to shortcut to "d" I get error that the drive or network that the shortcut refers to is unavailable. I try every commant in the tutorial but I can't get it working. One thing also is that dosbox load the c image from internal memory ok, but it won't load it if I put it to sd card and change the configuration to sdcard1. I guess there was some problem in mounting my hdd image from sd card. Any help?