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Can you tell me your mountings? I’m finding it very strange that it’s not working.
Both aFreeBox (Dosbox Turbo) and Magic Dosbox are using ykhwong’s core, but Magic Dosbox is far more sophisticated and compatible.Oh, and there’s an SVGA upgrade for System Shock DOS, which is working nicely.
Doesn’t matter. You can install in Magic Dosbox, or install in Dosbox on your PC, and copy the files. As long as your mountings are correct, it will work.
When I get my hands on my PC, I can try the Gog version. I’m on holidays atm, so I only got my phone here. ?
It won’t hurt to try. I do own the Gog version, but for testing purposes, I have installed from an iso image instead. So I’d have to try the Gog version instead. But if it works in aFreeBox, it works in Magic Dosbox. Have you mounted everything correctly, especially the game.dat image?
Have you installed the game from and iso image? Or have you “acquired” it somewhere? Because abandonware rips can be broken.
You don’t need a boot disk, it’s working out of the box.Could be read-only files, could be a broken installation. If you get sound im install.exe, then Magic Dosbox is at least properly configured. Is there an option to save the sound config in install.exe?
Basically, you need to transfer the MT32 roms to your phone, point Magic Dosbox to their location, and setup sound correctly in System Shock.
I can confirm it’s working well (S7 Edge Exynos), but depending on your cpu, it might run choppy, of course.You can do quite a lot with the Adjust settings options, actually. There’s also a third option, “Custom”, where you can set any size between 0% and 150%. And when you tap&hold the screen for two seconds, you can also drag the whole image. This way, you can e.g. move the screen to the left, and create a space on the right,where you can place widgets that won’t block the game screen.
And if things go really wrong, simply tap the small broom icon, to reset the image position.Far too advanced, it’s much easier actually… ?
All you need to do is open the config window once the game has launched by pressing the “Back” softkey on your phone, then tap “Adjust screen”, and chose “Fullscreen” instead of the default “Fit screen”.
This will stretch the image across the whole screen. Even absolute mouse if working fine. 🙂Remember to tap the “Back” key again, and save the setting by tapping the disk symbol in the lower left corner of the config menu. This way, it’s stored permanently, and you don’t have to repeat the above step every time you launch the game.
Thank you very much. Sadly, the amount of keys is still the same. 😉
And despite being a big Ultima fan, I must admit that I have never finished this game, too. It went from Ultima IV directly to VI and VII, the latter still being my favourite rpg of all times. Though I have to admit that The Witcher 3 is about to top that list. An incredibly good game!You’re right. Some games feel as if they were made for touch controls. In Advanced settings (ingame menu), there are some fixes for absolute mouse, which sometimes help. DOS programmers seem to have done weird stuff with mouse controls back then. 😉
The widget configuration is so highly customizable, I’m sure you’ll figure something out that’ll suit your needs. If you want some inspiration and examples, just take a look at the different layouts in the .mgc section of this forum. You’ll need to be logged in to see & access it. Almost all of them contain screenshots and additional information.1. Start Magic Dosbox
2. Tap the orange “+” icon on the left
3. Tap “Import profile” (the box icon)
4. Browse to the location of your .mgc file (if you downloaded it to your phone, most likely in /sdcard/Download)
5. That’s it.Mind that you’ll have to adjust the mountings, because the .mgc files will point to the folders where the person uploading the file stored his/her game, and this will most likely differ from your folder structure.
I think TheVCBK is talking about no. 1, the keyb setting in dosbox.conf.
Now, I understand that the UI isn’t meant to include every single config option. But come to think of it: would it be possible to simplify the export-to-clipboard-then-paste-to-expert-settings workaround?
Like, adding a button “Copy config to Expert settings”, that will automate this process? Of course, that would also require an “Are you sure?” yes/no confirmation dialogue, to avoid accidental deletion of user tweaks in Expert settings. ?
