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Realms of the HauntingChanging the size of the DosBox window?(8 posts)solved(8 posts)solved
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Posted April 06, 2011
So I'd play to play RotH in a window, but the default window is far too tiny. I've looked at the dos box conf file but can't seem to get any window size related options to actually change the size of the window.

Anyone with more dos box experience able to offer up a solution? At the very least I'm looking to run the game in a 1024 x 768 window.

Playing the game full screen is not an option due to the way the change in screen resolution interferes with other programs I am running at the same time.
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Posted April 07, 2011
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First of all: make sure you have set either OpenGL, Direct3D or DDraw as Graphic mode in the "Graphic mode setup" tool that GOG provides. Perhaps that solves your fullscreen problem already.

If not, edit the "dosboxROTH.conf" file in the game directory and change the line "fullresolution=Original" to "fullresolution=1920x1200" or whatever your desktop resolution is, separated by an "x" (check that "aspect=true" further down in the conf file, or the image will be streched to widescreen, unless you want that, in that case make it "aspect=false").

If that still does not solve your problem change the line "windowresolution=Original" to "windowresolution=1024x768" and the line "fullscreen=true" to "fullscreen=false" and play in a window like you suggested.

Note: not using OpenGL, Direct3D or DDraw will slow DOSBox down since it will not use your graphics card for scaling.
Post edited April 07, 2011 by Lafazar
Posted April 07, 2011
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Lafazar: snip
Your second suggestion worked nicely. The GOG tool however, didn't work at all. It gave the error that the game was not installed.

Another question though, which scaler is recommended for use with RotH?
Posted April 07, 2011
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Lafazar: snip
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bansama: Your second suggestion worked nicely. The GOG tool however, didn't work at all. It gave the error that the game was not installed.

Another question though, which scaler is recommended for use with RotH?
Hmm, that's strange. Make sure to set the output manually to one of the accelerated modes then, just change "output=surface" to one of the three modes I mentioned above or you'll needlessly tax your processor with something your graphics card does more efficiently.

If I understand correctly, DOSBox uses scalers only for low resolution modes (320*200 or 320*240), since ROTH runs in 640x480 the scalers would do nothing. I'm not 100% sure though, I simply don't have a high enough resolution computer at the moment to try it out. The scalers all double or triple the resolution, so you would need at least 960 lines.

Also the scalers are aimed mainly at 2D graphics, so I don't think ROTH would benefit very much from scalers. Personally my favourite scaler is HQ2x.
Posted April 07, 2011
Cheers for the info.

I've ended up using OpenGL as opposed to DDraw as the FMV is sharper with OpenGL.
Posted April 09, 2011
I cannot edit that dosboxROTH.conf file. Or rather I can open and edit it but I cannot save those changes. It claims I have no rights to do so. Any suggestions what to do?

edit: stupid me. I had to start notepad with admin rights and open the file there. It works now.
Right after I started crying in public ;)
Post edited April 09, 2011 by Spynde
Posted April 09, 2011
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Spynde: I cannot edit that dosboxROTH.conf file. Or rather I can open and edit it but I cannot save those changes. It claims I have no rights to do so. Any suggestions what to do?

edit: stupid me. I had to start notepad with admin rights and open the file there. It works now.
Right after I started crying in public ;)
This would be because you've installed into Program Files, so Windows tries to protect the files and therefore won't allow editing of them unless done so with administrator rights.

This can cause other issues, though, such as old games not saving settings and such. You are much better off not installing games into Program Files at all. Install them into your own folder, like C:\Games\ or something.
Posted April 10, 2011
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Spynde: I cannot edit that dosboxROTH.conf file. Or rather I can open and edit it but I cannot save those changes. It claims I have no rights to do so. Any suggestions what to do?

edit: stupid me. I had to start notepad with admin rights and open the file there. It works now.
Right after I started crying in public ;)
There is one solution. First copy the .cfg file and paste it into your Desktop. Then edit it as you like. Finally copy&paste .cfg from your Desktop into your games folder and overwrite it.
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