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Posted: Oct 29 2011 11:16 am

Is there anyway to either

A) Change the resolution in DOSBox
B) Enable a scroll lock
C) Page up

I am trying to get a screenshot of DOOM's exit message, but the top is always cut off.

Joined: May 22 2008 Location: Goshen, VA Posts: 6544

You could do a video capture and just printscreen the Quit Screen. Or just go to Setup.Exe in your Doom folder and change the resolution there.

I'd only do that because I'm too lazy to mess with the DosBox.Conf file.

From the ReadMe:

fullresolution = width x height | original | desktop
Scale the application to this size IF the output device supports hardware scaling (i.e. any output other than surface). Original is the game's default or chosen (through setup.exe or in-game menu) resolution. If original resolution is less than desktop resolution, DOSBox will switch the screen resolution to the closest match requested by the game or application. For example, if a game in DOSBox is requesting a graphics screen resolution of (320 x 240) while your desktop is (1920 x 1200), DosBox will switch to (320x240) or the next highest resolution supported by your GPU drivers, e.g. (800 x 600) if the former is not available.

Posted: Oct 30 2011 06:47 am

Why the fuck are you using dosbox for doom...download Skulltag or GZdoom or any fucking source port dude

Posted: Oct 30 2011 10:29 am

I'm not playing Doom to play Doom, I'm playing it to get a few screenshots. And DOSBox has a really easy screenshot option.

Also, thanks Josh.

Posted: Oct 30 2011 04:12 pm

I know its just for screenshots i'm just saying...

Posted: Oct 30 2011 04:24 pm

Fair enough.

Posted: Oct 30 2011 09:35 pm

I just know from experience dosbox is a prick to set up; Mounting drives can be a pain in the ass. With the source ports all you need is the relevant wad file.

I guess the source ports wouldn't have the exit message anyway now that I think about it, because it's the message after quitting when you're at the dos prompt that you wanted, right?

Joined: Jun 08 2010 Location: Termina Field Posts: 1541

Murdar Machene wrote:

I just know from experience dosbox is a prick to set up; Mounting drives can be a pain in the ass.

Really? I can just mount a directory in a single command, and it isn't too hard:

mount c c:\dosbox

For floppy disks and CD drives just change c to a or d, respectively. (Some games require a bit more setup)

Then I can find the game I want to play, and start playing. How is that a pain in the ass? Hell, I can even modify the DOSbox config file to have this all done automatically when I start DOSbox.

Posted: Oct 30 2011 11:46 pm

Murdar Machene wrote:

I just know from experience dosbox is a prick to set up; Mounting drives can be a pain in the ass.

I just use D-Fend.

Posted: Oct 31 2011 01:52 am

Mr. Satire wrote:

Murdar Machene wrote:

I just know from experience dosbox is a prick to set up; Mounting drives can be a pain in the ass.

Really? I can just mount a directory in a single command, and it isn't too hard:

mount c c:\dosbox

For floppy disks and CD drives just change c to a or d, respectively. (Some games require a bit more setup)

Then I can find the game I want to play, and start playing. How is that a pain in the ass? Hell, I can even modify the DOSbox config file to have this all done automatically when I start DOSbox.

Then you have to tweak sound settings to get it to sound like it really did, you have to set CPU type and fuck with cycles to get the games running properly, you have to set the correct amount of ram, and you have to have a badass computer to run it all perfectly, just to emulate a 100 mhz cpu...or you could use a native x86 source port and avoid a bunch of bullshit!

Posted: Oct 31 2011 05:09 am

Yeah, I was trying to get the message that appears in the DOS prompt once you actually exit the game. The blah blah blah please don't pirate this, call 1-800-IDGAMES thing.