Dosbox Help

[LittleTodds]

Hello,
There are things on DosBox for GP2X I can't seem to get working:
*When I try to play Stunts, it comes up with the usual "Loading Stunts..." screen, and then brings me back to C:\> (this happens in Bochs-GP2X too). I can get it to run fine in the PC version of DosBox. Didn't it say on wiki.gp2x.org that Stunts "Mostly Works"?
*I tried to get Windows 3.1 running, as I was able to get it running in DosBox for the PC. I get up to the bootscreen with the logo, but then it just goes back to the GP2X menu. I can't install it through DosBox either, it just comes up with an error. Could someone tell me how to get it working?
*I don't know why, but some games I tried seemed to run better at 200Mhz with sound than at 260Mhz without sound. I tried running The Incredible Machine 2 at 200Mhz, and it took around 10 minutes to get up to the main screen and then was running at about 10 FPS. Now when I try to run it at 260Mhz, it takes over half an hour to load (I've never seen it get to the loading screen at 260Mhz, all I see is the ticking clock). Could someone tell me how to get TIM2 working, and why this occurs?
*When I try to run Flight Simulator 4 or 3 (released in 1988 and 1989), I get <1 FPS and the color is weird. Why would this happen for a game that is so old and needs very little system requirements?

Does anyone know if/how I can fix these problems? Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Pickle]

Stunts does work as I used for the profiling, but its pretty slow to begin with. Maybe try uping the memory to 8 mb. You can also try different cycles, like 800.

 

[LittleTodds]

Thanks for replying Pickle.

Stunts does work as I used for the profiling, but its pretty slow to begin with.

How long does it take to load, and what is the frame rate? If it's less than 10fps I might not bother.

Maybe try uping the memory to 8 mb. You can also try different cycles, like 800.

I have already tried it at 4MB and 8MB, and neither worked. I haven't changed the cycles too much though, I think I've tried it from around 1500 - 2500 with no results. I'll try 800 as you said.

Do you, or anyone else know how to get Windows 3.1 working, as I stated in my first post? Thanks.

 

[LittleTodds]

Ok, I tried running Stunts at various cycles, such as 800, 1000,1500,2000 and even 3000, and various memory sizes like 4mb, 8mb, 12mb and 16mb, but nothing has changed. I still can't get into it. I noticed that the OSD says that the program running when it is loading is LOAD, and then when it goes back to C:\> the program running was DOSBOX.

I also tried getting Windows 3.1 to work, by choosing different cycles but it still doesn't work.

Can anyone help me?

 

[Pickle]

Ok, I tried running Stunts at various cycles, such as 800, 1000,1500,2000 and even 3000, and various memory sizes like 4mb, 8mb, 12mb and 16mb, but nothing has changed. I still can't get into it. I noticed that the OSD says that the program running when it is loading is LOAD, and then when it goes back to C:\> the program running was DOSBOX.

I also tried getting Windows 3.1 to work, by choosing different cycles but it still doesn't work.

Can anyone help me?

Stunts probally isnt worth playing, its just too slow.
Windows 3.1 is more of the same, i havnt tried it on any of my builds but it did load on earlier versions, but was buggy. May be its not as buggy, but I see what you could actually run it. It took a while to load too.

 

[LittleTodds]

OK, why won't Windows 3.1 work then? I get the loading bootscreen, and then it goes straight back to the Gmenu2x menu after about 20 seconds. How did you get it working?

Stunts still doesn't seem to work. I whenever it loads it still goes back to C:\. Why do you think this would be happing on Bochs-GP2X and DosBox?