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04-01-2015 12:41 PM
azhreidebonair
simtower

Hi, I came here to play sim tower. I successfully installed and ran all of the component programs (DOSBox, Win3x, Sim Tower) this however is where i ran into issues. when I clicked the button to build a lobby my cursor got trapped in that block of buttons and they all became unresponsive. is this an issue you have seen before? if so can it be fixed?
11-02-2014 07:13 AM
T-Born
Like a Charm

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Originally Posted by skitch000 View Post
I got the itch to play SimTower yesterday, and just wanted to let you know that this worked great, thanks for the tutorial! Ah, memories.
Seconded! I haven't touched this game (or DOS and definitely not Windows 3) in well over a decade... quite the trip down memory lane :-). Thanks for the tutorial - very easy to follow and got this thing up and running in no time with zero prior experience with DOSBox!
16-03-2013 04:13 PM
skitch000
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Originally Posted by The Fifth Horseman View Post
That's correct, and the easy to use solution is here: http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=27770
Unpack, start DOSBox, run windows.bat, run SimTower, have fun.
I got the itch to play SimTower yesterday, and just wanted to let you know that this worked great, thanks for the tutorial! Ah, memories.
04-11-2012 12:42 AM
star20 edit: eh heh heh heh, didn't realize that fast mode is checked by default. unchecked, works great! looking forward to some fun times here.
03-11-2012 10:23 PM
star20
One final hurdle..

Thanks very much for this, can finally get this to install and run. Only problem I have left is that I need to get my cycle count down so it's not zipping past too fast. Is there a way to do a config for the windows so that I can get it to run at 3000 cycles? I have that set up for my main dosbox, but it doesn't carry over to running windows 3.1, defaulting back to percentage factors. Even at 1% it's still being too fast for my tastes.
25-10-2012 07:37 AM
The Fifth Horseman http://www.abandonia.com/vbullet/showthread.php?t=14406
25-10-2012 03:24 AM
peterr89
Hi

I downloaded DOSbox but have no clue what to do next
10-10-2012 10:58 AM
The Fifth Horseman Yes. You can switch to fullscreen mode by using ALT+ENTER or increase the fullscreen and windowed resolution permamently by making the following changes to your DOSBox config file:
1. Change the output mode (the output setting in DOSBox.conf) to something other than Surface; Overlay and DDraw both work fine in my experience.
2. Change the fullresolution setting to a 4:3 resolution closest to your desktop resolution's height. If you're running widescreen, you will need to change your graphics card options so that any 4:3 aspect output is pillarboxed rather than stretched)
3. (OPTIONAL) change fullscreen to true if you want DOSBox to start in fullscreen mode.
4. Change the windowresolution setting to a 4:3 resolution smaller than your desktop resolution's height. This should preferably be an even multiple of 320x240. (I tend to use 960x720 myself, since my desktop is 1024x768)
5. (OPTIONAL) Enable aspect correction by setting aspect to true. Many games used an 8:5 pixel ratio meant for a 4:3 display.
5. (OPTIONAL) Change the scaler setting for one you find more pleasing. The normal scaler modes are simple nearest-neighbor upscaling, others offer different forms of smoothing.
6. Save the modified config file and run DOSBox.
10-10-2012 03:07 AM
Amrine45 Is there anyway to make the window larger? I can't see what's going on with my old eyes.

Thank you so much for the instructions on how to start these older games up! I really appreciate it.
02-10-2012 09:37 PM
The Fifth Horseman It's Windows. The graphic interface is considered the default method of interacting with the system.
Instead double-click "Main" and then "File Manager".
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