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Old 15-11-2006, 01:50 AM   #1
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Is there any way I can keep the aspect ratio of a game using VDMSound?
Aspect ratios work great with DOSBox but unfortunately DOSBox is slow for games such as Fatal Racing (Whiplash).
Some games use the 16:9 or even a 16:10 aspect ratio but when I play them with VDMSound, they get scaled into a 5:4, which is the aspect ratio of my monitor and it looks ugly. I tried centered output option on my video card but the image is too small to enjoy the game. So, is there any other way I can get 16:9 or 16:10 scaling (with black bars on top and bottom) on my 5:4 monitor without using DOSBox?
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Old 15-11-2006, 07:12 AM   #2
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to be honest I never heard of it.
DOSBox is quite unique in that respect.
did you try the following commands in dosbox before starting the game ?
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core dynamic
cycles auto
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Old 16-11-2006, 08:41 PM   #3
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QUOTE(Data @ Nov 15 2006, 03:12 AM) [snapback]267061[/snapback]
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to be honest I never heard of it.
DOSBox is quite unique in that respect.
did you try the following commands in dosbox before starting the game ?
Code:
core dynamic
cycles auto
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yes, graphics are still slow and choppy under dosbox, even with frameskip settings
running on a P4 2.0ghz machine with 512mb memory (rdram)

there has to be some way to scale a MS DOS screen into 16:9 for the game
if i had a CRT monitor, i could just scale the image with the monitor menu
the LCD monitors dont offer that
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Old 19-06-2007, 08:19 PM   #4
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i just found something
this might work ResLink - Automatic Resolution Changer for Old Games
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