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author | Patryk Obara <dreamer.tan@gmail.com> | 2020-11-08 02:59:58 +0300 |
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committer | Patryk Obara <patryk.obara@gmail.com> | 2020-11-09 05:20:24 +0300 |
commit | 36b997c0018ee0bb63119214ddb08c894e166df9 (patch) | |
tree | dc6db56f219773de2787b8c619bfc4c4b32f4435 /README | |
parent | d6e5d1f71f4ab3d3ea5f74a9ba3106eba3e502f1 (diff) |
Remove default keybinds for adjusting frameskips
These actions are not useful on modern hardware, as there are better
ways of adjusting emulation speed and VGA emulation is not as CPU
intensive as it was with old scalers.
On the other side, we can now reuse the Ctrl+F7/F8 keybinds for more
useful actions.
Diffstat (limited to 'README')
-rw-r--r-- | README | 13 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
@@ -1051,8 +1051,6 @@ CTRL-F4 Change between mounted floppy/CD images. Update directory cache CTRL-ALT-F5 Start/Stop creating a movie of the screen. (avi video capturing) CTRL-F5 Save a screenshot. (PNG format) CTRL-F6 Start/Stop recording sound output to a wave file. -CTRL-F7 Decrease frameskip. -CTRL-F8 Increase frameskip. CTRL-F9 Kill DOSBox. CTRL-F10 Capture/Release the mouse. CTRL-F11 Slow down emulation (Decrease DOSBox Cycles). @@ -1469,12 +1467,15 @@ CPU Core (speed up) Graphics emulation (speed up) VGA emulation is a demanding part of DOSBox in terms of actual CPU usage. - Increase the number of frames skipped (in increments of one) by pressing - CTRL-F8. Your CPU usage should decrease when using a fixed cycle setting, - and you will be able to increase cycles with CTRL-F12. + On systems with limited CPU performance, consider binding a hotkey to the + "Increase frameskip" action ("Inc Fskip") using the keymapper. Skipping + frames generally frees up your CPU, providing faster emulation when using + max cycles or affording a greater number of fixed cycles with CTRL+F12. + You can repeat this until the game runs fast enough for you. Please note that this is a trade-off: you lose in fluidity of video what - you gain in speed. + you gain in speed. Once you'll find the perfect combination for the + game and your hardware, you can save it in game-specific conf file. Sound emulation (speed up) You can also try to disable the sound through the setup utility of the game |