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Ok, I looked "choppy" in my french dictionary, it says "(mer) agitée" which means "restless (sea)", so I wasn't very sure of the meaning
I don't know what "cycles" means on a computer, how, where can I find the value that I'm using?

(I know that I'm very long to understand, but I'm a poor little swiss girl who learnt english at school, so be tolerant :wub

[Mighty Midget]

Think of "cycles" as the "speed" DOSBox runs your game, that should be enough. Too low or too high speed may cause some strange effects, especially with sound.

To cange the "speed", you can press

Ctrl f-12 to increase
Ctrl f-11 to decrease

OR you can set the initial cycles in your DOSBox configuration file.

To get a Cycles reading, just run DOSBox in a small window and you can read it off the top bar in that window.

Hello!
Thanks. So, my Cpu Cycles is 3000 and in DOSBox.conf, it's written cycles=auto.
About which value should I take to play Warcraft? Less or more than 3000?

[Mighty Midget]

3000 is low, try to set it in the 10.000-15.000 range, use the f-11/12 keys to adjust. See if this wil do the trick.

Thanks.
I tried to put 10000 and 15000, but when I start the game, it's written max instead of the value.
The sound is still choppy.
What could I do?

[Mighty Midget]

What are your sound settings in the games's configuration, that is: What sound card did you choose and what values for IRQ, DMA and Adresse (+ any others if any)?


Also, what processor does your computer have, and how much memory (RAM)? DOSBox is rather resource hungry when running even the smallest games.

[Japo]

Auto sets it at 3,000 at the command prompt since very little processor power is needed there, but then sets it at max for the game and that's excessive. A game running fine except for choppy sound because of too high cycles is very typical of DOSBox.

Do edit dosbox.conf and change "cycles=auto" to "cycles=10000" or whatever value gets you good sound and performance.

Warcraft foreveerrrrrr ...

hey how do i use this, i have windows xp but i dont know how to run the game or anything pleasre help my email is [BEEEP]@aol.com

[The Fifth Horseman]

A Beginner's Guide to DOSBox