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Posted June 04, 2020
So I installed Starflight 1 through GOG Galaxy and tried to play it. Got a DOS prompt asking me which program I wanted to run and typed '1' for Starflight. Then it had me select graphics settings and I selected the RGB option. Then the screen turned into a garbled mess of pixels in the upper half and total darkness in the lower half. Pressing 'enter' made the pixels move sometimes, but I couldn't do anything else. I had to get back to the desktop by hitting ctrl-alt-del.

Is there some DOSBox configuration I have to go through? What gives?

OS: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit
Processor: AMD Ryzen 2600 6-core
Ram: 16GB
Graphics Card: NVidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti
Monitor: 1920x1080
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Posted June 05, 2020
select EGA (5)
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Posted June 05, 2020
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Qbix: select EGA (5)
Great. Now I get working graphics and sound but the game closed after the piracy warning. I know trying to run DOS games on modern systems can be tricky sometimes, but this is a little nuts.
Posted June 05, 2020
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Qbix: select EGA (5)
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irish_brigid: Great. Now I get working graphics and sound but the game closed after the piracy warning. I know trying to run DOS games on modern systems can be tricky sometimes, but this is a little nuts.
How far is that into the game ? Did you make it to that screenshot I posted ?
Posted June 06, 2020
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Qbix: How far is that into the game ? Did you make it to that screenshot I posted ?
Nope. Like I said, it closed right after the piracy warning. Didn't get to the actual game part at all.
Posted June 06, 2020
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Qbix: How far is that into the game ? Did you make it to that screenshot I posted ?
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irish_brigid: Nope. Like I said, it closed right after the piracy warning. Didn't get to the actual game part at all.
try pressing option 2 in the first menu (the green one)
Posted June 07, 2020
Okay! That actually worked! Wonder if I have to do that every time.

Well, now it exits the game after I save, which wasn't quite my intention and isn't what the menu said. Not really sure if it's supposed to do that.
Posted June 07, 2020
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irish_brigid: Okay! That actually worked! Wonder if I have to do that every time.
nah you only need to do that if it doesn't work. I think you will lose your progress (savegames) if you do that.
Posted June 07, 2020
Got it. And thanks!
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