Hi there.

Has anyone else out there had an issue with getting DOS Box to run in a full screen mode? (as in matching the full screen size of the monitor) I can only get a game to run within DOS Box that will cover only about a third of my monitor. This makes most games unplayable at such a small resolution. I've tried various settings within the dosboxj.conf file, but none actually make the gaming screen any larger. I also tried changing the actual resolution on my monitor and that does nothing. Any suggestions would be appreciated!

Thanks!

It sounds like you may have tried something like this, but anyway, the following works for me (I'm assuming Jagged Alliance - Deadly Games here; I'm not sure which Jagged Alliance game dosboxj.conf is for, but the principle has worked for me on all DOSBox games I have tried):-


Edit the lines 21 to 23 in file dosboxjadg.conf from this:

fullresolution=original
windowresolution=original
output=surface

to this (choosing your own res, naturally):

fullresolution=1280x800
windowresolution=original
output=ddraw

(1280x800 is for my little laptop. Jagged Alliance - Deadly Games looks OK in this widescreen mode, but for some games I prefer a 4:3 mode like 1024x768.)

The fullresolution change only took effect when I set output to ddraw. Setting output to opengl worked as well, but I had problems when I combined opengl with an hq scaler mode i.e.:-


To smooth out the display a bit, change line 54 from this:

scaler=normal2x

to this:

scaler=hq2x


There are some 3x scaler modes, but I found them unnecessary when changing fullresolution and anyway, some combos caused me failures. They are a handy way of increasing the display size a bit if you don't want to mess about with the fullresolution and output parameters though. On my small screen, just changing scaler to hq3x is quite effective.

WyE5JZhXEX, you are the man! Worked like a charm for me as well. Thank you for the help!