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Steel Beasts Gold on VirtualBox question


Botas

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I'm running the original Steel Beasts on a virtual XP machine inside VirtualBox and while it runs great the frame rate is capped at 50fps. It runs at 50fps regardless of mission complexity so it's not a lack of horsepower, and both my host PC and the virtual XP machine have their monitor refresh rates set to 60hz so I would expect it to run locked at 60fps.

 

Was this 50fps limit a feature of the original Steel Beasts or is something holding it back?

 

Is there a setting within VirtualBox I might have missed?

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1 hour ago, Botas said:

I'm running the original Steel Beasts on a virtual XP machine inside VirtualBox and while it runs great the frame rate is capped at 50fps. It runs at 50fps regardless of mission complexity so it's not a lack of horsepower, and both my host PC and the virtual XP machine have their monitor refresh rates set to 60hz so I would expect it to run locked at 60fps.

 

Was this 50fps limit a feature of the original Steel Beasts or is something holding it back?

 

Is there a setting within VirtualBox I might have missed?

You can try using PCem. Seems some are getting good resaults...

https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/

 

I havent tried niether so that all I can help with.

 

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The 50 Hz limit is some weird VirtualBox thing. You can use DxWnd to run Steel Beasts directly at full performance, but you'll have to set a certain tweak in DxWnd to avoid tanks being rendered oddly while playing. Unfortunately, that tweak will also cause the mission editor to fail when loading a mission.

 

I tried setting up a Win98 install with PCem on my laptop and managed only 5 or so FPS in SB, your mileage may vary. :D I haven't tried other virtual machines, VMWare for instance, so it's possible some other VM might run it better than VirtualBox.

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Thanks for the info!

 

I tried the PCEM thing with a Win-95 install but it failed at the last hurdle. I was then tempted to try a Win-98 version but reading Rotareneg's experience I thought better of it.

 

I've tried DxWnd a few times but can't even get SB to launch.

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