Botas Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 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? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red2112 Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 (edited) 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. Edited August 22, 2018 by Red2112 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotareneg Posted August 22, 2018 Share Posted August 22, 2018 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. I haven't tried other virtual machines, VMWare for instance, so it's possible some other VM might run it better than VirtualBox. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botas Posted August 22, 2018 Author Share Posted August 22, 2018 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. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bond_Villian Posted August 23, 2018 Share Posted August 23, 2018 Do yourself a favour http://www.esimgames.com/?page_id=1530 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botas Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 On 8/23/2018 at 4:56 AM, Bond_Villian said: Do yourself a favour http://www.esimgames.com/?page_id=1530 Done! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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