WC2 (Original, 3.5 Floppies) + DOSBox 6.1 = slow...

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Hey... I've attempted to go thru all the other WC / DOSBox threads and see if a solution would present itselft there, but alas, no... I'm attempting to run Wing Commander 2 with the speech pack thru DOSBox 6.1 on my machine, and I can't seem to find the right speeds / settings for optimal performance... here are my specs:

P4, 2.0 Ghz
Via P4X266 Motherboard
1.0 GB PC-2100 memory
Sound Blaster Live! 5.1
ATi 9600 Pro, 128MB
Windows XP Pro
DOSBox 6.1

As of right now, I'm trying 2500 instructions / ms with a 5-6 frameskip. Sound and music are fine, but video and cutscenes are VERY slow. Combat is the same deal. I can't seem to find a balance in-game to get smooth video and audio...

Does anyone have a similar rig that runs any WC games w/ certain DOSBox settings? I guess the main two that I would need are frameskips and emulation instruction numbers. Thanks in advance, and sorry for starting yet another similar thread....
 
Hmm, that is strange. Do you really need frameskip to have acceptable speed? (In other words: Does your sound get choppy with anymore cycles)? I personally have got a bit faster CPU (3Ghz), but still you should be able to play it at full speed. If you can't up your cycles anymore, that is really strange, normally you should be capable of much more. Anyway, I'm using cycles=6500, frameskip=0 for my PC. - Yes, it's a faster CPU, so maybe 5000-6000 would be sufficent for you. At least that should be a good point to start with. Imho 2500 cycles is way too low for WC2.
 
no dice... cutscenes run a lot better, and the game engine seemed fine when it was a few fighters, but once it got thick in combat framerate went to hell. Oh, and the entire time, the sound is COMPLETELY rocked... stutters, lags, you name it... perhaps changing some sound settings will help?
 
I take that back, I figured it out!

turns out it was my joystick causing all the trouble. I had switched to a more "traditional" old-school logitech which used the gameport. I have a newer logitech extreme 3d pro which is USB... when that's in, the game runs flawlessly! Wierd, huh?
 
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