Custom Sets Tab


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Custom Settings allow you to configure any setting that is supported by DOSBox or DOSBox CVS. (Click here to learn more about DOSBox CVS)
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First you need to know a little about INI files. Ini files are build up out of three parts:

1.Sections  
2.Options  
3.Values  

The format for this is:

[SECTION]
OPTION=VALUE

A section can contain several dozens or even a hundred options. DOSBox also uses and ini file names dosbox.conf. If you plan on using Custom Settings you will need to get familiar with the dosbox.conf. Here's a little example:

Say someone build a CVS version of DOSBox that supports 3DFx emulation. That's sound pretty cool and we want to use that but the setting doesn't exist in D-Fend. So what now?  
 
Simple. First we need to know how to enable 3dFx. We take a look in dosbox.conf and this is what we find:  
 
[3dfx]  
UseFX=False  
Resolution=640x480  
 
Interesting…. Now we copy the section 3dFx with both it's options and we paste it into the Custom Settings tab. However we want to Enable 3dFx support and right now it's disabled. So, we change the value of UseFX to True. Press OK and we're done. 3dFx emulation is now turned on.  

And that's how easy Custom Settings work.

If you want to save a Custom Setting for later use you can do so. Press the Save To File button and a Save Dialog will pop-up. Enter a name and press OK.

If you want to use a saved Custom Setting press the Load From File button.

NOTE! DO NOT ENTER COMMENTS IN A CUSTOM SETTING D-FEND WILL CRASH IF YOU DO SO.