{"id":238,"date":"2011-08-03T08:58:45","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T13:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/macvm.com\/?p=238"},"modified":"2021-10-10T00:17:11","modified_gmt":"2021-10-10T05:17:11","slug":"boxer-1-1-1-released-for-dos-games-based-on-dosbox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/macvm.com\/boxer-1-1-1-released-for-dos-games-based-on-dosbox\/","title":{"rendered":"Boxer 1.1.1 Released – For DOS Games, Based on DOSBox"},"content":{"rendered":"

Boxer has been updated to version 1.1.1. Boxer is a DOS emulator that is focused on games. It is based on DOSBox<\/a> and as such, is free. It’s a drag and drop solution of sorts, and it creates a wrapper, or “gamebox” as the developers refer to it, for your games, making it easy to back them up and transfer them elsewhere.<\/p>\n

Boxer 1.1 added support for Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, and Boxer 1.1.1 improves upon that. For those who use joysticks, this is an update you will definitely want, as there was a lot of work done with joystick controls and input.<\/p>\n

Joystick improvements:<\/strong>
\n* Better controller mappings for:
\n— Logitech Dual Action, RumblePad 2, and Fx10 series gamepads
\n— Logitech Formula Force, MOMO Racing and G25\/G27 series wheels
\n— 3rd-party XBOX 360 controllers
\n* CH Flightstick Pro throttle emulation works better with gamepads and displays the current throttle level on-screen.
\n* Per-game option to disable joystick emulation, to avoid interfering with external tools like Gamepad Companion.
\n* If a game seems to be ignoring your joystick input, Boxer will remind you to turn on joystick control within the game.
\n* Reduced axis deadzone from 25% to 20% to make sticks more sensitive.
\n* On most controllers, buttons 5-8 are now also bound to the four DOS joystick buttons.
\n* Improved gamepad detection to more reliably apply twin-stick racing wheel layout.<\/p>\n

Better disk handling:<\/strong>
\n* The program panel now discovers programs located on ISOs and floppy-disk images, and can set them as the default program for a gamebox. This makes it much easier to play games that have left all their programs on the CD.
\n* Drives are scanned for available programs in the background, resulting in quicker gamebox startup.
\n* Added support for .IMG and .VFD floppy-disk image formats.
\n* Fixed floppy-disk images hanging on PowerPC Macs.<\/p>\n

Fixes for 10.7 Lion:<\/strong>
\n* Fixed nasty fullscreen lag under Lion.
\n* Fixed occasional Lion crash when tapping the DOS window\u2019s close button on a trackpad.
\n* Disabled restore-windows-at-startup in Lion, to prevent numerous startup bugs and general misbehaviour.<\/p>\n

General fixes and tweaks:<\/strong>
\n* New bezel notifications for switching to fullscreen, pausing, adjusting CPU speed and adding\/removing drives.
\n* Flicker-free fullscreen transitions, smooth crossfades in program panel, and other cosmetic improvements.
\n* Automatic configuration for Pinball Dreams, Pinball Fantasies and Metaltech: Earthsiege.
\n* Disabled blur effect behind Inspector panel in preparation for App Store compatibility.
\n* Removed Growl support, now that it has been superseded by built-in bezels.<\/p>\n

Requires:<\/strong> Mac OS X 10.5 and newer<\/p>\n

If you are still on an older version of Mac OS X, namely Mac OS X 10.4, check the link below for details on older version of Boxer to run on your Mac.<\/p>\n

Main website: BoxerApp.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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