Recent changes to feature-requests

#126 DOSBox does not conform to the XDG Base Directory Specification

2026-03-15T16:22:33.595000Z

Please implement this, we really need this. Polluting $HOME is no more an option nowadays.

#118 Accessible and fast CLI-mode

2025-11-06T21:00:32.115000Z

DELETE THIS FEATURE REQUEST

#157 Portable Version

2025-01-24T21:58:45.887000Z

It is important that you do so because other people are already doing it for you -- and probably bundling malware with it. I became suspicious when their "portable dosbox" arrived as an exe, NOT a zip. Deleted with extreme prejudice.

#158 Render to console

2025-01-17T20:35:23.492000Z

Modern Wine version work just like this for text mode apps.

Render to console

2025-01-17T20:25:31.296000Z

With modern advanced terminals, like kitty, it is possible to have full information about keyboard events in console apps. It is also possible to color any screen cell in any TrueColor color. May it be possible now to make DOSBox render text EGA/VGA/... modes to console?

Portable Version

2024-12-20T23:05:35.345000Z

Please add in next release official portable version in zip file. Thanks.

#156 DosBox: Red Baron joystick controls

2024-11-12T20:35:13.403000Z

to 'join/participate' the development of DosBox

The DOSBox forks under active development welcome Pull Requests:
- DOSBox Staging
- DOSBox-X
- DOSBox Pure

At the original DOSBox repository you can try submitting a Patch.

DosBox: Red Baron joystick controls

2024-10-30T17:33:01.384000Z

Hopefully this site/forum is now "the correct" place: 😏

Problem:
- Installed Red Baron (GOG), installed 'newest' DosBox (0.74-3), installed XB146.zip and still unable to figure it out: which 'function' calibrates which axis one?

Only X/Y-axis calibrations are 'clear':
- Rudder->'Roll'--> j-stick twist or slider
- Hat/Throttle --> j-stick hat or slider
- Why 'Hat' option has only 2 'test sets'?

Suggestion:
- Would be nice if there would be same 5 'displays' available, like when calibrating game controls in Windows: X/Y/Z, 'hat' and slider. OR at least calibration 'displays' for Z, Hat and Slider; when adjusting 'correct' control, display 'reacts' to it.

Otherwise:
- j-stick (Thrustmaster Flight Stick X) works just fine.

Question:
- Is it possible to 'join/participate' the development of DosBox software (15+ years of working based experience with programming ) or is it 'private' project of some group/company/etc? 🤔

#140 64bit support

2023-08-31T13:32:59.157000Z

This sounds counterintuitive to me. The Dosbox 32-bit executable (in the Windows world) runs happily on 64-Bit Windows editions. On Linux it should compile to the same width as the core OS.

For guest apps, there is also no point. There never was any MSDOS version that supported 64 bit.

Add swapstereo

2023-08-01T12:56:31.779000Z

Could you add the swapstereo option to the [mixer] section? Default =false of course.

Then it would be possible to run a special .conf file for titles that have reversed stereo and no possibility to correct it in the game or setup program, like Terminal Velocity.

Apparently this setting is only available in some builds for DOSBox. Here is a thread with more context.
https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=95484