Latest news: DBGL version 0.66 is released!
If you're willing to volunteer to translate DBGL into another language, I'd like to know!
Just know that you don't have to have any programming skills to be able to help! Simply follow these instructions. English, Chinese, Danish, Dutch, German, Italian and Spanish are already covered.
Hi everybody,
DBGL is a Java frontend for DOSBox, based largely upon the proven interface of D-Fend.
The frontend is by no means finished. It is a work in progress and lacking many features, but the core is working, and I think the product is somewhat usable as it is. Please bear in mind that the interface is still quite rough around the edges.
To name a few of its features:
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 Importing D-Fend profiles... |
DBGL can optionally use the DOSBox 'Multiple Config Files' functionality, to use incremental config files. What this means, is that your game profile only stores the differences compared to the main dosbox.conf file. Then, suppose you want to switch all profiles from say output=surface to output=opengl, you only have to alter the main dosbox.conf setting to instantaneously alter all corresponding child profiles. Another advantage is that the resulting .conf files are smaller and simpler. 'Multiple Configuration Files'-functionality is available in DOSBox since v0.70 (or CVS since october 2006). An example:
[dosbox] captures=..\captures\9 memsize=4 [cpu] cycles=10000 [autoexec] mount C "." C: cd \adv\amazonge\ amazon.exe exit |
 ...As they say, beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder... |
Just extract to archive to any dir and start dbgl.cmd (Windows), or dbgl.sh (Linux). Mac users can simply drag the DBGL icon into their Applications folder and start it. Do not try to execute the JAR itself, it will not work correctly. Please note that you MUST have the Java Runtime Environment 1.5 (or higher) installed, it will not work without the JRE1.5, or with an older version. Moreover, java.exe should be in your path (or if you're running on Linux, /usr/bin/java should be (a symbolic link) pointing to the 1.5 JVM).
The archive contains DBGL with some pre-configured templates and the latest DOSBox release, so you can get going instantly.
Since the frontend was written in Java, it should be relatively easy to port to another platform. If anybody is interested in another build, I'll try to make one. Anyway, I'm releasing the source code for the entire thingy as well, so please feel free to hack away.
| First-time installation | Upgrading an existing installation |
| Download the appropriate archive for your operation system and extract it to a directory of your choice. To check if your Java Runtime Environment is 64-bits, just open a terminal or cmd prompt and run 'java -version'. | Just download the JAR and overwrite the single file in this zip archive. It is always a good idea to make backups of your profile information when upgrading; this means the /profiles, /captures, /db and /templates folders. |
WindowsExtract and run dbgl.cmd |
LinuxExtract and run dbgl.sh |
Note 1: Java version 1.5(or higher) is required to run this application. Using a JVM version below 1.5 will most likely result in a DBGL crash as soon as you try to open the mount dialog box.
Note 2: On DBGL startup, Windows may or may not ask whether or not to allow the program to establish connections to other machines. You can choose 'Block' since DBGL doesn't need to connect to other computers, communication takes place on localhost only. In case you don't want to use the 'Send To' functionality, you can choose to disable it in the Settings dialog window, that will also get rid of the Windows popup.
Note 3: Some users have reported problems starting up DBGL. Please make sure you're using the right package for the right environment, and you have your JAVA_HOME environment setting properly configured.
Attention Linux users: Make sure you have the packages 'libsdl-sound' and 'libsdl-net' installed, because otherwise the included DOSBox build will NOT run.
Legacy buildsv0.66 (2009-9-27)
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 DBGL on Mac, Linux and Windows |
v0.65 (2009-5-27)
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 Playing FIFA International Soccer in DOSBox 0.73 |
 The main dialog showing a list of profiles |
 Access the contextmenu by right-clicking |
 Click the Templates tab in the main window to manage them |
 This shot shows the profile's general information |
 Set the associated Dosbox version or load a template with preconfigured settings |
 More profile settings; the audio section |
 The mounting tab where one can select the mount location and game.exe |
 Editing a template is very similar to editing a profile |
 Click on a capture to view it enlarged, like this |
Hi there, my name is Ronald Blankendaal, you may contact me by mail, or use the information provided at Vogons (rcblanke).
Of course, bug-reports and/or suggestions are very welcome. Please let me know what you think!
DBGL is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
