dosbox cycles

[PCM]

Did others slow down the game, as i keep looking at the animations, on the campaign map for example or during battles and it feels as of the speed is a bit to much.

is the gamespeed conform original ? ( if anyone is able to remember such a detail )

[drake178]

On a modern machine, the default 100,000 cycles that the game comes set up with is indeed too fast. It's set to 100k because of the largely non-optimised AI code, which is kind of slow even with that much, especially in CoM. Personally, I play at 40,000 cycles, which feels about right, although it is still faster than what I remember from when I first played on a 386. But then, that actually felt a little too slow.

In any case, your mileage may vary, I'd recommend experimenting a little with the cycle count to find what feels right for you. The default keys to do this are Ctrl+F11 (cycles down) and Ctrl+F12 (cycles up), but bear in mind that their behaviour is dependent on DOSBox configuration. That is, the default upscale is a flat +500 cycles, while down it's -20%. You may want to modify the dosboxMOM.conf file in the folder of the version you're playing to scale upwards by a percentage too.