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The Elders Scrolls : Arena - Bethesda Softworks (1993)
Tested By: Tamentis

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
95% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.70 (supported)

runnable  -  playable  -  supported
80% (supported)
  DOSBox version: 0.58 (supported)


Adjusting framerate (2007-09-25 19:57) Ne-oh's
Im confused, how do you adjust framerate?
exits (2007-06-15 15:28) nickacorn
i can load the game and create a character and play through the first dungeon, but as soon as i make it through the shift gate, it says check prices for some random spells and then exits do dosbox. the dosbox out put reads "arena.exe complete"
i want to play the whole game.
any ideas?
CD-ROM Version (2006-03-08 19:38) Anamon
The CD-ROM version of this game does not seem to work. Application "ACD" (which is run from the mounted CD-ROM drive after running the game from hard disk) blocks instantly.
speed tips (2004-10-27 09:13) Mac
You probably know these already, but they're vitally important for 3D games like this:

*1* Do NOT use "output=surface". Any other output willl get you a 2X speed increase.

*2* Make sure you're running the newest DOSbox (of course)

*3* Try out the "cpu=dynamic" for another roughly 2X speed increase.

*4* Make sure you tune the cycles to work with your machine. Run in a window and have a CPU load monitor active. Try to hover around 95%, so that you can handle unusual circumstances. Do NOT just accept the default 3000, and do NOT just keep cranking it higher. Use CTRL-F12 and CTRL-F11 to adjust while the game is running, and when you find a good setting (in console window or main window's title bar), store that permanently in your dosbox.conf file.

Using these I have gotten Arena to run very smoothly at full detail level on a 3GHz P4 with 0.62. I don't use frameskip - I'm trying to get my framerate up, so frameskip defeats the purpose.
Note: (2003-05-16 11:09) Tamentis
Need a very fast computer to play this game.



Compatibility statistics (3929 games in database)
Version: Games broken: Games runnable: Games playable: Games supported:
DOSBox 0.74-3 (1255) 16 (1.27%) 34 (2.71%) 48 (3.82%) 1157 (92.19%)
DOSBox 0.73 (644) 16 (2.48%) 23 (3.57%) 17 (2.64%) 588 (91.30%)
DOSBox 0.72 (722) 45 (6.23%) 24 (3.32%) 31 (4.29%) 622 (86.15%)
DOSBox 0.71 (164) 29 (17.68%) 12 (7.32%) 8 (4.88%) 115 (70.12%)
DOSBox 0.70 (952) 23 (2.42%) 17 (1.79%) 29 (3.05%) 883 (92.75%)
DOSBox 0.65 (727) 39 (5.36%) 30 (4.13%) 41 (5.64%) 617 (84.87%)
DOSBox 0.63 (918) 76 (8.28%) 45 (4.90%) 46 (5.01%) 751 (81.81%)
DOSBox 0.62 (394) 56 (14.21%) 24 (6.09%) 27 (6.85%) 287 (72.84%)
DOSBox 0.61 (998) 87 (8.72%) 59 (5.91%) 68 (6.81%) 784 (78.56%)
DOSBox 0.60 (774) 108 (13.95%) 73 (9.43%) 72 (9.30%) 521 (67.31%)
DOSBox 0.58 (1149) 266 (23.15%) 15 (1.31%) 20 (1.74%) 848 (73.80%)






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