I was in a space-sim mood after I read an article about the genre's death, and scored a great, great deal on eBay for most of the WC series in one lot. The problem is, WC1/2 are absolutely torture to run in dosBox. If there's more than three or four ships on the screen, it turns into a slideshow, and if I bump the cycles up, everything else becomes intolerably fast. I've tried a few missions with III/IV, and other than a few minor issues, everything works at a reasonable speed. I've tried all the core/cycles options in dosBox, but nothing seems to help.
What I'm asking is if I'm going to miss out on something huge if I go straight to WC III, and save I/II for an old computer to restore, or if I need to read up on some scripts, or what. I've never played this series before (except a bit of Prophecy back in middle school), so any help is appreciated. Thanks.
What I'm asking is if I'm going to miss out on something huge if I go straight to WC III, and save I/II for an old computer to restore, or if I need to read up on some scripts, or what. I've never played this series before (except a bit of Prophecy back in middle school), so any help is appreciated. Thanks.