Hey, people! So, anyone can tell me how to quickly skip through opponent messages and colonies? I have been just spamming esc and clicking and still it still seems to take four times longer than the current record. Is it something to do with dosbox configuration? I set cycles to maximum but don't know what else could be done. Also, would the default 1.40x patch that comes with the GOG version be allowed?

Hey there!

Yes any official release is valid. 1.4x started life as a collection of fan fixes, but it was endorsed and bundled by the publishers on GoG and Steam, so it's official!

Just fair warning though, there's some evidence that parts of the patches slowed things down for stability, so it may not be the fastest version in a lot of ways.

I don't know for sure if it's that or the DOSBOX settings you're experiencing though. For some games, max has the effect of slowing things down. You may want to try toggling the speed with DOSBOX hot keys to fine tune it.

I personally use an Windows XP virtual machine and my original copies v1.2 and v1.31 depending on what I'm going for. I think one of my runs is in the GoG version.

Hey, thanks for the quick reply, I am already at 44s, and think that 30s would be possible if I could get those issues sorted. I will try different game versions and dosbox configurations, then.

In the end, I didn't manage to optimize dosbox, but 38s still is good, right?

here's a website that shows all the hotkeys https://strategywiki.org/wiki/Master_of_Orion_II:_Battle_at_Antares/Hotkeys

edit: very nice run!

In the end, ENTER, ESC, F1, T and M were the only ones that I used.

Edit: Thanks!