On Mac, remember to click Save Settings as Default in the Emulation Settings panel once you've figured out what settings you need to make your save states work. Firmware Configuration (if you are using external firmware images, make sure to match your Windows and Mac configurations)
BIOS Configuration (if you are using external BIOS images, make sure to match your Windows and Mac configurations) CPU Emulation Engine (Interpreter or Dynamic Recompiler) Advanced Bus-Level Timing (Enabled or Disabled) The settings that will affect save state compatibility are: On Windows: Choose Config > Emulation Settings. On Mac: Choose View > Show Emulation Settings. DOSBox also emulates CPU:286/386 realmode/protected mode, Directory FileSystem/XMS/EMS, Tandy/Hercules/CGA/EGA. DOSBox has already been ported to many different platforms, such as Windows, BeOS, Linux, Mac OS X. You should use v0.9.9 for Mac if you want to use your existing save states.Īlso make sure that your emulation settings match between Windows and Mac, as these settings can affect the compatibility of save states. DOSBox is a DOS-emulator that uses the SDL-library which makes DOSBox very easy to port to different platforms. If you used v0.9.9 on Windows and v0.9.10 on Mac, then one of the release notes specifically mentions this incompatibility between v0.9.9 and v0.9.10. Most likely, it is a save state incompatibility between DeSmuME versions.
