Switching the graphics from "normal" to "smooth"?

[Gamepro]

When I installed the Space Quest Collection DOSBox update, it gave me the option to set each game's graphics to "normal" or "smooth" (and also 3 options to set how DOSBox displayed for each game, windowed mode, full screen, etc.)

But when I installed the King's Quest Collection DOSBox update, which was in a very similar format, it did not give me that screen with those options for each game. How do I get to that screen and switch the graphics to "smooth" for each King's Quest game like the Space Quest Collection update allowed me to do?

And let me say I'm horrible with DOSBox and have absolutely no knowledge on how to manually configure anything, so if it is not possible to get to that screen and I have to manually configure it please be very specific.

Thanks!

[Collector]

Welcome to the forums. The Space Quest Collection patch is more recent than the KQ patch. I intend to update it before too long, but if you cannot wait you can edit the dosbox.conf files manually in Notepad. Change the scaler entry to to hq3x.

[Gamepro]

Thanks.

BTW I noticed in the Space Quest DOSBox files, smooth was advmame3x instead of hq3x. I edited them all to hq3x so I can remember better. Would this make a difference?

Thank you for providing an easy patch to these collections though, good work!

[MusicallyInspired]

They're just different methods of scaling lo-res pixelated graphics. It's basically whichever one you prefer. Personally, I prefer normal3x. Keeps it oldschool!