Subj : utf8 in Mystic BBS
To : Heisenberg
From : Accession
Date : Sun Sep 07 2025 09:48 am
Hey Heisenberg!
On Sun, 07 Sep 2025 06:46:42 +0000, you wrote:
> so i just got a doorgame working.. Tradewars 2002, but its not
> displaying ANSI graphics properly.
> Im using SyncTerm, and when im in the BBS, the graphics/ANSI displays
> properly but as soon as i go into tradwars, the ANSI graphics look
> like garbage.. Ive checked, and Font is set to CP437 in Syncterm.
> I connect with putty and change encoding to utf8 and it works
> perfectly.
> Syncterm does not seem to have the option for utf8 so what do i do..
> i dont like using putty.
You shouldn't need putty. Are you running this doorgame with dosemu/dosemu2 or some other kind of DOS emulator? If so, the setting would be in dosemu.conf as:
I believe those settings are commented out on a new dosemu/dosemu2 install.
Regards,
Nick
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