# DOSBox Staging 0.83.0-alpha — 0.83.0-alpha release notes preview

- Product: DOSBox Staging (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dosbox-staging)
- Vendor: DOSBox Staging Team
- Date: 2026-02-20
- Version: 0.83.0-alpha
- Original notes: https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/releases/tag/0.83.0-alpha
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/dosbox-staging/releases/0.83.0-alpha
- Labels: Pre-release; Platforms: Desktop

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- **added** — Add configurable mouse mickey threshold
- **added** — Add mouse hack for 'Joan of Arc: Siege & the Sword' game on Hercules machine
- **added** — Add dedithering option and generalise shader passes
- **added** — Add FMV video deinterlacer
- **added** — Add forced borderless fullscreen mode and general window config settings rework
- **added** — Add Jinc 2 de-dithering shader
- **added** — Add shader preset support
- **added** — Add simple built-in image viewer
- **added** — Implement auto config option for file_locking
- **changed** — Allow 3.5x and 4.5x integer scaling for the adaptive CRT shaders
- **changed** — Allow graceful failure if OpenGL context could not be created
- **changed** — Always use SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888 for the SDL texture renderer
- **changed** — Authentic CRT colour emulation, image adjustment settings, and wide gamut monitor support
- **changed** — Enable bilinear filtering for the 3dfx Voodoo by default
- **changed** — Improve DOS builtin mouse driver configurability
- **fixed** — CDROM Audio: Do not continue to the next track if less than 2 seconds remains
- **fixed** — Do not hard exit when encountering unimplemented PIC functions
- **fixed** — Fix INT10_SetVideoMode() regression
- **fixed** — Fix aspect ratio of 40-column text modes on VGA with shaders that force no pixel doubling
- **fixed** — Fix command line parser bug where an extension-less file prevents execution

> [!WARNING]
> **These are the automatically generated release notes of the latest development snapshot builds!** This is not a stable release; things might blow up! 💣 🔥 💀
>
> You can download the latest development builds from here:
> https://www.dosbox-staging.org/releases/development-builds/

##### Full PR list of game compatibility improvements

  - Add configurable mouse mickey threshold ([#4681](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4681))
  - Add mouse hack for 'Joan of Arc: Siege & the Sword' game on Hercules machine ([#4699](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4699))
  - CDROM Audio: Do not continue to the next track if less than 2 seconds remains ([#4487](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4487))
  - Do not hard exit when encountering unimplemented PIC functions ([#4225](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4225)) _[backport]_
  - Fix `INT10_SetVideoMode()` regression ([#4182](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4182)) _[backport]_
  - Fix aspect ratio of 40-column text modes on VGA with shaders that force no pixel doubling ([#4397](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4397))
  - Fix command line parser bug where an extension-less file prevents execution ([#4185](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4185)) _[backport]_
  - Fix edge case where CDROM mixer hangs at the end of a track ([#4302](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4302))
  - Fix GUS hang in KQ4 enhanced ([#4787](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4787))
  - Fix ManyMouse support in Windows builds ([#4035](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4035)) _[backport]_
  - Implement auto config option for file_locking ([#4721](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4721))
  - Improve DOS builtin mouse driver configurability ([#4284](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4284))
  - Sync with SVN r4485-r4494 ([#4710](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4710))
  - VESA 2.0 mode list regression fix ([#4245](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4245)) _[backport]_


##### Full PR list of graphics-related changes

  - Add dedithering option & generalise shader passes ([#4777](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4777))
  - Add FMV video deinterlacer ([#4689](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4689))
  - Add forced borderless fullscreen mode & general window config settings rework ([#4415](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4415))
  - Add Jinc 2 de-dithering shader ([#4684](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4684))
  - Add shader preset support ([#4590](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4590))
  - Add simple built-in image viewer ([#4632](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4632))
  - Allow 3.5x and 4.5x integer scaling for the adaptive CRT shaders ([#4418](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4418))
  - Allow graceful failure if OpenGL context could not be created ([#4228](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4228))
  - Always use SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888 for the SDL texture renderer ([#4587](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4587))
  - Authentic CRT colour emulation, image adjustment settings, and wide gamut monitor support ([#4618](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4618))
  - Clean up image capturer ([#4701](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4701))
  - Clean up vertical bars fix FPU code ([#4174](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4174))
  - Cross-platform Voodoo cleanup ([#4254](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4254))
  - Enable bilinear filtering for the 3dfx Voodoo by default ([#4250](https://github.com/dosbox-staging/dosbox-staging/pull/4250))
  - Fall back if sRGB fails ([#4589](h

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