MP> Now that I have moved over to dosbox-x, there is a very noticable pause
 MP> betweenthe version screen and the ANSI screen.  Maybe 20 or more seconds
 MP> before the game continues.  Once this happens, the game seems to run and
 MP> exit just fine.
 MP> 
 MP> Is anyone else using dosbox-x with BRE?  If so, did you have to do
 MP> anything special to get it running?

I had this same issue on my Win 10 Pro/64 VM. I never could figure out what caused the issue. After re-launching my system on a Win 10 Pro/32 VM (which I created specifically for using NTVDM instead), and the problem promptly vanished.

There has to be a DOSBox-X setting we're missing somewhere.

Sorry I can't be of more help than just corroborating your findings.

RS

... When all else fails, blame auto-incorrect.

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