Tech refresh 2026: F-22 Lightning II

Revised advice for running the NovaLogic 1996 DOS sim, F-22 Lightning II in DOSBox Staging. This is a very short article, only detailing the changes for this particular game.

The changes are to the DOSBox Staging configuration switching from variable refresh and display rates to constant rates. This removes audio 'crackle' that has always been present when running under DOSBox Staging.

DOSBox Staging Config

The DOSBox Config is changed using the Frame & refresh rate technique described in Tech refresh 2026: DOSBox best practice.

The below example config is suitable for the latest version of DOSBox Staging, v0.82.2 (at time of writing). Certain DOSBox settings will require changing to reflect your own folders.

F22LightningII-staging0.82.2.conf.zip

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