VDMSound will emulate joysticks, so USB is not a problem. Remember, however, the issues of usb vs. gameport and analog vs digital are two different issues. USB joysticks can be digital or analog, digital joysticks can be gameport or usb, and gameport joysticks can be digital or analog. I'm not aware of anything that can turn a digital gamepad into an emulated analog joystick. AFAIK, that couldn't be done even during the old DOS days, although some games accept analog and digital input. Also, some old DOS games have screwy joystick drivers (e.g., Mortal Kombat 2), and do not handle VDMS's joystick emulation well. With most games and joysticks, including USB joysticks, however, VDMS's joystick emulation works quite well.

I downloaded & installed VDMSound hoping that it would let me use my digital joystick in X-Wing but it doesn't seem to be helping. Nobody knows of a workaround for that? 8/

Edit: Never mind! here's the trick....
Start -> Run -> CMD
(edit your directories as necessary, obviously.)
d:
cd vdms
dosdrv
cd ..
cd games
cd x-wing
xwing

Should work!! 😁

Originally posted by Unregistered I downloaded & installed VDMSound hoping that it would let me use my digital joystick in X-Wing but it doesn't seem to be helping.

Eh? What does this mean? It still claims you don't have a joystick? BTW, this is the DOS version of X-Wing, right?

Edit: Never mind! here's the trick.... Start -> Run -> CMD (edit your directories as necessary, obviously.) d: cd vdms dosdrv cd […]
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Edit: Never mind! here's the trick....
Start -> Run -> CMD
(edit your directories as necessary, obviously.)
d:
cd vdms
dosdrv
cd ..
cd games
cd x-wing
xwing

Again, this doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

Is it possible that you've just disabled "Joystick emulation" on the game's VLP shortcut?