What kind of controller?
Has it been recognized in the host-system and configured properly -> keyword "joy.cpl"?

Hello !

Yes it is well recognized & functional under Windows 10.

It is a clone of a PS3 controller... how to proceed ?

[EDIT:] in this article it is mentioned that to configure a controller you have to press the Ctrl + F1 keys... but nothing happens ?

Either you pass it through as a Joystick to DOSBox, look at the [joystick] section in the config file.

Or you can map the joystick (ps3) controls to keyboard buttons in dosbox with the mapper editor.

OK thanks

But how do you start the mapper editor ? The combination of Ctrl + F1 keys does not work ?

Did you try

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Joystick needs to be set manually
Windows wants to use address 200-207, but it needs to be 201-201.

Go to Device Manager->Joystick
Switch from "Basic Configuration 1" to "Basic Configuration 0" in "Resources" in device properties for joystick.

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Sebiohazard wrote on 2020-08-28, 18:56:

OK thanks

But how do you start the mapper editor ? The combination of Ctrl + F1 keys does not work ?

From the menu select Main > Mapper Editor or use the key combination listed there.

Okay thanks

Hello !

I added this line in the DOSBox-X config file:

1[joystick]
2joysticktype=auto

When launching DOSBox-X I launch the Mapper editor with the keys F11 + m the joystick is detected & works well but with Windows 98 it is not detected ? Why & how to proceed ?

Greetings !

Hello !

I also tried with this line:

1[joystick]
2joysticktype=4axis

Unfortunately it is always the same problem in Windows 98, the joystick is not recognized:

I also tried changing the address as mentioned in the tutorial:

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JOYSTICK

Joystick needs to be set manually
Windows wants to use address 200-207, but it needs to be 201-201.

Go to Device Manager->Joystick
Switch from "Basic Configuration 1" to "Basic Configuration 0" in "Resources" in device properties for joystick.

Unfortunately I cannot change it, Windows refuses:

How to do ?

Greetings !

No one to help me ?!

I don't know what else to do...

Sebiohazard: Can the joystick be recognized in the integrated DOS or a DOS guest system?

I don't know... how do I know ?

It is perfectly recognized by DOSBox-X in the Mapper editor...

You can check if the joystick works in DOS using the test programs in the attachment (previously uploaded by rfnagel).

There are 3 test programs included in it, namely JOYCHECK.EXE, JOYTEST.EXE and TMSCOPE.EXE.

If it works, then it means something is wrong with the configuration of your Windows 98 guest system.

Hello thank you for your help !

I started Windows 98 under DOS & ran the diagnostic tools for the joystick. It is recognized & the keys work correctly.

But under Windows 98 always the same problem I don't know why...

What is strange is that with PCem I have the same concerns !

Greetings !

Good evening everyone !

I tried a Windows 95 install to see if my joystick is recognized but I have the same problem as with Windows 98... here is the conf file I used:

1[sdl]
2autolock=true
3usescancodes=true
4
5[dosbox]
6title=Windows 95
7memsize=64
8vmemsize=8
9vesa modelist width limit=0
10vesa modelist height limit=0
11
12[dos]
13ver=7.1
14keyboardlayout=sf
15
16[cpu]
17cputype=pentium_mmx
18core=normal
19cycles=30000
20
21[sblaster]
22sbtype=sb16vibra
23irq=5
24
25[joystick]
26joysticktype=auto
27
28[ne2000]
29# If you want networking in Windows, set ne2000=true.
30# This also requires that you set realnic= to a suitable value for your PC
31ne2000=false
32nicirq=10
33realnic=list
34
35[fdc, primary]
36int13fakev86io=true
37
38[ide, primary]
39int13fakeio=true
40int13fakev86io=true
41
42[ide, secondary]
43int13fakeio=true
44int13fakev86io=true
45cd-rom insertion delay=4000
46
47[render]
48aspect=true
49scaler=normal3x
50
51[autoexec]
52imgmount 0 boot.ima -t floppy
53imgmount 2 win95.vhd -t hdd -size 512,63,64,520

Did I forget something ?

Greetings !

Please use either the DOSBox-x thread or its github issues page (not sure about that, though).
These forums are for DOSBox only and not for the forks.