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DosBox .72, SWOS 96-97, and Thrustmaster Dual

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First post, by throwingmuse

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I am unable to get DosBox .72 to recognize my Thrustmaster Dual joystick when loading Sensible World of Soccer 96-97 CD. I have configured DosBox to correctly mount the SWOS 96-97 CD and load the game. After loading, it "seems" to recognize a joystick button push to exit from the title screen. However, no joystick axis movement is registering.

Here is my config:

joysticktype=auto
timed=true
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=true

I have tried times=true and timed=false.
I have not run INSTALL.EXE or SETUP.EXE from the CD. The setup program is a Windows application.

Any ideas for a proper config to load and run this game with joystick support?

Reply 1 of 6, by MiniMax

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Do you see anything in the console window about DOSBox recognizing the joystick?

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Reply 2 of 6, by throwingmuse

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Yes. DosBox reports that joystick was found and identified it as a Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Analog 2 w/4 axis.

I am able to select button 1 to escape from the title screen of SWOS 96-97 but I cannot move the cursor nor will any subsequent button selections work.

Again, I have not "installed" the game. I mount and run the game:

mount d d:\ -t cdrom -usecd 0 -ioctl

d:

ENGLISH.EXE

When I try to run INSTALL.EXE within DosBox from the CD, the installation program cannot locate any paths.

When I run SETUP.EXE from Windows XP and install the program to a directory, H:\SWOS, and then mount and run the game:

mount h h:\SWOS

h:

SWS.EXE

the game complains of a locating CD error.

Would SUBST work in this respect? How do other people run this program?

Reply 3 of 6, by Qbix

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are you sure you don't need to install the game and have the cdrom mounted at the same time ?

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Reply 4 of 6, by Dominus

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See the 60 seconds guide 60 seconds guide to getting your game to run in DOSBox and make sure you've got a c:\ drive mounted before starting an install from the d:\ drive
Get rid of the previous installation in h:\swos

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Reply 5 of 6, by throwingmuse

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I discovered my problem.

I read your "DOSBox 60 seconds guide" and it now works perfectly. The installation step was the problem. I didn't associate having to mount two directories and install to the virtual drive.

Thanks!

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