Try some recent cvs build (see the dev forum) as some centering problems
with some digital joysticks should be solved there.

Thank you, I'll look into that today. I appreciate the help!

Jim

I to have this same problem, im useing the newst 0.70 version of dosbox, ive always hated useing the mouse in flight sims but it seems to get stuck around the crosshairs in the game, and if i dont tell dosbox to disable the joystick period. after calibrating it just gose up to the upper left hand corner, and stays, i can berly get the mouse to move cus it continuly gose back there. i did try to check out the cvs in the dev section and i cant seem to find much on this sort of problem.
my joystick is a flight force, my other joystick is a wingman, both logitech
i am running win XP and both joysticks are calibrated, and i only keep one pluged in at a time (never both at the same time) any help on this would be nice, thanks

I also had calibration problems, i.e. drifting to upper left with Microsoft Sidewinder. This conf solved it for me:

joysticktype=4axis
timed=false
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=true

In Wing Commander I same problem, but here timed=true is required to solve it for me...

Hm, could you please test what of the options exactly was needed?
That is start with a clean dosbox.conf and swap one by one setting.

Privateer is best with timed=false. And when more than 2 axes are active it thinks two joysticks are connected and might become impossible to calibrate.

I changed only the following:

joysticktype=4axis
timed=false

Also, in Privateer I copied JOYA.DAT to JOYB.DAT. Now Joystick works fine, except for somehow large deadzone (which should be possible to adjust in Sidewinder properties).

Hope this helps.

I can't seem to resolve this issue either. Tried pretty much everything listed in this thread as well.

Also worth noting, even though I specify NO joystick in my frontend config, the game will still recognize the joystick unless I unplug it

Are there any other possible fixes to try?
I swear I had this same problem back on my PC when I first got the game too, which is messed up to say the least 😒

you tried the cvs build? If that doesn't fix then you are out of luck.

I just tried the cvs dated 7-2-2007 for today, and no luck 🙁

The other poster was right, using the mouse just isn't the same.

The issue is calibration in privateer as well, right?
What joystick do you have? What is output in the dosbox console window?

Hi

I'm getting the same problem of the joystick drifting up/left on privateer, on wing commander 2 its the same but goes up/right, seems to be when the cycle goes over a certain point (which i think has been pointed out before)

I downloaded a couple of .diff files from a thread on here but I'm not sure what to actually do with them (newb). Does anyone know the solution to these problems or a link to the csv files that were mentioned in a previous post because I just can't find anything and it's starting to make me cry 🤐

I've had privateer for about 10 years and I've never actually played it before, now I've worked out how to use dosbox the joystick problem is frustrating to say the least.

I'm using the xbox 360 pad by the way in case that has any bearing on matter.

DOSBox version? OS? Maybe you can post at least SOME hints.....

sorry

windows xp
dosbox 0.71

I read that people had managed to fix it but none of the posts actually had the solution, well a solution i understood anyway, it had a couple of .diff files but i've never come across a diff file before, did look it up on google but it still made no sense to me.

what are these csv files in dev section that were mentioned? csv as in an exel file?

any help would be much appreciated.

Should work in 0.71, maybe somebody else already tested it and
can give some hints.
Besides that try the timed=false and that JOYB.DAT replacement.

hi again

yes i've tried the JOYA.dat and JOYB.dat from origin and also the different suggested joystick settings for each game. If I start privateer without the joystick it's fine so it's definately a joystick issue.

Ignore my last post about the csv's (exel file indeed 🤣)

I thought it might be the 360 pad as quite a few people have mentioned they're using one but i sourced another usb joystick and that did the same on both games.

I'm wondering if maybe it's the frontend I'm using (D.O.G.) as a few people have mentioned that when selecting no joystick on frontends, dosbox still picks up a joystick, in fact on mine it says xbox 360 pad 4 axis 10 button gamepad irrelavent of what i choose so maybe the frontend is bugged regarding joysticks. Unfortunately i'm at work and can't test it at the moment....actually sod work maybe i can.....aahh but i don't have a pad on me...damnit. I'll give it a go later and post my findings.

I really want get to the bottom of this problem and find a solution as it seems a few people have this problem and have been unable to fix it. I have a IO timer fix from HAL which is a diff file, i see that this contains loads of code so could someone give me a clue what I'm supposed to do with it and I'll test it to see if it fixes the problems with privateer and WC2. Do I need the source code for dosbox to apply the code in or is it used in a different way, I've done a bit of coding in the past but not come across a diff file before?

I shall not rest untill I have found the problem 🙄

cvs!=csv, the first being a source management system
Hal's io patch is already present in 0.70+, if it's the same diff you're talking about.

Do you want to actually use the joystick for gameplay, or do you "just"
want to get rid of the drifting when playing the game with the keyboard?

cvs!=csv

🤣 sorry i keep getting that the wrong way round 😵 yeah i investigated them further to find out what they were yesterday, imagine how foolish i felt when realised they had nothing to do with excel 😁

regarding hals IO, yes i think it is the same one, it was from his thread to where he'd posted a few different timer patches, gutted, that's that avenue closed then.

Yes I do want to use the joystick for gameplay, I've applied the JOYA.dat to privateer and there is no drifting if the joystick is unplugged.

In regards to wing commander 2 the joystick is fine untill the cycles go above 3500, then it starts drifting.

2 slightly different problems so i don't know if they are related or it's just chance. I think I've got wing commander 1 and privateer 2 somewhere in the depths of my stinky bedroom so I'll see if they have the same problems when i get home later, also I'll try running it straight through dosbox rather than using a frontend to see if that makes any difference.

After that I have no more ideas, man it's frustrating enough to make me want to play my xbox 360 (and i have to be proper bored to bother with that piece of junk) 😜

In regards to wing commander 2 the joystick is fine untill the cycles go above 3500, then it starts drifting.

Set timed=false in dosbox.conf. Or don't change the cycles ingame.