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Dos box games not working with Windows touch screen

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First post, by GuyCC

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Hi all,

I'm having an issue with my new Surface Pro. I have a copy of Dragon Sphere from GOG that runs via DosBox which presents this problem.

The game runs fine and I can control it with my touch pad but attempting to use the touch screen is a no-go. The touch screen responds as if the screen is still in full resolution mode, when in fact the game runs full screen at a much lower resolution. Consequently my movements are so magnified it's practically impossible to do anything other trace the mouse around the edge of the screen. If I hold my finger at the center of the screen and make the smallest movements I can, it is possible to get "normal" cursor movement, barely.

I am encountering it in other, non-DosBox, games too however some full screen games (like anything in ScummVM) work fine. So this is most likely not a DosBox issue but I was wondering if anyone here had come across it and knew of a fix.

Guy

Reply 1 of 1, by Dominus

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Try a Dosbox-x build that uses SDL2 backend. Dosbox still uses SDL1.2x and that is not handling touchscreens well, as you found out

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