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DOSBox-X: fire button doesn't work properly in some games: suspect Alt key not registering

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Hi! I tried some DOS games at my day program on DOSBox-X today but wasn't able to use the fire button on them. I almost never used a joystick on PCs so emulate one using the keyboard. I believe it's because DOSBox-X doesn't tell the emulation that the Alt key was pressed. I can use the standard DOSBox but need to manually set it up, as none of its front-ends seems to allow me to right-click the program and click Run, and I prefer running an application that way. Is this true? How do I get around it?

Joseph Rose, a.k.a. Harry Potter
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