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First post, by jonboyuk

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Hi all

I'm hoping someone may be able to help me!

I bought this device, which is great but I'm having real trouble trying to get the Dpad operational in my games

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It's recognised as an X-input device.

Things I've tried

  • Mapping the keys using Ctrl+F1. I am able to set the keyboard arrows to the Dpad, so the mapper recognises it, but they don't work in game
  • I've tried various combinations of the dosbox.conf file, however from my reading on this forum, apparently this is what I should use:
    joysticktype=fcs
    timed=true
    autofire=false
    swap34=false
    buttonwrap=false
  • I've had a go with JoyToKey, which does work. However, in this instance I'm trying to play the game, Screamer, which is just the 4 directional buttons. On my pad, I use A & B for forward & reverse and then the Dpad for left and right. In other games, ie TombRaider, that wouldn't work so I'd have to manually switch every time I load a different game. Whereas the mapping facility in DOSBox is what I need....if it actually worked.

So I'm stuck 😒 Any ideas? Many thanks!

PS I'm using DOSBox 0.74

Reply 1 of 6, by Yesterplay80

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Did you setup your controller in the game's setup as well?

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Reply 2 of 6, by jonboyuk

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Yesterplay80 wrote on 2020-05-26, 09:32:

Did you setup your controller in the game's setup as well?

So in the game Screamer, there is no option to set up a controller (unless I'm missing something). I believe it's automated. Incidentally, it was working with a wired USB SNES style pad which has no analogue thumb sticks.

Reply 3 of 6, by Yesterplay80

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jonboyuk wrote on 2020-05-26, 10:17:

So in the game Screamer, there is no option to set up a controller (unless I'm missing something). I believe it's automated. Incidentally, it was working with a wired USB SNES style pad which has no analogue thumb sticks.

There is, or at least should be a Setup.exe, where you can configure sound, graphics and controllers.

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Reply 4 of 6, by jonboyuk

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I'm not sure why, but when I open setup.exe it just goes blank, so I don't appear to have an option.

I wonder if xpadder can work on a game by game basis within DOSBox?

Reply 5 of 6, by jonboyuk

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As an aside, I tried Sensible Soccer.

The joystick config was set to auto, and I was able to map the D-pad to the keyboard arrows. This game works fine, which makes me wonder if it is actually game related.

Reply 6 of 6, by jonboyuk

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Sorted it! My fault...

I'm using some of the REMOVED configs for my games, where each game has its own additional DOSBox config file!

Once I added the joystick modifier to this, it all started working again! Thanks for the help.

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