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Using D-Pad instead of the analog one ?

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First post, by warpdesign_

Posted on 2010-02-13, 10:09

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Hello,

I have a game pad with both analog and D-Pad directionnal controls. On the windows control panel I may move both independently but in DOSBox only the analog one seems to react.

In the game I'm trying (prince of persia 2) there's no way to control joystick buttons but by the time it was released, most gamepad had D-Pad controls only anyway.

Is there a way to make DOSBox use the D-Pad instead of the Analog controls ? I had a look at the configuration file and played with the "joysticktype" entry with no luck...

Reply 1 of 5, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-02-13, 10:19

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turn off analog button on your gamepad.

Reply 2 of 5, by warpdesign_

Posted on 2010-02-13, 13:46

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If only I could... There's no such switch.

Reply 3 of 5, by robertmo

Posted on 2010-02-13, 14:00

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so ctrl-f1 and use keymapper

Reply 4 of 5, by Dominus

Posted on 2010-02-13, 17:05

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If only I could... There's no such switch.

Sometimes game pads have a "secret" combination of buttons/pad movements that switches the controls. At least my adaptoid N64-to-USB adapter features that.

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Reply 5 of 5, by mbd33

Posted on 2010-02-24, 20:34

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If you're using a Logitech dual action gamepad, you need to press the button on the bottom left in the middle of the pad. A little red light will glow and you can now use the digital pad.

If it's not a Logitech pad then I have no idea.

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