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Windows 8(.1) Jerky Mouse in SVN

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First post, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2014-01-24, 17:05

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Since having to upgrade to the dreaded Windows 8.1, I discovered that the mouse would become jerky and uncooperative in DOSBox SVNs. When I compiled my SVNs, I used the SDL.DLL created by Virtual C++ 2008. My solution was to use the SDL.DLL from vanilla DOSBox 0.74, problem fixed.

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Reply 1 of 5, by Qbix

Posted on 2014-01-24, 18:32

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Yep, I am aware of that. The wasteland "remake" suffers from the same problem and the SDL.dll fix works there as well.

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Reply 2 of 5, by Great Hierophant

Posted on 2014-01-24, 22:50

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When I compiled according to the instructions, I used the 1.2.15 SDL library because I believed that newer=better. However, comparing the file sizes, the 1.2.13 that comes with vanilla 0.74 is larger, and presumably has a greater number of functions or more compatible functionality built-in. I hope Steam has updated their distribution.

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