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Posted April 20, 2021
since the arrow key/cnrl is so wonky. I was wondering what kind of controller I can use. obviously it does not work with modern controllers and that "xinput" crap.
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Posted April 20, 2021
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neosapian: I was wondering what kind of controller I can use.
Any controller properly set up in Windows should work in DOSBox as well.
DOSBox features a built-in mapper tool that you can use to remap the keyboard keys to the controller buttons: you can start the mapper tool pressing CTRL+F1 while DOSBox is running. Follow this guide or this tutorial.
Posted April 21, 2021
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neosapian: I was wondering what kind of controller I can use.
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dr.schliemann: Any controller properly set up in Windows should work in DOSBox as well.
DOSBox features a built-in mapper tool that you can use to remap the keyboard keys to the controller buttons: you can start the mapper tool pressing CTRL+F1 while DOSBox is running. Follow this guide or this tutorial.
the keys are mapped and the buttons work. But Redguard doesn't have an in game calibrator. No matter if I use the hat or the stick on my X-box (windows compatible) F7 pad even if I calibrated it already in Windows 10 Pro, Redguard still gets stuck going "downward" in the menu and in the game my character is stuck walking backwards when I don't pull forward on the stick. is there some Redguard fix? I recall when I purchased this game in 1999 it did this even in the native OS. I am using Windows 10 as of the GOG edition today.
Posted April 22, 2021
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dr.schliemann: Any controller properly set up in Windows should work in DOSBox as well.
DOSBox features a built-in mapper tool that you can use to remap the keyboard keys to the controller buttons: you can start the mapper tool pressing CTRL+F1 while DOSBox is running. Follow this guide or this tutorial.
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neosapian: the keys are mapped and the buttons work. But Redguard doesn't have an in game calibrator. No matter if I use the hat or the stick on my X-box (windows compatible) F7 pad even if I calibrated it already in Windows 10 Pro, Redguard still gets stuck going "downward" in the menu and in the game my character is stuck walking backwards when I don't pull forward on the stick. is there some Redguard fix? I recall when I purchased this game in 1999 it did this even in the native OS. I am using Windows 10 as of the GOG edition today.
I'll try to explain my idea again and in a better way: note that I've never used this method, so I'm not sure if it might work.

When you start the DOSBox key mapper, you are presented with a virtual keyboard and a virtual joystick/joypad: by default the virtual devices' events are bind to the corresponding real keys/buttons on your real devices.
This allows your pad to be properly recognized and used in an old game such as Redguard, but might cause the issues with its calibration and sensitivity you are experiencing.

My idea is to bind the axis/button/hat on your real pad to the corresponding DOSBox virtual keyboard event (i.e. bind D-PAD up direction to the up arrow key), leaving the virtual joystick buttons/axis unbind.
In this way while you are using the pad, the game will assume you are using the keyboard instead possibly solving the sensitivity/calibration related problem.



Another possible solution is to edit the DOSBox configuration file dosbox_redguard.conf setting "timed=false" in the [joystick] section:
[joystick]
timed=false
Posted April 25, 2021
no need to re-explain the first part I got it in your first reply. However, the d-pad up worked though. And I bound it to the "hat" in order for the D-pad to register it. the hat doesn't. odd but it does work, except Cyrus stops dead when I make a turn, but I am going to assume this cannot be corrected. The holding the hat up did correct the calibration into "believing" the thing was a key and not a controller. this registerd as the D-pad being the "hat". better anyway. I don't like hats! despite the nature of this game I think it was meant for keyboard only even if it was wonky. I set it to
joysticktype=4axis(only one joystick to minimize this odd behavior)
timed=false
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=true
Post edited April 25, 2021 by neosapian
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