Hey all - I'm using a Sidewinder Precision Pro 2, and while the game auto-detects my joystick fine, it is WAYYYY too sensitive. Any idea how I lower the sensitivity in Dosbox?

Bumping this - would love to figure out how I can play! As it is combat is virtually impossible :(

I'm afraid, analog joystick support in DOSBOX is quite basic, and you can't really fine tune the sensitivity of the axis... on top of that, WC1 emulated speed is one of the most difficult to setup properly

You might want to try some different joystick type in the .CONF file (see http://www.dosbox.com/DOSBoxManual.html#Joystick) and see if that helps

That's a good idea, I'll give that a shot. If all else fails I can just try an Xbox 360 gamepad.

Don't know if this applicable for all joysticks, but I just managed to control my way too sensitive Logitech Rumblepad 2 (gamepad) by lowering the "Range" parameter for the x and y axis in the Logitech software. Changing Sensitivity didn't have any influence.

Hi, edit your dosbox config file in your WC1 directory - set timed to false - then it should be considerably less sensitive

I'm also experiencing this problem. Timed is already set to false and even with Logitech drivers installed, there's no option to change the range of my gamepad. It's a very old Logitech Dual Action; should I just buy something newer?

If you look in the install folder, there should be another .exe file called "setup.exe" or "config.exe" or something like that (I forget the exact name). Anyway, run it and you will see a "sensitivity" setting that will probably be at 100 by default. I turned it all the way down to 1, and it made a huge difference.

SM2.EXE
TRANS2.exe
TRANSFER.exe
WC.EXE

No other .exe files.

My bad. I went and checked and it's actually a shortcut called "Launch graphic mode setup." Click over to the 'advanced' tab, and then lower the slider for "mouse sensitivity" (it affects the joystick too).

I tried that; it affected the mouse, but the gamepad was still fast.

I have the Logitech Dual Action and the default driver settings were unplayable for me as well. I went to http://www.logitech.com/en-us/support/288?osid=14&bit=64 and downloaded the "gaming software" (the only thing downloadable on the page). In that software you can left click the the Left Stick X and Y Axis mappings and under "Axis Properties" you'll find both sensitivity and range settings. Like mr_dfuse experienced, changing the sensitivity didn't seem to have an effect but cutting the range to 50% for both X and Y seems to have done the trick.

Thanks; that worked.

There is a neat app to calibrate gamepads and steering wheels, it's called DXTweat and I got it from https://sethioz.com/download.php?view.80 . To use it correctly - and with results - first of all I have to open the Windows properties of my steering wheel where I can see how my device functions - which buttons I press and how the axis behaves. I have a dedicated driver installed for the wheel, so I also have in those properties the option to to set default axis ranges - for generic devices that Windows sets up, those calibration settings are in another tab that says Calibrate. Anyways, I set up my steering wheel axis rage with DXTweat and THEN I have to use 'Set default' and also 'Set' in the Windows joysticks that I previously opened to see the results of how my steering wheel behaves. After a few tires, really quick and effective to reduce the axis range, for example. For my wheel, the x axis ranges are by default 0-128-255 (first value is leftmost turn range, third value is rightmost turn range), so I can set up 96-128-160 to get a much narrower wheel range. Also playing around with deadzone helps sometimes. I HIGHLY SUGGEST WRITING DOWN YOUR DEVICE AXIS RANGE VALUES BEFORE USING DXTweat by using the default Windows joystick properties, on Linux with jstest (now in linuxconsoletools package on some distros) or other program, so that you can revert the changes. DXTweat will screw up your settings when you use its default ranges setting - so beware!

However, in the end I'm using digital controls again, because I can't really find a comfortable setting for this game. I think it has been designed for digital control primarily, they feel the best. Even having a good narrow steering wheel range, that does make sense and feels somewhat responsive, it's always either no turning or maximum turning here, it's always not possible to have in-between ranges to really have precise and smooth control