Help! USB Joystick in Privateer 1 (using DosBox)

Malander · 10-11-2008, 11:25

I finally got a copy of WC Privateer this past friday again (been a while since I played and got it working... mostly. I am unable to get it to properly respond to my Logitech Extreem 3D pro stick. The curser in game keeps running away on me up and to the left.

Thus far nothing I have done within the doxbox config file has helped. Only setting joystick to none and restarting doxbox and then the game helps but that limits me to keyboard and mouse controls only.

Does anyone have an idea of what I can do?

AD · 10-11-2008, 14:56

Is the stick calibrated correctly in windows (in the control panel and then in game controllers)?

Malander · 10-11-2008, 16:27

Near as I can tell, yes. Unless somehow I have to also configure the logitec profiler for WC Privateer but for just basic commands should it not just accept it seeing as windows seems ok with all buttons and such? Bad stick perhaps or just Privateer doesn't like it?

AD · 10-11-2008, 16:58

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Originally Posted by Malander

Near as I can tell, yes. Unless somehow I have to also configure the logitec profiler for WC Privateer but for just basic commands should it not just accept it seeing as windows seems ok with all buttons and such? Bad stick perhaps or just Privateer doesn't like it?

Is it still running away though? Are you saying that the primary fire button isn't working (Priv doesn't support more than a two button mouse without external mapping software). Did you try running the calibration in the game itself?

Also, make sure you don't have any other game controlers (usb or gameport) plugged in at the same time.

AD · 10-11-2008, 16:59

Quote:

Originally Posted by AD

Is it still running away though? Are you saying that the primary fire button isn't working (Priv doesn't support more than a two button mouse without external mapping software). Did you try running the calibration in the game itself?

Also, make sure you don't have any other game controlers (usb or gameport) plugged in at the same time.

Malander · 10-12-2008, 11:06

Yes I had run the ingame calibration but it does not help. Only things plugged in via USB are my mouse and ofcourse the joysitck, well ok the printer too but that's kinda beside the point.

But yes, it does keep running away on me no matter what I have tried thus far. It does not wait for me to be in flight either. Even the load / new etc screen I can tell then that it is running away on me.

ChrisReid · 10-20-2008, 14:33

This happens to me in Privateer in DOSBox, but only when I start the game before having the joystick turned on. I have a Logitech Wireless Freedom. Have you made sure that the joystick is all good to go and then restarted DOSBox and Priv? If you haven't already, you should also experiment with the joystick options - joysticktype, timed and swap34 settings definitely.

11-04-2008, 13:16

Hey Malander!
have you found any solution to your problem yet?
I have the same trouble with the Joystick running to the upper left...
It sucks because despite that Privateer is working perfectly well on my system!

12-13-2008, 06:16

I've just installed Privateer in DOSBOX .72. I tried all the joystick options and the ones that worked for me are:

[joystick]
joysticktype=2axis
timed=false
autofire=false
swap34=false
buttonwrap=true

"timed=false" seemed to be the line that worked. After that you may still need to go to options in the game menu and recalibrate your joystick and that should stop it going up and to the left.

01-05-2009, 16:29

If the cursor still jumps into the upper corner of the screen after checking for calibration...
go into the key mapper utility and delete all the joystick functions on the lower diagram and
then delete the "2" on the upper diagram leaving the "1" and the + and - intact for the X and Y axis.
In the configuration file...set the joystick to joysticktype=auto and Timed=false

Good hunting !!

10-11-2008, 11:25	#1
Malander Cadet Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 5	Help! USB Joystick in Privateer 1 (using DosBox) I finally got a copy of WC Privateer this past friday again (been a while since I played and got it working... mostly. I am unable to get it to properly respond to my Logitech Extreem 3D pro stick. The curser in game keeps running away on me up and to the left. Thus far nothing I have done within the doxbox config file has helped. Only setting joystick to none and restarting doxbox and then the game helps but that limits me to keyboard and mouse controls only. Does anyone have an idea of what I can do?

10-11-2008, 14:56	#2
AD Finder of things, Doer of stuff Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: BC, Canada Posts: 3,776	Is the stick calibrated correctly in windows (in the control panel and then in game controllers)? __________________ "I saw a monster come with speed, Its face of grimmliest green, On human beings used to feed, Most dreadful to be seen." - Excerpt from Horrors, Lewis Carroll, 1850

01-05-2009, 16:29	#10
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	Joystick problem If the cursor still jumps into the upper corner of the screen after checking for calibration... go into the key mapper utility and delete all the joystick functions on the lower diagram and then delete the "2" on the upper diagram leaving the "1" and the + and - intact for the X and Y axis. In the configuration file...set the joystick to joysticktype=auto and Timed=false Good hunting !!

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10-11-2008, 16:27	#3
Malander Cadet Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 5	Near as I can tell, yes. Unless somehow I have to also configure the logitec profiler for WC Privateer but for just basic commands should it not just accept it seeing as windows seems ok with all buttons and such? Bad stick perhaps or just Privateer doesn't like it?

10-12-2008, 11:06	#6
Malander Cadet Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 5	Yes I had run the ingame calibration but it does not help. Only things plugged in via USB are my mouse and ofcourse the joysitck, well ok the printer too but that's kinda beside the point. But yes, it does keep running away on me no matter what I have tried thus far. It does not wait for me to be in flight either. Even the load / new etc screen I can tell then that it is running away on me.

10-20-2008, 14:33	#7
ChrisReid Super Soaker Collector Administrator Join Date: Jan 2000 Location: Seattle, Washington, USA Posts: 10,988	This happens to me in Privateer in DOSBox, but only when I start the game before having the joystick turned on. I have a Logitech Wireless Freedom. Have you made sure that the joystick is all good to go and then restarted DOSBox and Priv? If you haven't already, you should also experiment with the joystick options - joysticktype, timed and swap34 settings definitely.

11-04-2008, 13:16	#8
Unregistered Guest Posts: n/a	Hey Malander! have you found any solution to your problem yet? I have the same trouble with the Joystick running to the upper left... It sucks because despite that Privateer is working perfectly well on my system!

12-13-2008, 06:16	#9
Kirby2000 Guest Posts: n/a	I've just installed Privateer in DOSBOX .72. I tried all the joystick options and the ones that worked for me are: [joystick] joysticktype=2axis timed=false autofire=false swap34=false buttonwrap=true "timed=false" seemed to be the line that worked. After that you may still need to go to options in the game menu and recalibrate your joystick and that should stop it going up and to the left.