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Old 25-05-2009, 04:53 PM   #1
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hey all i have got shadow president along w dosbox and i can get the game to run. just the mouse stays in the bottom right corner. i have tried mouse drivers and a few other things. is there any way to get mouse to work in dosbox on win xp. ty all
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Old 25-05-2009, 05:15 PM   #2
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tried ctrl-f10 ?
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Old 25-05-2009, 05:31 PM   #3
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...and if *if* you have a joystick plugged in: unplug it.
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Old 25-05-2009, 06:54 PM   #4
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yes ctl f10 unlocks it and no i have no joystick pluged in reading araound seems xp has problems as it dont have a real true dos. so i download mouse drivers still no go.lol ty for ur replies.
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Old 25-05-2009, 07:06 PM   #5
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"Unlocks it", as in: the mouse works normally afterwards, or?
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Old 25-05-2009, 07:46 PM   #6
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"Unlocks it", as in: the mouse works normally afterwards, or?
no well dosbox locks the mouse in dosbox im sure u know lol crl f10 unlocks it to get it out of dosbox or vise versa locks it to dosbox. no mouse does not work in dosbox
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i read here that some user had problem with mouse as well, but i don't know why would it sometimes work and sometimes wouldn't
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Old 25-05-2009, 09:21 PM   #8
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i read here that some user had problem with mouse as well, but i don't know why would it sometimes work and sometimes wouldn't
never worked soon as i click it locks down and dont vove
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??? Open DOSBox.conf, look for the line under "[sdl]" starting with "sensitivity=" and check that the number following isn't 0 or something. 100 is the installation default.
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Old 25-05-2009, 10:31 PM   #10
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??? Open DOSBox.conf, look for the line under "[sdl]" starting with "sensitivity=" and check that the number following isn't 0 or something. 100 is the installation default.
yes it is 100 i think xp just caint run it thanks
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