On Tue, Mar 18, 2025 at 12:25 PM Bret Johnson <bretj...@juno.com> wrote: > > > I tried it on my Pocket386 (real hardware) but the game won't start, > > saying it needs a joystick to play. And it's true: I don't have a > > joystick or a mouse connected to this. My joystick and my mice are all > > USB, and this system doesn't recognize the on-board USB port. > > I have a never-released program called KEYS2JOY which uses the keyboard > to simulate a joystick. It doesn't have any documentation (yet), > but I can send it if anybody is interested (and will include a brief > description on how to use it). > > I've tested DOSDEF in in a few different VM's (with the aid of KEYS2JOY) > and in some VM's it works OK and in others it crashes. I haven't > tried it on real hardware. Some VMs also run way too fast, so you > may need to use my SLOWDOWN program (or configure the VM speed if it > allows that) to be able to play the game. > > There are very few programs I've come across that actually _require_ > a joystick, but for those that do KEYS2JOY is an alternative. The > keyboard is usually harder to use than a joystick would be, but > can do in a pinch. At a minimum, it can be used for testing > purposes. Trying to use a mouse in place of a joystick, while > possible, would probably result in an unusable game. >
Sure, I'll give it a try and see if that gets DOSDEF to run on the Pocket386. You can't send attachments through the email list, but you can email it to me directly at jh...@freedos.org (or if you prefer, put it online somewhere and I'll download it from there). _______________________________________________ Freedos-devel mailing list Freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel
