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[zapman]

Surprisingly, I haven't found anything on the boards about a huge problem there is with doxbox, so I started this thread:

Touch input doesn't work very well with doxbox, so you have to stick to the nubs to play games like 'Master of Orion' or 'Master of Magic': the left nub moves the mouse pointer, the right nub handles the mouse clicks: LMB, RMB, MMB and doubleclick.

Now the problem is, that the right nub, when doing a left click, also moves the mouse pointer a bit; mostly upwards. That way you can seldomly click on spots you intend which leads to the point where MOO isn't really playable anymore..

Is that problem known? Is there a fix?

Thx for your help!


PS: This problem only occurs in dosbox, I have never had any problems like that on other games or programs.

Edited by zapman, 13 October 2010 - 08:05 AM.

[Pickle]

Surprisingly, I haven't found anything on the boards about a huge problem there is with doxbox, so I started this thread:

Touch input doesn't work very well with doxbox, so you have to stick to the nubs to play games like 'Master of Orion' or 'Master of Magic': the left nub moves the mouse pointer, the right nub handles the mouse clicks: LMB, RMB, MMB and doubleclick.

Now the problem is, that the right mouse button, when doing a left click, also moves the mouse pointer a bit; mostly upwards. That way you can seldomly click on spots you intend which leads to the point where MOO isn't really playable anymore..

Is that problem known? Is there a fix?

Thx for your help!


PS: This problem only occurs in dosbox, I have never had any problems like that on other games or programs.

Maybe i broke something when trying to get the touchscreen to work. I have these games so I will test it out.

[zapman]

Thanks alot Pickle! Looking forward to your results.

[zapman]

Pickle, did you find any hickup in the doxBox code?

Don't want to push you, yet I do want to push you

[Pickle]

Pickle, did you find any hickup in the doxBox code?

Don't want to push you, yet I do want to push you

Sorry i didnt get to it yet, such is life :-/
I will try for this weekend.

[Jdbye]

I noticed that bug as well when I tried Warcraft 2, made the game really annoying to play. I'm happy that Warcraft 2 seemed to run well though, albeit a little slow

[Pickle]

I noticed that bug as well when I tried Warcraft 2, made the game really annoying to play. I'm happy that Warcraft 2 seemed to run well though, albeit a little slow

have you tried wargus?

[MonkeyChops]

not a great fix but I map my shoulder buttons to mouseclicks and if you move the mouse the the corner of the screen with the stylus and bring it back down, it kind of calibrates it.

[EvilDragon]

Well, when Pickle finds some more time (currently he's working on the awesome PickleLauncher), he'll probably start updating his ports that use touchscreen with the patch from DJWillis.
Then no more out-of-sync issues... Pretty please?

[Pickle]

Well, when Pickle finds some more time (currently he's working on the awesome PickleLauncher), he'll probably start updating his ports that use touchscreen with the patch from DJWillis.
Then no more out-of-sync issues... Pretty please?

what i thought you were a porting expert now ;-)
so many things to do....anyone got a clone machine yet?

[EvilDragon]

Well, when Pickle finds some more time (currently he's working on the awesome PickleLauncher), he'll probably start updating his ports that use touchscreen with the patch from DJWillis.
Then no more out-of-sync issues... Pretty please?

what i thought you were a porting expert now ;-)

Not... quite.
I have no idea what I'm doing. Also, I'm using cpasjuste's toolchain which doesn't like to work with some programs... and I didn't manage to setup DJWillis' yet

so many things to do....anyone got a clone machine yet?

I'd take one! Instead of producing the Pandora, we could clone it then

[Pickle]

I have no idea what I'm doing. Also, I'm using cpasjuste's toolchain which doesn't like to work with some programs... and I didn't manage to setup DJWillis' yet

i havnt used either of those, i always used the CSL's

[EvilDragon]

i havnt used either of those, i always used the CSL's

What's CSL? Maybe it's the reason some things like Super Mario War freeze occasionally?
As said, happened with Wesnoth, too, and Ivanovic's port doesn't do that.

[Pickle]

i havnt used either of those, i always used the CSL's

What's CSL? Maybe it's the reason some things like Super Mario War freeze occasionally?
As said, happened with Wesnoth, too, and Ivanovic's port doesn't do that.

CodeSourcery toolchains, it could be the reason

[Clean3d]

not a great fix but I map my shoulder buttons to mouseclicks and if you move the mouse the the corner of the screen with the stylus and bring it back down, it kind of calibrates it.

Could I ask how you remapped your shoulder button? [EDIT] Nevermind, I figured it out. If anyone else it curious, you just remap it like you would anything else in Dosbox: press Ctrl+F1, click "leftclick", click "add", and press the shoulder button. I can finally play Ishar! (although I'll probably die a lot until Dosbox's touchscreen is patched. Silly game controls! )