Having dug out an old copy of Privateer 2 I ran into a problem last night.
Aeons ago I purchased a lovely F16 Combat Stick (and I swear, they don't make joysticks like this anymore) - which of course comes equipped with a gameport jack.
Now, I've learned that Dosbox quite happily supports USB joysticks - but I haven't found anything to suggest that it does not support the gameport devices.
Anyone who can shed some light on this subject?
I suppose that I could just go out and get a gameport to USB converter - alas, when I tried I was informed that the shop didn't stock them anymore. And getting something like that off the net will take at least a week...
Currently I'm hoping that I can make the P2 win95 patch work for me and circumvent the issue in that manner...
Still I'd like to know if I could use my gameport joystick with dosbox for when I reinstall the original WC for a trip down memory lane later. (First proper computer game I played, and I played it a lot!!!)
Aeons ago I purchased a lovely F16 Combat Stick (and I swear, they don't make joysticks like this anymore) - which of course comes equipped with a gameport jack.
Now, I've learned that Dosbox quite happily supports USB joysticks - but I haven't found anything to suggest that it does not support the gameport devices.
Anyone who can shed some light on this subject?
I suppose that I could just go out and get a gameport to USB converter - alas, when I tried I was informed that the shop didn't stock them anymore. And getting something like that off the net will take at least a week...
Currently I'm hoping that I can make the P2 win95 patch work for me and circumvent the issue in that manner...
Still I'd like to know if I could use my gameport joystick with dosbox for when I reinstall the original WC for a trip down memory lane later. (First proper computer game I played, and I played it a lot!!!)
