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The DOS game emulator that's fit for your Mac.
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Gamepad not detected (DOSbox detects) #63

Open nhoda opened 8 years ago

nhoda commented 8 years ago

ISSUE: I set my steam controller to appear as a regular gamepad. In this mode DOSbox (v0.74) enables it and it is detected by DOS games (albeit with unusable mappings). Running the same games through Boxer (e.g Keen 4) no joystick is detected. Running Boxer with the default DOSBox 0.74 configuration file doesn't fix the issue.

OS: El Capitan (10.11.5) on Mid 2010 Mac mini

alinebee commented 8 years ago

Hi Nhoda, sorry that this issue didn't get a reply earlier.

I don't have a Steam controller to test with yet, but Boxer should automatically support any controller that exposes itself to OSX as an HID device and claims to be a gamepad or joystick. I'm not sure why it's failing to pick up yours, especially when DOSBox picks up on it (Boxer's joystick system is completely different from DOSBox's, but shouldn't be pickier about what it supports.) Have you had problems with other games detecting it?

One thing that may be helpful is if you could paste OS X's system report for the device, by doing the following:

  1. Click on the Apple icon in the menu bar and choose "About This Mac".
  2. Click the "System Report" button.
  3. Click on "USB" under "Hardware" in the sidebar on the left. In the USB device list you should see the controller listed.
  4. Select the controller in the list, and paste the contents of the bottom pane into a new comment on this issue.