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Could be bad mountings or an install error. I’m assuming you’re using your own ISO file, created from your own physical copy of the game…? Because downloaded stuff is broken quite often, and causes a whole lot of issues. If you want to make sure: the GOG version of Dungeon Keeper Gold (5.59 €/$) is running fine. I’m running the DOS version, with Alt+R ingame to switch to SVGA resolution.
Are you using expert settings? If so, could you please post the whole contents of your config?
If not, could you upload your Dungeon Keeper .mgc file somewher (Long press game icon -> Export, file is stored in /sdcard/MagicBox/Exports) and post the link here?That’s what I was thinking of. It would be a PITA to create all these widgets, though. But you’re right, I take back the “impossible”, and replace it with “horribly tedious”. Not a fault in mDosbox, but the game’s UI is… challenging. ?
What games in particular are you talking about? Maybe there’s a workaround for your issue. If there aren’t too many buttons, you can e.g. create widgets that are thicker and easier to tap.
Hi Tony,
I think the large dead zone is a good idea, and can solve most of the issue.
For the last bit of accuracy, maybe you can add a tiny (user-adjustable?) input delay: let’s say, I want to move to the top left position. This will take ~50-100 ms, I guess. So, if mDosbox notices beginning analog joystick input, it waits for ~50 ms, to see where the movement ends.
Of course, you could also extend the deadzone further, something like this should also do the trick:
It doesn’t get any more precise when you’re playing with an analog joystick, maybe your first solution in the beta was already what rcoltrane is talking about.
Glad you got it resolved. Nova Launcher is one of the best anyway. My personal favourite, been using it for years now.
And while you’re at it, make sure to check out Beloko Games’ site. He posted all his ports for free after he got banned from Google Play (for using copyrighted images? I don’t know). Jedi Outcast & Jedi Academy in particular are still incredibly good games today, better than any native mobile game. And he made Quake 1-3 ports, as well as Return to Castle Wolfenstein.
And if your want some really serious action, check out DIII4A: that one’s a Doom 3 port (!!!) for Android. With a little tweaking, I was able to run it full speed on my old Note 2, and on my S7, it’s running smoothly with Ultra Detail. ??
As with Half-Life, you’ll need the original game files for all these ports. They all have great, completely configurable touch controls, so they’re all worth playing.
Xash isn’t experimental at all. There’s a 100% working port on Google Play, and there’s even a VR version. This one is insanely ingenious. ??
Usually, it appears when you have a gamepad connected. Or you can enable under Generak Settings -> Control interface with gamepad. “Reserved button” is the button which will show/hide the blue cursor, to allow control of the game itself.
Hmm… I don’t have DF2 here for testing. I tried 320×200 and 512×384 in thief and Half-Life, ingame if available, and via cfg-file editigin, but this either didn’t work or even crashed the game.
As I said, this didn’t work in the official/svn PC version of Dosbox, either. But I’ll give it another try. Thief on my phone would be uber-awesome. ?Are your sure that’s even possible? According to Mobygames, 640×480 is the lowest you can go. And when I google this, I only get DF 1 results (which is running 320×200 anyway).
I think Windows 95 games are always 640×480 or higher. I would love to get a hack to run others like Half Life or Thief at 320×200 as well, but I think this won’t work, neither in Magic Dosbox, nor in the desktop version. Let alone the buggy Win95 graphics emulation in Dosbox in general. ?Mmmhh… in that case, as a last resort, it would of course be worth a try and uninstall + reinstall Magic Dosbox. But create a backup of your profiles first (in Magic Dosbox main menu)!
This backup is a zip file that contains the MagicBox folder, and can simply be unzipped to your internal SD to restore all profiles (if you didn’t change the default path).No, not reinstall. You can clear the cache by going to the settings menu –> app settings (on my S7 it’s called “Application Manager”, may be a bit different on your phone). There, scroll down until you find Magic Dosbox in the list. Tap it once, and in the next menu, tap “Storage”, then “Clear Cache”. That’s it for Touchwiz Marshmallow, at least.
I see you’re still on Lollipop. It’s possible that the “Clear Cache” button will show up immediately when you tap on Magic Dosbox in the App Manager.
Do the same for your launcher, just to make sure.
If you can’t find the option anywhere, look for “clear cache” on Google Play, there are plenty of apps that can do the job.
