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I'm trying to play an old school DOS Game I got using the DOSBOX DOS emulator, but the problem I have is that the mouse jumps all over the screen and does not allow me to have a good control. The game is Cannon Fodder, which need to have mouse input. So I'm thinking it is problem of conversion from USB mouse to the serial driver which the emulator uses. I already tried to lower the sensitivity using the emulator and to lower it using windows settings.

Anyone have any suggestions on how to resolve this?

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+1 for the most bestest game of all times. – Bora Feb 14 '11 at 15:36
DId a little research on this. Have you tried a PS/2 mouse, or can you do that? – Bora Feb 14 '11 at 16:06
only have usb input – SaUce Feb 14 '11 at 18:48

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Not 100% sure this is the problem, but autolock often causes mouse issues in DOSBox. So try setting it to the opposite of whatever it currently is:

  • In your dosbox.conf file, look for a line setting autolock=false and remove the line (or change the false to true).
  • Or, if no line with autolock exists, add one with autolock=false.
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i was able to fix it looks like game created it own config file called. dosboxCannonFodder.conf so i had to modify that file. i set sensitivity=1 – SaUce Feb 14 '11 at 19:10

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