Mouse jumps around when using DOSBOX

dosboxmousetechnical-issues

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?

Best Answer

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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