Joystick Support in MS-DOS

[B. Haskin]

I've been trying for days to run TIE Fighter (Collector's CD-ROM) on
my Windows 98 (First Edition) computer. I have tried running the game
in a windowed DOS session, but 19/20 times I get a "Stack Overflow!"
error message. It seemed my only option was to run it in full DOS
mode.

I found a how-to here:
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/viewfaq.html?i=42

I followed the directions, and came up with the following config
files:

autoexec.bat

@ECHO OFF
LH C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\MSCDEX.EXE /D:IDECD001
LH C:\WINDOWS\SMARTDRV.EXE
LH C:\MOUSE\MOUSE.EXE
C:\ESSOLO.COM
SET BLASTER=A220 I5 D1

config.sys

DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE
DOS=HIGH,UMB,NOAUTO
STACKSHIGH=0,0
BUFFERSHIGH=10,0
FCBSHIGH=1
FILESHIGH=30
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\IFSHLP.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\CPQIDECD.SYS /D:IDECD001

This setup works almost perfectly. The one problem is this: the game
does not detect my joystick (a Logitech WingMan Interceptor),
rendering the game more or less unplayable. This problem exceeds my
knowledge of DOS and computers in general. I have found no relevant
resources on the internet or in print.

The last time I was able to run TIE Fighter in a windowed DOS session,
I believe I was able to use the joystick. It was a very long time
ago, however, and I can't be sure.

As I see it, there are two ways to solve my problem: fix the Stack
Overflow error, or get the joystick working for full DOS mode. Any
help with either issue would be greatly appreciated. I would be happy
to provide more information, as well.

~~LightForce (B. Haskin)

[CyberSword]

If the Joystick is USB, you can forget it, other wise, you have to
configurate your joystck port (mostly found on the soundcard these days.)
try using the setup of your soundcard

You also can try to simply add the following line to your autoexec.bat

c:\windows\win

this way, windows is loaded along with the new config files.
This works for example when your Joystick is simply not supporting DOS or
works with USB.

I hope it works, and if so, have a lot of fun killing TIE fighters.

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[B. Haskin]

Good news!

Although the joystick problem itself has not been resolved, LucasArts
Tech Support has offered to upgrade me to the Windows 9x re-release of
TIE Fighter for a very reasonable price of $5. This way, I will be
able to use my joystick, and not have to reboot every time I want to
play the game.

Thanks for your advice, CyberSword. :)

~~LF

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