How to configure Launchbox to automatically run novert.com at dosbox startup?

[LazyDog]

I want to play the original Doom in dosbox with the keyboard+mouse combo, but without the mouse controlling forward/backward movement.

The novert.com program should do the trick, but I do not know how to run this automatically at startup.

[Zombeaver]

You'll need to add it into a .conf for the game.

First, copy novert into the directory of the game you want to use it with. Now, in Launchbox, right-click and go to Edit on the game entry in your library, and clear out both .exes in the launcher tab - the reason you need to do this is that the autoexec portion of dosbox .confs doesn't get used if you have .exes in those fields, and we need to use the autoexec section to start novert. After clearing them out, go to the DOSBox tab, and create a new .conf if you don't have one (click create new) or edit your current one if one already exists. Now click edit in text editor. Scroll all the way to the bottom, and you'll see a section named [autoexec]. In a blank space underneath this, type the following:

mount c "[your\path\to\game]"
C:
novert
[game name]
novert /u
exit

So, to use my copy of Hexen as an example:

mount c "X:\Emulation\DOS\Hexen"
C:
novert
hexen
novert /u
exit

And now you should be good to go. When you start the game in your library, it'll run the autoexec in the .conf, start novert, then start the game - no more annoying forward and backward mouse movement when moving the mouse up and down

[LazyDog]

Thanks a lot, Zombeaver!

Your have explained it very well, and I successfully followed your guide. It is SO nice to get rid of that annoying forward/backward movement when touching the mouse!

Now I can enjoy DOOM in all its retro flavor :-)

Thanks again!

[Zombeaver]

No problem! Happy to help!

I ended up doing this a while back for a few games in my library like Blood, Heretic, and Hexen. Novert's pretty handy.