delete mapper.txt

Thanks, that restored the defaults on the key mapper.

Anybody out there know anything about this joystick problem though? It's driving me crazy!! Any help at all would be appreciated. Thanks!

Set cycles= to a fixed value and try again with timed=true/false.

Update the game:
http://www.3dgamers.com/dlselect/games/tiefig … er/tiecdjoy.txt

I've just followed Johan's link to IGN/ 3D Gamers, and there is no actual download there, only a help file on how to use the update if you manage to ever get it. I've been back (on this dial-up system, not the bedroom's cable broadband), and I remember why I never went hack to IGN after registering there. and even killed the bookmark -- between the slowness and the constant harping on the benefits of a paid subscription, that's a terrible web site.

Slower than molasses in winter. There will be a better download site somewhere, some day.

Sometimes it helps to get a little bit of creative:
On the link by Johan you could have clicked on the "downloads" register and you would have ended at
http://www.3dgamers.com/games/tiefighter/downloads/

What kind of joystick do you have? I have a Saitek Cyborg 3D Gold. If you're still having trouble with the keymapper, it might be easier to use whatever key programming software came with your joystick; I used Profiler with TIE Fighter Collector's Edition without DOSBox for a year.