Help Getting MY Joystick To Work With D2X

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Help Getting MY Joystick To Work With D2X

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I have an USB Thrustmaster Top Gun Afterburner II that I would love to play D2X with. I have downloaded all the SDL files for D2X, and Tyranny's joystick mega-pack (to help with axis configs). D2X runs just fine and dandy, but my joystick DOES NOT.

And I would like to fix it very much.

SIMPTUMS:
- When I leave the joystick centered it is still turning down and to the left.

- When I try to move the stick, it responds, but when I move the stick out to the edge (as far as it can go) it stops responding all together.


This has been posted before, and I have used the search feature with no luck. Maybe it was on the old DBB?

Any help will be rewarded with something but I don't know what it is yet.
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Sage wrote:SIMPTUMS:
- When I leave the joystick centered it is still turning down and to the left.

- When I try to move the stick, it responds, but when I move the stick out to the edge (as far as it can go) it stops responding all together.


This has been posted before, and I have used the search feature with no luck. Maybe it was on the old DBB?

Any help will be rewarded with something but I don't know what it is yet.
1. Its spelled symtoms.
2. You need to actually calibrate your joystick.
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Thanks moderiter! I have already calibrated my joystick several times and it still doesn't want to work.

Thanks for your reply though, I know you are trying your best and you are special. Keep trying!
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double post, sorry.
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MD-2389 wrote:
Sage wrote:SIMPTUMS:
- When I leave the joystick centered it is still turning down and to the left.

- When I try to move the stick, it responds, but when I move the stick out to the edge (as far as it can go) it stops responding all together.


This has been posted before, and I have used the search feature with no luck. Maybe it was on the old DBB?

Any help will be rewarded with something but I don't know what it is yet.

1. Its spelled symtoms.
2. You need to actually calibrate your joystick.

It's spelt SYMPTOMS. :p

Try removing the USB hubs in control panel/system/hardware device manager. Then reboot.
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MD, get your spelling right if you're gonna be a spelling nazi. :P

"Spelled" and "spelt" are both proper past tense forms of the verb "to spell", however.
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ooooookay, the last time I checked this was the DBB ★■◆● w/ Mobi Forum, not the DBB Spelling Nazi Wars wars forum.

Ahh sheeyat and I just took a hammer to my sidewinder out in the driveway. dam. oh well, it might be possible to get this joydick to work...?

It works FINE in Descent 3 (and Descent 4 for that matter HARHARHAHR..), so the problem lies deep within the f8cked up code that is D2X... and D1X...
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Too bad you hammered it, I can bring any joystick to life. *wink*
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Just for shits sake, do you have the -joypolled toggle set in your d1x.ini file in the descent directory?
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Well, I didn't even have a d1x.ini, but I made one and set the toggle, and it didn't do anything. :\
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Sage wrote:I have an USB Thrustmaster Top Gun Afterburner II......
Get a gameport joystick....Any other silly questions?

BTW stop being a lil @$$ when someone gives you a suggestion :x :x :x (Ace wannabe!)
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BUBBALOU wrote:
Sage wrote:I have an USB Thrustmaster Top Gun Afterburner II......
Get a gameport joystick....Any other silly questions?
Bubba, he shouldn't have to. My Saitek Cyborg Evo works fine in both D1X and D2X.
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Top Gun wrote:
BUBBALOU wrote:
Sage wrote:I have an USB Thrustmaster Top Gun Afterburner II......
Get a gameport joystick....Any other silly questions?
Bubba, he shouldn't have to. My Saitek Cyborg Evo works fine in both D1X and D2X.
and besides, gameport joysticks are always 10years old+.
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Top Gun wrote:My Saitek Cyborg Evo works fine in both D1X and D2X.
Then that's what he should get....enough of this wanking@!
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Get your folks to get you a Standard Gameport Sidewinder 3DPro off of Ebay. Problem solved.
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Post by Sage »

okay I'm done trying to get this bull★■◆● to work. thanks for trying to help.
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Try messing with the deadzone- increase it a little bit- that should fix it. (within descent)
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