Joystick mapping question

[Krusty]

I've only got a trigger, hat, and 8 buttons. There's only a few select necessities that I can map to my joystick.

I was thinking about it, though. One of my buttons was intended to be a shift key. It's an old analog MS Sidewinder Prec Pro so I never bothered with it. There is no software for XP, you just plug it in and calibrate and you're good to go.

But then I Was thinking:

How do joystick buttons work? If you map a key to WEP does it just map it to "P"? So every time I hit the button it's just registering a "P" press? Or is it taking the input differently?

Because I was wondering if I could fake a shift key just by the way I map it in AH's stick mapping. Say I set the shift key to shift, is there any way to set "P" to "shift+button4"?

I'm not really sure how this works. What's the deal?

[Mustaine]

if programmed in AH it is programmed as a directX button.

IIRC there are 32 DX button assignments possible. (button #'s 0-32 or whatever)

when you program WEP in AH to button DX03 then it is button 3 not "P" keyboard assignments are completely seperate.

in AH you can program a button or a keyboard comman to change the stick set. there are 4 stick sets available in AH.

meaning:

every button on your stick can do 4 seperate functions, but not the way you are asking. when going to stick set 2 for example, all the buttons function in set 2, unless you program set 2 exactly as set 1.

does that make sence? i'll example it out:

button 1 (trigger) set 1 = fire primare / set 2 = fire primary / set 3 = fire primary

button 2 (any other button) set 1 = WEP / set 2 = gun zoom / set 3 = toggle gear

button 3 (another button) set 1 = gun zoom / set 2 = fire secondary / set 3 = WEP


do that for 8 buttons X 4 "sets" you can program whatever you want, but set 2 is all buttons set 2.


hope that helps

[Krusty]

in AH you can program a button or a keyboard comman to change the stick set. there are 4 stick sets available in AH.

Oooooo-oooohhhhhhhhhh!!!! THAT's how to do it!!!!! Thanks! I'll really have to try that!