Author Topic: What's Wrong With My Joystick??? (Read 223 times)

chrsgail · « **on:** March 19, 2006, 10:30:39 AM »

I am using a Microsoft Sidewinder Pro (Gameport Plug, not USB) going to a Sound Blaster Audigy Audo card game port plug. When I try to take off, the plane jumps around wildly and crashes everytime. the throddle works fine.
Sometimes the plane stops responding all together and no matter how much I move the joystick, nothing happens. I have gone to msconfig and set my computer to reboot with only system files so there is nothing running except what I need, but that does not help. It acts the same wether I do a full boot up or not. Can someone help me with this problem. When I use my mouse as a controller everything works fine, but that sucks.

scully

Balsy · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2006, 11:05:19 AM »

calibrate in windows first.

Then log in to the game and calibrate the JS in AH.

Balsy

ridley1 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2006, 05:17:47 AM »

Does the stick work in any other game?

I had the same stick....I'm running Windows XP

I had the same problem...did a search.......

found that it's no longer supported. Microsoft's planned obsolesence.Can't remember where, but found a BB damning Bill gates as the devil about it.

If you get yours to work....let me know.

The Fugitive · « **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2006, 06:33:05 AM »

load the game, online or off, goto the stick cal screen. In the upper blue box are some lines that move when you move the stick. With your stick at rest, all the lines shpould be strait across with out any "blips" in them. If it is bouncing around like a heart monitor hooked to a guy watchin "Jessica Simpson" videos, your stick is a mess!!

Recal the stick, then got to each axis and sliding the "dead band" slide up a bit at a time try to get rid of the spikes.

If the lines are strait from the start, it maybe a driver issue. As you said MS doesn't support their sticks any more, but "Google" it and ya might find some aftermarket type drivers.