Author Topic: Win2K-USB sticks-CH Products  (Read 331 times)

Offline CheeseHead

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Win2K-USB sticks-CH Products
« on: January 16, 2001, 03:06:00 PM »
I read Pyro's post about the patch coming up to enable USB sticks in W2K to work in AH. Great news! However I still have a quetion. Currently in Win2K in the gaming options I have a 6-button joystick w/two POV's and throttle in my setup, only because CH products seems to be avoiding W2K like the plague and has no drivers for W2K. Also, their Speedkeys program they have to program my Combatstick and Pro Throttle will not run in Win2K, so I dual boot with Win98 just to get access to Speedkeys. Let's say that CH Products never comes out with a way to program their gear in Win2K, will the setup screens in AH let me program the throttle/stick?

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Offline Weave

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« Reply #1 on: January 18, 2001, 02:17:00 PM »
I'm kinda wondering too. My P-II struggles when I fly anywhere near a CV furball (5-8fps) so I tend to stay away.

Looking at getting a new P-IV but I'm somewhat concerned about Win2K. I run a MS Sidewinder stick and use CH Pro pedals, both USB.

So any answer CheeseHead gets will affect me also.

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Offline Lephturn

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« Reply #2 on: January 19, 2001, 06:34:00 AM »
Aces High has a very flexible keyboard and joystick mapping function.

I guess it all depends on what you mean by "program".    If your devices show up in windows they should show up in AH.  However, if the drivers don't "work" right or show all the buttons in Windows, I don't expect them to function in AH.  AH will just take what Windows says is there and work with that.  Once the devices show up in AH, you can re-assign just about any action or movement to any button or axis of your controls.  AH is very flexible in this regard.

To make sure you can do what you want, you should download AH 1.05 P 5 (when it comes out today) and map all of your controls offline.  Make sure that your controls will work the way you want them to, and once you are set up you can slap the $ down for a subscription.  

If you need any help mapping the controls or you have a problem, post here and there are many folks who will be glad to help out.  Myself included.  

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