Author Topic: Joystick Blues (Read 693 times)

SirLoin · « **on:** July 11, 2002, 11:04:00 AM »

I seem to be getting terrible lag with my joystick inputs.Everything was fine flying an F4U then all of a sudden my hat switch views started lagging.Then my control inputs lagging to the point where control is not possible.I tried offline..same thing.I un/reinstalled joystick drivers and video and still the same.Now I fly another sim(EAW,Falcon4) and it's perfect.No probs.Can't fly AH though...Any help very appreciated.

P3 1ghz
GF3 Ti500
512 Ram
Soundblaster Live
MS FFB Pro

SirLoin · « **Reply #1 on:** July 11, 2002, 11:11:11 AM »

Should add ...
Windows ME
No Firewall
Epson USB scanner
FFB Pro connected to soundcard
DSL connection
Latest Detonator drivers

SirLoin · « **Reply #2 on:** July 12, 2002, 09:14:52 AM »

Still no go.I used detonator Destroyer,reinstalled nvida drivers and joystick drivers and same or worse.

Now I'm getting a "burping" when I have WEP selected,that is it goes WEP on/off/on/off/on/off and will bump me right outta autolevel flight.

I have tried another FFB Pro and same results.

Another wier thing is it varies with different planes.I can almost fly a p51d9laggy hat switch views) but I fly a P47 or FW190,I get control input delays and the fire button sticking on or not responding.I have calibrated many times both in AH and in stick software and there is no delay on inputs during that.

Like I mentioned it works fine in EAW,FS 2002 etc..just not AH.

I am running 1200x600 resolution(have fiddled with lower..no effect),thats all I can think of.Any help appreciated..

SirLoin · « **Reply #3 on:** July 12, 2002, 11:05:36 AM »

One other anomoly is a white line at the bottom of my screen that flickers off and on....Also for a brief period when I pulled heavy G's instead of the gradual black circle,it would show blocky black at bottom then whole screen black..but this seems to have been fixed with reinstall....

SirLoin · « **Reply #4 on:** July 12, 2002, 12:21:27 PM »

Also should mention a couple of days before this problem,I upgraded w98se to Wme and my card at GF2 mx400 to GF3 Ti500.

SirLoin · « **Reply #5 on:** July 12, 2002, 01:10:04 PM »

Fiddled with Damping and deadband..no effect.

SKurj · « **Reply #6 on:** July 12, 2002, 01:31:54 PM »

Sirloin?? u upgraded from 98se to ME???????????

First of all.... SLAP.. thats not an upgrade thats a downgrade
second of all... if u 'upgraded' without reformat and instal, you may run into lots of problems...

SKurj

SKurj · « **Reply #7 on:** July 12, 2002, 01:33:08 PM »

oh yeah.. stick plugged into soundcard, check drivers for the soundcard

if all else fails... wipe her clean man and go back to 98se...

SKurj

MutleyBR · « **Reply #8 on:** July 12, 2002, 02:18:18 PM »

Hi Skurj!
Did you do a clean install of Windows ME or installed it on top of previous version? Maybe you have some old drivers conflicting wwwith the new ones... If that is the case, try a peek at
Tweak3D.net They have very good instructions on removing old drives from the system. Although the example is for NVidia cards it works for any card, with due corrections...
Try a search on http://www.Google.com for "joystick" than search the results for "troubleshooting" I got the following results
Google search on joystick troubleshooting
And last, try DXTweak Software from Logitech
Hope it helps, if not, please let me know so we can try some other stuff. I'm not working due to health problems so'got lots of spare time to use...
Take care!!!

SirLoin · « **Reply #9 on:** July 12, 2002, 04:01:35 PM »

I had escafe wipe my drive of w98se and installed Wme.It was fine for 2 days then went screwy...Q?..Can I install W98se overtop of Wme as I dont know how to wipe clean and start over?

I uninstalled my SBLive Value drivers and reinstalled..No effect.

Thnx for the inputs guys!

SirLoin · « **Reply #10 on:** July 12, 2002, 04:04:53 PM »

Arrg..Won't let me install w98se over MV...Oh well.

SKurj · « **Reply #11 on:** July 12, 2002, 06:25:47 PM »

Sirloin

its not a big deal to wipe ME and start from scratch, but if escafe did that when you went to ME and things worked fine..then something else has happened since...

What software did you install in that 2 day period..

SKurj

SirLoin · « **Reply #12 on:** July 12, 2002, 06:40:59 PM »

I also installed "Enditall"..I had this before and it worked great,but the version I downloaded was an advanced version and might have closed more than I bargained for...Still,everything was fine flying online after I ran ENDITALL,then outta nowhere it started buggin out...Any suggestions Skurj?

SKurj · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2002, 12:33:26 AM »

not really Sirloin +( try a virus scan lol

SKurj

akak · « **Reply #14 on:** July 13, 2002, 12:55:39 AM »

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Originally posted by SirLoin
Still no go.I used detonator Destroyer,reinstalled nvida drivers and joystick drivers and same or worse.

Now I'm getting a "burping" when I have WEP selected,that is it goes WEP on/off/on/off/on/off and will bump me right outta autolevel flight.

I have tried another FFB Pro and same results.

Another wier thing is it varies with different planes.I can almost fly a p51d9laggy hat switch views) but I fly a P47 or FW190,I get control input delays and the fire button sticking on or not responding.I have calibrated many times both in AH and in stick software and there is no delay on inputs during that.

Like I mentioned it works fine in EAW,FS 2002 etc..just not AH.

I am running 1200x600 resolution(have fiddled with lower..no effect),thats all I can think of.Any help appreciated..

Is your stick programmable? If it is, then maybe it's the template that is porked and not the stick. Could be another reason why it works in other games but not in AH and why the 2nd stick you tried behaved the same way. If it was a problem with the stick or a conflict of drivers, you'd see the problem in other games as well. Might want to try making another template for your stick and see if that fixes the problem.

Ack-Ack