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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Ripsnort on November 22, 2000, 11:30:00 AM
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Or do they all have to be USB?
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Can u use ?
In AH u sure can use them all . Set the Throttle up with at least one button as a direct x button so you can do the calibration in windows control panel . Any game that lets you have mulit controlers that windows see's will let u have that option .
In AH u set the control options up in the game setup under joysticks , plus you can set all the buttons and hats there too ( well two hats and 16 buttons ) for more you will have to use speed keys .
If you don't want speed keys to do all the work use as my direct x buttons as you can , that way you can have mulit joystick setups in AH , I had one for air to air , bombers , then ground work . As speed keys don't have the 3 mode option that the Saitek sticks have .
I sent my bud airguard in Norway my old Pro Throttle and he is using it with a USB MSFFBack 2 joystick and now that I use the New USB CH Pro pedals , have sent off the standard CH peds for him too .
Any controls that windows see's should work fine .
cheers spro
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Thks Spro, I only am concerned about compatibility with Aces High. Cya up!
P.S. Hows dat kitty doing?
[This message has been edited by Ripsnort (edited 11-23-2000).]
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My kitten is so funny , hehe . She makes me smile lots (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif) Thanks for asking !
BTW u can use your stick setup in CFS2 also , it has even more options than AH does now .
You should consider the Saitek hottas though , I was scared to own them at first after reading all the bad press out on them . But reaper finally talked me into it , they have a very nice feel to them . Sometimes I miss the way the CH Pro Throttle slides back and forth as Saitek rotates ( had to use a book under my arm wraped in a towel , fixed it (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif) ) but the joystick has the best feel of any I have owned yet . The software while alittle hard to get to know and setup the first time is and does things that speed keys won't . The shift cycle action is a good case to point too , I set one button to make the map bigger and smaller , on speed keys you would have to use two to do that , now first push makes it bigger , second makes it smaller .
Hey after that fighter stick eight way hat you would love were the hat placement is on this stick (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif)
If they last long enough they will be worth the trouble to learn and then some IMO . Right now www.bestbuy.com (http://www.bestbuy.com) has nice deals on them , it's were I bought mine . 74.95 to my door was pretty good deal I thought .
I really liked my CH gear though if they only would have made the hat that I could reach easy a 8 way would have stuck with them .
cheers spro
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Easy fix there airspro - converts lower hat into an 8-way one... Leaving you with 2 8-way hats (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/smile.gif)...
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lynx
13 Sqn RAF
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I tried that on my CH Combat stick hooked to my Pro Throttle but never got it too work . I hogged the hole pretty darn big too . Oh well maybe it only works with the Fighterstick ?
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i had the 4-way hat drilled to make it a 8-way hat. BUT.... everytime i used any button and looked left with the hat at the same time the guns would fire. (http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/Smileys/default/biggrin.gif) When i sent the stick back in to have it reworked they sent me another stick with a different serial # on it and the 4-way hat was 4 way again. So i left it like that and learned to play with the 4 way hat. Now i have the 8 way thing i have to get use to it now.
RWY
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Just in case anyone needs the "How to..."
guide
http://www.zeb.clara.net/jstick.html (http://www.zeb.clara.net/jstick.html)
-Westy