🚀 go-pugleaf

RetroBBS NetNews Server

Inspired by RockSolid Light RIP Retro Guy

Article View: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
Article #65609

Re: Wingman Attack joystick problem

#65609
From: ej...
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 1999 00:00
42 lines
2351 bytes
I had a similar problem with my CYBERMAN II, check out if the games are
using 'Windows Joystick' or 'wingman'.  My problem was fixed ( in each
game I tried by using the other one and not what I thought it should be
(even caused the circling effect in one game by assuming first).  Try it
out for your self.  Good luck.

 Chris Breemer (chris_...@nl.compuware.com) wrote:
: Hi All,

: The other day I bought a Logitech Wingman Attack joystick. It does
: not work very well. Had no problems installing, calibrating, and testing
: on my Win98 Pentium MMX. The test screen suggests that the device works
: correctly. But when I play my games (tried 3 different ones), the
: stick does not react to movement. Instead I keep turning left
: continuously,
: it seems like it keeps transmitting the equivalent of left-arrow. This
: also screws up things like option menus.

: Logitech support sez if it works in test mode, the problem must be
: in my games setups. May be true but 3 different games all react exactly
: the same once I tel them to use the joystick, so I think it must be
: something more basic. Perhaps I should upgrade drivers and DirectX ?

: Thanks for any ideas !

: Cheers,

: 	Chris

: PS - Anyone else using this particular type of joystick ? It does not
: seem
: to be a very current model, either it's very old or very new. Any
: experiences
: appreciated.

--
          email: ejbh-Spam-Away(c)-@freenet.edmonton.ab.ca

You know what to remove...

     "Smile, it makes people wonder what you are up to."
	"Since it isn't polite to kill, try burrying them in paperwork!"
Technical Details
Message-ID: <381374aa.0@ecn.ab.ca>
Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!unknown!not-for-mail
References: <3812FA49.B8235C61@nl.compuware.com>

Show Full Headers
Complete Article Headers
From: ej...@ecn.ab.ca ()
Subject: Re: Wingman Attack joystick problem
Date: 1999/10/24
Message-ID: <381374aa.0@ecn.ab.ca>
X-Deja-AN: 540074630
References: <3812FA49.B8235C61@nl.compuware.com>
Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,alt.games,alt.games.ibmpc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,rec.games,uk.games.misc
X-Complaints-To: ne...@sas.ab.ca
X-Trace: news.sas.ab.ca 940799309 11828 198.161.206.2 (24 Oct 1999 21:08:29 GMT)
Organization: Edmonton Community Network
NNTP-Posting-Date: 24 Oct 1999 21:08:29 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.misc,alt.games,alt.games.ibmpc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.games,rec.games,uk.games.misc
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit