From: Shawn Hargreaves Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Allegro joystick questions Date: Sun, 9 Feb 1997 23:38:53 +0000 Organization: None Distribution: world Message-ID: References: <5dlf2r$sh4 AT organ DOT cs DOT indiana DOT edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: talula.demon.co.uk MIME-Version: 1.0 Lines: 24 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Jeff Standish writes: >I know that Allegro has some extra functions which work with the CH FS-Pro >joystick. But will these work with any of the multi-function joystick, or >only the FS-Pro? I ask because I've been checking out the local stores, I suspect not. I don't have specs for any of these enhanced joysticks, but I'd be very surprised if they are all compatible with each other. If you can find specs for a Sidewinder, though, it shouldn't be too hard to add support for it... >And a final question, is it common to get noise from the joystick? I can >leave the joystick in the neutral position, not even touching it, and >every now and again the joystick position will jump to non-zero values for This happens. How much depends on the quality of your joystick: I have a really cheap one that wobbles almost 5% of the total range without me even touching it! Allegro has some damping code that ignores very small movements, and provides a 'dead zone' a bit to either side of the centre position, but you are still likely to get some noise in the input... /* * Shawn Hargreaves - shawn AT talula DOT demon DOT co DOT uk - http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/ * Ghoti: 'gh' as in 'enough', 'o' as in 'women', and 'ti' as in 'nation'. */