From: "John M. Aldrich" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Allegro joystick questions Date: Mon, 10 Feb 1997 18:59:12 -0800 Organization: Two pounds of chaos and a pinch of salt Lines: 30 Message-ID: <32FFE080.6AB2@cs.com> References: <5dlf2r$sh4 AT organ DOT cs DOT indiana DOT edu> Reply-To: fighteer AT cs DOT com NNTP-Posting-Host: ppp204.cs.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Shawn Hargreaves wrote: > > 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... Hey! If anyone can in fact find specs to handle the additional functions of the Sidewinder 3D Pro, PLEASE post them here! I ask because for many months I've been trying to convince someone to write an external driver to allow the full capacity of the SW Pro to be used in the games Descent and Descent II. If someone could provide sufficient information to do such a task, thousands of gamers would be indebted to you for life! > 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... I have never know any joystick that didn't wobble a little bit. As you say, most games just damp it out. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- | John M. Aldrich, aka Fighteer I | fighteer AT cs DOT com | | Plan: To find ANYONE willing to | http://www.cs.com/fighteer | | play Descent 2 on DWANGO! | Tagline: | ---------------------------------------------------------------------