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From: George Foot <george DOT foot AT merton DOT oxford DOT ac DOT uk>
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Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1998 21:25:42 +0000
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Subject: Re: ALLEGRO BUG
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On 24 Jul 98 at 19:34, Mark Kiejna wrote:

> Uh, I don't know why exactly no has responded to this
> possible serious bug in the new Allegro joystick API
> routines from the May 30 diff patch for Allegro 3.0
> 
> It seems on fast computers, pentiums 266+, the
> new routines do not register the 'left' direction
> on the joystick.

I have a Pentium II 333MHz, and notice no problem (using an ordinary
two axis, four button joystick).

> The problem has been noticed in demo.exe and ex27.exe
> The left direction on the control pad/joystick does
> not register. It is not a simple calibration problem
> either!

I notice no problem in the demo game.  I think there is a slight
problem, though, with the way ex27 calibrates the joystick; for mine,
it's extremely sensitive to right and down movement.  Calibrating the
joystick from the Allegro setup program solves this though.

> ANYONE have similar problems with a gravis game pad
> on a fast machine?

Perhaps it is something specific to the Gravis gamepad.  If you have 
a "Gamepad Pro" (whatever that is) try selecting that option from the 
Allegro setup program.

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