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Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

Phil Le

Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

by Phil Le » Sun, 28 Oct 2001 18:55:46

I installed Windows XP on Thursday, mainly because I need to know how to use
it for my job, but I was hopeful that it would become my main operating
system.  Fortunately as it turns out, I installed it as a dual boot system
leaving my Windows ME installation intact.

Microsoft have made an amazing omission from XP.  In the Game Controllers
applet you can no longer assign a controller ID to a particular controller.
There is an option to set a controller to be the primary one but this
apparently only works when using all USB controllers.  If you have a
gameport and a USB controller, the gameport controller is always controller
1.

This means that I can't use my racing setup in XP.  I need to have my USB
Act Labs Force RS as controller 1 and my gameport BRD F1 Sim pedals as
controller 2 so that the RS Shifter works correctly in GPL.  I can't do
this, so I have to boot into Windows ME to race.

If anyone knows a solution to this problem I would be very grateful.

Apart from this major problem from my point of view, XP seems to be an
excellent OS.

Cheers

Phil Lee
--
Legends Central Webmaster
http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Les Marto

Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

by Les Marto » Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:01:41

Get a Gameport to USB converter. Check out :-

http://www.joy-stick.net/reviews/other/usbadapt.htm
http://www.usbcable.com/47-1932.htm


Drag0

Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

by Drag0 » Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:10:37

Surely XP still uses a registry setting for this.
I'm not sure how difficult it is, but couldn't one modify the registry
settings for the controller ID's manually?
Phil Le

Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

by Phil Le » Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:17:17


XP does use a registry but I couldn't find any reference the the controller
ID when I had a dig around in it.  If you or anyone have any pointers on
where I should look they'd be gratefully received.

Cheers

Phil Lee
--
Legends Central Webmaster
http://www.legendscentral.com

Phil Le

Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

by Phil Le » Sun, 28 Oct 2001 20:21:33


Those look like interesting products.  I'll look into alternative solutions
for the time being but may well get one of those.  Thanks.

Phil Lee

--
Legends Central Webmaster
http://www.legendscentral.com

Destro

Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

by Destro » Sun, 28 Oct 2001 23:34:20

MS keeps saying how great their OS's are for *** yet in each version
they seem to always ignore controller configurability and options. Wait
for the SE version of XP, perhaps they'll put it in there but I wouldn't
hold my breath.

>I installed Windows XP on Thursday, mainly because I need to know how to use
>it for my job, but I was hopeful that it would become my main operating
>system.  Fortunately as it turns out, I installed it as a dual boot system
>leaving my Windows ME installation intact.

>Microsoft have made an amazing omission from XP.  In the Game Controllers
>applet you can no longer assign a controller ID to a particular controller.
>There is an option to set a controller to be the primary one but this
>apparently only works when using all USB controllers.  If you have a
>gameport and a USB controller, the gameport controller is always controller
>1.

>This means that I can't use my racing setup in XP.  I need to have my USB
>Act Labs Force RS as controller 1 and my gameport BRD F1 Sim pedals as
>controller 2 so that the RS Shifter works correctly in GPL.  I can't do
>this, so I have to boot into Windows ME to race.

>If anyone knows a solution to this problem I would be very grateful.

>Apart from this major problem from my point of view, XP seems to be an
>excellent OS.

>Cheers

>Phil Lee
>--
>Legends Central Webmaster
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/

Obak

Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

by Obak » Mon, 29 Oct 2001 13:34:46


wonder if i can get my old trusty ms sidewinder 3d pro working with these?

Vintoo

Multiple Controllers and Windows XP, a warning

by Vintoo » Mon, 29 Oct 2001 23:32:54

This problem has been brought over from win2k. I have researched everything
about this problem and have never found a solution. All I use is USB
controllers and I still can't select the ID. I have to just plug and play
the controller I want to use. Get used to it, MS won't be fixing this
anytime soon.

Vintook



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