rec.autos.simulators

> I hope someone can shed a little light on this problem. I have a Creative
> PCI128 soundcard and use the joystick port on the sound card. This works
> fine in Win98 and use to work for DOS games played in a DOS box (GP2, Rally
> Championship, N2) until now. I don't know what happened but these games no
> longer recognize any joysticks or my TSW. Everything looks fine in Device
> Manager, Legacy support turned on, joystick port enabled, etc. The joystick
> port works fine for GPL, N99, MGPRS2, etc.

> Any ideas?

> Wayne Hutchison

>Wayne,

>If it's only within a game, try reinstalling it.  Failing that, try the
>following:

>1) If you have updated card drivers, place them in a temp dir.
>2) Remove the card from the device manager.
>3) Shut down the system and remove the card.
>4) Restart the system without the card.
>5) Shut down again and reinstall the card.
>6) Restart and allow Win98 to find the card.
>7) Select the drivers either from the CD or the temp dir. you created.

>If the above don't do it for you, install Thrustmaster's Pro Panel.

>Cheers!

>Marc

>> I hope someone can shed a little light on this problem. I have a Creative
>> PCI128 soundcard and use the joystick port on the sound card. This works
>> fine in Win98 and use to work for DOS games played in a DOS box (GP2,
Rally
>> Championship, N2) until now. I don't know what happened but these games
no
>> longer recognize any joysticks or my TSW. Everything looks fine in Device
>> Manager, Legacy support turned on, joystick port enabled, etc. The
joystick
>> port works fine for GPL, N99, MGPRS2, etc.

>> Any ideas?

>> Wayne Hutchison

>--
>Marc J. Nelson
>SimRacing Online - http://www.simracing.com

>* No animals were harmed in the making of this e-mail *

> Found the solution finally. I have a Sidewinder Precision Pro USB joystick.

> Thanks for the help. I tried everything you listed and still no luck. I know
> these games use to work a couple of weeks ago. Since then I've updated the
> bios on my motherboard and installed a new video card. So I flashed the old
> bios back in...no change. I don't really want to swap out the VRaptor 8MB
> AGP for the old Stealth II S220 but I may have to just to be sure.

> Found the solution finally. I have a Sidewinder Precision Pro USB joystick.
> If I unplug the joystick from the USB port, my regular joysticks / wheels
> work fine in DOS sims in Win98. With the USB joystick plugged in, the
> regular sticks just don't exist.