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GPL wheel help needed!

2 posts by 1 person · 09 Jul 2001 13:57 UTC - 09 Jul 2001 14:29 UTC

Dan 09 Jul 2001 13:57 UTC#174419
Ok, here is the sad tale, not unique, but driving me crazy. I had a friend who mostly plays GPL and Fighters Anthology, and he has a MS Presision non-FF wheel (usb) and a Wingman Attack joystick (onboard gameport). He had DX 6.0 and had both devices in the Win98 game controller set up. Both games and controllers worked fine, but GPL looked bad in software mode on his ATI Rage VR, so I installed Dx7.0a so he could use the D3d mode that Papy released. NOW< I can't get GPL to recognize the proper axis when setting up his wheel, (having the direct input box checked on the setup page as usual), At this point, he has to remove the joystick from Game Device Controller window to get GPL to set up the axis correctly. (It thinks the brake and steering axis are the same when joystick is in GDC). Then he has to install the joystick in #1 slot in GDC to use it with FA. I have tried both controllers in turn in the #1 slot, and different descriptions for the joystick, and have not been able to get the two to exist together like before 7.0a. How do I get back to the simple life with 7.0a?
Dan 09 Jul 2001 14:29 UTC↳ reply to Dan#174426
On Mon, 09 Jul 2001 13:57:15 GMT, [email hidden] (Dan) wrote:
Quoted text (17 lines)>Ok, here is the sad tale, not unique, but driving me crazy. I had a >friend who mostly plays GPL and Fighters Anthology, and he has a MS >Presision non-FF wheel (usb) and a Wingman Attack joystick (onboard >gameport). He had DX 6.0 and had both devices in the Win98 game >controller set up. Both games and controllers worked fine, but GPL >looked bad in software mode on his ATI Rage VR, so I installed Dx7.0a >so he could use the D3d mode that Papy released. NOW< I can't get GPL >to recognize the proper axis when setting up his wheel, (having the >direct input box checked on the setup page as usual), At this point, >he has to remove the joystick from Game Device Controller window to >get GPL to set up the axis correctly. (It thinks the brake and >steering axis are the same when joystick is in GDC). Then he has to >install the joystick in #1 slot in GDC to use it with FA. I have tried >both controllers in turn in the #1 slot, and different descriptions >for the joystick, and have not been able to get the two to exist >together like before 7.0a. How do I get back to the simple life with >7.0a?
So did I mention it's dx7.0a that caused this, not papy .dll, and I need help getting the 2 controllers working together with 7? thanks.

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