I am a race sim nut, so i have my whell and pedals hooked up
constantly. But every now and again I just feel like having a fly, or
shooting the shit out of someone,both of which require a joystick.
I thought if I bought a USB joystick I could plug and play for those
games that reuire a joystick, whilst still having my wheel conected to
the games port.
It doesnt seem to work that way. Do I still have to disable the
steering wheel in the control panel / joystick panel even though my
joytck is USB?
its just a pain having to frig around if i just want to fly around for
a while.
would be interested if others have achieved this result.
thanks
glenn
"glenn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have a USB wheel and pedals for racing and a gameport joystick and rudder
pedals for flying . Both sets stay hooked up all the time but I still
shuffle the desired controller into the first slot of the Win 98 joystick
applet. To make that operation easier I put a shortcut to the applet on my
taskbar next to the start button. Handy to get at and no particular pain to
use, IMO.
David
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> I am a race sim nut, so i have my whell and pedals hooked up > constantly. But every now and again I just feel like having a fly, or > shooting the shit out of someone,both of which require a joystick. > > I thought if I bought a USB joystick I could plug and play for those > games that reuire a joystick, whilst still having my wheel conected to > the games port. > > It doesnt seem to work that way. Do I still have to disable the > steering wheel in the control panel / joystick panel even though my > joytck is USB? > > its just a pain having to frig around if i just want to fly around for > a while. > > would be interested if others have achieved this result. > > thanks > > glennI have a M$ Sidewinder FF and a Guillemot FF Wheel both on USB.. and had a
Precision Pro on gameport before.. never had a problem having both wheel +
joystick plugged in at the same time. Actually, I only ever encountered a
problem with European Air War, which reads Controller ID 1 (Second device)
if you have more than one, and had to unplug my wheel, since my M$ joysticks
would only work on ID 0 for some reason.
"glenn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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> I am a race sim nut, so i have my whell and pedals hooked up > constantly. But every now and again I just feel like having a fly, or > shooting the shit out of someone,both of which require a joystick. > > I thought if I bought a USB joystick I could plug and play for those > games that reuire a joystick, whilst still having my wheel conected to > the games port. > > It doesnt seem to work that way. Do I still have to disable the > steering wheel in the control panel / joystick panel even though my > joytck is USB? > > its just a pain having to frig around if i just want to fly around for > a while. > > would be interested if others have achieved this result. > > thanks > > glenn >
"glenn" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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I have a LWFF wheel and a Logitech Extreme Digital 3D joystick, both
connected to a USB hub. I just choose which I want to use in the Logi
Profiler and go to the game/sim with no problem. Occasionally I am forced to
recalibrate in GPL after using the joystick, but that only happens on rare
occasions.
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