...Because CH and TM use different methods of passing hat positions to games, there're differences how the slider, hat and buttons are handled during gameplay: - in CH mode you can't press more than 1 button simultanousely, eg. if you press the hat up, the trigger won't react until you release the ...

Just now, I was able to get my joystick working in analog mode on all axis! I am using the CH Pro mode in DOS MW2 with my sidewinder in position 1. The trick to getting the axis to respond was to calibrate the joystick real quick. If I fly through the axis calibration, all the axis respond! If I tak...

Sapphire Wolf wrote:Or you could go to mech2.org to find help. Just an option, though

Thanks, buddy! Any other suggestions, anyone?

try the MekTek forums? Those guys are pros when it comes to Mechwarrior. I USED to play Mech 2, but it's been so long, that I've forgotten a lot of config tweaking I did .. and I had to do a LOT of it. The game was quite buggy when it came to controllers. Hey, thanks for the advice! I'll go post th...

Just to clarify this -- the stick is in analog mode by default (after powering up) and has to be set explicitly into digital overdrive mode via software. The switch in the back will select betw. CH and TM emulation in analog mode and becomes useless in DODM (well, almost. Switching it als resets th...

Gang, Thanks, so much, for helping me to get my Sidewinder 3D Pro working in Descent. All is well now, but on to the next issue! I am using the same joystick that I know works (all buttons and axis from the work I did to get Descent working properly). I try to setup the joystick in digital mode, whi...

Krom wrote:Mechwarrior 2, now that brings back some memories. Unfortunately I don't remember how to configure the controls since I haven't touched it in probably 10 years.

Well, I guess I'll start a new thread to see if anyone can help!

Zantor wrote:I have a Sound Blaster 16 Value, ISA (model CT2770), sitting in my collection of old hardware. I would gladly part with it for free if it would solve the issue.

Again, I'd love to take you up on that offer for the old CT2770. Let me know!

Glad you got it working :) [...] Thanks for all of your help, Grendel and everyone else who helped to get this working. Thanks for the suggestions to replace my semi-broken Sidewinder 3D Pro as well. I am glad to hear that the dead throttle is normal (as I expected). You guys rock and I really do a...

4. How to configure Descent for use w/ the 3DP in TM mode: ---------------------------------------------------------- - on the 3DPro set the mode switch to pos I and center the throttle slider - start Descent - in the Options.../Controls... menu select "CH Flightstick Pro" - in the Option...

Sorry, back in the time I used a dedicated gameport card (to prevent issues like this :)), never used the GP of an ISA Creative card (I do know that the PCI SB16 port works tho..) Best advice I can come up w/ is to get and try an older (non SCSI !) SB16 card (the one you got was introduced in '97)....

Do you have a free PCI slot? Free up the ISA for the compensator card I have and get a cheap PCI card. The card has dual ports and a variable speed adjustment pot. Worked tickity-boo in Descent and it saw both ports. Problem is that I play many games that require ISA soundcards to work. Some that o...

I just got done trying to underclock my processor to resolve the issue, but no go. I tried setting the FSB down to 100 MHz and changing the multiplier, but it appears the multiplier is stuck at 5.5 no matter what I change the dip switches to. I set it to 100 MHz and then tested the Joyfix and Descen...

yes, Descent 1 is a DOS only game, but the sidewinder ISN'T. No, the Sidewinder 3D Pro is primarily a Windows device, but when it came out, it worked Mechwarrior 2 and a couple other games in digital mode in DOS. I am not trying to use it as digital Sidewinder 3D Pro in DOS, but rather as a CH Flig...

if you're running JUST DOS, that's probably your problem. iirc, the sidewinder used some of the first Dx software ... which DOS doesn't support by itself. You will probably need at least Win95b. (that's my guess at any rate.) Descent 1 is a DOS only game (at least the version I am running), so that...

Let me restructure that quote from above a bit -- if you don't see 4 good values for each joystick line after setting up the CH stick you may have a problem w/ the joystick port or Joyfix is messing up the values. This is where I am confused. When I setup the Sidewinder 3D Pro as CH Flightstick in ...

I have been trying to get Joyfix 4.1 to work for the past couple of hours to no avail. I put the files in the Descent directory, walked through the wizard and it says everything worked fine, but I still have no X2 or Y2. When I try to calibrate the joystick in Joyfix, I notice that twisting and movi...

You mentioned slowing down your machine in your initial post. If that is an acceptable option, you might consider one of the DOS slowdown techniques listed on this page: http://vogons.zetafleet.com/viewtopic.php?t=8070 The "Runtime Error 200" issue is a timing issue, so if you slow the ma...

Joyfix for DOS is my next step, guys. Thanks for ALL of the suggestions! I tried Joyfix 4.1 for DOS, but keep getting a "runtime 200" error on account of my processor being over 200MHz. I see that this error appears to have been addressed in the Joyfix 98 Beta II release, but I believe th...

I think I have an dual joystick ISA card with built in speed compensator in my junk pile... I bought it because of the high FSB issues, and it was a way better joystick controller. Your welcome to have it if I can dig it up for the cost of shipping. You need to assign it the to the next non-conflic...

Why exactly would I need a gameport to USB adapter for Descent 1? The game, in DOS, does not support USB joysticks to my knowledge!? Am I wrong?! There's a bug in Windows that causes problems with gameports on high FSB machines which in turn interferes with the Sidewinder. That adaptor bypasses the...

I am 27 going on 28. I started with Descent in 1995 and have played on and off for years. I just got a legacy box set back up and am running D1 right now (trouble on level 8... lol)! I still love the game. I played through D3 and still catch a game off Vortex every now and again!

2. How to configure Descent or Descent ][ ID for use w/ the 3DP in CH mode: --------------------------------------------------------------------------- - set the mode switch to pos I, turn on your comp and start Descent - in Options.../Controls... move to the CH Flightstick Pro check box and press ...

flip wrote:http://descentbb.net/viewtopic.php?t=14791

You'll need one of these for the sidewinder to work.

Why exactly would I need a gameport to USB adapter for Descent 1? The game, in DOS, does not support USB joysticks to my knowledge!? Am I wrong?!

Thanks, but I have heard of Rebirth, but would prefer to have the original game. I found another version of the game (an ISO and yes I own the orignal it's just beyond scratched up) and have it installed and patched to version 1.5. I am still having the same issue. Any ideas? :( P.S. I AM supposed t...

Readme says 1.5 of the registered version. I tried to patch yesterday and everything replaced aside from the descentr.exe file. It said no old file could be found, so no update was done. When I run and then exit descentr.exe it says 1.4a May 2, 1995. For some reason the 1.5 patch failed? Thanks, guys.

DOS 6.22

Gang, I have Descent 1 running on a P3 733 MHz PC with 128MB RAM. The mobo is a Gigabyte with an ISA slot, so I am using a Soundblaster Vibra 16 ISA soundcard. I have the Sidewinder 3D Pro joystick running through the soundcard's game port. Everything seems to work fine with the joytick set in the s...

I PM'd you! Great work!!

akula65, When I was directed to your posting by a comrade of mine, I got very excited. Here's the deal. I have a P4 2.8GHz w/800 FSB on an Asrock P4S61 mobo, SB Live! 5.1, x800GTO AGP, etc. I also have an AMD 1800+ 1.533 GHz @ 266FSB on an Asus A7M266 mobo using on-board sound, LAN with a Geforce 4 ...

FSB speed is the problem. I had it working on 2.8 P4's after the NB/SB reached operating temp as well. Dedicated gameports on SB PCI cards are more likely to work for unknown reasons. I have a P4 2.8GHz on an Asrock motherboard with 800MHz FSB and am running Windows XP SP3. I recently pulled my old...