DescentBB

I was able to get the buttons on the controller to work by updating my Descent2 for Win95 to v1.2, but the hat switch, which is configured for sliding, is extremely slugish and can only be used to move in 4 directions (no angles). Is this just the way it is, or is there a way to make it perform normally? I've kind of wanted to avoid D2X. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Nope 4 way hat is the way it was

for the 4 way hat you cant really doing something cause its the way the crappy sidewinder soft reads the hardware.
for the slugish hat-control, i think d2 interprets the hat still as a analog axis (old quasi standard, now this days hats are allways treated like buttons) and so the slugish sliding happens. make the sidewinder software emulate keypresses on the hat-directions, and configure d2 sliding on this keys, that works for full sliding speed.

Thanks, Bubbalou. Thanks a lot, DigiJo, that should be the perfect solution!

*edit*: provided I can get the SideWinder software to work on XP
*edit #2*: I can't. :\

I cant even remember if that program joyfix98 works in Windows XP.

Hey bubba, wheres that avatar from?

I know you said you want to avoid D2x, but it actually reads the hat switch correctly. (atleast it does for my Logitech stick) D2 Win95 is buggy as hell anyways, and has been known to crash randomly, and exit on completion of some custom levels just for the hell of it.

Much appreciated, MD. I may just go that route, if I can't get a program to map it.