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A long time ago, I played D3. Then I lost interest in the game. After a format or two, I forgot about D3 and how fun it is. So early this year I decided to reinstall the game.

After several frustrating attempts to get D3 installed in my (old) gaming machine for a few months, I gave up on it. I would install D3 in my new computer, the XP one, but there's no port for the controller that I can never give up using, the Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro. I knew there is a USB port for the joystick but I never bothered (and never really had the time) to look around for it.
Tonight I went ahead and installed D3 in the XP machine, created a pilot, and tried playing the game with only a mouse and keyboard.

Honestly, that was h311. I have attempted to play without a joystick several times before and I never succeeded.
Now I'm going to look for one, soon as I could.
My pilot name is "kiran" and I'll be looking forward to playing D3 again and shooting y'all in the game!:P

Always good to have another player. I just got a random craving after going 2 years cold turkey without so much as a pang of withdrawl a few months ago... and now I'm back in full.

I prefer Micro Sidewinder Prec. 2, but the hats always break, and I think they have ceased production. Once this one breaks I have no idea what I'm going to do.

Welcome back!

About your controller troubles: the answer may be simpler than going out and buying a new stick. Take a look at this thread. Grendel's been working on a 3DPro-to-USB converter for a while now, and he's going to sell them once he's finished. I don't have a gameport on my machine, either, and while my Saitek Cyborg Evo is a great stick, you just can't beat the 3DPro for playing Descent.

Dunno about you, but my Evo drives me insane in Descent. The hat doesn't seem to be truly omnidirectional - there are angles you can push it at and get no response whatsoever.

Logitech Emtreme 3d Pro or the Wingmane Extreme.

I don't usually have too much trouble with the hat. Once in a while, I'll be holding it down and it'll stop registering for a split-second, but other than that it's held up pretty well. The only real complaint I have with the Evo is that the palmrest doesn't have a setting high enough for me to play comfortably; maybe I just have small hands, but I always feel like I'm over-stretching my thumb to hit the hat and upper buttons.

Top Gun wrote:Welcome back!

About your controller troubles: the answer may be simpler than going out and buying a new stick. Take a look at this thread. Grendel's been working on a 3DPro-to-USB converter for a while now, and he's going to sell them once he's finished. I don't have a gameport on my machine, either, and while my Saitek Cyborg Evo is a great stick, you just can't beat the 3DPro for playing Descent.

Thanks TG. I appreciate your help. I'll look into that thread.

Hate to crap on your thread kir but...this is the Descent Old Skool forum. D1 and D2 related topics etc...

Im surpsied this still sits in the old school thread myself

I agree move it.
Kiran old school ?

Eh, she's old-school enough...

it's borderline but whatever.. i'll leave it.

i bought the audigy 2 zs plat and my 3dpro works perfect on it using the gameport on the sound card
had that prob usuing my sblive on xp but once i got audigy works fine