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    Calibrate my joystick, AGAIN!?!

    Here's a strange thng for you...

    When playing Freespace 2 I always have to re-calibrate my joystick (Cyborg 3D USB from Saitek). I think this occurs whenever I restart the system. Im not sure if this applies for other games cause this is the only joystick-game I played in a while.

    There are no drivers for this joystick since its USB (I think).

    Any Ideas?

    /Kristian

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  • #2
    I ussaly calibrate a joysitck everytime i start the computer too. No big deal with these digital joysticks...

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    • #3
      I had one of those sticks, and it was always screwin up. It was constantly out of calibration and not working right. I finally had to take it back. I got a Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital 3D. It works fine.

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      AsusP2B ,iCeleron525(7x75), 128megs PC100, G40032megSH, Yamaha PCI sound, 2 small HD's, 42X Sony CDrom and 98SE w/shutdown patch, PD 5.41 w/Turbo MCD and beta ICD

      AMD XP2100+, 512megs DDR333, ATI Radeon 8500, some other stuff.

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      • #4
        descent 1 and 2 always complained about that with me, also.
        New j-stick solved that.
        Now, switching between ms-3d-pro and v3 steering wheel doesnt help me with calibration,either. I built an a-b box from an old parallel port a-b box to switch devices.
        abit kt7-raid athlon 1ghz quantum 20.4gb - 7200 + wd 200bb - 7200 rpm UDMA100-
        g400 max-
        256MB pc133 sdram - sblive value 3.0 - 4 Boston Acoustics A40's - 3com 3c905b-tx - cable access - winME
        dx7.?- V3 steering wheel/pedals - MS sidewinder PRO
        Kensiko (Netpointe) scrolling mouse

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        • #5
          I got a mail from Saitek, stating it was due to flaws in Direct X 7. The told me to update to DX7a and that made the problems go away!

          Goodie

          Kristian

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          • #6
            Kristian, have you noticed any slowdowns using DX7a? Alot of people have reported that, so I have stayed away from it. DX7 seems fine but when you upgrade to DX7a it gets slower.

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            AsusP2B ,iCeleron525(7x75), 128megs PC100, G40032megSH, Yamaha PCI sound, 2 small HD's, 42X Sony CDrom and 98SE w/shutdown patch, PD 5.41 w/Turbo MCD and beta ICD

            AMD XP2100+, 512megs DDR333, ATI Radeon 8500, some other stuff.

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            • #7
              Nah, not really

              There seems to be no major slowdowns...I havent made any 3d marks yet but...

              Kristian

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              • #8
                Most Joysticks have this problem. The solution is to open the controller's base and give the potentiometers a good dash of pot-spray ;-) or regular CRC 5-56. Calibrate yor stick once and forget it!
                This is a rather simple operation, well worth spending an hour on.
                Good Luck.

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