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d3zapped
01-31-2002, 05:12 PM
Received R/C Pilot yesterday. Out of the box it wouldn't recognize the controller and it froze after I hit the "Fly!" button, but after an update to 1.20.131 everything was OK.

I'm still perplexed though why my vanilla Win98SE system (PIII/800, 256MB RAM, 20GB HD, Voodoo3) tells me the control is "Not Connected" in the Control Panel --> Gaming Options section. I was hoping to play with this controller in other Windows applications, but since it's not recognized as connected, I can't do that.

So how is it that the R/C pilot software sees it attached to my Game Port but Win98SE
doesn't? Is there something I can do to fix this so I can use the controller as a dual-joystick in other Windows applications?

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Madmax
01-31-2002, 05:27 PM
Works for me as a joystick in any applications that requires a joystick....


If my memory is right, there's an option called "poll with interrupts" (or something like that) in the joystick properties page... experiment with different settings to see if it makes a difference.

Also upgrading your gameport driver might help ( soundrivers should include the gameport drivers if the gameport is part of the soundcard...)

Maxime Michaud
d3zapped
02-09-2002, 08:22 AM
Still not working. In the "Gaming Options" control panel icon, the status of "RCPilot_Controller" remains "Not Connected". Controller works fine with R/C Pilot, not as controller for any other apps.

I thought since this is the Technical Support forum for Knife Edge software that someone from that company would respond. Phone calls are usually a waste of time, so does anyone have a suggestion as to how I could get support through these forums?

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Al Uminum
02-09-2002, 11:45 AM
d3z is your simulator software working correctly with the controller?

And the problem is that Wondows doesn't see the controller to use it with other programs?

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d3zapped
02-12-2002, 08:46 AM
Yes, controller works fine in R/C Pilot.
No, it won't work as joystick with other games.

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Al Uminum
02-12-2002, 12:42 PM
I doubt that you can and I would'nt expect that it would work with other applications.

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