SideWinder Sensitivity Problems

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I have a SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick with
gameport connection running with the Windows XP
controller. In MS Flight Sim 2000 there are two problems.
(1)Force feedback occasionally goes ape and drives the
joystick all over unless sensitivity is set to minimum.
This doesn't seem right. Recalibration doesn't help. (2)
Elevator trim buttons (Nos. 3 and 4) input excessive
correction with each touch, making them useless. Is there
an adjustment for this?

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Flight Sim is all I have to work with. Must be a
compatibility issue with the XP driver, as it worked fine
with Windows 98. I will have to learn to live with it.
Thanks.

--N.

>-----Original Message-----
>Does this happen in other games or is Flight Sim all you
have to work with?
>Not much specifically to go after beyond calibration in
the Control Panel,
>and verifying it's OK.
>
>
>--
>Steve Sullivan, MVP
>Microsoft Hardware Products
>
>"newt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:27ba01c4a448$ae78cf10$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have a SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick with
>> gameport connection running with the Windows XP
>> controller. In MS Flight Sim 2000 there are two
problems.
>> (1)Force feedback occasionally goes ape and drives the
>> joystick all over unless sensitivity is set to minimum.
>> This doesn't seem right. Recalibration doesn't help.
(2)
>> Elevator trim buttons (Nos. 3 and 4) input excessive
>> correction with each touch, making them useless. Is
there
>> an adjustment for this?
>
>
>.
>

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.games (More info?)

Flight Sim 2000 is the only game using the joystick. I've
been told "XP doesn't like gameports." Same joystick
worked fine with Win 98 on another PC. Probably just the
way it is, so will have to live with it. Too bad.

--N.

>-----Original Message-----
>Does this happen in other games or is Flight Sim all you
have to work with?
>Not much specifically to go after beyond calibration in
the Control Panel,
>and verifying it's OK.
>
>
>--
>Steve Sullivan, MVP
>Microsoft Hardware Products
>
>"newt" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message
>news:27ba01c4a448$ae78cf10$a301280a@phx.gbl...
>> I have a SideWinder Force Feedback Pro joystick with
>> gameport connection running with the Windows XP
>> controller. In MS Flight Sim 2000 there are two
problems.
>> (1)Force feedback occasionally goes ape and drives the
>> joystick all over unless sensitivity is set to minimum.
>> This doesn't seem right. Recalibration doesn't help.
(2)
>> Elevator trim buttons (Nos. 3 and 4) input excessive
>> correction with each touch, making them useless. Is
there
>> an adjustment for this?
>
>
>.
>