analogue joysticks?

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analogue joysticks?

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hi.

does oolite support analogue joysticks? if so, can anyone recommend one?
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A bit on the expensive side, but OHHHH so nice...
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yeah, 100 bucks is not exactly cheap. but i'll see if i can get my big hands on one. do i have to install any drivers, or will it work out of the box?

anyone using the saitek cyborg evo? i can get one of them for £40...
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Mine worked out-of-the-box with Vista.

The Saitek's are nice for the price. I settled on the CH after reading about reliability problems with the Sai's, however. I'm sure some folks here have had positive experiences with them. One of my co-workers loaned me one, and it was fair. I just tend to operate under the principle of "Buy it once, buy it right." YMMV.
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"Buy it once, buy it right."

makes sense. but i like to try before i buy. IOW, go to a local shop so that if it doesn't work for me, i can give it back. wouldn't be the first time. anyway, at the weekend i'll see what i can see...
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Since when do joysticks work on Oolite on the Mac? I always thought those, and gamepads, were only supported on Windows and Linux..

Or maybe I am confused.

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i guess i'll find out...
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Cmd. Cheyd wrote:
Mine worked out-of-the-box with Vista.
any experience on the mac? i want to use it on the mac, that's why i posted this in the mac forum.

I got that saitek stick, and i can't get it to work right. i put oolite in mouse control mode (why do I HAVE to be in fullscreen mode to do that???) and if i set move cursor to absolute in USBoverdrive, the pitch and roll indicators won't stay in the middle or anywhere else except the ends. if i set it to relative, oolite responds more or less the way i want, but faaaaar too slow to be useful :-(

is there anything i can do about that?

BTW, I got the saitek because the CH fighterstick was £150, that's almost FOUR times the price of the saitek. anyone using the fighterstick (or any other CH stick) with oolite under OSX? i don't want to spend that much money if i don't know it's gonna work...
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harry747 wrote:
why do I HAVE to be in fullscreen mode to do that???
Mainly because in windowed mode you'd keep getting the mouse cursor in front of oolite itself, which can be a distraction (like having a fly in your field of vision) - in fullscreen the mouse cursor is hidden, so there's no cursor flitting about when you're steering the ship... :)
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There’s also the issue of what to do if you click outside the window. A common solution is to hide the pointer and hijack mouse movements, but Giles didn’t like that approach.
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been a while since i checked out and built oolite. any news on the joystick front?
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harry747 wrote:
been a while since i checked out and built oolite. any news on the joystick front?
Some stuff fixed in latest trunk build I believe, could be worth a try.
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Just updated and built the latest version. Noticed some changes, but my stick still doesn't work :-(
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Post by phonebook »

this issue is preventing me from buying a macbook pro!
i need a new laptop, and want a mac one badly- but i need to run a joystickede oolite on it too!!!

damn damn damn

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Can some developer PLEASE add joystick support? Thanx.
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