Posted by Just Michael on 12, 2001 at 1:55 PM:
In Reply to: Where can I download an 8-button gamepad Win 95/98 driver for my gamepad hack? posted by Wong Fey Hung on 12, 2001 at 1:36 PM:
: I hacked a CompUSA clear 8-button gamepad. The directions say to set it up as a 4-button gamepad with throttle and rudder. I want to use all 8 buttons as buttons, so I downloaded a "universal" 8 button gamepad driver. All of the buttons work individually, but I can't work some of the buttons simultaneously. I know it's not a hardware problem because the same buttons work together when I have it set up as a 4-button pad.
: I built this controller for my nephew (he's 8) and I discovered this problem when testing out one of his favorites, Sonic Spinball on the Genesis emulator Gens.
: If anyone else has hacked this same gamepad ($7.99) and knows which driver to use, that would be excellent.
When setup as a 4 button with throttle and rudder, how do the buttons effect the throttle and rudder in the test section under the control panel in windows? The reason I ask is it may be a hardware problem. The PC gameport only has 4 axis and 4 buttons total. To get any more it must try to use the 2 extra axis as buttons.