HotrodSE and I-Pac

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Posted by jerryjanis on March 07, 2002 at 02:09:55:

I purchased a HotrodSE a few months back. Then I discovered this web site. When I saw that you could buy iii and iiii (3/4 player) buttons from happ controls, I knew I had to build myself an add-on joystick for 4 player games. Luckily, earlier that day I had spilt water on my keyboard, and had to buy a new one anyway, so I ordered parts, and built a joystick with a keyboard hack.

The joystick I built works perfectly for two players, even daisy-chained through the HotRod. However, when I actually use both joysticks at the same time (4 players at once), I ran into a problem that meant that it wasn't going to work.

The problem was that when certain buttons are pressed together on both joysticks, the computer gets stuck thinking that a key is pressed, and doesn't let go.

My question is this: Has anyone had any experience daisy-chaining a 2nd joystick with the HotRod, or know why it would or wouldn't run into this same problem if I were to use an I-Pac instead of a keyboard hack?

Thanks a lot!

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Re: HotrodSE and I-Pac jerryjanis 15:25:23 03/08/02 (0)
Re: HotrodSE and I-Pac u_rebelscum 16:19:38 03/07/02 (0)
Re: HotrodSE and I-Pac Lilwolf 13:16:02 03/07/02 (2)
Re: HotrodSE and I-Pac StephenH 02:46:34 03/07/02 (0)

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: I purchased a HotrodSE a few months back. Then I discovered this web site. When I saw that you could buy iii and iiii (3/4 player) buttons from happ controls, I knew I had to build myself an add-on joystick for 4 player games. Luckily, earlier that day I had spilt water on my keyboard, and had to buy a new one anyway, so I ordered parts, and built a joystick with a keyboard hack. : The joystick I built works perfectly for two players, even daisy-chained through the HotRod. However, when I actually use both joysticks at the same time (4 players at once), I ran into a problem that meant that it wasn't going to work. : The problem was that when certain buttons are pressed together on both joysticks, the computer gets stuck thinking that a key is pressed, and doesn't let go. : My question is this: Has anyone had any experience daisy-chaining a 2nd joystick with the HotRod, or know why it would or wouldn't run into this same problem if I were to use an I-Pac instead of a keyboard hack? : Thanks a lot!

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