From toddt@owlnet.rice.edu Sun Jul 30 14:44:13 EDT 1995
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From: toddt@owlnet.rice.edu (Todd Wesley Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: MechWarrior II Joystick question
Date: 30 Jul 1995 00:38:53 GMT
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I don't know if I'm having a joystick problem, or if the joystick control
system is simply not to my liking.

BUT, when i'm trying to target say, the legs of an enemy mech, I find it damn
near impossible. I can put the crosshairs there for a moment, then suddenly,
I find that I'm aiming at the ground, or at the body, or to either side. Not
by much, mind you, but I'm no longer on target. And it's not consistent. When,
for example, I'm level, everything works well. I shoot the legs right out from
under them. But when I shoot up a hill, or they're coming down a hill, the
targeting system is just INCREDIBLY jumpy.

Yes, it's possible that I just suck, but I don't suck nearly as badly at other
games. I even went out and bought a game card to try to help; it didn't.

So, here are the particulars:

P90 system,
CH Mark II FCS Joystick,
CH gamecard 3,
disabled game port on Soundblaster,
disabled mouse in combat controls.

Am I missing something else? I love this game, but I'm going to take it back
as it plays now. It's just too frustrating. :(

Tim, since there are so many unhappy joystick customers, what do you think
the odds are of addressing this in a patch? I read something about the 
joystick moving to exact coordinates. That's fine and all for some, but I
really dislike it.

Thanks,
Todd


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