>I think what is really necessary is not to modify the joystick driver >to keep from autocentering, but to get a joystick that does not >autocenter.
Well, I honestly have to say I think that's a lame suggestion. Which would you say is easier: (a) modify the joystick code, or (b) ask 5 million (or whatever - I've no idea) gamers to get new joysticks that don't center?
I haven't seen a non-centering joystick in years, not since those little Apple sticks they had for the Apple II. And I never could stand those. :) Besides, I just don't see Thrustmaster coming out with non-centering versions of all their sticks anytime soon, just to get around a game that doesn't do their joystick code correctly.
>Making the game not respond to a joystick's physical >autocentering wouldn't work, IMO. Think about it. You push the stick >all the way up, and your torso tilts all the way down. Now, to tilt >all the way up, you must pull the stick back (to get to center), let >go, and pull the stick back again. That's no good.
Ah, but that's _exactly_ what I'm looking for. That's what EarthSiege did (one of the few things it did right). That's what the VWE BattleTech centers do. That's the way it's done.
Will Day
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