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- From: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Greg F Walz Chojnacki)
- Subject: Re: Help-Joystick erratic with Red Baron
- Message-ID: <1992Sep1.174619.22786@uwm.edu>
- Originator: gwc@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
- Sender: news@uwm.edu (USENET News System)
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- Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
- References: <1992Sep1.165310.23524@bcrka451.bnr.ca>
- Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 17:46:19 GMT
- Lines: 39
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- From article <1992Sep1.165310.23524@bcrka451.bnr.ca>, by norm@bnr.ca (Norm MacNeil):
- >
- > In article <BtwLDI.4K7@news.larc.nasa.gov>, (Daniel Koppen) writes:
- >> Anyway we installed Red Baron but found that when the joystick
- >> was enabled, the pointer jumped erratically over the menu items.
- >> When the joystick was held down, the pointer moved down, and when
- >> the joystick was moved up, the pointer moved up, but with the
- >> joystick in the center position, the pointer jumped around. No
- >> amount of trimmer adjustment helped.
- >> Has anyone else seen this? Is there a fix? A patch file maybe...
- >
- Yes, there is a patch, but I can't remember where. I'll post it here when I find
- it, or email me.
-
- > Sounds like the problem I was recently having where on my 486DX-33 the joystick
- > was quite untrimmable on some games. After plugging it into my SoundBlaster
- > game port (on the advice of a fellow netter), it now works fine except on the
- > following games:
- > - A10 Tank Killer V1.5
- > - Red Baron
- > It will work; however, on the slower speed (i.e., without the "turbo" button on)
- > but this, of course, makes the game jumpy as hell. They did, however, work fine
- > on my 386-33 (before I sold it and bought the 486). Perhaps these games can't
- > handle the higher speeds yet. Hmmmm.... Anyone else got a thunk on this one?
- >
- I was having trouble with my lowly CH Mach II on AOTP, got advice about
- a new game card, etc, then, lo and behold, it started working fine
- spontaneously. I noticed the difference when I decided to practice as
- a Marine in an F4U, rather than as a Navy pilot. Thus, I think the
- game is buggy.
-
- It's all the more interesting because the Dynamix rep on GEnie sort of
- went along with the game card rap -- but Dynamix also put out a Red Baron
- patch that fixed my joystick problems with THAT. So, if you like conspiracy
- theories, Dynamix is in league with game card makers; otherwise, they're
- lazy in their programming.
-
- Greg
-
-