done deal

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 3:29 am

Looks like in the screen shot above the Keys 0 and 1 or is that o and l have been asigned to turning left and right and not the arrow keys. Did you try the arrow keys asignment to the keyboard which is the default and map those to your joysticks button 3 and 4...?

soulsacrifice · Post by **soulsacrifice** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:57 am

Originally posted by Meneliki
yeah but when im in 'joystick' mode, the keyboard controls for movement do not work.. even on the keyboard. So mapping my joystick to keys that aren't doing anything doesn't help.

to clarify: The Left and Right arrow keys turn my craft as needed, while im in Keyboard mode. However, when i switch over to "Joystick" mode, the left and right arrows do NOTHING. Therefore, mapping my joystick to them does nothing.

[Edited on 4-10-2010 by Meneliki]

Hmmm...that is strange. I've just double checked and my control mode is definately set at 'joystick' yet I am also still able to use the keyboard to control. Can anyone else confirm this is the norm?

What OS are you using? and are you using a USB or PS/2 keyboard?

Meneliki · Post by **Meneliki** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 2:01 pm

WinXP Pro 32 Bit, SP3

USB Keyboard/mouse

also, even when i assign a keyboard key to Turn Left/Right, the same thing happens. the craft wanders off in the opposite direction, slowly, with a slight roll sometimes. Sometimes it wanders down. or up. Doesnt make any sense. But when i switch to Keyboard mode, the buttons work fine.

Seems to be the actual Turn Left/Turn Right method calls that are bugged (at least for me) while the game is in Joystick mode.

[Edited on 4-10-2010 by Meneliki]

Post by **Vice** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:01 pm

Very interesting how the input of one device could potentially be effecting the input of another unrelated device on your system. In addition to Eclipse's suggestion above, I'd also suggest relocating the joystick to a different USB port temporarily to see if anything changes there that might relate to some kind of conflict.

Post by **Marvin** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 7:13 pm

Originally posted by soulsacrifice

I've just double checked and my control mode is definately set at 'joystick' yet I am also still able to use the keyboard to control. Can anyone else confirm this is the norm?

Same here. My joystick controls pitch, roll and yaw. The hat is used to change view (slew and hold). Keyboard "Insert," "Home," "End" and "Page Up" are default views. Keyboard arrow keys have been reassigned for left, right, up and down strafe.

All work fine. But I did need to adjust the joystick's dead zone to keep the stick from wandering. I also usually need to do a control check when launching the game after initial computer boot-up.

Meneliki · Post by **Meneliki** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 9:56 pm

Originally posted by Vice
Very interesting how the input of one device could potentially be effecting the input of another unrelated device on your system. In addition to Eclipse's suggestion above, I'd also suggest relocating the joystick to a different USB port temporarily to see if anything changes there that might relate to some kind of conflict.

Yeah but the same problem happens even when im using keyboard keys to turn left and right while the control scheme is setup as 'joystick'.

To put it another way, whenever my game is in 'joystick' mode, the "Turn Left" and "Turn Right" methods do not work. Im going to try a reinstall.

Meneliki · Post by **Meneliki** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:07 pm

Reinstall ineffective... problem persists.

Post by **Vice** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 10:50 pm

Yeah but the same problem happens even when im using keyboard keys to turn left and right while the control scheme is setup as 'joystick'.

That's what I'm saying. When you use the keyboard only mode, the game ignores axis input from the joystick entirely. Yet when you activate the joystick mode (causing the game to pay attention to that device), the buttons seem to be falsely returning axis signals (or other buttons/key signals) to the game as though there is an overlap/conflict in the driver, device, or hardware setup.

Meneliki · Post by **Meneliki** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 11:49 pm

Screw it.

Im just going to use mouse controls for this game. Got 30 minutes left, that'l hopefully get me through the tutorial lol.

Thanks for all the replies/assistance.

49rTbird · Post by **49rTbird** » Sun Apr 11, 2010 12:43 am

Originally posted by Meneliki
Screw it.

Im just going to use mouse controls for this game. Got 30 minutes left, that'l hopefully get me through the tutorial lol.

Thanks for all the replies/assistance.

Don't forget that training mode does not deduct from demo time.

Meneliki · Post by **Meneliki** » Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:22 pm

I've decided that Evochron Legends is the kindof game I could really immerse myself in, and so i think I'm going to buy it. My favourite game-download website is having a sale for the next few weeks, so I'm going to watch and see if Evochron pops up. If not, il snag it from the link on this site.

Thanks for all the feedback!

Maarschalk · Post by **Maarschalk** » Tue Apr 13, 2010 12:19 am

Hope to see you out there when you do.....