joystick not working. (case 11502)

[celooser]

Hello,

I'm having trouble using a joystick that has worked w/ directRT in the past. it is a Logitech Attack3 joystick and if you go into the system control panel's gaming options it shows up and is calibrated just fine. When I try to use it for responses in DirectRT it doesnt seem to register, neither in the 'priming with joystick.cvs' sample file, or the file i wrote for my own experiment. Both these experiments work with key presses.

I'm running windows xp professional (version 5.1.2600) on a d620 latitude dell with an intel core 2 cpu t7200 @ 2.00ghz. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I have also tried it on dell dimension C521 running windows 7. the same problem exists.

Any help would be appreciated.

[jarvis24]

Have you changed your version of DirectRT or added any additional input hardware?

[celooser]

I'm now using version 2010, and the last was v 2008. No new hardware.

Suggestions?

[jarvis24]

Did the problem start when you made the change from v2008 to v2010, or were you trying v2010 to see if that would fix it?

[celooser]

someone in my lab had used directRT with this joystick previously. i believe it was the 2010 beta version. unfortunately we no longer have access to this computer and i am trying to run a similar experiment on one of the two available pcs (info below). i'd be willing to try v2008 though i dont know that that will help. or how to get the 2008 version.

is there a way to see if the key codes for the joystick would have changed?

Did the problem start when you made the change from v2008 to v2010, or were you trying v2010 to see if that would fix it?

[jarvis24]

You can get a copy of any of the old versions here:

www.empirisoft.com/download_old.aspx

Send the code that comes up to service@emp.. If you are licensed for a later version, you are always welcome to use an earlier version if you choose to. I can't imagine the joystick codes have changed. If you run one of the very simple samples that comes with DirectRT (like text.csv in the bare bones sample folder) that allows for "rt:any"--does it also refuse to accept input from the stick?