I don't have Windows at home, and I've never really tried FlightGear on Windows before. Yesterday I had an opportunity to give it a spin on a nice computer with Windows Vista.
The joystick I had with me is a Saitek Aviator (USB HID). FlightGear doesn't have a file for this yet, but I have written my own (which I am nearly ready to submit), and I put it in the appropriate place in the data directory (Input/Joysticks/Saitek/Aviator.xml). This file works fine in Linux and OS X. FlightGear did not recognize the Joystick file, so I got the default behavior. Actually, on closer inspection I learned that FlightGear did not recognize the Joystick, and it had nothing to do with my file. When I run js_demo.exe I see a message about not being able to find the joystick name in the registry (or something to that effect) and it identifies the joystick as a generic Microsoft joystick. js_demo does report all the axes and buttons. I then installed the Saitek drivers for the joystick from their website, and tried again with the same results. I'm aware that you can statically configure a particular joystick file instead of using the "by name" approach, and that would be fine as a workaround. Or there's always the calibration program. I'm not looking for a workaround, I'm just reporting odd behavior and curious about what's going on. Is this an oddity of Vista? Or is it a known problem (or "feature") of all Windows? I did try FG on Windows XP once with a CH Yoke and Pedals and I seem to remember that worked fine, but my memory is hazy. -- Hans Fugal Fugal Computing ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
