On Saturday, 23 July 2005 19:44, Darrell Blake wrote: > Hi, > > I'm thinking of buying a joystick to use with FlightGear and I'm > wondering if anybody could recommend a decent one that works well in > Linux. Preferably with a throttle and force feedback. > > Cheers, > > Darrell
Force feedback is rarely used under Linux. I have yet to use a simulator or game that uses Force Feedback under Linux. Force feedback is often just a gimmick that has little to do with forces experienced in real life. Example : The joystick shaking like crazy when touching down on a smooth tarmac in some "games". Last time I checked the elevator wasn't attached to the landing gear ... The only place I've found it useful is for simulating the stiffening of control surfaces at high speed and the sloppiness at low speed. The Saitek Cyborg Evo joysticks seem to be well supported under Linux. My MS Sidewinder FF Pro (no longer in production) works fine too but others seem to have hassles. I'm sure others can add to the list. Regards Paul _______________________________________________ Flightgear-users mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-users 2f585eeea02e2c79d7b1d8c4963bae2d
