Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-14 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Same here. I got mine a few months back, and it is the best controller I've owned so far. In terms of developing for it I'm trying an open source technology called SlimDX. It is an open source version of Managed DirectX and it also has support for the XNA libraries including XAudio2, X3D,

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-14 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Shaun, Ummm..Don't take one opinion as an absolute sign of failior. I have one myself and it works fine. I have it since I have been experimenting with including XBox 360 controller support in the Genesis Engine at some point. shaun everiss wrote: hmph and I was thinking about getting one

[Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread Scott Chesworth
Hi folks, Pretty much on a whim today, I picked up an x box 360 controller, one of the wireless ones that come with the USB wireless dongle thingy and Windows drivers. Far from my usual style to just take a punt on something without daft amounts of research, but I really liked the design of the

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread Scott Chesworth
Ok folks, for anybody who might've been interested in the previous post, I'm now up and running. thought I may as well post the solution to the list too in case anybody searches the archives for the problem in future. Install the software that came on the cd without the wireless dongle

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread Che
, August 13, 2009 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows Ok folks, for anybody who might've been interested in the previous post, I'm now up and running. thought I may as well post the solution to the list too in case anybody searches the archives

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread Scott Chesworth
: Scott Chesworth scottcheswo...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows Ok folks, for anybody who might've been interested in the previous post, I'm now up

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread shaun everiss
hmph and I was thinking about getting one of those. thanks for nothing ms. At 12:10 p.m. 14/08/2009, you wrote: Hi folks, Pretty much on a whim today, I picked up an x box 360 controller, one of the wireless ones that come with the USB wireless dongle thingy and Windows drivers. Far from my

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread shaun everiss
aah so its not all that bad. I must admit I had till I ran out of space and well games that did not care an now 10 year old ffb stick from logitech, a force 3d. the software, is just that a pile of inaccessible rubbish. I think my next stick is probably going to be a gamepad or something. At

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread shaun everiss
...@gmail.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows Ok folks, for anybody who might've been interested in the previous post, I'm now up and running. thought I may as well post

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread Che
hi just saw this original post, i had no trouble getting mine set up, so don't let that detract from getting one of these excellent controllers, just takes a bit of fiddling to get it set up. as for rail racer, i use a steering wheel for mine, so don't have a set up for a joystick, but you

Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows

2009-08-13 Thread CSF inc.
My son has that controller and yes it's nice, good stuff.. - Original Message - From: Che c...@blindadrenaline.com To: Gamers Discussion list gamers@audyssey.org Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 10:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Microsoft x box 360 wireless controller for windows Hi