Pro Throttle/F-16 Fighterstick XP Setup

[kig]

First, many thanks Bruce for all your work on this project!

I'm very much hoping that the all goes well with the updated boot disk as I could use both mouse and soundcard gameport support -- neither TEST nor JCENTER currently can detect my HOTAS, which is connected to a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz gameport (if the DOS gameport driver doesn't work with the Santa Cruz then I'm SOL).

Some questions. Given that my HOTAS consists of analog versions of the Pro Throttle, F-16 Fighterstick, and Thrustmaster RCS pedals that I hope to use playing WWII Online:

1. Which would work better, choosing one of the configurations offered by CH's Windows XP drivers or choosing Windows' generic 3-axis, 4-button configuration?

2. If one of CH's XP drivers, which one (right now it's set on CH Fighterstick)?

3. To program the F-16 Fighterstick would one need to connect it directly to the gameport without the throttle (another thread suggested that this was the case but I just want to confirm this)?

Thanks,

Ken

[BLAZERBRUCE]

Kig,

I have had a few emails sent to me about the "Turtle Beach Santa Cruz gameport" not working. I have tried numerous times to find a dos driver for it but havent had much luck. Hopefully FreeDos that I am using will be able to detect the card. If it doesnt, I suggest buying a soundblaster 128 card, refurbished or from ebay. Now as for your questons....

1. Windows' generic 3-axis, 4-button configuration has been a failsafe setting for me and highly recommended.

2. From what I remeber, you just use the windows 3-axis, 4-button option only.

3. I dont own a gameport throttle, but I have been told this the way you go if you want to program both devices :)


-Bruce B)

[Toffe]

Re: #3, I have a gameport Fighterstick and Pro Throtte. I have no problem programming both, together, in the bootdisk program, so you shouldn't have to program the Fighterstick separately.

[kig]

Thanks!

Bruce, Turtle Beach's FAQ had this to say about legacy DOS support for their soundcard:

That option is only available in Windows 98. You must use a VxD Driver in order to have Legacy DOS support. So, XP, 2000, ME will NOT have this option. As they say, there's no free lunch...

With Windows 98 installed, one can apparently check a box in the soundcard's control panel to enable DOS support (Sound Blaster Pro emulation). Whether the gameport alone would work without Windows 98 is unclear, but I will cross my fingers that FreeDOS can detect it. I'd half hoped that I could find the DOS driver on the Santa Cruz installation CD, but no such luck.

Toffe, that was what I was hoping to hear, though connecting the Fighterstick directly probably wouldn't pose a huge problem. :) Now, assuming that the new boot disk program can find my gameport...

Ken

[BLAZERBRUCE]

kig,

I was reading your reply and noted you talked about emulation, this can mean only one thing, I should be able to get it to run in DOS :D. Depending on how much disk space I can aquire (Free Dos Requires alot :( ) I maybe able to include the soundblaster pro drivers :)


-Bruce :drunk: ( Miller time, please excuse any typos :lol: )

[kig]

Am just hoping that somehow the new boot disk will find my gameport, regardless of whether the rest of the soundcard works. Thanks again for all your work! Enjoy the Miller! :)

Ken