Problem with joystick and 3Dconnexion device

Petruscaleus · 17 Nov 2008, 11:02

Hello!

Recently I toyed around a bit with sketchyphysics (v2b1) and it's simply awesome!
But I've encountered a problem: Joystick control won't work when my SpaceNavigator (see http://www.3dconnexion.de ) is connected - input from my gamepad (a Saitek Impact) is ignored completely. Worse than that, using the SpaceNavigator results in awkward behaviour of all joystick controls, eg servos running infinitely in one direction, ignoring their limits etc.
The moment I disconnect the 3D controller, everything works just fine.

the SpaceNavigator is NOT recognized as a game controller by Windows
in every other application/game the SpaceNavigator neither interferes with the joypad nor disables it.

So the problem seems to be sketchyphysics-specific... anyone else using a 3Dconnexion device and experiencing this problem?
(SU is version 6.4.112 German for information, SP as mentioned above v2b1; 3DxWare 3.6.10 / driver 6.6.4 / firmware 4.04)

Regards, Stefan

CPhillips · 18 Nov 2008, 06:33

Hmmm. It sure sounds like it is being recognized as a joystick. I just use plain DirectX to read the joystick.

solo · 18 Nov 2008, 06:40

The new 3D connexion drivers came available today.

Windows: 3DxSoftware v. 3.6.11
Mac: 3DxMacWare v. 1.5.6

Go the their site and download them they work with SU7