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XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Fri Jan 18, 2019 1:17 pm
by Apocrypha
Hello there,

first of all, thanks for the awesome work and keeping this gem shiny.
I need a bit help. After patching the game to the latest XWAU v1.5 my T.Flight HOTAS stopped working.
I installed the game via Steam. Without XWAU everythink were fine. After the installation i checked the Hardware options in the "launcher" the joystick is even there. But in the game it deosn't respond and the controller mapping options are reduced to like 5 buttons (which also don't work) as like ~20 before.

Since english isn't my native language, please apologize my "easy" sentences.

Thank you for your help already. :^^:

Apocrypha

EDIT: Spelling.

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 1:59 pm
by Justagai
Did you add any additional files or mods after XWAUP was installed? I don't think there is anything by default that would modify the joystick stuff.

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 2:10 pm
by JeremyaFr
Hello,
You can try the latest version of ddraw.dll:
https://github.com/rdoeffinger/xwa_ddra ... ses/latest

If it doesn't work, you can try the previous version:
https://github.com/JeremyAnsel/xwa_ddra ... ses/latest

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Sat Jan 19, 2019 4:08 pm
by brassman2468
I remember having a similar problem with my joystick not being recognized. Try opening the DDraw.cfg file with a text editor such as Notepad and changing the line JoystickEmul = -1 to JoystickEmul = 0. That solved it for me.

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Sun Jan 20, 2019 2:58 pm
by Apocrypha
Thank you very much!

@Justagai
It was a stock installation of XWA and after that XWAU. I tried to reinstall and had the same issue.

@JeremyaFr
The latest version didn't work but the previous version did it! Thank you very much!


@brassman2468
that might be the reason. It works now but it may be interesting for future updates of XWAU.

Thank you all. Pew pew some imperials now. =)

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:30 am
by Justagai
Apocrypha wrote:
Sun Jan 20, 2019 2:58 pm
Thank you very much!

@Justagai
It was a stock installation of XWA and after that XWAU. I tried to reinstall and had the same issue.

@JeremyaFr
The latest version didn't work but the previous version did it! Thank you very much!


@brassman2468
that might be the reason. It works now but it may be interesting for future updates of XWAU.

Thank you all. Pew pew some imperials now. =)
Did you replace the ddraw.dll file after installing XWAUP by any chance? Just wondering what might have been the cause of the issue.

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 12:47 pm
by Apocrypha
Nope I didn't.

It seemed, that the problem is the ddraw.cfg, like 'brassman2468' said. XWAU 1.5 comes with a cfg where is "JoystickEmul = -1" exactly like your new .dll download link (1.5.7) but the old dll link (1.3.6) hasn't this line at all in its cfg.

Hope it :hilfe: s.

EDIT: Spelling.
2nd EDIT: It might be cool to upload a updated version with an untouched line if its posssible. I think it would be less confusing. :)

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 7:58 pm
by Justagai
Interesting...I thought XWAUP had Jeremy's ddraw which didn't include the joystick emulation stuff. Or maybe Jeremy's ddraw did have it at one point? Whichever the case, I now know how your issue manifested and I'm looking to solve the issue with Reimar.

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 8:02 pm
by Reimar
If you have a gamepad, make sure to disconnect it. The case when there is both a Joystick and a gamepad connected is handled badly currently.
Though the controller mapping options reduced to 5 seems a bit weird.
EDIT: ok, if Justagai found the cause I can discuss with him how we'll solve it.

Re: XWAU 1.5, Joystick not responding

Posted: Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:44 pm
by Reimar
We came up with a binary for testing https://github.com/rdoeffinger/xwa_ddra ... /ddraw.zip
It should avoid using the XInput interface (which is designed for gamepads and has some limitations) if you have a real joystick connected.
Interested in feedback whether it works for you.