Path: cdrom.com!barrnet.net!parc!biosci!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!hookup!news.sprintlink.net!news.world.net!guardian.up.edu!not-for-mail From: jiml@up.edu (Jim Little) Newsgroups: alt.cd-rom Subject: Re: Rebel Assault and miserable joystick performance. Date: 12 May 1994 12:25:15 -0700 Organization: School of Engineering, University of Portland, Portland OR Lines: 26 Message-ID: <2qtvqr$74@upsun17.up.edu> References: <2qja1i$6h1@search01.news.aol.com> <2qp3hs$8h9@darkstar.ucsc.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: upsun17.up.edu In article <2qp3hs$8h9@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, Mike Lanzetta, Head of the Illuminati wrote: > >In <2qja1i$6h1@search01.news.aol.com> sdo69@aol.com (SDO 69) writes: > >>I tried rebel assault on my machine (48633 Chinon drive PAS16) and had only an >>oversensetive joystick. I had to disable my emm386 to get it to work at all. >I found that with the thrustmaster, the joystick performance was unreasonably >bad. The joystick became uncalibrated continuously, and would resist attempts >at recalibration. The Rebel Assault 1.7 patch is now available on wuarchive.wustl.edu in the directory /pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/patches. I don't remember the exact name; do a 'ls r*' to find the file... it should be obvious. I found that this patch greatly improved joystick control, as well as handling CD glitches and pauses much more smoothly. I'm not sure if the calibration routines have been improved, but I have discovered that calibrating the joystick -slowly- (too minimize bounce) helps immensely, at least for the older versions. -Jim Little (jiml@up.edu)