z00t Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 (edited) I have a thrustmaster Firestorm dual analog 3 [which windows sees as a dual analog 2 for some reason] I have all the latest software for it [thrustmaster says there are no drivers-that windows will get it automatically] I can get the right stick to work using their "thrustmapper" utility, but I have to play it in mouse-keyboard mode-in which targeting is mouselook (and the right stick just isnt that precise). I can also map the dpad that way, but again I want to play in gamepad mode because targeting is crappy in mouse-keyboard mode. windows, and GTA SA [i guess] see the right stick as a rudder and throttle so it wont work. I saw below that someone had fixed the right stick problem on a PS2 controller [with usb adapter] by editing the registry. Im not afraid to screw around with the registry, and have been for the last 2 hours, but I cant get the stick fixed. I tried fixing the location of the code provided below and merging it, but I keep getting told it is not a binary reg file and cant be merged, even thought the icon and file extention indicate it is a reg file. I tried inputting the values manually, but I am unsure if the hex values should be the same, and while Im not afraid to mess around with it I have never put in hex values before[i thought they just corespond to the text, but Im probably wrong] also if anyone has seen the code in the post below that I mentioned, can you tell me why the axis keys jump from 2 to 5? is that [and the hex values] specific to the ps2 controller, or should I try that with the firestorm? ANY help with this problem-ANY reg edit text, or configuration secrets of the thrustmaster would be fuXXing OUTSTANDING OH YEAH if anyone has gotten the reg code from below to work for ANY other controller besides the one PS2 controller, let me know, maybe I can tell what Im doing wrong by seeing your version Z00T Edited June 11, 2005 by z00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deftron Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 I know someone that edited my registry fix to get a Thrustmaster to work. I'll try to get an answqer for you. They probably just changed the final location values to match those of the Thrustmaster in the registry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z00t Posted June 11, 2005 Author Share Posted June 11, 2005 (edited) ask them how to merge the reg file, I saved it in notepad as a reg file, but Im told it is not binary so I cant merge it. anyway, Thanks, hopefully it will work, I already installed a new dvd [a 16x mad dog for 29 bucks, so I dont feel bad about it] just to play GTA SA on the PC [finished the ps2 version a month after it came out]. that is my worst problem [besides drinking]...that I can do hardware without a problem, its the software fixes that elude me. HURRY....[im 6 rusty nails and 3 episodes of the sopranos late on playing GTA SA, its killing me!!!] but thanks Edited June 11, 2005 by z00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deftron Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Take my reg file and change these lines: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\ VID_044F&PID_B304\Axes\2] "Attributes"=hex:00,00,00,00,01,00,35,00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\ VID_044F&PID_B304\Axes\5] "Attributes"=hex:00,00,00,00,01,00,36,00 I have eno idea what you mean by it's not binary. Save it as gta.reg (not gta.reg.txt) Double click ... Windows will ask if you want to add to registry ... Answer Yes. You can also manually Browse your registry by going to Start ... Run ... Regedit You might have to change the last value (VID_044F&PID_B304) to whatever your gamepad is listed under Browse through the path HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Contr ol\MediaProperties\PrivateProperties\Joystick\OEM\ to find it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z00t Posted June 11, 2005 Author Share Posted June 11, 2005 (edited) are you using thrustmapper [the mapping program by thrustmaster]? also: I copied the text into notepad, saved as gta.reg [no .txt] tried to merge and got an error message saying: cannot imprt [filename]: the specified file is not a registry script. you can only import binary registry files from within the registry editor. so I tried to import it from the reg edit utility, and get the message: Cannot import [filename] : the specified file is not a registry file: you can only import registry files. I swear it is NOT saving as a text file. the filename is gta.reg just loike you said, and the icon is even a eg file icon [the disintigrating rubiks cube] damn I wish I knew what I was doing wrong. Ill try putting it in manually again....lets see if alcohol was the needed ingredient... Edited June 11, 2005 by z00t Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coxjeet Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Put this at the top of the regfile Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deftron Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Also make sure there's no spaces in the paths. If you know where I can upload something real quick, I'll upload the reg file Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deftron Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 Download this http://dl1.rapidshare.de/files/2306971/1872550/gta.reg Edit the final location values to match where your gamepad data is in the registry. Save it... then double click to add to registry Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
z00t Posted June 11, 2005 Author Share Posted June 11, 2005 Thanks to all-especially deftron [coxjeet too even though I never got a chance to try your suggestion]. turns out alcohol was the needed ingredient. I never got to merge the files, but I figured out what I was doing wrong when trying to add in the needed registry values manually [i wasnt starting a new binary string in the key, I was just trying to edit the hex values of the key itself] anyway problem solved, thanks again [i would have gotten back to you sooner but I was enjoying a four star road rage extravaganza that was just fantasic with the super draw distance-even if I have to have 16 bit colors to max out my resolution. its worth it] as an aside here, is the mip mapping and the antialiasing worth it [MM on, AA on 3] at 800X600 X 32 with everything else on, It runs ok, runs chunky in some spots. in 1280X 1024 X 16 I havent had a slowdown yet. the manual says it doesnt recomend 16, but I feel stupid running at 800X 600 with a Gforce 4600Ti even though it is an old card. sorry for the rambling, the gamepad fix has me giddy thanks again for all the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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