Microsoft sidewinder force feedback wheel drivers for xp

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Mousebuttons are also available (VK_LBUTTON etc.) Next to each gamepad button, U can choose a virtual key to be emulated. I recommend version 2, I only leave version 1 here for people who might prefer it's method of sending keys instead of emulating a joystick. USB gamedevices should give no problems, although I don't have any to test it out. Download + installation instructionsДЇirst make sure all gameport joysticks are removed from the Control Panel > Game Devices list, as that might interfere with my program.

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Googling around, I found this page that describes exactly how to communicate with the gamepad.

Now that I was able to communicate with the gameport (at address 0x201), I needed to know how the sidewinder digitally encodes it's data.

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Inpout32 even provides full sourcecode for the driver+dll, and the dll installs the driver automatically, so I chose to use that one (their function calls are identical). Both are freeware and come with sample code to use the driver+dll. Seems there are 2 simple drivers available that allow read/write access to hardware ports: DLportIO and Inpout32. I decided to start looking around for *something* that would give me raw access to the gameport (as Windows NT requires drivers for all hardware access). They seem to have drivers for (all?) the other Sidewinder products that use the gameport.

I truely can't understand why Microsoft doesn't want to support their own hardware, when it's so simple to write a driver for it. The gamepads work perfectly in Windows 9x/ME and Windows 2000. What to do now? Throw them away and get some new USB pads? I don't think so.

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I then borrowed a gameport-to-USB cable from my friend, who got it with his Sidewinder Precision Pro Joystick, but Windows XP detected the same Sidewinder 3D Pro device.

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I tried to forcely install the ones from win2k, but msgame.sys decided to bluescreen. The built-in Sidewinder Autodetection thinks it's a Sidewinder 3D Pro joystick. Apparently there are NO drivers whatsoever to make these gamepads work in winxp. A month later, I 'upgraded' my Windows 2000 installation to Windows XP for certain reasons not to be mentioned here. These allow daisy-chaining, so I could use both at the same time, with only one gameport. PrologueДЄ while ago, I bought two old sidewinder gamepads, non-USB, using the gameport. Default values for all the buttons: Arrow keys and Numlock 0-9 keys. I'll wait to release the next version as soon as I have my second controller back, so I can add support for daisy chaining.ДЇixed a bug. I now have a joystick in my Game Devices list which responds to all the buttons of my Sidewinder. I found exactly what I needed: a driver that emulates a 'virtual' joystick, to which I can send messages. Compatible with all games that allow the use of a joystick. New version online, using PPJoy to emulate a virtual joystick. If previous versions didn't work for U, please try version 2b. Splitted version 2 into A/B: each use a different communication method. Sorry about the popup windows, they come from the 'free' Nedstat counter. Try what I told you, it may work.Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad (gameport) Driver for Windows XP Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad (gameport) Driver for Windows XP News I'm using the whell as well on XP with no problems and the standard driver, but I have an Sound Blaster Creative Sound card that was releasd before the whell was releasd. Or take it from the sourece: the whell is pluged in the sound card so you have to use an old sound card (better if you use a creative sound card) or instal a verry old driver for the sound card(if you find one). no bugs, but it takes a lot of time to instal both windows and parallel them. so you install the driver on win 98 and use it on XP. 1 part two: for advanced users only: instal dual boot with win 98 and XP and select parallel win usage.

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First part: you can instal win 98 or 2000 and upgrade it to win XP. There are 2 (two) ways of solving the problem: 1. Many friends use the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Whell on XP (any type of XP or XP service pack) and it runs with no problems.