Multiple Joystick problem

[x al 1]

I did a search, but Joystick topics seem to be rare...almost none existent. So here is my problem:

Running Vista32ultimate with...

Logitech G25 wheel

MS FFB sidewinder 2 joystick

MS Freestyle pad (using gameport with a little tweaking)

Best thing would be...to drive with the wheel, fly with the joystick, riding with freestyle pad. BUT I know that ArmA only accepts 1 joystick.

I tried to set the vista joystick preferences in the control menu, so that the MS sidewinder 2 joystick has the 1st priority of usage. NO GO..no matter what i select...the G25 wheel is the ONLY available for ArmA. And YES...all joysticks work very well in other games. And NO...I will not do the plug-in-plug-out-jockey.

Is there maybe an .ini tweak in ArmA i could use for joystick selection?    

[mattxr 9]

As what you said what you wouldnt do is the only option what you can do, unplug the other two.

[x al 1]

Nooooooooooooooo.....that's horrible...well, i better start getting used to fly a heli with a G25 wheel

Any other solutions?    

[i0n0s 0]

Hi,

unplug your joysticks, then plug in the joystick you want to use in ArmA. Then plug in the others.

ArmA will use the first plugged in joystick.

As an alternative:

I've heard about an driver that simulates a joystick were you can merge your joysticks. But I don't know anything about it

[dale0404 5]

Use your keyboard and mouse...

[Nowyoudie 0]

Get used to unplugging the devices or buy an USB HUB and put it on your desktop if the plugs are out of reach.

[JuggernautOfWar 1]

Hi,

unplug your joysticks, then plug in the joystick you want to use in ArmA. Then plug in the others.

ArmA will use the first plugged in joystick.

As an alternative:

I've heard about an driver that simulates a joystick were you can merge your joysticks. But I don't know anything about it

Look into that dude.

[LFO 0]

Quote[/b] ]I've heard about an driver that simulates a joystick were you can merge your joysticks. But I don't know anything about it

i'm searching for this kind of driver for quite a while. does anybody know something? does it exist?

[x al 1]

Long time ago i heard about that program. PPJOY was the name...now its PCLjoy i guess...

have a look at the following site:

www tti-us.com/sim/picjoy html

Jeeez...there must be a simple and proper .ini solution for my problem    

I am sure I will figure it out...NOOOooooo plugging madness please  

[ARM505 0]

I simply cannot understand how a recently released game can struggle with something this basic - I also have the same problem (Cougar, G25, and an RC sim control unit). Is it because ARMA is built on the bones of OFP that it struggles with such a rudimentary control problem or what?

[kegetys 2]

There is an undocumented (incomplete) feature in ArmAlib that allows remapping the joystick axes. To enable it you need to set enabled to 1 in the armalib/config.cfg (under [vjoystick]). When you run ArmA after this it should output the device GUIDs of all joysticks to 'my documents/arma/armalib/armalib.log'. You can then replace the guids of axis_X, etc. values in the config.cfg with the GUID of one of the detected joysticks.

That may or may not work :P

[ARM505 0]

Thanks Kegetys, mission accomplished.

I added Armalib, then configured the appropriate axes in the Arma 'controls' menu, it worked perfectly. Nice to fly around properly for a change. My TrackIR insisted on staring at the roof when in vehicles, but I got around that. Disabling Armalib returns the original problem, and the all powerful G25 is once again the boss

Now why can't BI make the appropriate changes to Arma?!