Essobie: ...
Thanks for the reply. Sorry, but I feel pretty safe to condemn the use of something that turns finite steering into what you get on a NES controller. It's also not all that difficult to get DirectX compatible devices working with games that came out that work on Windows 95. Typically the problem comes from the lack of button quantity support, and that is remedied by the fact that most high end joysticks and gamepads come with profiler software that emulates keystrokes out of the box. Xpadder is typically only needed for DOS games.
The "lack of button quality support" that you just mentioned a few sentences back would be the difficult part I'm referring to. I thought that should be the painfully obvious part. The reason I'm mentioning Xpadder is not all joysticks come with decent profiler software for keyboard mapping and others may read this.
Trust me, I understand the love of old analog devices and their feel. I loved my Thrustmaster so much I called in a warrantly for the "lifetime replacement of potentiometers." Although they would honor any request, they only sent the pots and the consumer had to replace.
Essobie: I'm also not going to give it a try unless I know for sure the game works on my hardware. Sure, it's only a few bucks, but I paid 40+ bucks for this game when it first came out and there are plenty of other games to spend 6 bucks on for me to throw it away on something that simply won't work to my satisfaction.
Fortunately, according to this post:
be77solo: All I did was plug in my 360 Pad, started I76 Glide, spent a few minutes setting the controls, and everything worked just fine, fully analog control, etc. No need for xpadder or anything. It will detect the joystick axis's and buttons just fine. Just played the first few missions, and it's totaly analog control for sure. Works great.
...Xpadder isn't needed at all. I'm curious as to why your (HampsterStyle) 360 gamepad didn't work WITHOUT Xpadder now.
There again, the "lack of button quality support" you referred to earlier would be the issue with mine. I'm on Win 7 x64 BTW.
Also I would note that with such demanding criteria for 6 dollar 13+ year old games, your feelings will most likely be hurt often when classic gaming. :)
Edit:
What I was trying to convey to you earlier is that no matter if the internal support exists or not, there are freeware alternatives that are acceptable for a lover of analog like myself. I realize that this is a subjective statement but I was trying to ease any concern for you or others who might be hesitant purchasing this with the prospect of "keyboard only" input.
