Flight Simulation Games, mapping joystick buttons to keyboard keys in windows XP

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Flight Simulation Games >> mapping joystick buttons to keyboard keys in windows XP

by Flyfish » Fri, 22 Aug 2003 04:47:52 GMT

XXXX@XXXXX.COM (David Fidge) wrote in
news: XXXX@XXXXX.COM :

> A week ago I thought I'd have another go at finishing Tie Fighter.
> After getting it to run under windows XP I discovered that I needed to
> map my Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro joystick's buttons to
> keyboard keys to make it easier to play.
>

You got it to run? Damn, my copy won't. I have fond memories of that game,
which would probably look crappy these days compared to newer releases.

Flyfish

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