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Gameport on new PC
trekking95:
Well the joystick I have is logitech wingman attack, I don't think that will work? Why do you think its that way?
So with the buttons 3 and 4 thing is that with the adapter or with the soundcard?
And what if you have more than 2 buttons on the first stick, would it show up as the number after the highest one on the first stick?
Is that the same if you have both a gameport and USB running at the same time?
Well I have the soundcard so what all is involved in the drivers and what not?
--- Quote from: BadMouth on May 10, 2012, 09:07:31 am ---I have the USB to gameport adapter that you linked to.
I'm using it as an interface for a positional gun.
Haven't noticed any lag, but I am not a hardcore gamer (and it's attached to a giant 2-handed positional gun).
It's plug and play; just shows up as a generic joystick.
It will only handle one joystick though (old gameports could handle two with a splitter cable).
The buttons on the second joystick will show up as buttons 3 and 4 on joystick #1 if you hook two up to it.
"Not compatible with Logitech Wingman Joysticks, Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback joysticks"
A cheap soundcard is around the same price. Just depends on whether you want to mess with installation and drivers.
I don't know about windows 7 working with the gameports on soundcards. Sounds like a question for google.
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trekking95:
--- Quote from: kahlid74 on May 10, 2012, 09:19:31 am ---As long as the slot exists on your motherboard and drivers are present, it can work. I would look potentially at a new joystick though??
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Never bought a new joystick as I don't use them much. Find a game that it works with, play until I get tired of it and the stick goes back to the shelf.
The USB one is the only the second one I have, after the gameport one. It came from a thrift store, the gameport from some people that didn't want it.
For the few games I play with it I never wanted to spend on a new one, but I might someday since my PC can handle the games you would want a new one with.
trekking95:
Someone please let me know about how to do the PCI soundcard card install!! ;D
lanman31337:
Your best solution is going to be getting a gameport to USB adapter. Windows 7 doesn't support gameports.
kahlid74:
--- Quote from: trekking95 on May 11, 2012, 05:49:22 am ---Someone please let me know about how to do the PCI soundcard card install!! ;D
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It's pretty straight forward. Find an open PCI slot (generally white slots) insert it in with the computer turned off. Turn the computer back on, the card will be recognized by Windows and it may ask you to search the internet for drivers. Go ahead and let it. If it finds them awesome. If it doesn't, you may have to go to the soundcard's website and see if they have drivers. If they don't have drivers then you need to search on it and see if someone ports you drivers. If no one did then you've got to go with the usb to gameport adapters.