Nevewinter Nights and a Spinner(v2)?!?

[Tycoonbrad]

I've been playing Neverwinter Nights(NWN) for sometime.

[Hoagie_one]

thats a very neeto idea actually, but i havent tried it.

[Tycoonbrad]

Some of the old arcade games I use to play had the coolest conrtols.  The Discs of Tron was one of them.  The Spinner with the push/pull system was genius.  The Atari 2600 games that used the spinners were my favorite games such as Warlords, Circus, and Kaboom!

[dabone]

That spinner you are trying it with is VERY VERY VERY, slow.

It's more like a volume knob than a arcade spinner.

On the desktop, does it take a quick flick to get across the screen? or ALOT of movement?


Get one from oscar controls, or a tornado if you want to see what spinners are really like.


Later,
dabone

[RayB]

Damn dude! I wonder how these work in FPS games! (though it means losing up/down aiming)

[NoOne=NBA=]

The PowerMate is NOT a spinner.
It emulates keystrokes.
That is why it's so slow.
It's sending left--left--left--left.

If your mouse works acceptably, which I'm sure it does, a spinner will too.
I've used a spinner for camera control on the CarBall mod on UT2k4, and it worked fine from a speed standpoint.
I ultimately didn't use it because you need to look straight up when the ball goes straight up.
If that's not an issue for NWN, then the spinner should work fine for you.

[Tycoonbrad]

I bought the power mate soley for a volume knob.  Now that I know an aracde spinner would work better, I think I might buy one.

I wonder how well an Ikari rotary joytick would work in NWN?  I beleive the rotary joystick coulc move 8 directions AND turn side to side with  twist.   Hmmm...

[NoOne=NBA=]

I doubt the Ikari stick would work that well.
It has distinct positions to it, whereas the mouse/spinner has "theoretically" infinite positions.

A wico optical rotary might work like you are wanting it to, though.
It is similar in construction to the Ikari sticks, but uses an optical sensor (like a mouse) to control the rotation functions, rather than distinct switches.

[Kremmit]

I doubt the Ikari stick would work that well.
It has distinct positions to it, whereas the mouse/spinner has "theoretically" infinite positions.

A wico optical rotary might work like you are wanting it to, though.
It is similar in construction to the Ikari sticks, but uses an optical sensor (like a mouse) to control the rotation functions, rather than distinct switches.

Dead right.  The Ikari stick is even less of a spinner than your volume knob.  It's just an -8- 12 position switch under there. 

That Wico optical rotary might be hard to come by.  Happ sells an optical rotary as well.  Expensive, but easy to get.  Either would probably work fine for camera view adjustments, but if you think you might want to play real spinner games, then a real spinner would be better.

[Hoagie_one]

12 position

[Kremmit]

Duh.  Seems like I'm always doing things like that.    12 positions on an Ikari rotary switch, yes. 

Still won't work as a spinner, though.