Grid Wars Help

[urbecrisch]

I tried searching various forums but I've had no luck.

How do I configure Grid Wars to use my dual analog U360's?

I know both JOYS are recognized by windows and working through U360 software but when I try to configure them in Grid Wars options the only controller I can get to work is the Left JOY.

I've tried everything I possible can in the options-config screen but I cannot get the left JOY to move and the right JOY to fire.

Anyone out there who can help me out?

[Spacejack]

I've been trying to work this one out myself.  The best I've come up with so far is to set the righthand joystick to act as a mouse, turn on autofire, and it seems to work... well it's kind of spastic really, but playable.

I think a great idea for a utility would be some kind of axis collector doohickey, where you could just pile joysticks on top of each other to create a single gamepad device for windows to see.  I have no idea how to write such a thing, however.

[urbecrisch]

How do you have the right JOY act as a mouse?  Which config menu can you do this to?  Do I use the dual analog config or set up another?

[Spacejack]

Set your righthand U360 to act as a mouse in the U360 mapping software.  As far as how to set mouse control, Gridwars has a "controls" menu does it not?

[NickG]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=77890.msg813329#msg813329

[Space Fractal]

do you have new version (version 4.1)? it should works with dual analog. I didden't ever noticed they have unofficiel updated the game since I modificed some controls to work better on a cab (look in the game review).

[nuka1195]

three threads and a search and i missed them.

nickg, the link posted is for geometry wars. in grid wars there is no configuration for joystick and mouse that i can find.

i'm having the same issue as the op. only one joystick is available at a time.

spacejack could you please elaborate on how to configure this in gridwars. i set my right joystick to mouse, but can not find how to move with the left joy and fire with the right.

hybrid, dual anolog, mouse, joypad. what am i missing?

space fractal do you have access to the latest source, mine gridwars version is 5.4 april 19, 2006?

and this configuration works fine in mame with robotron

thanks.

[Spacejack]

Argh!  Now that I think about it, I'm not sure I did get Gridwars working.  I had a whole slew of such games going at once and now I think gridwars wasn't the one I got to work that way.  I shouldn't have spoken so definitively.

I just checked gridwars now and yep, it's not the one.  Sorry for the false hope.  I can't get very far with it at all, since I'm still using my Ipac for the buttons.

[NickG]

grid wars has a configuration as well, and I have set it up successfully using the player two U360 as a mouse and the player one 360 as keyboard.

for grid wars
settings-->controls:
select hybrid
then --> configure controls
select: keyboard - aim mouse relative

Then set up your keys and mouse settings in ultramap.
If you want faster aiming use xpadder and turn up the mouse acelleration..

[urbecrisch]

Thanks.  I'll give it a shot.

[nuka1195]

http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=80123.0

space fractal has modified version 5.4 to support dual analog sticks(2 ports)

works great with dual U360 in analog mode.

[Space Fractal]

Yep the original used only one port, but could use 2 sticks (etc if you inserted a PS2 dualshock controller using Adapter).

I just  noticed that today, so I added a another control method. Try it out.

Otherwice post a new posts in that thread nuka1195 linked to.