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Title: Alternate games for a Star Wars yoke connected to a PC
Post by: Generic Eric on July 14, 2011, 05:39:01 pm

1.) Does anyone use the Dolphin emulator to play Rouge Squadron II with a Star Wars yoke connected to a PC?
If so, how well does it work?

Quote from: http://wiki.dolphin-emulator.com/index.php?title=Nintendo_GameCube

Rouge Squadron II rates 3 stars:     Starts, maybe even plays well, but crashes or major graphical/audio glitches

2.) Does anyone use a Star Wars yoke connected to a PC to play Descent?
If so, how well does it work?

3.) Does anyone use a Star Wars yoke connected to a PC to play Free Space 2?
If so, how well does it work?

Thanks


edit for: LMGTFY

Title: Re: Alternate games for a Star Wars yoke connected to a PC
Post by: nox771 on July 17, 2011, 03:17:59 pm

Ah, excellent games, still waiting for D4...

Quote from: Generic Eric on July 14, 2011, 05:39:01 pm

2.) Does anyone use a Star Wars yoke connected to a PC to play Descent?
If so, how well does it work?

I'm not sure how you would use that.  The yoke is presumably a two handed control, but in Descent you also need the slide U/D/L/R controls which are key to any kind of decent gameplay.  You really need 13 controls to fully maneuver - Pitch U/D/L/R, Slide U/D/L/R, Roll L/R, Thrust F/B/Afterburn.  This is a two-handed operation on a mouse/keyboard setup, so even a dual simple joystick won't cut it, dual flightstick maybe, if one has a hat control.  Plus you need fire buttons.  Great game, but without an elaborate flightstick setup I think you need a keyboard/mouse.

I hadn't considered it before but getting D1/2/3 running on a dual flightstick setup would be epic, it would bring a great new element to the gameplay.  I'll have to remember that when planning my CP.

Quote from: Generic Eric on July 14, 2011, 05:39:01 pm

3.) Does anyone use a Star Wars yoke connected to a PC to play Free Space 2?
If so, how well does it work?

This might be slightly better, but again not really suited to a two-handed yoke.  I don't recall all the controls, but I think there are a significant number of buttons used on the keyboard (targeting/match speed/countermeasures/weapon control/etc).

Title: Re: Alternate games for a Star Wars yoke connected to a PC
Post by: Generic Eric on July 17, 2011, 05:01:45 pm

Thanks for your input, its been so long I've clearly forgotten the controls

For anyone else considering this, here are the layout options for Descent 2:
(http://www.reece-eu.net/images/descent2multi/d2-controlskeyboard.png)