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JWing wrote:

/slap Dronayus

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The_Shruberer wrote:

*looks at the shiny buttons on the X45*

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*looks at his 12-year old joystick with 2 buttons and no throttle*

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*blows some dust off of old joystick*

hmmm...

I think Ima gonna go buy them schnazzy new- WHAT>?! 

*spews drink out of mouth*

400 dollars!??

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hmmm  I think ima go buy one of them sensible logitech joysticks..

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400???  I bought my X36 for $99 at Compusa about 5 years ago, since then, I got another dirt cheap for space parts

Message Edited by Fellstaff on 09-01-2004 05:29 AM

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KillDroidxx wrote:

 

/bump for a good post and what is a hat button?  sorry for the newbish question but most of the veiwers here are newbs

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a hat button is a multi-directional button... it usually lookes like a ridged cone coming off the the joystick, or a bird's eye view of a japanese famer's hat... they usually come in 4-way or 8-way varieties... 4-way means you can push the button up, down, left, or right... 8-way includes diagonal directions... same thing goes for the lesser seen "castle switches".. they function the same, they just look like the head of a rook from chess...

for the most part, hat-switches are programmed as point-of-view (POV) buttons... which allows you to look around in the cockpit of these simulators... but on most sticks now you can program them to do other things...

anyone interested in game pads selections? i can do some research into them. I used a Thrustmaster Firestorm Dual Power 2 (Firestorm 3 shown, which is the same as my discontinued Firestorm 2 just updated) when i transitioned from playing console games years ago to PC and it worked great till i outgrew my need for it and went onto joy sticks. It handled BF1942 like a dream and felt very comfortable like a PS2 and Xbox controller. This may provide alternate gaming experiences for those who i've seen post that some sticks may be too big for their hands.