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Hardware => Hardware => Topic started by: alexfue12 on August 08, 2007, 08:45:48 PM

Title: gamepad joystick always off-center
Post by: alexfue12 on August 08, 2007, 08:45:48 PM

I have a game elements pc recoil gamepad from wal-mart. I plug it in, and everything's fine. But I always seem to move forward in games without press up on the left joystick, so I went into calibration and it always seems that when i move the left joystick, instead of bouncing back to (127,127) it goes to (140,102). I have tried it on another computer and it works just perfectly. I have windows xp pro sp2 and the other computer has Windows XP Home w/ SP2. How can I correct this?

Title: Re: gamepad joystick always off-center
Post by: Stryc9 on November 03, 2007, 02:54:58 PM

Since this post is now quite old I don't know if you still have this gamepad or if you've resolved your problem but I would try calibrating the gamepad.

Go to your Control Panel and select Game Controllers then if you didn't install the divers it should say "4-Axis 12 button gamepad", make sure it's selected then click the properties button. Another dialog will appear with a Calibrate tab, you want to go to that tab and calibrate the gamepad there then your problem should be solved.

Title: Re: gamepad joystick always off-center
Post by: patio on November 03, 2007, 03:46:01 PM

I'm sure he will reply shortly...gamers are a dedicated lot...