Flight Simulator Question.

Jimney

Have installed flight simulator on windows xp will any joy stick work or do i need a certain one?

sco0ter

What flight simulator???? I think it will depend on the game as XP should recognise any joystick/pad you try.

tigermatt

Any joystick controller should work, you will get the best result from USB ones but so long as Windows detects it and you can configure it then you should be OK.

It will probably need calibrating in Windows Control Panel, then you will have to tell your Flight Simulator that you are using a joystick, probably in its options screen

Have fun

Jimney

sco0ter wrote:

What flight simulator???? I think it will depend on the game as XP should recognise any joystick/pad you try.

scoOter it's a microsoft 2002 professional edition

tigermatt

Jimney wrote:

scoOter it's a microsoft 2002 professional edition

If it's a Microsoft one then you shouldn't have any problems configuring a joystick controller. Just plug it in, calibrate and setup in the XP control panel (there's a special control panel applet for configuration of such devices) and then run your flight simulator and pick your newly configured controller.

Have fun

Jimney

tigermatt wrote:

Any joystick controller should work, you will get the best result from USB ones but so long as Windows detects it and you can configure it then you should be OK.

It will probably need calibrating in Windows Control Panel, then you will have to tell your Flight Simulator that you are using a joystick, probably in its options screen

Have fun

cheers tigermatt can't wait to have a go looks good fun

tigermatt

Jimney wrote:

cheers tigermatt can't wait to have a go looks good fun

I've got one as well. It is very accurate and the planes are so precise it does take a while to learn. Once you know what to do you'll be flying Boeing 747s, unlike me still here in Cessnas :rolleyes:

Jimney

tigermatt wrote:

I've got one as well. It is very accurate and the planes are so precise it does take a while to learn. Once you know what to do you'll be flying Boeing 747s, unlike me still here in Cessnas :rolleyes:

somehow think i'll be great at crashing into things