Joystick irresponsive?

[Wuuuzzzaaa]

Hi, i'm using a MS Sidewinder Pro. It's nice everything on it works within LOMAC (shift keys can be assigned, twist rudder works etc.). The problem is when things get busy and I have to slew for example the Maverick seeker over a target, it's often irresponsive (I do this with the 'hat'); it often doesnt pick up the shift button, and hence moves my head instead of the seeker head.

Keyboard seems also somewhat irresponsive; sometimes you seem to have to press keys twice in order to get effect.

Is this a known problem with LOMAC? My FPS are often ~10.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
Club3d ATI Radeon 9600Pro
TwinMOS 2x 512Mb PC3200 CL2.5

[Wuuuzzzaaa]

Hi, i'm using a MS Sidewinder Pro. It's nice everything on it works within LOMAC (shift keys can be assigned, twist rudder works etc.). The problem is when things get busy and I have to slew for example the Maverick seeker over a target, it's often irresponsive (I do this with the 'hat'); it often doesnt pick up the shift button, and hence moves my head instead of the seeker head.

Keyboard seems also somewhat irresponsive; sometimes you seem to have to press keys twice in order to get effect.

Is this a known problem with LOMAC? My FPS are often ~10.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
Club3d ATI Radeon 9600Pro
TwinMOS 2x 512Mb PC3200 CL2.5

[169th_Jaws]

10 FPS?!?!?! Man how can you bear to play at that speed!!! Drop your graphics settings RIGHT down. You'd want to play at a solid 20-22 at the very least! (Have you checked out LOMAN and it's performance/FPS tweaks?)
Anyway, back to your actual issue. I have the same joystick and don't really have that problem. Although such low FPS means your CPU is being smashed and it could possibly be causing your keyboard to lag. I personally use the arrow keys on my keyboard to slew the designator and have the long, thin, thumb button to lock on. I reckon the hat switch on this stick is to clunky and lacks precision.

[Wuuuzzzaaa]

Hmm I wasn't quite accurate: my joystick is the
MS Sidewinder _Precision_ Pro. Anyway, reading up on the v1.1 bugs in the bugs board, it seems joystick irresponsivity is a widespread problem, introduced/worsened by the patch.

Asus A7N8X Deluxe v2.0
AMD Athlon XP 2200+
Club3d ATI Radeon 9600Pro
TwinMOS 2x 512Mb PC3200 CL2.5

[[Ghost]]

Don't worry i have same problem with my saitek X36 HOTAS, I run on a "medium-range" system and have decent FPS, but still every time i get a slowdown my joystick buttons (not axes) stop responding and i have to switch to keyboard instead, like when I want to shoot i press joy button, nothing happens, instead i press space and it works just fine, Or i can press the joy button repeatedly until it fires but then it's often to late http://ubbxforums.ubi.com/infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif

But as I said don't worry, Eagle Dynamics are aware of the problem and it has been corrected with the 1.02 patch which unfortunally hasn't been released yet but will be out soon.