Coupla controller issues....

fluxcapacitor · June 28th, 2002

I have a Dual Shock on LPT1. I'm using the latest PSXpad beta drivers for this. The NTpad 1.1s have the worst delay I've ever seen a controller have, worse than MK1 for SNES. I was using those forever but finally found these PSXpad drivers that are a million times better. Which brings me to my first problem. Whenever Windows XP starts up, it 're-detects' that controller as 'nt pad xp 1.1 con force feedback' and wants me to install those drivers. To temporarily stop this I've simply disabled the NT pad listing (joystick de consola_1) in the device manager. But does anyone know how to stop XP from doing this upon every start up?

I also have my GT Force Logitech wheel installed. For those who don't know, the GT Force Wheel is identical to the Wingman Formula Force GP USB, you install the latest drivers and it's great. Woiks like a charm on F1 2002. Anyhow, here's how this relates to ePSXe. If I leave the Logitech wheel enabled in the Device Manager, ePSXe WILL NOT recognize the analog sticks on the Dual Shock in GT2. They work fine going thru the menu's but as soon as gameplay starts, ePSXe doesn't "see" the analog sticks. This may also be true for other games in ePSXe but I'm not sure yet on that. Thing is, if I then go into the Device Manager and disable the Logitech Wheel, ePSXe is perfect w/ the Dual Shock. So how to make it work OK w/ the Wheel enabled? It's just an unecessary pain in the ass to have to enable, then disable, then enable and on and on. If anyone can help out w/ either of these two lil' prollemz I'd appreciate it.

**Betamax** · June 28th, 2002

The only thing I can think of is an incompatibility between the wheel and the pad. The only thing I could suggest there is to try updating the wheels drivers.

As for the ntpad drivers, windows has a database of known installed drivers located at c:\windows\inf. To stop windows from detecting these drivers you'll need to remove the *.inf file relating to the ntpad drivers from this directory.

fluxcapacitor · June 28th, 2002

Ok I got it to stop installing. I had let it install and then I searched the Windows folder for "ntpad". It didn't find an .inf but a few dll's and .sys files. I deleted those and the folder where I was "storing" the nt pad drivers.

June 28th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
fluxcapacitor Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Orange CA Posts: 59	Coupla controller issues.... I have a Dual Shock on LPT1. I'm using the latest PSXpad beta drivers for this. The NTpad 1.1s have the worst delay I've ever seen a controller have, worse than MK1 for SNES. I was using those forever but finally found these PSXpad drivers that are a million times better. Which brings me to my first problem. Whenever Windows XP starts up, it 're-detects' that controller as 'nt pad xp 1.1 con force feedback' and wants me to install those drivers. To temporarily stop this I've simply disabled the NT pad listing (joystick de consola_1) in the device manager. But does anyone know how to stop XP from doing this upon every start up? I also have my GT Force Logitech wheel installed. For those who don't know, the GT Force Wheel is identical to the Wingman Formula Force GP USB, you install the latest drivers and it's great. Woiks like a charm on F1 2002. Anyhow, here's how this relates to ePSXe. If I leave the Logitech wheel enabled in the Device Manager, ePSXe WILL NOT recognize the analog sticks on the Dual Shock in GT2. They work fine going thru the menu's but as soon as gameplay starts, ePSXe doesn't "see" the analog sticks. This may also be true for other games in ePSXe but I'm not sure yet on that. Thing is, if I then go into the Device Manager and disable the Logitech Wheel, ePSXe is perfect w/ the Dual Shock. So how to make it work OK w/ the Wheel enabled? It's just an unecessary pain in the ass to have to enable, then disable, then enable and on and on. If anyone can help out w/ either of these two lil' prollemz I'd appreciate it. __________________ -Mike "Lumpy" My Setup John Gotti Never Blew Up The World Trade Center...

June 28th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
Betamax Resident Movie Critic Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland Posts: 9,480	The only thing I can think of is an incompatibility between the wheel and the pad. The only thing I could suggest there is to try updating the wheels drivers. As for the ntpad drivers, windows has a database of known installed drivers located at c:\windows\inf. To stop windows from detecting these drivers you'll need to remove the *.inf file relating to the ntpad drivers from this directory. __________________ Superior marketing of an inferior product will always win over inferior marketing of a superior product.

June 28th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
fluxcapacitor Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Orange CA Posts: 59	Ok I got it to stop installing. I had let it install and then I searched the Windows folder for "ntpad". It didn't find an .inf but a few dll's and .sys files. I deleted those and the folder where I was "storing" the nt pad drivers. __________________ -Mike "Lumpy" My Setup John Gotti Never Blew Up The World Trade Center...

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