Potential fix for odd joystick behaviour

[Katsumoto]

#11891

Hi all

I was having a torrid time getting my Xbox gamepad to work with this. It would cause all sorts of weird behaviour on the menus, constantly pulling the cursor into one corner, and then in-game it would send my craft into an uncontrollable spin, no matter how many times I redid the calibration. But a search of the GoG forums led me to this: https://archive.org/details/TIECDJOY_ZIP – it is labelled as a fix for MS Sidewinders but has done the job for my modern gamepad, too. You just drag it into your TIECD folder and say “yes” when it asks if you want to overwrite/replace.

Here is the GoG thread: https://www.gog.com/forum/star_wars_tie_fighter_special_edition/psa_for_anyone_having_troubles_with_their_joystick_in_the_collecters_cd_version

On another note, I’m using Aaron Giles’ excellent DREAMM emulator to play this (https://dreamm.aarongiles.com), and, having just upgraded DREAMM to version 4, I see it now prompts you to install the above fix before playing Tie Fighter. Clever.

[Martli]

#11892

Interesting… I’m playing this is an actual MS Sidewinder 3D pro and it’s working perfectly without patching… the only issue is my ability hahah. Will keep this in mind if I encounter any issues.

[Katsumoto]

#11893

I should probably add (I forgot briefly there were so many different versions of this game!) that I am playing the CD version (the 1995 one, not the (boo hiss) Windows one that came a few years later). Are you playing the original 1994 release, out of interest?

[Martli]

#11898

I’m not sure, I’m playing the GOG version that I’ve ripped the files from and put onto a real DOS PC. I think that’s the 94 version?

[Katsumoto]

#11899

GoG includes all three versions (1994, 1995 (CD, SVGA) and 1998 (Windows)), so that doesn’t help much! Well, will be interesting to hear what other people’s experiences are.

Now i’ve got the joypad working, I am having a blast (that mission 6 in Battle 1 took me a fair while to crack!).

[Martli]

#11904

Ok I did some digging and can confirm I’m playing the 1994 version as I’ve got the MIDI soundtrack rather than redbook audio. Helpful video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC2i0wSVE64

[shnoogie]

#11925

I’ve played both CD and Remake on Linux via Steam using dosbox and wine. The dosbox worked pretty well with some minor tweaks (using linux binary). However, I was having a devil of a time getting the Remake to work with my 8bitdo controller on wine. After many trial and error attempts what ended up working best for me was disabling steam input and using an injected dll mod found at https://github.com/rdoeffinger/xwa_ddraw_d3d11 It not only fixes some 3d rendering issues but also has some input related fixes that solved my controller issues. Then I manually mapped the controller from in the game.

Now that it’s working, I’m playing on the TV with my kids watching. There’s something I never thought I’d be doing ha!

Edit: That DREAMM link is awesome, thanks for that!

[SpaceGameJunkie]

#11933

“I’m playing on the TV with my kids watching.”

That sounds delightful.