17-06-2021 11:37 AM | ||
Smiling Spectre | Hm. Maybe different version indeed. It says about "Collectors Edition" - I am not sure it's the same. Unfortunately, this series is unknown for me, so I have no idea. | |
11-06-2021 05:08 PM | ||
Rwolf |
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There is no mention of any such function in the X-wing manuals, so it must have been a later addition for when Tie came out. If the GoG version is any different I don't know, but I doubt it. |
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09-06-2021 09:59 PM | ||
starfiretbt |
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Also I don't have a problem with my joystick being recognized, that problem I fixed, I just want to be able to use the throttle for speed control. Maybe that was another version of X-Wing as well. I did play it on PC when I was young. |
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08-06-2021 06:49 PM | ||
Smiling Spectre |
Try this article? I am not exactly sure that it will cover all your questions, but joystick and speed discussed there. |
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06-06-2021 05:43 PM | ||
starfiretbt |
matching speed in x-wing I remember playing this game when I was young, but I remember a button letting me match the speed with the craft I was targeting. I don't see that button in the manual nor do I find it in any site discussing the game. It means when I'm fighting a ship often times they get away or I run into them. I also remember a targeting box that gets displayed over the ship when they are targeted, but I'm not seeing that box over the ship. This means I have to look very closely if the ship is far away to see them and rely on my forward and rear sensors to tell where they are. Last does anybody know how to set a throttle control on a joystick? The game recognizes my joystick but not the throttle slider. I can use a program like "Antimicro" but any activation of throttle either completely turns on my speed to max or turns my speed to nothing, it doesn't set speed to percentages of the throttle slide. |
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04-09-2013 08:43 PM | ||
StaaViinsZ |
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LOL I thought it was funny when I went "Selling Bootlegs" PICARD FACEPALM. I'm just here to subscribe... |
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03-09-2013 05:18 PM | ||
The Fifth Horseman |
Hey, you're preaching to the choir. Doesn't mean all of our users quite get the idea though. |
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03-09-2013 10:52 AM | ||
StaaViinsZ |
Wouldn't It Be Nice Maybe EA'll do us a favor and release this as freeware like the Command and Conquer early games. Wouldn't that be nice? Sadly, I doubt Disney is too keen on putting this game in the world for free distribution. LOL I really like GOG and what they do, but I know that they are the absolute WORST thing to meantion on a abandonware site, since they "take" "your" Games away. Sometimes on these sites it becomes more about getting a free game 1. Preserving Classic games 2. Being able to enjoy classic games without searching for a lifetime or paying out lots of $$$ for a rare copy 3. Providing support and resources (To a certain extent) for titles that no longer have them 4. Introducing new generations of people to many games of the past, easily and cheaply (FREE!) What it's NOT NOT NOT 1. Getting a free game because you feel like the company doesn't deserve the money anymore 2. Downloading free full versions because you feel like you're doing something illegal and sleazy 3. Providing a means to distribute full version software to everyone because companies shouldn't be able to control software like that 4. Downloading and trying to sell people bootlegs ____________________________________________ That one reason why I like this site. Most people don't excessively hate on GOG.com here, and Abandonia does not provide downloads of games that are still being sold. In my opinion, if you hate gog, then you are more of a "Free Game Lover" than a "Classic Game Lover". To me, when GOG.com gets permission to sell something, it's just like passing the flag. They are up-holding all 4 of my "Things it should be about", (Which I know sounds self-centered and contrived... I do understand, it is kind of to very annoying when a game suddenly gets "Stolen" by GOG, and it can feel as if it was "Stolen". Remember, though, that none of these games are yours or the community's. The only reason you get to have them for free is because we believe they are abandoned. Some people wish things like "Lucasarts should loosen up on their games". If they abandon them completely, though, that would only be making them fall into obscurity faster. That's what everyone wants a game to have, right? You can also argue that if a Game dev holds it back from the public, it means that the copies that do exist will fade away by the time they are willing to let it go. It is true, at a certain point, a dev should just give up. Trying to keep a 1988 game all to yourself is a bit much, They may just protect it once and forget about it, never realizing the horrible injustice they may be doing to the game and it's fans. I doubt Lucasarts is this way, though. I am speaking in general, however. I may re-post part of it somewhere else that actually needs it. It's always great to get a free game, and that's really cool. Anyway, to wrap up, I love abandonia, I hope I don't offend anyone to the brink of insanity. Don't take it TOO personally... |
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23-03-2011 05:46 PM | ||
Japo |
DOSBox will have no problem finding your joystick, as long as Windows itself does; check the control panel. The console (the second annoying window DOSBox has) should say if a joystick is detected. It's possible that DOSBox finds the joystick, but for some reason its output isn't mapped to anything. I think it happened to me. Press Ctrl+F1 to access the DOSBox keyboard and joysticks mapper. |
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23-03-2011 04:30 PM | ||
Eagle of Fire |
You need to configure the joystick in game. That is if you can actually use the joystick in game. Not all DOS games had joystick compatibility... I remember using a joypad back in the days of X-Wing... That old pad was however plugged in a port behind the computer. Beside, the mouse always been more precise and faster. It was only because my arm was getting very tired after a month of playing that I switched to it... It was a ball mouse too, which was way heavier and more cumbersome than today numeric mouses. |
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