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Sidewinder Strategic Commander problems
It does not work for me. HELP
"turbotoes" wrote: Don't panic, just follow the instructions this post I made a couple of weeks ago and all will work beautifully I promise. Since then I've also used it in gothic3 and splinter cell double agent. turbotoes Well having spent most of the afternoon moping about it I actually got the sidewinder to work, it’s quite simple. Install the sidewinder software, at a certain point you will be asked if “ you really want to quit the setup program?” say yes. Tootle off to the folder in which you installed the software and drag “DEAMON14” into startup and you might as well get yourself a shortcut to the program itself on the desktop while you are at it. Now get yourself off to Device manager by your favourite route. Under the heading “Human Interface Devices” you will see two ( maybe more) items. The ones we are interested in are Usb Human Interface Device, this equals your strategic commander And HID compliant device, this little fellow will become ms sw strat com hid drivers Two other devices will appear as we get the drivers installed, these are ms virtual keyboard and ms virtual mouse, hoorah. So to get the little devils working like you want, right click on the “Usb Human Interface Device” choose “update driver software” then click “browse my computer for the driver software” Then click “ let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer” then you will be given a list in that list will be “ Microsoft strategic commander” click on that, followed by “next” around this point you will get the usual warning that the driver is unsigned click on “install anyway” or the equivalent there of!! Rince and repeat for the HID compliant device and when you have done that you will find that the virtual kb and mouse will have appeared, you should not have to change their drivers. Windows will tell you that you need to restart your computer (that has not changed) and when you reboot your strat comm should work!!! You will need to repeat this process if you change usb ports, I’ve tested it in guild wars and nwn2 and all was fine. turbotoes "Racquel" wrote: My list of problems just keeps growing and growing. I am trying to install the controller onto my Vista system & have encountered several problems. The latest problem is while attempting to install the software, the "installshield" application stops working almost instantly when it appears to be completeing installation ... then there are 2 choices I am given, one is to close the program & the other is to check online for a solution. Needless to say, the button for checking online yields no results . To address other problems, previously I was able to install the CD up to the point where it would check the connection of the device to the USB but didnt recognize it (USB port is active the working & computer itself recognizes the device & that it was 'installed' properly) & also at another time I received an error message that 'critical system files are missing or corrupted' (to try to fix this based on microsofts suggestion of installing it as an administrator doesnt work either) . I am at my wits end w/this thing... Can anyone help? |
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Sidewinder Strategic Commander problems
Can someone provide the software for this device? I got it at a Good Will and it didn't come with instructions or a disc. -- gamexprt1 |
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Sidewinder Strategic Commander problems
Great job Bodatpaint. I've dusted of my Strategic Commander abd couldn't be happier. I have 1 request for the software... have separate dead zone settings for the Forward/Backward vs Left/Right movement of the joystick portion of the Commander. What I'm hoping to do is set some deadzone for Left/Right movement, but little to no deadzone for Forward/Backward movement. Thanx again. -- Chuck_IV |
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Sidewinder Strategic Commander problems
Hi there, I cheered when I found the forum and instantly got my SC off the shelf. Never thought that I would be able to use this tool again. I've read the whole forum in order not to miss anything. When I finally wanted to download the software that Bodyprint has written (which I find absolutely extraordinary not to look for a possibility to just run the software but to write his own code - THANKS! for this inspiration), I felt close to heaven. But like a climber that reaches the overhang and sees the top is still far away: unfortunately neither the link http://www.vistax64.net/forums/attac...achmentid=4203 nor the link '...Fast and Easy Web Hosting at a reasonable price...' (http://www.cold-incision.com/SE) WEB/Installers/StrategicSetupv1.3.exe that were posted in this forum were working. Is there any possibility how I can get the software? Please help me! Hacki -- hacki |
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Sidewinder Strategic Commander problems
Hi, I'd like to have the software too. Maybe someone who has it could mail it to me: Thank You! -- gflow359 |
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Sidewinder Strategic Commander problems
me too, need download link please? Hi everyone, today I bought this weird looking gray computer accessory at a garage sale for $5 today and the guy said i'd be able to download the software as there was no disc. Since then I discovered its hard enough to get a driver if on an older platform but I have Vista 64 so it looked even grimmer. Now, after about 2-3 hrs searching and reading posts I got to this one and became excited. The posts showed that the Strategic Commander has quite a hard core fan group and now I couldn't wait to get it working and see why! I have honestly been dreaming of a controller like this and have searched the net looking for one and gave up as thought they didn't exist. I'm rapt that it actually does and hoping it will be good in FPS games that I play sometimes. I read all 11 pages of this post (yep - hate to miss anything) and everone has big raps on Bodyprint's new software. Bodyprint,...sounds like you have done really well and I'd like to also donate in appreciation of your time in developing this. Please post (or send me) a link. Cheers! VB4me -- Vb4me |
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Sidewinder Strategic Commander problems
No problem, The software is functional (ta BP) and I got my SC working ok. Nb - The forum where I found the link said that Bodyprint had to relocate to another server. Also said on hols and updates via the software will be temporarily unavailable. The link is to V 1.3 but i think he was up to 1.5 so keep checking updates! Unfortunately the SC is not as good as I thought for FPS, too many quick movements req. Does anyone else use it for FPS games?....or only RP like WOW etc. -- Vb4me |