[DMDX] Re: input device name for sidewinder gamepad Yeah, so look in the diagnostics.txt file.  It's either be in the  directory the item files are in or in /Program Files/DMDX. At 11:57 AM 3/14/2006 +0000, you wrote: >I did try using testmode 10 before. The help files you refer to say this: > >"A recent problem is devices having cute little symbols as part of the  >name making it very hard to get the name of a device into an item  >file.  To combat this DMDX dumps the names of available input devices into  >the diagnostics, not only that it also checks a parsed version of the name  >that has unusual characters removed from it that is also printed in brackets." > >My RTF file says this: > > >But DMDX says : > >available DI device   >(Microsoft SideWinder P  ((then it runs out of screen space)) > >input device  selection failed > > > > >On 3/14/06, j.c.f.  ><jforster@psy1.psych.arizona.edu>  >wrote: >>At 08:20 PM 3/13/2006 +0000, you wrote: >> >A few years back someone reported the problem below, of DMDX not  >> recognising >> >the sidewinder game pad, but there wasn't further communication (that >> >I  could find) to see if the problem was resolved, and I now have the >> >same  problem. Is it fixable or should I just use a different gamepad? I am >> >guessing it is because Jonathan reports the results of changing the refresh >> >rate for USB devices with this particular gamepad. >> >>    Somewhere in the documentation I mention that the diagnostics contain >>simplified names of USB devices.  You need to use the simplified name. >> >>                                                 /"\\ >>   -jonathan (j.c.f.)                            \\ / >>                                                  X >>      ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL  / \\ >> >>The moving cursor writes, and having written, blinks on. >> >> >>==================================================================== >>    Send mail to  >> DMDX-request@psy1.psych.arizona.edu  >> with the word >>   'unsubscribe' by itself with no quotes in the body of the email >>   to be removed from the list.  The list archive is available here: >>  >>http://psy1.psych.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/DMDX/thread >>====================================================================                                                 /"\\   -jonathan (j.c.f.)                            \\ /                                                  X      ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN - AGAINST HTML MAIL  / \\ "There are three principal ways to lose money: wine, women, and engineers.  While the first two are more pleasant, the third is by far the more certain."                                     -  Baron Rothschild, ca. 1800