X52 and Battlefield 1942/Vietnam and Nostromo N52 fix

[Drayu]

Ok, well seeing that the x52 is out, I am assuming that sooner or later someone is going to say, "WTF, why doesn't my x52 work with bf, freakin saitek..." It isn't saitek, it is EA Games.

Now, with that out of the way, the files you need to fix the problem are below. Download them and READ the readme file!!!! IF it isn't working, YOU MISSED A SMALL STEP! please just follow the readme step by step. please.

=HR=Drayu

EDIT 12/15/04
Ok, sorry it took so long to get the BFV fix out, but here it is, at least an early version. It is the air.con and the .dat file, I am currently reworking them, but this will get you started and should suffice for now. Any requests let me know (eg. land.con for tanks) otherwise I am not going to make it.

ALSO! There is no readme yet, so I included the one from bf42, same idea, so follow it

EDIT 12/27/04
OK, I edited my post to reflect my better mood . I also, added two new files for the BF's. They are for those who have both an X52 and N52 and want them both to work. There are no readme files yet, too busy with the holidays and all, but if you follow the readme in the other files, it is the same. The files below are just the air.cons, no profiles yet for either the x52 or n52, but soon they will be here...just keep checking. Oh yeah, I also reversed the mouse axis for BFV for when flying only, so that when you are the gunner or use mouse look, left is left and right is right and you get the point. I have not changed it yet for the regular bfv air.con, but I will in the next few hours...

Drayu

Drayu

[spbeck]

hi there

just got my brand new x52, have applied your fix but it only seems to work partially..

the flight contols i.e.e yaw roll and pitch rudder and throttle are working ok but pressing any of the buttons for weapons or views etc dosent work.. any ideas ?

could it be that i'm running win2k and not xp.. as i seem to be having difficulty getting the sst software to recognise ANY button presses

[spbeck]

dont worry about the above

a re-install of the sst software did the trick

many thanks for the fix

[Cloned]

Thanks for posting the fix. I got it to mostly work and can't figure out what I have missed. The axis' work, and some of the buttons. But most buttons don't work, I assign them in the profile editor and they don't work in game. I can only assign the trigger, pinkie trigger, and the thumb button. I am not sure why. I had a problem where it wasn't seeing the axis, but I looked at you air.con file and saw that you had assigned the controller as ID0, and on my system it was ID 1. I just unplugged the other controller and problem was fixed. I am not sure if there is something in the air.con file I need to change, or what. I am going to do a clean install and try it again. If anyone has any ideas it would be greatly appreciated. This controller is great and I can't wait to get it working. I have done the procedures three times now and don't know what I am missing.

[Drayu]

You are not only setting the buttons you want in the profile editor, but then saving and enabling the editor in the task bar, correct? If you are, then the only other thing I can say is make sure you have all other controllers unplugged to see if it works first. If you do have other controllers plugged in then you will need to alter you air.con to tell it which controller to look at for which button. If you set it up in the profile editor make sure that you haven't changed any buttons in BF itself from the default settings. (If you do, you have to change them in the editor).


Drayu

[Cloned]

I only have the x52 plugged in. I unplugged the other controller. I am saving and enabling. The problem seems to be that Bf1942 only sees three buttons on the controller. Any other button it doesn't see. I tested it and I could bind different funtions to the three keys, but not any of the other keys. There is a conflict somewhere, I just haven't figured out where yet. I am going to do a clean install of bf1942 this week and a clean install of the x52 drivers and profile program. Hopefully whatever is causing the problem will get cleared up. thanks for your help though.

[Cloned]

I was just thinking, I used to have the x45 on my system. I wonder if the drivers/software from that are causing a problem. I don't think I ever removed them. I think when I reinstall battlefield I will clean out any saitek software I have.

[Cloned]

I did a clean install of BF1942 and the saitek program and drivers, plus I cleaned up my registry and everything works fine now. Thanks for the help and the files.

[Drayu]

Check 1st Post

[GiXXer (CKUA)]

I followed your directions to a T, but no file was created in my documents folder after i saved as read as, then started a new game. Whats going on here. I got the buttons to work, but none of the axis work. Throttle,
X,Y etc..

[Drayu]

you made the original air.con under YOUR profile name read-only...then you went in and played a game for like 5 seconds....then got out and checked for a new folder in your my documents location?

[GiXXer (CKUA)]

played alittle bit longer then 5 seconds... TK'd some bots.

edit for me being a total n00b...

i didnt select my profile

Now im just waiting for the profile editor to D/L

Like you said I missed a tiny step..

[Xcelsion]

How do u get the mouse actions to be taken as an action within the X52 Profile Editor. When I press a button, it works fine, but if I try to move the mouse as an action, it doesn't detect it. I'm simply hoping that I can get the mouse's axis 1 movement to be used as the rudder. Anyone be able to help?

[Drayu]

you want the mouse to be used as a rudder???? If that is the case....you would have to identify that ingame commands...and not use the air.con that I posted. What my air.con does is allow you to use the throttle, but all the other inputs are also labeled in there, and b/c of that you couldn't change those inputs.....you would have to start with a fresh air.con and adjust it to the way you want it.

[Xcelsion]

No no m8, I don't mean that. My idea was to set the rudder action as a mouse movement, then in the Saitek Control Panel, make the rudder movement on the stick make a mouse input, the same way that you can make pressing one button on the stick type out an 'E' for instance.

Is that possible? Because that seems to be what you've done in your file.