NBA2003 & Microsoft Sidewinder Gamepad
 

Hi

have NBA2003 installed and when selecting MS Sidewinder it accepts the choice ok and the game starts. After about 30 secs of gameplay the sidewinder gamepad stops responding and I cannot select/move anything. Anyone got any ideas. The gamepad is configured and calibrated ok in Windows. The pad seems to work ok with other games.

System

Asus CUSL2 Mobo
PIII800
512mb SDRAM
Sapphire Radeon 9000 64mb GC (Catalyst 2.4drivers)
S/Blaster Live Value
WinXP + SP1

Cheers

Smiffy:confused:

i had the same problem
 

madden 2003 did the same thing! dunno why i just had to buy a new controller.

Cheers m8 for the swift reply,have'nt got another controller to try to see if it is the MS Sidewinder. Looks like i'll have to invest..:(

Smiffy

Are you accidently hitting the mode button at any time? The one just below the little green light. My friend does that all the time when playing games on my comp. If it's off, the joystick will stop responding because it's used when you hook more than one controller together. The light should be on at all times. If you are hitting it, just turn it back on and the joystick functionality will return in a second or two.

I've ended up taping a piece of cardboard over my button so my friend didn't hit it all the time. It's never been a problem for me, but he's more of a button masher than I am :)

Hi m8

Thanks for the suggestion but it is'nt that,I managed to borrow an identical MS Sidewinder and it does exactly the same. Must be a prob with the actual game rather than the controller.

Smiffy