Joystick reaction time

Discussion in 'Warbirds International' started by graatz, Jun 12, 2006.

  1. graatz

    graatz Well-Known Member

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    When playing (not necessarily WB) there is a noticeable delay of in-game control movement whan compared to in-hand control movement. I think i have seen this in every sim i've played. Is it a game issue or a controller issue? Can this be got rid of?

    edit: No dumpers, no scale, no nothing set, raw (i suppose) joystick data used.
     
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  2. miixch

    miixch Well-Known Member

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    Possible cable conecting your joystick with computer is too long.
    I suggest you make it shorter at most to 1 km.
    ;)
     
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  3. graatz

    graatz Well-Known Member

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    Haha, funny :)

    I cut the reaction time by switching from gameport quickshot to evo, but after 1,5 year the lag started being considerable, and i'd like cut it down more.
     
  4. Saddan

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    maybe your joystick deadband...

    if im right, this is hard to solve, its related to the slow degrading of joystick mechanical components (the hard punishment creates a gap between stick movement and actual sensors movement...)
     
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    It occured to me a lot of times. I do not buy expensive joysticks because the price, so I pay about Us$20, goods joysticks, but that live about 1 year. My first joystick had a life of 3 years.
     
  6. Fucketeer

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    That's why I bought a wheel instead.
     
  7. gandhi

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    i have a speical helmet:

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    So do I but I can't post a picture of it.
    :shuffle:
     
  9. RolandGarros

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    ^^^pwnd^^^​
    no strong macro lens?




    IRQ conflict maybe?
     
  10. graatz

    graatz Well-Known Member

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    The joystick is very good, the delay i was talking about was 0.25 - 0.5 sec (i suppose a standard value for a joystick) i only thought someone knew how to cut it down a little bit. It's not the stick that is wearing out, it's me that now could use shorter response time.
     
  11. Saddan

    Saddan Well-Known Member

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    Hm... Theoretically, USB joysticks are faster than gameport ones, because the way the computer reads gameport position (Using polling).

    But i dont know about real world data regarding the speed differences...