If you have a USB stick, and it cannot be reconfigured to a gameport (soundcard) connection, then that's that, and any USB port will work the same. So your best bet is to change your driver. Open up your game controllers applet from control panel, select "add" and you will see a list of joystick drivers. Select one that looks like your configuration ie. "2-axis, 4-button joystick" and recalibrate. Try a few of them before you give up. Some of them like "CH Flightstick Pro" work on a variety of different brands and models. There is a good chance this will work.

Good luck

Also, Microsoft posted that ther is a known issue with the VIA USB controller. Go to Microsoft's site and download the patch which should correct most problems with this product.

Also, if you have a VIA chipset, you need a filter driver (not part of the 4-in-1 set). If you have a VIA and an AMD proc, AND w98SE, then there's a fix available from MS, dealing with a timing issue.

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Originally posted by MrViggen:
Try switching your host controller driver to the standard one.

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How do you do this?
Also, I was looking for that fix and couldn't find it, give me a link or tell me where to get it?

Good luck.

Also, the link for Microsoft's bugfix is here

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Originally posted by AaronL:
I tried the patch and that also didn't work.
I have no idea what to do, I'm thinking it might be time to get a new joystick (even thought this one is only a year old), I'm frustrated and mad.

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More than likely the j-stick has went bad on you!! if everything was setup correctly and it still didnt work..
If it still is under warranty then send that bad baby back and get another one :}

I do have VIA chipset, Win98 SE, AMD 450 K6III on the desktop and Win98 AMD 433 K6 II also with a VIA chipset on my compaq laptop.

I'm in a pickle as I travel a lot and need USB support for the Presario laptop. Microsoft update for the problem as well as the usb filter update didn't work etc etc.

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Originally posted by shoot:
...I do have VIA chipset, Win98 SE, AMD 450 K6III on the desktop and Win98 AMD 433 K6 II also with a VIA chipset on my compaq laptop...

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Thanks for the quick reply.

Yes I installed the 4 in 1 and the usb filter on both the laptop and desktop as well as the Win98se+via+usb patch from Microsoft, disabled the usb error correction etc etc.

I have set up hat to use keyboard commands, and used standard pci usb drivers plus have unplugged back and forth from laptop to desktop and still trying.

Funny how it sees the joystick but it won't work in the game once launched. Seems to look skyward for some strange reason... with F1 it flicks to forward then back to sky. I thought for sure the Hat trick would work but reconfiguring it to keystroke did allow it to do keystroke commands but only mommentary then they are back to looking into sky. No axis, rudder, buttons and keyboard commands work however locked on look to sky.

I've upgraded to beta X also and tried everything mentioned twice.

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Originally posted by shoot:

Funny how it sees the joystick but it won't work in the game once launched. Seems to look skyward for some strange reason... with F1 it flicks to forward then back to sky. I thought for sure the Hat trick would work but reconfiguring it to keystroke did allow it to do keystroke commands but only mommentary then they are back to looking into sky. No axis, rudder, buttons and keyboard commands work however locked on look to sky.

I've upgraded to beta X also and tried everything mentioned twice.

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That is the EXACT same problem as I have, I can't get it to work yet, and I have tried everyhting that the people had told me to try.....
Hopefully soon someone will get the right solution. Please keep them coming.