Sidewinder Game Pad (gameport ver) probs with win2k sp3/sp2

[darkmantid 0]

Greetings good forum dwellers ,, im new to this forum .. I would like to request any help or advice or fixes any of you can offer regarding a problem im having with my original Sidewinder gamepad ( gameport version, not usb )

 

I recently went from a no service pack win2k installation ( on which my gamepad /gameport sidewinder worked fine ) to service pack 3 ..

 

Suddenly i find that my gamepad is not functioning.

 

When I click add in gaming options, and select 'Sidewinder (auto-detect)', it detects it as a Sidewinder 3d pro (which it's not) and the status flickers from 'not connected' to 'OK' every few seconds.

 

After laboriously trawling through the forums i find that Microsoft have removed all support and drivers !! for non USB gaming devices !

 

This removal may have happened in sp1 or sp2 ( at work i have the same problem and its sp2 there ) .

 

Ok so what are my options ?

 

1/ I throw away a great controller because its not a usb device ( a sad option indeed )

 

2/ Uninstall sp3 and go back to my non sp win2k ( not shure how to do this ? nor if i can, as at least sp2 is needed to run some of my work software)

 

3/ I beg you guys to help me find a fix /hack/patch/workaround

 

ThankingYouInAdvance

[JP- 0]

Hey,

 

Ive got the same pad, ill just go try it on a win2000 sp3 system and see if it works.

[JP- 0]

Well.....it worked

 

That PC is using a TB Santa Cruz, and its never seen a gamepad before but Sidewinder Auto Detect just found the pad and its working.

 

So i suppose that means that gameport devices can work in SP3

[DosFreak 2]

IIRC, the dinput.dll changed in SP3. Replace the dinput.dll in SYSTEM32 and DLLCACHE with the dinput.dll from SP2 and see if that works.