Hi guys,

I have Logitech Extreme 3D Pro and both Descent and Descent 2 do not detect the joistick, pelase help :(

Thanks!

These games are not Wing Commander or X-Wing series, they're Doom in zero gravity, play with keyboard and mouse :)

When you say they do not detect it, do you mean that Rebirth prints sdl-joystick: 0 joysticks, or do you mean that the game prints sdl-joystick: 1 joysticks, but then refuses to react to the joystick when you press buttons / move the stick? You need to tell the game to enable use of the joystick. It is ignored by default.

Does windows detect your stick?

Hi. Yes it does and works fine. On my GOG I also have F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter 2.0 and joystick works fine there, just both Descent games for some reason dont recognizes it.

haha thats not the same :) Clearly I am doing something wrong as I do not know what the above means :/

GOG sells you the game data files, plus the original DOS executable, and a DOSBox configured to run the original DOS executable. In my opinion, the only reason to run the DOS executable is nostalgia. I strongly recommend that you use one of the source ports instead. They have fixed numerous bugs, added support for a full-size window on modern screens, will directly support most joysticks, and can play multiplayer over the Internet without the hassle that DOSBox Descent brings. You can choose among: DXX-XL, DXX-Rebirth (hence my prior question), or DXX-Retro. They all started from the Descent source released by Parallax[1], but they have different design goals.

Don't fret over having bought the game here. The data files were never released as freeware, so none of the source ports distribute the data files. You need the data files, such as the ones sold by GOG, for the source ports to do you any good.

[1] Parallax released the source. That source was taken by the DXX project. The DXX-XL and DXX-Rebirth projects started from DXX, and diverged. DXX-Retro started from DXX-Rebirth, and diverged again.

The problem with the keyboard is the keys will jam or rollover when using certain button combinations and they are a poor layout.

Playing with a joystick and mouse or two joysticks for these kind of games have analogue movement.