I even wrote to MS asking if I could buy the rights and have a geek rebuild software for it. It was a very frustrating few years - nothing worked. The Distance Zone distance added will be the value of the Distance created by the Distance. To add a Distance Zone into the selected slot use the 'Add Distance Zone' button. I never heard of your way to 'build around the controller' it sounds like xpadder similar app. A Distance Zone assigns different assignments, combinations or sequences based on how far the gamepad stick or trigger is moved. I recommend trying to put it into another PC and see what happens - perhaps you put the 'plug' in too far [sometimes, some machines, if you back out just an 1/16 of an inch - you will hear the recognition sound :). as for it not being recognized - I thought mine was 'dead' - would be recognized. Frankly, I think the flaw was me 'the user' who was overwhelmed by the remarkable sophistication of the program. ![]() I actually rebuilt an old Win XP Machine just so I could use the controller and its original software. Feel free to note me - surely China could knock these out for reasonable prices and everyone would want one!. and if this works I will enjoy playing the game as much as them when I get finished setting theirs up. Hmm, it's Christmas eve and I am searching for the 100th time to see if someone achieved the outcome you posted so I can include one with a PC I am building for a young brother and sister. IF this works as you say, I tip my hat to you and maybe the rights can be had to re manufacture this little dream of a controller yet in the future. ![]() loved these controllers so much I used to buy and include one with simple old NFS Porche game or COD demo - but never have been able to make that POV feature work in win 7, etc.I wanted to buy the rights to the controller and build a platform to make it work with with win 7, 10. I build, rebuild pc's for kids, others and give them away. I have been seeking a way to program xpadder to sidewinder to use the point of view features as they worked with older os.for years. Save yourself couple of hours and download my ready made SideWinder Dual Strike USB version 1.xpaddercontroller profile file where all the buttons/functions are mapped but macros are left blank to be defined as per your needs. Yes it's not free and costs $9.99, yes it's not the best looking software, and yes the site look like it was made at the same time as my Dual Strike Sidewinder stopped selling but it does work and is easy to use. I stumbled onto this utility after reading this post and in my testing it is the perfect solution, not only for this controller but for any that you mihgt have and not only for controller aware games! That is if you ever wanted to play Minecraft, Xenominer, or Starmine with your favorite controller well with Xpadder you can make that happen. Sadly though this controller is no longer manufactured and although Windows 8 does include the needed drivers the bundled software that allows you to program and create macros no longer works - without this functionality the controller is nothing but a shadow of it's potential.
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