Joystick or controller ? recommendations

[83mercedes]

Please tell me what sort of a joystick or other device could I use when playing the games like Quake3, UT2003, Half-Life, RTCW?

I can use the keyboard and mouse, but is there a better way?

I can't find any such devices listed on the Hardware Compatibility List for Mandrake9.

Thanks in advance.

[DragonMage]

I thought the best way to play 1st person perspective shooter ala Quake, Unreal Tournament and so on is the keyboard/mouse combo.. Joystick is just plain lacking in response time compared to those two... You may need to invest in a gaming mouse or something.

[83mercedes]

OK thanks.

I didn't know there even WAS a gaming mouse!

Wonder what the differences are?

[bvc]

gamepad- much like a playstation but for pc's.

[83mercedes]

OK, I had a Logitec gamepad, I think it was a wingman, but I couldn't get it to work, so I returned it.

Not on Mandrake9 or Winxp would it work. It was only like $19.95

Wonder what I did wrong.

Thanks

[Ixthusdan]

I suppose people will have their own ways to do things, but I agree that the mouse and keyboard combo is the best game play for first person shooters. I was playing that way in windows before I ever started using Linux. My brother always liked the Gravis game pad pro, and I think I have read how to set that up in Linux, but nothing beats mouse/keyboard.

[83mercedes]

Thanks, and it's cheaper as well.

The only reason I ask is, after playing on-line with UT2003 and Q3, watching these other guys doing all these wild moves and fancy stuff, I just figured maybe they used something other than what I was using, since I sure can't get around that well.

[DragonMage]

I think they just plain spent much more time playing Quake than you. I mean. .some people insure their hands for 50,000 dollars (or is it pounds) when they go to gaming tournament. Anyway, don't spend too much on games, it's not just healthy.

[83mercedes]

You are right, on all those points.

Thanks.

(Now I don't have to admit that I'm just getting old...)

:wink:

[Guest Kamikaze_Gerbil]

Please tell me what sort of a joystick or other device could I use when playing the games like Quake3, UT2003, Half-Life, RTCW?

I can use the keyboard and mouse, but is there a better way?

I can't find any such devices listed on the Hardware Compatibility List for Mandrake9.

Thanks in advance.

 

I use a joystick in ut2003. I have the Microsoft Sidewinder which works ok. To get it to work you need to add the following to etc/modules

 

input

joydev

gameport

sidewinder

analog

grip

 

Thats what worked for me.