Hi Paul: Yes and no. If the game in question does not support a joystick or a game pad then ¿you can't just go buy a Microsoft XBox controller and expect it to work with the game out of the box. You would have to download a third-party tool called Joy2key which allows you to map various keyboard commands to joysticks, game pads, and so forth. So it is possible to play games even without joystick support with a joystick or a game pad if you use something like Joy2key, but you are also limited in some ways such as lack of force feedback support or not being able to map all actions to the controller. However, basically if you wanted to do it you could use a Microsofgt controller with any audio game. Obviously, games that have joystick and game pad support should work with it out of the box without Joy2key etc.
Cheers! On 12/10/13, Paul Lemm <paul.l...@sky.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I've never used a gaming pad with my PC, so sorry if this seems a stupid > question. But if I were to go get a Microsoft game pad with the pc adaptor > could I use this with any audio game that usually uses the cursor keys to > move? Also you mentioned about programmable buttons, again if I were to > get > a Microsoft game pad and use it with audio games can I program the game > pad > buttons to mimic the keyboard presses in audio games I play? > > Paul lemm --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
