

Games compatible with Thrustmaster stick
#1
Posted 23 April 2015 - 03:32 AM
I use it to play windows version of Elite: Dangerous.
Are there any interesting games for OS X with stick support? (except X-Plane).
#2
Posted 28 April 2015 - 02:06 PM
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#3
Posted 28 April 2015 - 05:52 PM
MichalM.Mac, on 23 April 2015 - 03:32 AM, said:
I use it to play windows version of Elite: Dangerous.
Are there any interesting games for OS X with stick support? (except X-Plane).
Unfortunately I stopped playing flight sims on the Mac, so I haven't had occasion to try it with anything.
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When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something.
#4
Posted 29 April 2015 - 01:51 AM
Falcon 4.0 app was able to detect the stick but I haven't been able to get it working in ~10 minutes a spent on that.
#5
Posted 28 June 2018 - 09:10 AM
Been trying to get my T.16000M working with the GOG versions of X-Wing and/or Tie Fighter. (These are DOS games in a DOSBox/Boxer wrapper.) Stick works fine, but I am unable to remap the buttons. And when I turn on USB Overdrive to do so, the joystick itself becomes almost unusable even though the X & Y axis are not remapped (should be pass-through). Not sure if its USB Overdrive's fault or DOSBox/Boxer's.
I might try SteerMouse in place of USB Overdrive, but assuming that doesn't work I'm going to have to use the keyboard instead of the joystick buttons. *sigh*
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#6
Posted 28 June 2018 - 04:47 PM

Iridium (MacBook Pro Mid-2012) – 2.7 GHz i7 3820QM / 16GB RAM / 4TB Samsung 860 Pro / GeForce GT 650M 1GB
When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something.
#7
Posted 28 June 2018 - 08:44 PM
Matt Diamond, on 28 June 2018 - 09:10 AM, said:
Update: works great, and Freespace 2 looks really nice with the MediaVP mod. What a pain installing everything though.
Frost, on 28 June 2018 - 04:47 PM, said:

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#8
Posted 29 June 2018 - 12:39 PM
Matt Diamond, on 28 June 2018 - 08:44 PM, said:
Thustmaster!
Actually surprised I didn't see it before now myself. That was a sneaky one, until it wasn't.
Iridium (MacBook Pro Mid-2012) – 2.7 GHz i7 3820QM / 16GB RAM / 4TB Samsung 860 Pro / GeForce GT 650M 1GB
When there's a multiplayer version, I'm going to be on Frost's team. Well, except he doesn't seem to actually need a team...I mean, what's the point? "Hey look, it's Frost and His Merry Gang of Useless Hangers-On!" Or something.
#9
Posted 01 July 2018 - 09:26 AM
I reported all this to USB Overdrive support a couple days ago. I doubt I'll get a useful response from them, but we'll see.
My backup plan was to map the important buttons (e.g. F9, F10) to my keypad for easier access, but USB Overdrive doesn't see my Apple keyboards. Apparently OS X has a .kext that takes precedence.
So it appears my only option is to re-learn the original X-Wing keys.. Fine in theory, but finding and hitting the tiny F9 & F10 keys with my left hand while flying with my right hand is apparently beyond me. (Assuming I didn't forget to turn off the default OS X keyboard behavior which sends commands to iTunes instead.)
I recognize that these are small problems to have.:-)
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#10
Posted 15 July 2018 - 10:15 PM
I spent an evening reproducing the problems and sent them all the necessary files, including a DOS joystick utility I'd packaged up in Boxer for them. No reply.
Then I found that USB Overdrive also doesn't recognize either of my Apple keyboards (Apple presumably has a kext that prevents it.) So my backup plan of using the keypad in place of the joystick buttons was a no go.
Given the lack of response to my first email, and my inability to use it with my keyboards, I politely asked for my money back. No reply to that either. There's noone there, apparently.
I could have just reused the license I purchased for work, but that belongs to my employer so I thought it was fairer to buy my own license. Now I regret it. I am considering contacting my credit card company and reversing the payment.
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#11
Posted 21 May 2019 - 01:18 PM