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Old MS Sidewinder gamepad with GTA San Andreas not working anymore (Solved)

P4-630

P4-630

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Ok so I have GTA San Andreas installed from Steam, did not play it for a while since there was no option for 1080p display setting and I tried to use a converter to "downgrade" to an older version but it did not start.
Ok so I started it with the original .exe and there was a 1080p resolution option now, nice!
But now I've noticed my old beloved MS Sidewinder does not work anymore in the game! Bummer!:(
Is there anyway to get this working again?
 
Is it recognized by windows? Does it work with other games?
 
sneekypeet said:
Is it recognized by windows? Does it work with other games?
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Yes it's recognized by windows and working fine with other games!
And before the Steam update it always worked fine with GTA SA!
 
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I guess no one owns and plays with an old 2003 MS sidewinder anymore :(
 
They changed something with the controls so the game now supports the xbox 360 pad so maybe thats why your pad is not working anymore?

I could be wrong but you might now need to use some 3rd party program to fool the game into thinking your pad is a xbox pad.

x360ce XBOX 360 Controller emulator is what i used to use untill i got a 360pad and a logitec f310 pad.
 
animal007uk said:
They changed something with the controls so the game now supports the xbox 360 pad so maybe thats why your pad is not working anymore?

I could be wrong but you might now need to use some 3rd party program to fool the game into thinking your pad is a xbox pad.

x360ce XBOX 360 Controller emulator is what i used to use untill i got a 360pad and a logitec f310 pad.
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Yeah I was reading about that, I also have an xbox 360 controller but I just prefer playing these games with my old beloved MS sidewinder,
I can still use it with GTA Vice City and with GTA IV. But thanks for your reply:)
 
Ok so I was using xbox360 controller emulator V3.0 files for games using XINPUT with GTA IV,
today I copied these same files to the GTA SA folder and I can use my MS Sidewinder again in GTA SA! :D
Should have tried that sooner... But I'm happy now!:peace:
 
Still one of my big beefs with Rockstar, sell us a broken game on Steam that they fixed on mobile devices, but never on PC, even though the fix is to crack the game....

Mods and a few performance fixers out make it a pretty sweet looking game on newer systems where it has the processing horsepower to overcome the poor coding.
 
Steevo said:
Still one of my big beefs with Rockstar, sell us a broken game on Steam that they fixed on mobile devices, but never on PC, even though the fix is to crack the game....

Mods and a few performance fixers out make it a pretty sweet looking game on newer systems where it has the processing horsepower to overcome the poor coding.
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I don't have to "downgrade" the executable anymore to get the 1080p resolution option, the latest version of this game on Steam is from November last year.
 
Since the last patch i have no issues setting 1080p or even 1440p, Some people still had issues though so you could say it works ok for some and not others.
 
P4-630 said:
Ok so I was using xbox360 controller emulator V3.0 files for games using XINPUT with GTA IV,
today I copied these same files to the GTA SA folder and I can use my MS Sidewinder again in GTA SA! :D
Should have tried that sooner... But I'm happy now!:peace:
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Hi,

i have the same problem with my sidewinder. which files exactly did you copy, and from where to where.

would be realy nice if u could help me.

cu
 
Opus said:
Hi,

i have the same problem with my sidewinder. which files exactly did you copy, and from where to where.

would be realy nice if u could help me.

cu
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There may be a newer version,I don't remember exactly where I've downloaded this version, but you can use google.
See the attachment, this version works for me.

Edit: I copied all the files from the zip file to the GTA SA directory, except the file XInputTest.exe

Good luck!
 

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