Microsoft KB Archive/191849

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Game Does Not Detect USB Game Controllers

Article ID: 191849

Article Last Modified on 1/23/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series
• Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Standard Edition
• Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition
• Microsoft Midtown Madness 2
• Microsoft Monster Truck Madness 2
• Microsoft Motocross Madness
• Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback 2
• Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel
• Microsoft SideWinder Freestyle Pro
• Microsoft SideWinder Game Controller software 4.0
• Microsoft SideWinder Game Pad Pro
• Microsoft SideWinder Plug & Play Game Pad
• Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 1.0
• Microsoft SideWinder Precision Pro 2.0
• Microsoft SideWinder Precision Racing Wheel

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This article was previously published under Q191849

SYMPTOMS

When you try to use a Microsoft Universal Serial Bus (USB) game controller in a game on Microsoft Windows 98, Microsoft Windows Windows Millennium Edition (Me), or Microsoft Windows XP, the game may not detect the joystick, even though you can successfully test the USB game controller in the Game Controllers tool in Control Panel.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if you do not assign the USB game controller to Controller ID 1 in the Game Controllers tool in Control Panel. Some games work only with USB game controllers that are assigned to Controller ID 1.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, assign the USB game controller to Controller ID 1.

NOTE: If you are using Motocross Madness version 1.0, disconnect all the game devices from your computer except the game device with which you want to play the game.

To assign the USB game controller to Controller ID 1, follow these steps:

NOTE: Do not follow these steps if your computer is running Microsoft Windows XP. The steps for Windows XP are described later in this article.

1. Quit the game you are playing.
2. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
3. Double-click Game Controllers.
4. Click the Advanced tab.
5. Under Controller ID Assignment, click the game controller listed next to Controller ID 1, and then click Change.
6. In the Game Controllers box, click the USB game controller you want, and then click OK.
7. If the USB game controller you changed to use Controller ID 1 is using another Controller ID, click that Controller ID, click Change, click None, and then click OK.
8. Click OK, and then close Control Panel.

Follow these steps to resolve this issue in Windows XP:

1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Printers and other devices.
3. Click Gaming Controllers.
4. Click Advanced.
5. Select the controller you want to use, click OK, and then click OK again.
6. Start the game, and then verify that the gaming device works.

Additional query words: missing not recognized function

Keywords: kbhardware kbprb KB191849

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