wine users - Oct 2010 - Joypad emulated for more than one player

i suspect my USB Joypad controller is controlling more than one player or in
some cases (acting or having more than one instance active), acting like at
least another 2 controllers connected at the same time, games like Guilty Gear
Isuka/XX #Reloaded can configure the number of players/controllers for being
used, while i  configure the game for use only port 1 for joypad, in the case of
Guilty Geat Isuka (game for up to 4 players) i can activate 3 players at time
just by configuring in-game button settings, in games like GTA III/VC/SA the
result is that even configuring the controls for joypad 1, buttons for the
'phantom' joypad 2 response also, and example of this is; button 02 in
Joypad 1 is set for handbrake, but button 02 for the alternative instance
(joypad 2) is set for firing weapons, this is a bit annoying, not serious but
very uncomfortable. Also i want to mention that i have the CD with the drivers
for the controller (just for being sure it wil work as it is supposed to do) and
that in the regular use with Linux it works fine (and i mean not more than one
instance) this is my controller from the distributor's page:
http://www.acteck.com.mx/web/prod_dt.php?id_cat=Gaming&ITEM_NO=UEGA-027

my question is, is there any way in that i can configure the number of instances
for my USB Joypad in Wine? (preferably being only one as it is supposed to be
XD)

H13N.H3N wrote:
> i suspect my USB Joypad controller is controlling more than one player or
in some cases (acting or having more than one instance active)
Correct, Wine creates at least two instances of the same joystick - one using
old joydev driver and another using new evdev driver.


H13N.H3N wrote:
> my question is, is there any way in that i can configure the number of
instances for my USB Joypad in Wine?
No. The only thing you can do is to remove /dev/js* and /dev/input/js* before
starting Wine. This way only the evdev driver will find your jostick(s).

vitamin wrote:
> 
> No. The only thing you can do is to remove /dev/js* and /dev/input/js*
before starting Wine. This way only the evdev driver will find your jostick(s).
Sounds like it will disable my joystick for being detected by Linux as an
external device, is not the same if i plug my joystick after running wine?

H13N.H3N wrote:
> Sounds like it will disable my joystick for being detected by Linux as an
external device
You can restore those "files" by removing then plugging joystick back
in.


H13N.H3N wrote:
> is not the same if i plug my joystick after running wine?
No, Wine discovers joysticks only once on start.