RobertH
12-30-2001, 12:23 AM
Joystick Calibration Problem within Red Baron 3D Game
When using Windows 95, I had no difficulty calibrating my Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro joystick (version 1.0) in the game Red Baron 3D (version 1.0). Then I upgraded to Windows 98 (version 4.10.2222A) and installed a new Creative Sound Blaster 16 (plug & play) sound card. Shortly after attempting to reload version 1.0 of the joystick set-up software, I got the following error message:
This program caused an illegal operation and will be shut down. DSHELL caused a segment not present fault in module _MSTEST.EXE at 0004:000020f9
So I uninstalled everything then downloaded the Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro software (version 3.0) and was able to get most of the joystick controls to respond in the Windows joystick properties test routine. However, I still needed to calibrate the joystick within the game. As the "readme" file instructed, I set up the game to run in single player "windowed mode", right clicked to bring up the joystick calibration routine, but the latter froze thereafter. Control-alt-delete brought the following error message:
This program caused an illegal operation and will be shut down. Baron caused an invalid page fault in module BARON.EXE at 016f:00522508.
Any suggestions on how I can calibrate this joystick within the game? If possible, I'd like to keep version 3.0 of the joystick software, as the hat switch now provides 4 additional views. My second choice would be to find a way to successfully reinstall the version 1.0 software and see it work. The third choice would be to buy a new fully compatible joystick and sell the existing one.
Robert H.
When using Windows 95, I had no difficulty calibrating my Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro joystick (version 1.0) in the game Red Baron 3D (version 1.0). Then I upgraded to Windows 98 (version 4.10.2222A) and installed a new Creative Sound Blaster 16 (plug & play) sound card. Shortly after attempting to reload version 1.0 of the joystick set-up software, I got the following error message:
This program caused an illegal operation and will be shut down. DSHELL caused a segment not present fault in module _MSTEST.EXE at 0004:000020f9
So I uninstalled everything then downloaded the Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro software (version 3.0) and was able to get most of the joystick controls to respond in the Windows joystick properties test routine. However, I still needed to calibrate the joystick within the game. As the "readme" file instructed, I set up the game to run in single player "windowed mode", right clicked to bring up the joystick calibration routine, but the latter froze thereafter. Control-alt-delete brought the following error message:
This program caused an illegal operation and will be shut down. Baron caused an invalid page fault in module BARON.EXE at 016f:00522508.
Any suggestions on how I can calibrate this joystick within the game? If possible, I'd like to keep version 3.0 of the joystick software, as the hat switch now provides 4 additional views. My second choice would be to find a way to successfully reinstall the version 1.0 software and see it work. The third choice would be to buy a new fully compatible joystick and sell the existing one.
Robert H.