Thumbstick axes are not detected/usable in Carmageddon 2 #105
Description
So I have been happily using Xidi for a couple of older games (GTR2 and Grand Prix 4) where it works flawlessly. Unfortunately I am just simply not able to make it work with Carmageddon 2. More precisely, I am unable to make the analogue thumbsticks and triggers work for steering, throttle and brake. I have assigned the right thumbstick to mouse, the hat buttons to up/down/left/right keyboard buttons, and the shoulder buttons to Escape and Enter. They all work in the game as expected. But the thumbstick inputs are simply not recognized as analogue axes by the game for controlling the car.
If I assign any keyboard input to them in Xidi.ini they will work in the game. For example I can assign keyboard keys to the left thumbstick that control the car, but that will be digital (either fully steer left, right or be neutral, same with throttle and brake) which is far from ideal. For a game like this you absolutely need proportional/analogue control to drive the car. But the thumbstick simply doesn't work as joystick axes for the game. What could be the cause of this behaviour?