Doing something wrong, or need a new gamepad?

[Remi]

Howdy all.

Back when I played FFXI some years ago, I played with a Nyko Airflo PC gamepad (original, not Airflo EX that seems to have come out since). Was really nice and comfortable, fit my hand just great. I thought the fan was silly at first, but grew to like it. :)

Well, now that I'm attempting to come back, I'm trying to use the same controller and FFXI doesn't seem to recognize it. I ran the FFXI config, enabled the gamepad and attempted to assign buttons and such. However, when I attempt to set movement/menu/camera controls or test the gamepad in the config, it's not recognized. I jumped in the game just on the off chance it would work, and it didn't. I have "Enable Gamepad" checked, along with both slider and hat switched enabled. Not sure if I should be seeing "Enable Airflo" if it's recognized correctly or just the generic "gamepad". As a side note, the gamepad responds fine to testing via windows control panel.

So, am I doing something wrong, or is it time for a new gamepad? No way I will play this game with keyboard and mouse.

Thanks in advance.

[MisterCookie]

Are you playing on a different PC? And do other programs that can use the gamepad recognize it? It could be that you don't have drivers installed/not functional.

[Remi]

Indeed, I've rebuilt my PC a few times since long ago. I went out and bought some crummy logitech dual-action gamepad, and the game works fine with it, so I'm assuming it's a driver issue. I'd love to be able to use my Nyko again (logitech one is not comfortable), but I can't seem to find any drivers for it anywhere. :(

Suppose I could dump a little money on the Airflo EX on newegg if I really wanted to, though there's no guarantee it'll work with FFXI.

[Feba]

Where all have you looked for drivers? It might help to download some generic gamepad drivers instead of specific, or try to use auto-download or such.

[Arkadya]

On the topic of using a gamepad, I cannot for the lifeof me find the way to map the zoom functions to the controller. Am I just missing something or is it simply not an option?