X-Plane really does not fit this specification at all. This interface is extremely basic and is really only useful to games that require minimal knowledge of the actual hardware.
I’ve already briefly discussed some of the changes necessary to get joystick devices working properly but I thought it’d be a good idea to consolidate all information into one post for easy reference as 10.10 is nearing it’s release to the masses.įirst, why the change? In the past we used the “joystick” interface to joystick devices on Linux.
Edit: see the end of the article for a GUI tool to manage joystick permissions.
