MadCatZ PS3 TE FightStick: PC - Xp- vista- win7 32-64bit (read 1st post)

[horsedick]

Some of us don’t have this option. I have a laptop, asked multiple times about 34mm express card usb adapter, but no response.

In the meanwhile, I at least got the dualshock3 working (dpad/buttons), but this requires disabling driver signature everytime I want to use it.

yo sorry bro i know you have typed, and asked this question several times, cant you go to a store, and try it and if it dont work give it back?

[r18_rider]

yo sorry bro i know you have typed, and asked this question several times, cant you go to a store, and try it and if it dont work give it back?

Thanks for the response,

I’ve checked in store, nothing; thus the search online.

It’s not that I’m in dire need of SE/TE on PC, I just mess around with MAME anyway. I just thought, based on everything I read, that these suckers would function on both systems out of the box. Hell, the mediocre FS3 (r.i.p) worked.

Until a card surfaces, or Mad Catz takes action :tdown:, I may wait and gut one of the sticks with cthulhu. Damn, I need more money for modding. It is fun!

[System_1]

Keep harassing them about it with phone calls and e-mails. They’ll have to do something about it if enough people have the problem. Meanwhile, you can take a look at this:

http://forums.shoryuken.com/showthread.php?t=195106

This guy said he has had success using a driver that people used to get their FS3 working on their PC. I can’t personally try it at the moment, but I figured you guys would like to know about it.

You bet I did. They haven’t replied yet though.

[horsedick]

Thanks for the response,

I’ve checked in store, nothing; thus the search online.

It’s not that I’m in dire need of SE/TE on PC, I just mess around with MAME anyway. I just thought, based on everything I read, that these suckers would function on both systems out of the box. Hell, the mediocre FS3 (r.i.p) worked.

Until a card surfaces, or Mad Catz takes action :tdown:, I may wait and gut one of the sticks with cthulhu. Damn, I need more money for modding. It is fun!

go to amazon and i know they have a refund process, buy the part you need for your laptop and try it out, if it dont work post it back.

i doubt there will be a fix, its not a driver issue its a design issue,
i also mame and let me tell you playing on stick brings back those good ol days.

look at the sate i created the thread, there is no fix coming otherwise there would have been a official statement.

do as i did and take it into your own hands and get the most out of the money you paid on the stick.

[System_1]

Hey everyone,

After reading 18 pages I thought I’d submit what I’ve found, which is quite strange actually.

I have the PS3 TE Fightstick.
I too fall in the category of "Detects the fightstick but doesn’t register any input."
I have an Asus P5N-T Deluxe Motherboard featuring a NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI chipset.

As for results with PS3 Fightstick not working with OCHI, its not completely true, not 100% at least.
I have actually gotten this fightstick to work on my computer…how and why, that I can’t really explain.

It works at random times. I just plug it in, go to properties, mash the buttons and move joystick to see if it registers, and if it doesn’t work, I unplug it and try a different usb port.
After trying each port(maybe more than once), eventually it’ll work in one of the ports. That I can’t explain why and how it even works.
But its seriously annoying going through every port until it feels like working on one of them.(which I probably tried earlier and didn’t work for some reason.)
Which is not a solution might I add because if I restart my computer, it goes back to square one.

From my findings, I just want to conclude to some of the posters that madcatz CAN fix this issue if they REALLY LOOK into it,
because with my case, it definitely does not seem like it falls into the category of a hardware issue, but a software one.
I believe with the right drivers in place, all the PS3 sticks will work properly.

I just hope madcatz releases drivers soon.

Oh btw my stick works fine on the PS3 fyi.

[matrixdub]

listen up my yout, go to page 7 look at the links and see the correct link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-Port-Card-Only/dp/B000TV7GFC/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

the problem with idiots that randomly talk, is that if you read all the answers are revealed within the first 7 pages.

did you see what you linked that kid with ?

so dont give me crap about abuse, do less typing and read more son

That link isn’t on page 7 “my yout”.

Lern2engrish

[Iduno]

listen up my yout, go to page 7 look at the links and see the correct link

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Max-Value-Port-Card-Only/dp/B000TV7GFC/ref=cm_cr_pr_product_top

the problem with idiots that randomly talk, is that if you read all the answers are revealed within the first 7 pages.

did you see what you linked that kid with ?

so dont give me crap about abuse, do less typing and read more son

Thanks for that for less then the other one linked I could have bought some kind of tricked out custom stick to work with my current usb lol.

(but still thanks for trying Matrix)

[System_1]

I found an old usb card in my junk haha and guess what it works perfect !!! anyways for those who the TE/SE still don’t work just get on ebay an usb card would not cost more than 6 dollars or wait for madcatz for solution ( I doub it ) this street fighter game made me spend almost $600 for sticks sanwa parts and game and now with the pc version coming out im gonna have to upgrade my video card and more ram and I already have the game for ps3 ( do you think this is stupid ? ) well, I can’t believe all im doing for this game and im not gamer and I suck playing strret fighter , ( im sure lots of people have spend alot of money too ) . Have a good one guys .and thanks to the guys that came with the usb card solution!!!..

[shaktazuki]

I’m going to suggest a class action lawsuit. MadCatz knows the PS3 TE sticks don’t do what they are advertised to do - work on a PC - yet they are advertised as so doing. MadCatz might end up buying each PS3 SFIVTE owner a spiffy via-chipset USB PCI or PCMCIA card. Any lawyers in the house willing to step up for the cause?

[masked_rider]

You bet I did. They haven’t replied yet though.

I’ve actually received two replies from them that reassured me that the problem was being looked into.

…That was three weeks ago.

It’ll take a lot of harassment before we see MadCatz doing anything about this. See: SE washer problem.

[Unessential]

I just read all 19 pages of this thread…

and uh… like what R18 rider said…

Is there a way to get a USB port with a via chipset on a laptop?

… easily? I mean, Laptops aren’t as easily customisable as desktops…

(and my Desktop is severely out of date, It can barely do lag free play on GGPO, and probably won’t stand a change at doing SF4…)

[darkwolf4ver]

I have a good trick : I sell this bloody version of Madcatz ! :badboy:

Too bad that Madcatz won’t do anything for this version .
My PS3 won’t last forever… my computer will…

[shox]

I just read all 19 pages of this thread…

and uh… like what R18 rider said…

Is there a way to get a USB port with a via chipset on a laptop?

… easily? I mean, Laptops aren’t as easily customisable as desktops…

(and my Desktop is severely out of date, It can barely do lag free play on GGPO, and probably won’t stand a change at doing SF4…)

Yeah you can get a PCMCIA USB card for your laptop. Just have to make sure it has a VIA chipset.

As for me, all my computers are nforce chipset, and I literally don’t have any pci slots left, (sound card, capture card). So I have to find a workaround.

I’ve tried the sixaxis driver and the sixaxis controller works fine, but stick does not. :annoy:

[masked_rider]

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

This is absolutely ridiculous. MadCatz has known about the problem for nearly 4 months now. My e-mails are getting progressively angrier.

Honestly, I don’t think we’ll be seeing a response from MadCatz about this. It only affects a small group out of all the people who bought the stick. Not only is it limited to only the PS3 products, it’s also only affecting the small amount of people who bothered to try it on the PC only to find that it doesn’t work.

My rage knows no bounds.

[shaktazuki]

Well, there’s always ripping out the PCB and putting in a cheap PS3 controller PCB (with turbo if you need it). I have learned my lesson and now keep my broken controllers for just that purpose…

I still think there are grounds for a lawsuit. There is nothing in the stick docs which say that the stick’s functionality is limited to SFIV; MadCatz agents, within the official SFIV stick thread, claim PC compatibility.

[masked_rider]

Don’t be silly. Canadians don’t sue.

…But really, someone should really sue them for not doing anything about this problem.

[matrixdub]

Well, there’s always ripping out the PCB and putting in a cheap PS3 controller PCB (with turbo if you need it). I have learned my lesson and now keep my broken controllers for just that purpose…

I still think there are grounds for a lawsuit. There is nothing in the stick docs which say that the stick’s functionality is limited to SFIV; MadCatz agents, within the official SFIV stick thread, claim PC compatibility.

Someone should quote those comments before they are edited out.

[System_1]

sh*t… no wonder my SE FightStick isn’t working with my new Dell Studio XPS 13 - it uses the Nvidia 730i chipset. Could someone suggest a Express Card USB port adapter that would work?

[NotANoob81]

Just got my TE about an hour ago, mainly to MAME on my XPS13 while at work and just like my Australian friend above, the sh_t don’t work:tdown:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v726/JewGal/th_DSCN2095.jpg

[System_1]

mainly to MAME on my XPS13 while at work…

Like a booohhwwwsssss…