Guitar Hero II guitar works in Windows, iffy on OS X |
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It's really nothing new, but since Microsoft has been providing Xbox 360 controller ports to use your wireless Xbox 360 controllers on Windows, this controller just screams Plug n' Play. Playing Frets on Fire, a free clone of Guitar Hero, Grant found that it even works great, after a little controller configuration. Window Vista may have a little bit of a frame rate problem with the game, but if you could step up to official Vista drivers, it should run fine.
Mac OS X is a slightly different story, as Grant claims the controller isn't recognized as an HID-compliant device, with GamePad Companion or the open source Xbox 360 driver.
Additionally, the OS X version of Frets on Fire couldn't be run successfully. So we could extend this post to the Apple blog hoping to catch the eyes of practicing porters and see if they could do anything about it.
Watch out though, butcher99 tried plugging his controller onto the USB port of his Windows Vista machine and Logitech devices, which could include ultra-sensitive G5 laser mice and G15 macro keyboards, to stop working. It's another compatibility problem that Microsoft doesn't have any solution for, except perhaps keeping the controller plugged into your Xbox 360.
Like Randy, we're anxious to know what the homebrew community can spruce up for this interesting little development. Photo courtesy of Randy.
Via Randy Rants
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it's widely known that the X-plorer would work fine with windows, as did the PS2 guitars. Ofcourse it will also work with Fret's, as you can use about any controller with it. But no wammy bar or star power, in Fret's.
Also be careful. On certain Pc's, the guitar will detect as a sound device (because of built in headphone jack for the 360 headset), and some pc will think it's a usb headset, so you will loose sound. Make sure you go and switch your default sound back, in the audio properties.
macs = dull boy = all work and no play
every time i try to run frets on fire it gives me an error
windows + viruses
Macs+Crashing+l ockups+denial = MacBoyism