Problem with 3DConnexion SpaceMouse

[Michel Morningstar]

For years now, I have been using a 3DConnexion Spacemouse to move in SL. Since version 3.8.4 of the viewer, the SpaceMouse does not seem compatible with SL anymore: when I activate it, I start to move uncontrollably, in avatar view or flycam. Driver update did not help (in fact, 3Dxware 10.2.1 allowed partial movement, but latest drivers seem worse).

MacOS X, iMac, Intel Core i7, 4 GHz, 32 GB

What should I do?

 

Edited: I tried increasing dead zones. Effectively, if I set dead zones to 1.00, then the problem stops. So do my possibilities to move the avatar with the SpaceMouse. I also tried with older drivers, then some moves work, some don't.

 

Edited 10-02-2015: the latest version of the SL viewer for Mac seems to have solved the problem (Second Life 3.8.5 (305528).

[KarenMichelle Lane]

Maybe this article will help:

http://blog.nalates.net/2014/08/28/3dconnextion-spacenavigator-v10-for-second-life/

 

[Nalates Urriah]

The article is for Windows, but setting up the SN is the same in the viewer once you computer can see the device.

Notice the settings in the Sl preference panels.

Also, test the controller in other software.

[Abigail Longmeadow]

Maybe increase the "dead zone" on the troublesome axis, in the Joystick setup page? I had to do that with a Logitech joystick. It became too sensitve to slight movements off the exact neutral point.