I know that if I plug a Rock Band (wired) guitar into the PC, it shows in the game controllers console as an ordinary joystick with each of its buttons and analog sensors mapped normally. (It might go searching the web for a driver first.)
I know this because that's how I did diagnostic work when repairing the notorious problems with my first generation Rock Band controller. I wouldn't necessarily expect the wireless RB2 controller to work, but the wired one: Plug it in, bam, it's a joystick.
I'm guessing it would "Just Work" for Guitar Hero PC. The problem of deliberate controller incompatibility is, as far as I know, entirely a *consoles* issue. The PC game arena has always been designed around controller-brand agnosticism, and I don't see any reason it should be otherwise.
In order for the PC Guitar Hero to be incompatible with the Rock Band controller, they'd have to go very far out of their way to exclude it in their code.
Now that I think about it, I wouldn't put it past them. Hm.
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Date: 2009-01-26 10:01 pm (UTC)I know this because that's how I did diagnostic work when repairing the notorious problems with my first generation Rock Band controller. I wouldn't necessarily expect the wireless RB2 controller to work, but the wired one: Plug it in, bam, it's a joystick.
I'm guessing it would "Just Work" for Guitar Hero PC. The problem of deliberate controller incompatibility is, as far as I know, entirely a *consoles* issue. The PC game arena has always been designed around controller-brand agnosticism, and I don't see any reason it should be otherwise.
In order for the PC Guitar Hero to be incompatible with the Rock Band controller, they'd have to go very far out of their way to exclude it in their code.
Now that I think about it, I wouldn't put it past them. Hm.