The joystick handle moves through three defined zones. The three zones are; the dead zone, the proportional zone and the full zone. The dead zone is a window located around the joystick center. When the handle is within the dead zone, no game character movement occurs. As soon as the handle exits the dead zone, the handle enters the proportional zone. In this zone, movement of the game character is proportional to where the handle is located. If the handle is near the dead zone, then the game character will move slowly. As the handle moves farther away from the dead zone, the game character moves faster. Eventually, the handle moves within the full zone. Within the full zone, the game character moves at medium or full speed depending on your Speed Settings.

If you find that you have a hard time walking a straight line or standing still you will need to increase the dead zone. If you find that you are not getting to full/medium speed soon enough and want to get to full/medium speed with less joystick movement decrease the full zone. As you move through the proportional zone your character will gradually move from stopped to full/medium speed

Refer to the FPgaming Assassin 3D Online Users Guide for more information on Dead Zones and other settings that will help you customize your joystick.

For Windows versions of Quake you will need to edit the adva3d.cfg file located in your quake\id1 directory.

1. Open up ADVA3D.CFG
   Click Start, followed by Programs then Accessories and select Notepad.
   Click on File then Open.
   Browse to your Quake\id1 Folder, you will see just the files ending in DOC.
   For the File Name you will need to type in ADVA3D.CFG

2. Locate and edit the Dead Zones.
   The dead zones for the Advanced Quake Controllers are called, joyforwardthreshold and joysidethreshold.
   You should see that the Default settings are 0.1 you will want to try a setting of 0.15 or 0.2

3. After editing Save your work and exit.
   Click on File and select Save
   Click on File and select Exit.

Refer to the Advanced Quake Joystick Settings page for more information on Customizing your Joystick for Windows versions of Quake.