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F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

David G Fishe

F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

by David G Fishe » Fri, 07 Jun 2002 18:20:56

First go to your 'save' directory and then to the 'your player name'
directory and open the file 'yourplayername.PLR' in a text editor. Scroll
down until you find the section starting with [ Controls ].

In the section, you will find lines like these below.

Axis [00, 00] Dead Zone="0.00000"
Axis [00, 00] Sensitivity="0.79717"
Axis [00, 00] Center="0.50000" // 0.0=min, 0.5=center, 1.0=max (use to
correct centering or split-axis issues)

There are 48 lines in this section. The first number in the brackets is the
joystick, 00 for Joy1 and 01 for Joy2. The second number is the axis, 00 is
X, 01 is Y and so on. The line you need to change is the one labeled
'Center'. This is set to 0.5 by default, which is appropiate for a centering
control like steering but for a non-centering control, like the brake or
throttle, it needs to be set to either 0.0 or 1.0 depending on whether the
control sends increasing or decreasing values. Which axis is which is a bit
hard to figure but I think that the [xx,00] axis, where xx is the joy
number, will be the steering in most systems so leave that at 0.5 and change
all the others. Try 1.0 first and if your pedals don't then work, try 0.0. I
hope this helps any one having problems.

David G Fisher

Olav Malmi

F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

by Olav Malmi » Fri, 07 Jun 2002 18:27:26


Great detective work David. Have to try it when coming home from work.

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David G Fishe

F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

by David G Fishe » Fri, 07 Jun 2002 18:48:31

Well actually all I did was copy and paste from a post I found at one of the
forums. High Gear probably.

David G Fisher



> > First go to your 'save' directory and then to the 'your player name'
> > directory and open the file 'yourplayername.PLR' in a text editor.
Scroll
> > down until you find the section starting with [ Controls ].

> > In the section, you will find lines like these below.

> > Axis [00, 00] Dead Zone="0.00000"
> > Axis [00, 00] Sensitivity="0.79717"
> > Axis [00, 00] Center="0.50000" // 0.0=min, 0.5=center, 1.0=max (use to
> > correct centering or split-axis issues)

> > There are 48 lines in this section. The first number in the brackets is
the
> > joystick, 00 for Joy1 and 01 for Joy2. The second number is the axis, 00
is
> > X, 01 is Y and so on. The line you need to change is the one labeled
> > 'Center'. This is set to 0.5 by default, which is appropiate for a
centering
> > control like steering but for a non-centering control, like the brake or
> > throttle, it needs to be set to either 0.0 or 1.0 depending on whether
the
> > control sends increasing or decreasing values. Which axis is which is a
bit
> > hard to figure but I think that the [xx,00] axis, where xx is the joy
> > number, will be the steering in most systems so leave that at 0.5 and
change
> > all the others. Try 1.0 first and if your pedals don't then work, try
0.0. I
> > hope this helps any one having problems.

> Great detective work David. Have to try it when coming home from work.

> --
> Olav Malmin
> remove .spam when replying

David G Fishe

F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

by David G Fishe » Fri, 07 Jun 2002 20:02:17

It doesn't work for the F12002 demo though (just the full game), which is
what I think you were referring to in your thread you posted this morning.

David G Fisher



> x-no-archive: yes


> > Well actually all I did was copy and paste from a post I found at one of
> the
> > forums. High Gear probably.

> Nevertheless, if it works, I want your babies!

Olav Malmi

F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

by Olav Malmi » Fri, 07 Jun 2002 20:12:10


Crap, I only have the demo .... :)

> David G Fisher



> > x-no-archive: yes


> > > Well actually all I did was copy and paste from a post I found at one of
> > the
> > > forums. High Gear probably.

> > Nevertheless, if it works, I want your babies!

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Ian

F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

by Ian » Fri, 07 Jun 2002 23:59:27

Nice find David :)
Now if only they would integrate that into the menu system within the game,
most of the bickering here could end ;)

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Ian P
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FatnSl

F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

by FatnSl » Sat, 08 Jun 2002 04:26:29

Were these settings also available in F12001? If not I assume this is ISI's
way of correcting peoples deadzone problems with F12001. Logitech has
maintained it is a DX8 problem so it looks like they built in a workaround.
Should be in the menu though, not just in a config file.

Steve


> Nice find David :)
> Now if only they would integrate that into the menu system within the
game,
> most of the bickering here could end ;)

> --

> Ian P
> <email invalid due to spam>



> > First go to your 'save' directory and then to the 'your player name'
> > directory and open the file 'yourplayername.PLR' in a text editor.
Scroll
> > down until you find the section starting with [ Controls ].

> > In

John Metco

F12002 Throttle Dead Zone Fix

by John Metco » Sun, 09 Jun 2002 13:12:57

hey
why do you want his babies ?

you are NOT going to eat them, are you ?

"Richard S Beckett"


> x-no-archive: yes


> > Well actually all I did was copy and paste from a

post I found at one of

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