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MS Force Feedback Wheel: Pedals won't work!

Harrie Oostin

MS Force Feedback Wheel: Pedals won't work!

by Harrie Oostin » Thu, 19 Apr 2001 00:18:51

Hello,

I have encounterd a strange problem with the installation of a Microsoft
Sidwinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB) of a nephew of mine. When I test the
wheel via Control Panel->Game Controllers->Properties everything works fine
including both pedals. In every game I tried the pedals won't work at all
(not in separate and not in combined mode). The wheel and the buttons work
ok. It's a Windows 98 computer using DirectX 8.0a. Previously a Logitech
Joystick was installed (I completely removed it though). When I install the
wheel at my own computer (Windows ME and DirectX 8.0a) everything's OK.

It looks like the information of the Y-Axis is killed by the software
somewhere. It's certainly no hardware error (the diag works and on my
computer also).

Please help.

Greetings, Harrie

Harrie Oostin

MS Force Feedback Wheel: Pedals won't work!

by Harrie Oostin » Thu, 19 Apr 2001 20:57:42

Julian,

Thanks for your answer. I'll look into it. What puzzles me though is that it
does work via the sidewinder profiler software so in that case the USB
connection does work...

Harrie



> I'm no techo, but a couple of things to try...do other USB devices work -
I
> have a Gigabyte motherboard with via chipset and was surprised to find
> problems when I tried to use a USB joystick - my MSFF wheel is not a USB
> one - I discovered the chipset had problems with USB but found a patch
that
> fixed it.
> Also, I find I need to have the sidewinder profiler in the task bar for it
> to correctly pick up separate axis settings etc.
> I suspect though, that your problem is different


> > Hello,

> > I have encounterd a strange problem with the installation of a Microsoft
> > Sidwinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB) of a nephew of mine. When I test
the
> > wheel via Control Panel->Game Controllers->Properties everything works
> fine
> > including both pedals. In every game I tried the pedals won't work at
all
> > (not in separate and not in combined mode). The wheel and the buttons
work
> > ok. It's a Windows 98 computer using DirectX 8.0a. Previously a Logitech
> > Joystick was installed (I completely removed it though). When I install
> the
> > wheel at my own computer (Windows ME and DirectX 8.0a) everything's OK.

> > It looks like the information of the Y-Axis is killed by the software
> > somewhere. It's certainly no hardware error (the diag works and on my
> > computer also).

> > Please help.

> > Greetings, Harrie

Larr

MS Force Feedback Wheel: Pedals won't work!

by Larr » Sat, 21 Apr 2001 05:44:32

There is an obscure option to map the Y axis to the X axis (or something
like that).  Did this get enabled by accident ?

-Larry


Harrie Oostin

MS Force Feedback Wheel: Pedals won't work!

by Harrie Oostin » Sun, 22 Apr 2001 02:56:25

Larry,

I don't know that obscure option, perhaps you refer to the combined mode
(Y-axis stands for both pedals) or separate mode (Y-axis for one pedal,
R-axis for the other). I tried both options and nope!

Harrie



> There is an obscure option to map the Y axis to the X axis (or something
> like that).  Did this get enabled by accident ?

> -Larry



> > Hello,

> > I have encounterd a strange problem with the installation of a Microsoft
> > Sidwinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB) of a nephew of mine. When I test
the
> > wheel via Control Panel->Game Controllers->Properties everything works
> fine
> > including both pedals. In every game I tried the pedals won't work at
all
> > (not in separate and not in combined mode). The wheel and the buttons
work
> > ok. It's a Windows 98 computer using DirectX 8.0a. Previously a Logitech
> > Joystick was installed (I completely removed it though). When I install
> the
> > wheel at my own computer (Windows ME and DirectX 8.0a) everything's OK.

> > It looks like the information of the Y-Axis is killed by the software
> > somewhere. It's certainly no hardware error (the diag works and on my
> > computer also).

> > Please help.

> > Greetings, Harrie


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