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GPL Help!! MSFF Wheel Not centering

Randy Wilso

GPL Help!! MSFF Wheel Not centering

by Randy Wilso » Wed, 01 Sep 1999 04:00:00

OK this is wierd, when I have FF switched on in the core.ini - the centering
goes away as soon as I enter a track. The forces are still present &
centering returns after I leave the track. If I switch FF off in core
centering works fine (but no FF effects)

Same thing happens in Midtown Madness demo but NOT in F1RS - so I'm thinking
Direct X problem...?

Everything used to work fine, even did an HD reformat and re-install of GPL
and SW software.

System Config
Cel400 (No O/C)
Abit BH6
SB Live* (see below)
MS FF Wheel
DX 6

* Was about to send message when I thought of 1 more thing to try. Yanked
out the SB Live & put in my old AWE64, guess what everything works again,
but I'd still like to be able to use my PCI SB Live

Any ideas?

Thanks

Randy

Piers C. Structure

GPL Help!! MSFF Wheel Not centering

by Piers C. Structure » Wed, 01 Sep 1999 04:00:00



I believe GPL disables the centering when FF is enabled.

--
Suck The Goat

Ruud van Ga

GPL Help!! MSFF Wheel Not centering

by Ruud van Ga » Wed, 01 Sep 1999 04:00:00



It is MEANT to be like that. Too bad you went through all that
trouble. GPL and Midtown Madness (try to) turn off centering, because
the game will do 'centering' automatically because of the force
emulation.
So driving at speed makes the wheels turn round fast and this gives
centering forces (like the way you stay on your bike when cycling and
the way you fall over when you stop ;-) )

So no problems, it works as it should!

Ruud van Gaal
MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl
Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery

Fredrik Th?rnel

GPL Help!! MSFF Wheel Not centering

by Fredrik Th?rnel » Wed, 01 Sep 1999 04:00:00




> >OK this is wierd, when I have FF switched on in the core.ini - the centering
> >goes away as soon as I enter a track. The forces are still present &
> >centering returns after I leave the track. If I switch FF off in core
> >centering works fine (but no FF effects)

> It is MEANT to be like that. Too bad you went through all that
> trouble. GPL and Midtown Madness (try to) turn off centering, because
> the game will do 'centering' automatically because of the force
> emulation.

Now why doesn't GPL turn off the centering of _my_ MSFF wheel when I forget to
do it myself before starting the game? :(

It's annoying having to quit out of the game to fix this.

Cheers,
    /ft

Randy Wilso

GPL Help!! MSFF Wheel Not centering

by Randy Wilso » Thu, 02 Sep 1999 04:00:00

Thanks for the help guys. I was away from GPL (& all my games - damn job!)
for a few weeks & forgot about that (or never noticed in the 1st place). The
AWE64 does leave centering on in the game, though.

I _was_ going to do an HD reformat anyways to clean up all the junk from the
past couple of years.

Was able confirm that the SBLive is good for about 4 or 5 FPS over AWE64 in
FF enabled GPL. Even O/Cing Cel400 to 450 doesn't have as big an effect
(maybe 2 or 3 FPS).

Thx again

Randy


>OK this is wierd, when I have FF switched on in the core.ini - the
centering
>goes away as soon as I enter a track. The forces are still present &
>centering returns after I leave the track. If I switch FF off in core
>centering works fine (but no FF effects)

>Same thing happens in Midtown Madness demo but NOT in F1RS - so I'm
thinking
>Direct X problem...?

>Everything used to work fine, even did an HD reformat and re-install of GPL
>and SW software.

>System Config
>Cel400 (No O/C)
>Abit BH6
>SB Live* (see below)
>MS FF Wheel
>DX 6

>* Was about to send message when I thought of 1 more thing to try. Yanked
>out the SB Live & put in my old AWE64, guess what everything works again,
>but I'd still like to be able to use my PCI SB Live

>Any ideas?

>Thanks

>Randy

Ruud van Ga

GPL Help!! MSFF Wheel Not centering

by Ruud van Ga » Thu, 02 Sep 1999 04:00:00

On Tue, 31 Aug 1999 19:28:28 +0200, Fredrik Th?rnell





>> >OK this is wierd, when I have FF switched on in the core.ini - the centering
>> >goes away as soon as I enter a track. The forces are still present &
>> >centering returns after I leave the track. If I switch FF off in core
>> >centering works fine (but no FF effects)

>> It is MEANT to be like that. Too bad you went through all that
>> trouble. GPL and Midtown Madness (try to) turn off centering, because
>> the game will do 'centering' automatically because of the force
>> emulation.

>Now why doesn't GPL turn off the centering of _my_ MSFF wheel when I forget to
>do it myself before starting the game? :(

>It's annoying having to quit out of the game to fix this.

Sometimes on some machines it seems to fail. Well, the DirectX call to
turn it off fails. Probably GPL is not to blame.

Ruud van Gaal
MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl
Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery


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