rec.autos.simulators

by **Olav K. Malm** » Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:00:00

> Hi,

> >Are you using a sidewinder
> >profile to play the game?
> Yep - I've configured separate axes and mapped shift+r to the left
> paddle.

> >What do you get when you try to calibrate the wheel in gpl?
> When I enable FF in core.ini I can calibrate the wheel no problem. Then
> I get into the car and there's no response. If I leave the track and try
> to calibrate after this, there's no response there, either.

> >What are the FF settings in you core.ini?
> Default from the core.ini.sample which I renamed to core.ini.

> >What sound card do you have installed?
> Sound Blaster Pro (Don't laugh!) I really think this may be the trouble.
> Don't know why though. Maybe because it's a 4-year-old card?

> >Have you tried the settings below in your core.ini?
> >force_feedback_latency = 0.085
> >force_feedback_damping = 30.0
> >max_steering_torque =200.0
> Just tried them - still didn't work.

> >>AAARRRGH<<

Don't panic :)

In the control panel, if you select Test Forces, do it take a very long time
before the picture of the wheel appears ? That might indicate some FF trouble,
but as long as it works with other games, there shouldn't be.

Actually, when I thing about it, I do have the same problem with Toca 2.
Sometimes it won't recognize my wheel at all. To fix this I went to the test
forces window and out again, and after that it worked. So try to reboot, go
to the Sidewinder Control Panel, Test Forces, fiddle around a little, and then
exit, then try GPL.

And are you absolutely positively sure that you got that [ Joy ] header before
allow_force_feedback=1 ? A stupid question, but sometimes the solution to weird
problems are right in front of your eyes all the time.

--
Olav K. Malmin
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by **Mark Seer** » Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:00:00

I too still use a p200 from time to time Graeme. t works fine I am sorry (in
your case) to report mate.

Mark

> >Have you tried starting GPL by selecting PLAY from the Sierra-box that
let you
> >choose to play, play intro movie or quit when you put in the CD ?

> Thanks for the help, but that didn't work either :-(((((

> Do you think it could be CPU-related? I only have a P200, so maybe it's
> possible that GPL is putting too much load through the CPU for the FF to
> work?

> --
> Cheers!
> Graeme Nash

> http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk
> ICQ# 11257824

by **Mark Aisthorp** » Fri, 20 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Try deleting the controls.cfg file in your gpl\players\graeme_nash folder,
gpl has been knowen to***up this file.

Mark
London UK

by **A. Cowel** » Sat, 21 Aug 1999 04:00:00

Just a long shot - I wonder if any of the FF lines in the core.ini are
remarked with a " ; ". Also I wonder if the core.ini is actually loading
ie; it's not just a text file.

Regards, Andrew.

>>Thanks for the replies everyone... I'll keep you posted on how it goes
>>as today things are going from bad to worse :-)

>Ah well... reinstalling GPL didn't work either. It's a really weird
>problem as the FF works fine in other games and when FF is disabled in
>core.ini the wheel works fine in GPL.

>But as soon as I turn on FF things go wrong. Sometimes it will work as
>it does with FF disabled, and other times it will just sit there,
>unresponsive. The only things I can do in this situation are the actions
>I have mapped to keyboard functions such as raising the arm or looking
>either side.

>Any further ideas? I have a new PC on order so maybe I should wait to
>see if it works on that - but if I do, and it still doesn't work, it'll
>be too late to send the wheel back to where I got it from :-((((

>--
>Cheers!
>Graeme Nash

>http://www.karisma1.demon.co.uk
>ICQ# 11257824

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