rec.autos.simulators

Does anybody use this combo with success? I'm trying to run a
Rendition-enhanced version of this simulation (so MS-DOS mode only) but
there's a problem somewhere. If I plug in my wheel/pedals combo
(joystick port), I get no sound during the intro and I can't select none
of the menu items. I can scroll up and down with my keyboard but
validating an item with the Enter key has no effect: the item remains
"highlighted" indefinitely. I've tried to enable and disable the
joystick with the J key as explained in the FAQ, without success. Of
course, if I unplug the wheel/pedals combo, no problem (sound is OK and
I can choose item and play the game).

Any hints appreciated ;-)

Thanks.

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The MS Wheel is a digital wheel, and the optimized Papy controller software
back then required analog.

-Larry

Phillip

The good news is that it runs flawlessly in xp however.

Jason

Despite what many may believe, it *is* absolutely possible to get ICR2
working with a MS Sidewinder wheel in Windows XP.

I did it with the following combination of software:

Windows XP
Dos version of ICR2
VDMSound (Soundblaster DOS driver for XP's DOS box, it also includes a
joystick emulator that you can configure to map your USB wheel to a
*emulated* DOS mode joystick, which DOS games *will* detect).
MS Sidewinder FFB wheel (USB)

You even get resistance from the wheel, but not feedback obviously.

So, say after me, it *CAN* be done.

enjoy...
Regards all,
istoff

dave henrie

In fact, the Rendition version is already a 1.0.2 release so no patch is
needed. Applying the Windows 95 patch to use windy.exe rather than
indycar.exe is discouraged since it'll break the Rendition
optimizations. No problem with the USB: my Microsoft wheel is a joystick
port version, not USB. Thanks for your support.

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What a nightmare! I thought all wheels on the market were analog
devices. Are you aware of an analog wheel/pedals combo supporting force
feedback too (for my other sims)?

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Too bad. If I run the Windows executable, I'll loose the Rendition
optimizations.

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sorry for the slow reply.  bought a ps2 last week :)  Playing WRC2 and
Final Fantasy X all week.  I seem to have forgotten that games need to
be fun (not just realistic and challenging).

You don't need to have a soundblaster compatible card. VDMsound will
emulate your dos soundblaster from any other card as well.  It will
appear in the game in the familiar (to us oldtimers)  address 220, dma
1, irq 7

Btw, I know you like track layouts in games, have a peek at WRC2 on
the PS2.  It seems like they used the wrc satellite data to generate
them.  Nice.

Regards all,
istoff

Everything is USB now, and Win2K/XP doesn't support the Gameport very well
these days.  It's bare-bones functionality.

-Larry