rec.autos.simulators

> I missed the original post, but what wheel are you using, and how is it
> connected?  If it uses a soundcard gameport, what soundcard do you have?
> Generic advice is you need a card with a good gameport, like an SB Live
> or a dedicated gameport card.

> HTH,
> Kendt

> > OK, so I installed DirectX 7a.. no change, still jerky.  Also, I
> can't find
> > where to change the dead zone settings & stuff.  I assumed it was in
> the
> > Game Controllers area in the Control Panel but it ain't.  Also, when
> I try
> > to switch from the Direct Input to the Generic driver from within
> GPL, it
> > won't let me.  There's no movement when I try to calibrate.  And I've
> tried
> > installing various gameport drivers.. the same jerkiness remains.

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> Before you buy.

> The SB Live gameport doesn't seem to solve the problem.  I have a TM Super
> Sport wheel connected to an SB Live and it is still jerky as hell.  I've
> tried both generic and Direct input in GPL, have checked and unchecked
"poll
> with interrupts enabled" in the calibration panel, have set it up using
both
> the Thrustmaster calibration software and as a 3 axis 4 button controller,
> and tried various combinations of all these variables, and it's still
> jerky.  At home I use an ACT RS wheel, and with a Montego soundcard
(digital
> gameport) it is jerky and spikey like mad, however with my old SB16 it's
> smooth as silk.  Is there something I'm missing about using digital
> gameports, or are they just much more sensitive to pot noise than older
> analog gameports?  Does it come down to the quality of pot in the wheel?
I
> sell both the Super Sport wheel and SB Live soundcards from my store, and
> customers are asking me how to reduce the jerkiness.  I'm coming up empty,
> any suggestions appreciated.

>             Doug

> > I missed the original post, but what wheel are you using, and how is it
> > connected?  If it uses a soundcard gameport, what soundcard do you have?
> > Generic advice is you need a card with a good gameport, like an SB Live
> > or a dedicated gameport card.

> > HTH,
> > Kendt

> > > OK, so I installed DirectX 7a.. no change, still jerky.  Also, I
> > can't find
> > > where to change the dead zone settings & stuff.  I assumed it was in
> > the
> > > Game Controllers area in the Control Panel but it ain't.  Also, when
> > I try
> > > to switch from the Direct Input to the Generic driver from within
> > GPL, it
> > > won't let me.  There's no movement when I try to calibrate.  And I've
> > tried
> > > installing various gameport drivers.. the same jerkiness remains.

> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.

> The SB Live gameport doesn't seem to solve the problem.  I have a TM Super
> Sport wheel connected to an SB Live and it is still jerky as hell.  I've
> tried both generic and Direct input in GPL, have checked and unchecked
"poll
> with interrupts enabled" in the calibration panel, have set it up using
both
> the Thrustmaster calibration software and as a 3 axis 4 button controller,
> and tried various combinations of all these variables, and it's still
> jerky.  At home I use an ACT RS wheel, and with a Montego soundcard
(digital
> gameport) it is jerky and spikey like mad, however with my old SB16 it's
> smooth as silk.  Is there something I'm missing about using digital
> gameports, or are they just much more sensitive to pot noise than older
> analog gameports?  Does it come down to the quality of pot in the wheel?
I
> sell both the Super Sport wheel and SB Live soundcards from my store, and
> customers are asking me how to reduce the jerkiness.  I'm coming up empty,
> any suggestions appreciated.

>             Doug

> > I missed the original post, but what wheel are you using, and how is it
> > connected?  If it uses a soundcard gameport, what soundcard do you have?
> > Generic advice is you need a card with a good gameport, like an SB Live
> > or a dedicated gameport card.

> > HTH,
> > Kendt

> > > OK, so I installed DirectX 7a.. no change, still jerky.  Also, I
> > can't find
> > > where to change the dead zone settings & stuff.  I assumed it was in
> > the
> > > Game Controllers area in the Control Panel but it ain't.  Also, when
> > I try
> > > to switch from the Direct Input to the Generic driver from within
> > GPL, it
> > > won't let me.  There's no movement when I try to calibrate.  And I've
> > tried
> > > installing various gameport drivers.. the same jerkiness remains.

> > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> > Before you buy.

> I missed the original post, but what wheel are you using, and how is it
> connected?  If it uses a soundcard gameport, what soundcard do you have?
> Generic advice is you need a card with a good gameport, like an SB Live
> or a dedicated gameport card.

> > I missed the original post, but what wheel are you using, and how is it
> > connected?  If it uses a soundcard gameport, what soundcard do you have?
> > Generic advice is you need a card with a good gameport, like an SB Live
> > or a dedicated gameport card.

> The wheel is a CompUSA Formula Racing wheel (15 bucks!  Best deal ever), but
> it's not the wheel 'cuz I plugged in the joystick and it gives me the same
> jerkiness pattern (it's hard to explain).. I recently put in a Creative
> Ensoniq PCI sound card in to replace our Yamaha ISA card.. the Yamaha had
> been giving me problems but the wheel/joystick worked fine with its
> gameport.

>Same here.  I can plug pretty much any piece of  ***controller into my SB16
>and it doesn't jitter.  My Montego and SB Live give me grief with even my
>best
>wheel.  I'm convinced it has to do with digital gameports, but have no idea
>how
>to resolve the problem.  Suggestions, please!  TIA.

>            Doug