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F1RC lost MSFF!?

Arto Wik

F1RC lost MSFF!?

by Arto Wik » Sun, 24 Jun 2001 08:13:44

I made the latest "security update" from MS pages. I suppose that it
is not the reason, but it is the only change before the problem:
Now F1RC has lost its understanding of my (split axis) MSFF wheel!
Other sims have no problems (GPL, N4, GP3, F1CS200, Viper...)

First try: the gas and brake were working the opposite way! The more
you push, the less it effects! Then I tried to give new values to
the controls: the only effect was that my mouse left click seems
to want to become the only control device...

Any ideas? Is there something strange with UbiSoft's way of programming?

Arto
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Bert Middleto

F1RC lost MSFF!?

by Bert Middleto » Sun, 24 Jun 2001 16:41:23



>I made the latest "security update" from MS pages. I suppose that it
>is not the reason, but it is the only change before the problem:
>Now F1RC has lost its understanding of my (split axis) MSFF wheel!
>Other sims have no problems (GPL, N4, GP3, F1CS200, Viper...)

>First try: the gas and brake were working the opposite way! The more
>you push, the less it effects! Then I tried to give new values to
>the controls: the only effect was that my mouse left click seems
>to want to become the only control device...

>Any ideas? Is there something strange with UbiSoft's way of programming?

>Arto

Yea, it's a problem with Ubisoft's programming. Just go into the gmae
options and select the axis for brake and pedals again and it should
be fine again. I have to do this everytime I play F1RC (which isn't
often). Someone said to depress the gas pedal as you start F1RC to fix
it, but it never worked for me. I have a MSFF wheel too.
Arto Wik

F1RC lost MSFF!?

by Arto Wik » Sun, 24 Jun 2001 17:31:47




>>you push, the less it effects! Then I tried to give new values to
>>the controls: the only effect was that my mouse left click seems
>>to want to become the only control device...
>Yea, it's a problem with Ubisoft's programming. Just go into the gmae
>options and select the axis for brake and pedals again and it should
>be fine again. I have to do this everytime I play F1RC (which isn't
>often). Someone said to depress the gas pedal as you start F1RC to fix
>it, but it never worked for me. I have a MSFF wheel too.

Yes this has happened to me, too. But now the problem in re-selecting the
controls! I cannot activate the selections: When I click for example
"turn left" or "brake", I get just "Y+" there! No possibility of telling
the game, what I really want to be the that axis...

Arto
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Bert Middleto

F1RC lost MSFF!?

by Bert Middleto » Sun, 24 Jun 2001 20:04:51



>Yes this has happened to me, too. But now the problem in re-selecting the
>controls! I cannot activate the selections: When I click for example
>"turn left" or "brake", I get just "Y+" there! No possibility of telling
>the game, what I really want to be the that axis...

>Arto

Yea, I've seen that too. If you keep diddling with it eventually it
will work. Ubisoft really needs to get that patch out soon. I deleted
F1RC off my HD until I can evaluate it post-patch.
Rolf Weseman

F1RC lost MSFF!?

by Rolf Weseman » Sun, 24 Jun 2001 23:10:06

Had the same problem.
I d'l the KI-, Performance & Physicsupdate2001 (v1.3) by Marc Wessels from
www.f1-rc.de and that new mecacar.de solved that problem for me.

Rolf

Arto Wik

F1RC lost MSFF!?

by Arto Wik » Tue, 26 Jun 2001 03:36:12


>>I cannot activate the selections: When I click for example ...
>Yea, I've seen that too. If you keep diddling with it eventually it
>will work. Ubisoft really needs to get that patch out soon. I deleted
>F1RC off my HD until I can evaluate it post-patch.

Funny: now when I changed to Magny, and "diddled" for a while with
setting the axis, it works again! I still think there is something
quite unprofessional in their programming! (I teach programming at
the Univ. of Helsinki...:-)  And as a paying customer I think UbiSoft
owes me a patch that corrects this kind of clear bugs in their
commercial software!

Arto
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Bert Middleto

F1RC lost MSFF!?

by Bert Middleto » Tue, 26 Jun 2001 16:14:16



>Funny: now when I changed to Magny, and "diddled" for a while with
>setting the axis, it works again! I still think there is something
>quite unprofessional in their programming! (I teach programming at
>the Univ. of Helsinki...:-)  And as a paying customer I think UbiSoft
>owes me a patch that corrects this kind of clear bugs in their
>commercial software!

>Arto

They said there would be a patch released April 16th, it's now June
25th. Not only are they ***programmers, they are also liars.

P.S. There will be a patch eventually.

Phaso

F1RC lost MSFF!?

by Phaso » Wed, 27 Jun 2001 13:09:02

That was me, and just to clarify, it doesn't work if you push it to the
floor.  You only push it halfway to the floor.

    -Phasor


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