MSFF in XP

Hi all, Has anybody successfully got this wheel (the gameport version) working in Win XP yet? Just tried to set it up and although it is recognized in the game controllers applet when I click properties to test it I get the dialogue box up telling me it is not connected. Any ideas?? TIA PH

"Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> Hi all, > > Has anybody successfully got this wheel (the gameport version) working > in Win XP yet? Just tried to set it up and although it is recognized > in the game controllers applet when I click properties to test it I > get the dialogue box up telling me it is not connected. > > Any ideas?? > > TIA > > PH

According to Microsoft the gameport version is supported by XP. MY USB version isn't though and it works in XP, although I can't use the profiling software to set it to split axis. Better look in the Knowledge base at http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US

On Sat, 03 Nov 2001 23:28:58 +0000, Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>Hi all, > >Has anybody successfully got this wheel (the gameport version) working >in Win XP yet? Just tried to set it up and although it is recognized >in the game controllers applet when I click properties to test it I >get the dialogue box up telling me it is not connected. > >Any ideas?? > >TIA > >PH

Curious. It works fine here. Are there problems with your sound drivers? -- Spadge Fromley ''collect your rubbsih and in my belly it will go ...''

No the sound drivers work fine. I have managed to get the wheel to work once so far, it just suddenly showed as OK and I was able to do the test and then run F1 2001 for a while without a problem. But then I left it for a while and when I went back to it it was showing as 'Not Connected' again. PH On Sun, 04 Nov 2001 22:11:41 +0100, Spadge Fromley <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>On Sat, 03 Nov 2001 23:28:58 +0000, Peter Hooper ><[email hidden]> wrote: > >>Hi all, >> >>Has anybody successfully got this wheel (the gameport version) working >>in Win XP yet? Just tried to set it up and although it is recognized >>in the game controllers applet when I click properties to test it I >>get the dialogue box up telling me it is not connected. >> >>Any ideas?? >> >>TIA >> >>PH > >Curious. It works fine here. > >Are there problems with your sound drivers?

On Mon, 05 Nov 2001 01:31:20 +0000, Peter Hooper <[email hidden]> wrote:

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>No the sound drivers work fine. > >I have managed to get the wheel to work once so far, it just suddenly >showed as OK and I was able to do the test and then run F1 2001 for a >while without a problem. But then I left it for a while and when I >went back to it it was showing as 'Not Connected' again. > >PH

Sorry to say this, buit intermittant faults are the hardest to pin down. I'm stumped as to what the problem could be, unless it's a cable problem. -- Spadge Fromley ''collect your rubbsih and in my belly it will go ...''

To clarify... The USB works fine IF you have the 4.0 software. It will put up a complaint box during installation, but it still works fine. The Gameport is KIND of compatible. It works only with the built-in XP mini-driver for SideWinder controllers. The 3.02 SideWinder Software, the latest (and apparantly, last) version for Gameport controllers, will not in any way, shape or form install under XP or 2K. The 4.0 software is not downloadable, and only works with USB SideWinders anyway. Therefore, Gameport versions of the controllers will never have Profile support. No buttons adjustments, no axis adjustment, no force adjustments, no nothing. It basically acts like a 4 axis joystick. Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves for this. -Larry "STP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:NZgF7.11$[email hidden]...

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> > "Peter Hooper" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > Hi all, > > > > Has anybody successfully got this wheel (the gameport version) working > > in Win XP yet? Just tried to set it up and although it is recognized > > in the game controllers applet when I click properties to test it I > > get the dialogue box up telling me it is not connected. > > > > Any ideas?? > > > > TIA > > > > PH > > According to Microsoft the gameport version is supported by XP. MY USB > version isn't though and it works in XP, although I can't use the

profiling > software to set it to split axis. Better look in the Knowledge base at > http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?fr=0&SD=GN&LN=EN-US > >

"Larry" <[email hidden]> writes:

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> To clarify... > > The USB works fine IF you have the 4.0 software. It will put up a complaint > box during installation, but it still works fine. > > The Gameport is KIND of compatible. It works only with the built-in XP > mini-driver for SideWinder controllers. The 3.02 SideWinder Software, the > latest (and apparantly, last) version for Gameport controllers, will not in > any way, shape or form install under XP or 2K. > > The 4.0 software is not downloadable, and only works with USB SideWinders > anyway. > > Therefore, Gameport versions of the controllers will never have Profile > support. No buttons adjustments, no axis adjustment, no force adjustments, > no nothing. > > It basically acts like a 4 axis joystick.

Not exactly. Proper games like GPL and N4 disables the return to center force, and puts force feedback in it. And it defaults on separate axis, which means F1 2001 is undrivable on Win2K. > Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves for this. Indeed! -- Olav K. Malmin remove .spam when replying

"Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:WfnG7.116913$%[email hidden]... > To clarify... > > The USB works fine IF you have the 4.0 software. It will put up acomplaint > box during installation, but it still works fine. Well, it installs, but if I set it to use split axis it doens't give me that option in F12001 so I don't think the v4.0 profiling software is wroking properly under XP. I bought the MS FF2 joystick and it has v4.0 profiling software too and installs with no complaint under XP and all the options work. Not the MS FF usb wheel though.

"Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > > Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves for this. > > Indeed! Yep, I emailed them and reamed them out for it. They probably never fix it.

That wasn't really my point, but you are correct :) -Larry "Olav K. Malmin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Larry" <[email hidden]> writes: > > > To clarify... > > > > The USB works fine IF you have the 4.0 software. It will put up acomplaint > > box during installation, but it still works fine. > > > > The Gameport is KIND of compatible. It works only with the built-in XP > > mini-driver for SideWinder controllers. The 3.02 SideWinder Software,the > > latest (and apparantly, last) version for Gameport controllers, will notin > > any way, shape or form install under XP or 2K. > > > > The 4.0 software is not downloadable, and only works with USBSideWinders > > anyway. > > > > Therefore, Gameport versions of the controllers will never have Profile > > support. No buttons adjustments, no axis adjustment, no forceadjustments,

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> > no nothing. > > > > It basically acts like a 4 axis joystick. > > Not exactly. Proper games like GPL and N4 disables the return to > center force, and puts force feedback in it. And it defaults on > separate axis, which means F1 2001 is undrivable on Win2K. > > > Microsoft should be ashamed of themselves for this. > > Indeed! > > > -- > Olav K. Malmin > remove .spam when replying

F1-2001 has problems with XP OTHER than with the MSFFW. Frankly, it feels like an un-finished game to me. The controller code is wacko, and no force-feedback? These days? The graphics performance under XP is also shakey. Sometimes it's fast, sometimes it slows to Matrix-like speeds. I'm hoping for HUGE improvements with the patch, if it ever ships. If not, this is my last EA title. -Larry "STP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:ucwG7.1488$[email hidden]...

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> > "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:WfnG7.116913$%[email hidden]... > > To clarify... > > > > The USB works fine IF you have the 4.0 software. It will put up a > complaint > > box during installation, but it still works fine. > > Well, it installs, but if I set it to use split axis it doens't give me

that > option in F12001 so I don't think the v4.0 profiling software is wroking > properly under XP. I bought the MS FF2 joystick and it has v4.0 profiling > software too and installs with no complaint under XP and all the options > work. Not the MS FF usb wheel though. > >

On Fri, 09 Nov 2001 20:49:02 GMT, "Larry" <[email hidden]> wrote: >I'm hoping for HUGE improvements with the patch, if it ever ships. If not, >this is my last EA title. Funny, that's the conclusion I came to when NFS3 wouldn't run due to its copy pretection, and EA tech support told me I had to make a copy of the CD and put it in my CDR to get round the problem. That was years ago. Oh, when will I ever learn? -- Spadge Fromley ''collect your rubbsih and in my belly it will go ...''