DXtweak for DX8

I reinstalled N4 just for the novelty and to remind me why I hate to go round in circles ;-) Any way, N4 seems to be set up with a very big dead zone in the steering department. When I come to a turn at Indy I have to go from steering to the right at about one o'clock to steering to the left at about 11 o'clock before there's any steering input to the car. This creates havoc when trying to build a stable setup as you can imagine. I found DXtweak for DX5,6,7 but nothing for DX8. Anyone know where I can pick up a tweaking application for DX8? or even know how to manually tweak it in the registry?

I found the same version I'd been using with DX7 also worked with DX8. "Michael Barlow" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:Y0yb7.210225$[email hidden]... > > I found DXtweak for DX5,6,7 but nothing for DX8. Anyone know where I > can pick up a tweaking application for DX8? or even know how to manually > tweak it in the registry? > >

On Mon, 06 Aug 2001 14:42:00 GMT, "Michael Barlow" <[email hidden]> wrote:

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> I reinstalled N4 just for the novelty and to remind me why I hate to go >round in circles ;-) Any way, N4 seems to be set up with a very big dead >zone in the steering department. When I come to a turn at Indy I have to go >from steering to the right at about one o'clock to steering to the left at >about 11 o'clock before there's any steering input to the car. This creates >havoc when trying to build a stable setup as you can imagine. > > I found DXtweak for DX5,6,7 but nothing for DX8. Anyone know where I >can pick up a tweaking application for DX8? or even know how to manually >tweak it in the registry? >

I like CTFJ better than DXtweak, get it at: www.stickworks.com

Open regedit and click yourself to the following key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\MediaResources\joystick\ Find the value "JoystickUserValues" and edit the six last DWORDs to adjust the deadzone. There is a link below to a GIF to show you the values to edit for each axis (specified as a percentage). Only X & Y is handled by the system driver, and the deadzone is valid for all controllers connected to the computer. Remember that the data is in hex format, so after 09 you have to type 0A, 0B etc... http://d1o11.telia.com/~u11103812/regDeadZone.gif I have this fresh in memory as I am writing a joystick utility right now.:) -- M Lindqvist Sweden > I found DXtweak for DX5,6,7 but nothing for DX8. Anyone know where I > can pick up a tweaking application for DX8? or even know how to manually > tweak it in the registry? > >

You probably already know this, but also check the linearity setting in the game. By default it sets it at 20 and with an ECCI I'm at 93. Michael Barlow wrote:

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> I reinstalled N4 just for the novelty and to remind me why I hate to go > round in circles ;-) Any way, N4 seems to be set up with a very big dead > zone in the steering department. When I come to a turn at Indy I have to go > from steering to the right at about one o'clock to steering to the left at > about 11 o'clock before there's any steering input to the car. This creates > havoc when trying to build a stable setup as you can imagine. > > I found DXtweak for DX5,6,7 but nothing for DX8. Anyone know where I > can pick up a tweaking application for DX8? or even know how to manually > tweak it in the registry?