MS Force Feedback Wheel: Pedals won't work!

Hello, I have encounterd a strange problem with the installation of a Microsoft Sidwinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB) of a nephew of mine. When I test the wheel via Control Panel->Game Controllers->Properties everything works fine including both pedals. In every game I tried the pedals won't work at all (not in separate and not in combined mode). The wheel and the buttons work ok. It's a Windows 98 computer using DirectX 8.0a. Previously a Logitech Joystick was installed (I completely removed it though). When I install the wheel at my own computer (Windows ME and DirectX 8.0a) everything's OK. It looks like the information of the Y-Axis is killed by the software somewhere. It's certainly no hardware error (the diag works and on my computer also). Please help. Greetings, Harrie

Julian, Thanks for your answer. I'll look into it. What puzzles me though is that it does work via the sidewinder profiler software so in that case the USB connection does work... Harrie "Julian Taylor" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:9bjik1$ji9$[email hidden]... > I'm no techo, but a couple of things to try...do other USB devices work -I > have a Gigabyte motherboard with via chipset and was surprised to find > problems when I tried to use a USB joystick - my MSFF wheel is not a USB > one - I discovered the chipset had problems with USB but found a patchthat

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> fixed it. > Also, I find I need to have the sidewinder profiler in the task bar for it > to correctly pick up separate axis settings etc. > I suspect though, that your problem is different > Harrie Oosting <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9bhms3$l1g$[email hidden]... > > Hello, > > > > I have encounterd a strange problem with the installation of a Microsoft > > Sidwinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB) of a nephew of mine. When I test

the > > wheel via Control Panel->Game Controllers->Properties everything works > fine > > including both pedals. In every game I tried the pedals won't work atall > > (not in separate and not in combined mode). The wheel and the buttonswork

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> > ok. It's a Windows 98 computer using DirectX 8.0a. Previously a Logitech > > Joystick was installed (I completely removed it though). When I install > the > > wheel at my own computer (Windows ME and DirectX 8.0a) everything's OK. > > > > It looks like the information of the Y-Axis is killed by the software > > somewhere. It's certainly no hardware error (the diag works and on my > > computer also). > > > > Please help. > > > > Greetings, Harrie > > > > > >

There is an obscure option to map the Y axis to the X axis (or something like that). Did this get enabled by accident ? -Larry "Harrie Oosting" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:9bhms3$l1g$[email hidden]... > Hello, > > I have encounterd a strange problem with the installation of a Microsoft > Sidwinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB) of a nephew of mine. When I test the > wheel via Control Panel->Game Controllers->Properties everything worksfine > including both pedals. In every game I tried the pedals won't work at all > (not in separate and not in combined mode). The wheel and the buttons work > ok. It's a Windows 98 computer using DirectX 8.0a. Previously a Logitech > Joystick was installed (I completely removed it though). When I installthe

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> wheel at my own computer (Windows ME and DirectX 8.0a) everything's OK. > > It looks like the information of the Y-Axis is killed by the software > somewhere. It's certainly no hardware error (the diag works and on my > computer also). > > Please help. > > Greetings, Harrie > >

Larry, I don't know that obscure option, perhaps you refer to the combined mode (Y-axis stands for both pedals) or separate mode (Y-axis for one pedal, R-axis for the other). I tried both options and nope! Harrie "Larry" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:Q6ID6.11198$[email hidden]...

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> There is an obscure option to map the Y axis to the X axis (or something > like that). Did this get enabled by accident ? > > -Larry > > "Harrie Oosting" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:9bhms3$l1g$[email hidden]... > > Hello, > > > > I have encounterd a strange problem with the installation of a Microsoft > > Sidwinder Force Feedback Wheel (USB) of a nephew of mine. When I test

the > > wheel via Control Panel->Game Controllers->Properties everything works > fine > > including both pedals. In every game I tried the pedals won't work atall > > (not in separate and not in combined mode). The wheel and the buttonswork

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> > ok. It's a Windows 98 computer using DirectX 8.0a. Previously a Logitech > > Joystick was installed (I completely removed it though). When I install > the > > wheel at my own computer (Windows ME and DirectX 8.0a) everything's OK. > > > > It looks like the information of the Y-Axis is killed by the software > > somewhere. It's certainly no hardware error (the diag works and on my > > computer also). > > > > Please help. > > > > Greetings, Harrie > > > > > >