Re: A couple of things you can do to get ready for NASCAR Heat...

In article <P5Uj5.13$[email hidden]>, "Ed Martin" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>1) Make sure your joystick is set up correctly/fully in Windows. Go into >the Game Controllers applet in the Control Panel. Make sure your game >controller driver is up to date, make sure it is configured correctly & make >sure it's calibrated. To maximize compatibility, we use the game controller >stuff in Windows, but we found in our external play tests that a lot of >people didn't have their controller set up correctly in Windows. >

Uh, how could you NOT have your controller set up correctly? And if it was wrong, how would I even KNOW it if it worked with all my games? Tell me what to look for... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +52.52 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Aarrggh!! A hasbro executive!!! Any chance of some sponsorship for me? :o) Ed Martin wrote:

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> OK, y'all know it's close (the demo as well as the game release itself), so > I thought it might be a good idea to mention a couple of things that came > out of our play tests... > > 1) Make sure your joystick is set up correctly/fully in Windows. Go into > the Game Controllers applet in the Control Panel. Make sure your game > controller driver is up to date, make sure it is configured correctly & make > sure it's calibrated. To maximize compatibility, we use the game controller > stuff in Windows, but we found in our external play tests that a lot of > people didn't have their controller set up correctly in Windows. > > 2) Make sure your video drivers are up to date. We're including drivers for > many of the major video cards out there right on the Heat CD, and we check > your driver version every time we start the game to make sure it's at least > as recent as the driver(s) we've certified in our compatibility tests. But, > you can save yourself a little time now & grab any updated drivers from the > video card manufacturer's site. FYI, DO NOT USE BETA DRIVERS! We ran > across some pre-release nVidia drivers, for example, and had some problems > with them. We've tested/certified/support only regular release drivers. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Ed Martin > Executive Producer > Hasbro Interactive

OK, y'all know it's close (the demo as well as the game release itself), so I thought it might be a good idea to mention a couple of things that came out of our play tests... 1) Make sure your joystick is set up correctly/fully in Windows. Go into the Game Controllers applet in the Control Panel. Make sure your game controller driver is up to date, make sure it is configured correctly & make sure it's calibrated. To maximize compatibility, we use the game controller stuff in Windows, but we found in our external play tests that a lot of people didn't have their controller set up correctly in Windows. 2) Make sure your video drivers are up to date. We're including drivers for many of the major video cards out there right on the Heat CD, and we check your driver version every time we start the game to make sure it's at least as recent as the driver(s) we've certified in our compatibility tests. But, you can save yourself a little time now & grab any updated drivers from the video card manufacturer's site. FYI, DO NOT USE BETA DRIVERS! We ran across some pre-release nVidia drivers, for example, and had some problems with them. We've tested/certified/support only regular release drivers. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ed Martin Executive Producer Hasbro Interactive

Ed Martin wrote:

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> > OK, y'all know it's close (the demo as well as the game release itself), so > I thought it might be a good idea to mention a couple of things that came > out of our play tests... > > 1) Make sure your joystick is set up correctly/fully in Windows. Go into > the Game Controllers applet in the Control Panel. Make sure your game > controller driver is up to date, make sure it is configured correctly & make > sure it's calibrated. To maximize compatibility, we use the game controller > stuff in Windows, but we found in our external play tests that a lot of > people didn't have their controller set up correctly in Windows. > > 2) Make sure your video drivers are up to date. We're including drivers for > many of the major video cards out there right on the Heat CD, and we check > your driver version every time we start the game to make sure it's at least > as recent as the driver(s) we've certified in our compatibility tests. But, > you can save yourself a little time now & grab any updated drivers from the > video card manufacturer's site. FYI, DO NOT USE BETA DRIVERS! We ran > across some pre-release nVidia drivers, for example, and had some problems > with them. We've tested/certified/support only regular release drivers.

Are you insinuating that some of the NVidia drivers are unstable ? Oh the horror.....uh wait, aren't they all ? :-) Thx for the heads up Ed, now all we need is the actual demo...:-) Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy (owner of a GEForce card which will be swapped for a V5-5500 tonight :-) "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com

You forgot: 3) Move from Europe to Northern America. <G> Remco "Ed Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote: <Snip>

One thing you could do is release it in UK......I was really looking forward to this one :( Ash "Ed Martin" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:P5Uj5.13$[email hidden]... | OK, y'all know it's close (the demo as well as the game release itself),so | I thought it might be a good idea to mention a couple of things that came | out of our play tests... | | 1) Make sure your joystick is set up correctly/fully in Windows. Go into | the Game Controllers applet in the Control Panel. Make sure your game | controller driver is up to date, make sure it is configured correctly &make | sure it's calibrated. To maximize compatibility, we use the gamecontroller | stuff in Windows, but we found in our external play tests that a lot of | people didn't have their controller set up correctly in Windows. | | 2) Make sure your video drivers are up to date. We're including driversfor | many of the major video cards out there right on the Heat CD, and we check | your driver version every time we start the game to make sure it's atleast | as recent as the driver(s) we've certified in our compatibility tests.But, | you can save yourself a little time now & grab any updated drivers fromthe

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| video card manufacturer's site. FYI, DO NOT USE BETA DRIVERS! We ran | across some pre-release nVidia drivers, for example, and had some problems | with them. We've tested/certified/support only regular release drivers. | | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ | Ed Martin | Executive Producer | Hasbro Interactive | |

Ed Martin wrote: > > OK, y'all know it's close (the demo as well as the game release itself), so > I thought it might be a good idea to mention a couple of things that came > out of our play tests... Any news regarding a demo? With it I could test my hardware until my friend returns from the US handing me my US version of the sim, hopefully. As he returns on August 29, I hope its release is not delayed a few days... ;) l8er ronny -- |\ _,,,---,,_ I want to die like my Grandfather, ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ in his sleep. |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' Not like the people in his car, '---''(_/--' `-'\_) screaming their heads off!

Greeting, Mr. Martin. I'm happy to hear you're testing your products. Since all other games from Hasbro/MicroPross were looked like no external beta testing,.(M1TP2, Falcon4.0, EAW, GP3, etc, etc, etc.... There were having distinct bugs if someone run through the game would find easily.) Y.Minami

In article <i55k5.83135$[email hidden]>, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > Uh, how could you NOT >have your controller set up correctly? And if it was >> wrong, how would I even KNOW it if it worked with all my games? Tell me > >what to look for... >> >> Eldred >> -- > OK Eldred(he who was formerly a Saint and a Slug) >The real key is which way is the wheel facing. Unless it is .....naw...:) >I ....can't.....ok....I will....unless it is facing DIRECTLY toward you, >your >controller is NOT configured properly.... >Dave(Mr. Obvious) Henrie

Oh, come ON, Dave...<g> You know what I meant. The previous post mentioned making sure your wheel was set up correctly, as if you could do something wrong... Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +52.52 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > Uh, how could you NOT have your controller set up correctly? And if it was > wrong, how would I even KNOW it if it worked with all my games? Tell me >what to look for... > > Eldred > -- OK Eldred(he who was formerly a Saint and a Slug) The real key is which way is the wheel facing. Unless it is .....naw...:) I ....can't.....ok....I will....unless it is facing DIRECTLY toward you, your controller is NOT configured properly.... Dave(Mr. Obvious) Henrie

Many games (e.g. NASCAR 1, 2, '99 & 3) use proprietary controller code as opposed to using the Windows stuff that we use in Heat. So, it's possible that your wheel/joystick works in some other games but it may not work with Heat until you confirm it's set up right in Windows. "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > In article <P5Uj5.13$[email hidden]>, "Ed Martin" > <[email hidden]> writes: > > >1) Make sure your joystick is set up correctly/fully in Windows. Go into > >the Game Controllers applet in the Control Panel. Make sure your game > >controller driver is up to date, make sure it is configured correctly &make > >sure it's calibrated. To maximize compatibility, we use the gamecontroller > >stuff in Windows, but we found in our external play tests that a lot of > >people didn't have their controller set up correctly in Windows. > > > > Uh, how could you NOT have your controller set up correctly? And if itwas > wrong, how would I even KNOW it if it worked with all my games? Tell mewhat

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> to look for... > > Eldred > -- > Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 > Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett > GPL hcp. +52.52 > > Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats

you > with experience... > Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <x9gk5.130$[email hidden]>, "Ed Martin" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>Many games (e.g. NASCAR 1, 2, '99 & 3) use proprietary controller code as >opposed to using the Windows stuff that we use in Heat. So, it's possible >that your wheel/joystick works in some other games but it may not work with >Heat until you confirm it's set up right in Windows. > > >"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> Uh, how could you NOT have your controller set up correctly? And if it >was >> wrong, how would I even KNOW it if it worked with all my games? Tell me >what >> to look for...

Ok, then I'm not worried. All my control panel screens are correct. Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +52.52 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

In article <L_Kk5.87491$[email hidden]>, "Dave Henrie" <[email hidden]> writes:

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>"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > >> Ok, then I'm not worried. All my control panel screens are correct. >> >> Eldred > If you want Eldred....I "could" upload some pictures so you are absolutely >SURE you have your Wheel :) POINTING the proper way....<VBG> >dave

Penfold, SHUSH! Eldred -- Tiger Stadium R.I.P. 1912-1999 Homepage - http://www.umich.edu/~epickett GPL hcp. +51.95 Never argue with an idiot. He brings you down to his level, then beats you with experience... Remove SPAM-OFF to reply.

Ed, Does it matter what "ID" your FF wheel is on to get FF? -E.g. with F12K the wheel must have ID 1 to have force feedback effects, how about your creation? Jan. =--- Ed Martin wrote... > OK, y'all know it's close (the demo as well as the game release itself),so > I thought it might be a good idea to mention a couple of things that came > out of our play tests... > > 1) Make sure your joystick is set up correctly/fully in Windows.<snip>

"EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > Ok, then I'm not worried. All my control panel screens are correct. > > Eldred If you want Eldred....I "could" upload some pictures so you are absolutely SURE you have your Wheel :) POINTING the proper way....<VBG> dave

Uh Ed, I think the first reply to your original post was meant to say thank you for the heads up concerning video drivers, must have been deleted or overlooked or something. I personally would like to say Bravo and many kudos for posting in this NG. I'm amazed that a games exec would actually greet the sim community at all, let alone give us access to your knowledge and expertise concerning NH. Each post you make gets me that much closer to buying NH just because you appear to give a Sh$t. Your posting here rates highly in my book and your efforts to communicate with this sim community is very much appreciated. Larry Hawes Dave Henrie wrote:

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> > "EldredP" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > Ok, then I'm not worried. All my control panel screens are correct. > > > > Eldred > If you want Eldred....I "could" upload some pictures so you are absolutely > SURE you have your Wheel :) POINTING the proper way....<VBG> > dave