GP3: How to get that LWFF working with official release

Hi, After 'evaluating' GP3 first I finally decided to buy the sim yesterday. But.....all of a sudden I can't use my brake & throttle anymore on my LWFF. In the Warez-version no problem at all with the controller (except that I had to report combined axis in the profiler because GP3 doesn't understand seperate axis). Has anybody out here any clue on what might be wrong? Another question: Has the no-cdrom utility already been released for GP3? It takes a long time before the sim starts up using the CDROM (I wished I hadn't deleted the warez version from my system, it ran great). Thanks for any help Jan.

Hallo Jan, Are you trying to tell me that you can not use split axis on the LWFF 9 Apart from you other problem not being able to use brake +throttle). Did you report this to the Wingman team ? Before this and other problem with the LWFF are sorted out I defininitely will not buy GP3. scrcs "Jan Hovius" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht news:u6qTmQR$$GA.73@net025s... > Hi, > > After 'evaluating' GP3 first I finally decided to buy the sim yesterday. > But.....all of a sudden I can't use my brake & throttle anymore on myLWFF. > In the Warez-version no problem at all with the controller (except that I > had to report combined axis in the profiler because GP3 doesn't understand > seperate axis). Has anybody out here any clue on what might be wrong? > > Another question: Has the no-cdrom utility already been released for GP3?It

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> takes a long time before the sim starts up using the CDROM (I wished I > hadn't deleted the warez version from my system, it ran great). > > Thanks for any help > > Jan. > >

Same problem here as well I was ok with the warez version I ticked the box in the windows joystick control panel to combined pedals and it worked but I haven't checked whether its affected GPL settings yet. "Jan Hovius" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:u6qTmQR$$GA.73@net025s... > Hi, > > After 'evaluating' GP3 first I finally decided to buy the sim yesterday. > But.....all of a sudden I can't use my brake & throttle anymore on myLWFF. > In the Warez-version no problem at all with the controller (except that I > had to report combined axis in the profiler because GP3 doesn't understand > seperate axis). Has anybody out here any clue on what might be wrong? > > Another question: Has the no-cdrom utility already been released for GP3?It

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> takes a long time before the sim starts up using the CDROM (I wished I > hadn't deleted the warez version from my system, it ran great). > > Thanks for any help > > Jan. > >

Mine did the same, but I fiddled about with the settings in the Game Controllers menu, not the LWFF profiler, and somehow it all started working fine? Steve Jan Hovius wrote in message ...

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>Hi, > >After 'evaluating' GP3 first I finally decided to buy the sim yesterday. >But.....all of a sudden I can't use my brake & throttle anymore on my LWFF. >In the Warez-version no problem at all with the controller (except that I >had to report combined axis in the profiler because GP3 doesn't understand >seperate axis). Has anybody out here any clue on what might be wrong? > >Another question: Has the no-cdrom utility already been released for GP3?

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>takes a long time before the sim starts up using the CDROM (I wished I >hadn't deleted the warez version from my system, it ran great). > >Thanks for any help > >Jan. > >

> After 'evaluating' GP3 first I finally decided to buy the sim yesterday. > But.....all of a sudden I can't use my brake & throttle anymore on my LWFF. > In the Warez-version no problem at all with the controller (except that I > had to report combined axis in the profiler because GP3 doesn't understand > seperate axis). Has anybody out here any clue on what might be wrong? no, same problem here :-( as a temporary solution, I copied the GP3.EXE from the warez version over the original one and now it works at least with combined axis ... > Another question: Has the no-cdrom utility already been released for GP3? It > takes a long time before the sim starts up using the CDROM (I wished I > hadn't deleted the warez version from my system, it ran great). completely? doh. Lio

> Mine did the same, but I fiddled about with the settings in the Game > Controllers menu, not the LWFF profiler, and somehow it all started working > fine? really? could you post your settings? Lio

really? could you post your settings? Lio

Hi "scrcs", I can use split axis on the LWFF (I love this wheel), GP3 can't! In the meantime I did the same as Liutger: Downloaded the "no-cd-patch" (which in fact contains the "CLASS" warez version of GP3) and replaced the original GP3.exe with this one. This way both my problems are solved: LWFF does work (single axis but at least it does work) and I have no need for the CD to be inserted in order to start the program. We definitely need a patch which fixes the "wheel" problem in GP3 though! Thanks for your reactions. "scrcs" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:8mbf3k$p6i$[email hidden]... > Hallo Jan, Are you trying to tell me that you can not use split axis onthe > LWFF 9 Apart from you other problem not being able to use brake+throttle).

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> Did you report this to the Wingman team ? > Before this and other problem with the LWFF are sorted out I defininitely > will not buy GP3. > > scrcs > > "Jan Hovius" <[email hidden]> schreef in bericht > news:u6qTmQR$$GA.73@net025s... > > Hi, > > > > After 'evaluating' GP3 first I finally decided to buy the sim yesterday. > > But.....all of a sudden I can't use my brake & throttle anymore on my > LWFF. > > In the Warez-version no problem at all with the controller (except that

I > > had to report combined axis in the profiler because GP3 doesn'tunderstand > > seperate axis). Has anybody out here any clue on what might be wrong? > > > > Another question: Has the no-cdrom utility already been released forGP3?

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> It > > takes a long time before the sim starts up using the CDROM (I wished I > > hadn't deleted the warez version from my system, it ran great). > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > Jan. > > > > > >

Liutger Franzen <[email hidden]> schreef in berichtnieuws [email hidden]... > > Mine did the same, but I fiddled about with the settings in the Game > > Controllers menu, not the LWFF profiler, and somehow it all startedworking > > fine? > > really? could you post your settings? > > Lio You can also try settings which you can find on www.bhmotorsports.com Go to GP3, utilities, controllers. Download it and unzip it in the Gpsaves folder. Go to the game and load these settings. These settings work perfect on my LWFF (usb). HJ

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 06:57:30 -0700, "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> mangled uncounted electrons thus:

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> >Andrew Busch <[email hidden]> wrote in message >news:[email hidden]... >> It appears that the profiler will NOT work with the full version.. >> Strange, eh? I had all the nice keys (g, o, shift-q, etc) mapped to the >> buttons, and it worked fine with the *cough* warez. But now that I have >> the retail, no more does it work. I tried re-doing the config from >> scratch, reinstalling the LWFF drivers and wingman profiler, but to no >> avail. Simply doesn't work. Maybe the no-CD patch will fix it?? >> >> Andrew >> > >Andrew, did you get it working? The no-cd patch from bhmotorsports.com fixed >it for me.

Are there different no-cd patches out there? The one I have (from gamecopyworld) made no difference at all... :( Although I can now run without the CD, of course... ^_^ I'll stroll on over to the Black Hole and download their version. Maybe that will do the trick! Martin D. Pay Finds this the single most irritating thing about the game, actually...

On Fri, 4 Aug 2000 06:57:30 -0700, "don hodgdon" <[email hidden]> mangled uncounted electrons thus: <snip> >Andrew, did you get it working? The no-cd patch from bhmotorsports.com fixed >it for me. Are there different no-cd patches out there? The one I have (from gamecopyworld) made no difference at all... :( Although I can now run without the CD, of course... ^_^ I'll stroll on over to the Black Hole and download their version. Maybe that will do the trick! <pause to d/l another no-cd patch> Nope, the Black Hole version is no different from the one I had before - apart from being over 8MB as opposed to c. 650k!!! Still no buttons... Either I'm being incredibly thick or something just doesn't work right. I guess I'll continue to have to make do with reaching across my desk to the keyboard... :(:(:( Martin D. Pay Finds this the single most irritating thing about the game, actually...

Andrew Busch <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]...

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> It appears that the profiler will NOT work with the full version.. > Strange, eh? I had all the nice keys (g, o, shift-q, etc) mapped to the > buttons, and it worked fine with the *cough* warez. But now that I have > the retail, no more does it work. I tried re-doing the config from > scratch, reinstalling the LWFF drivers and wingman profiler, but to no > avail. Simply doesn't work. Maybe the no-CD patch will fix it?? > > Andrew >

Andrew, did you get it working? The no-cd patch from bhmotorsports.com fixed it for me. I feel sorry for the hundreds of LWFF owners who know nothing of usenet and wouldn't know what to do with a no-cd patch anyway. I hope everyone with GP3 and an LWFF emails Hasbro about their problems. -- don New Programmes for the Converted GPL Tracks http://www.ianparker1.freeserve.co.uk/gpl/index.html http://www2.tpg.com.au/users/brucek/hmrc/Covers.htm

It appears that the profiler will NOT work with the full version.. Strange, eh? I had all the nice keys (g, o, shift-q, etc) mapped to the buttons, and it worked fine with the *cough* warez. But now that I have the retail, no more does it work. I tried re-doing the config from scratch, reinstalling the LWFF drivers and wingman profiler, but to no avail. Simply doesn't work. Maybe the no-CD patch will fix it?? Andrew On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Steve wrote:

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> Mine did the same, but I fiddled about with the settings in the Game > Controllers menu, not the LWFF profiler, and somehow it all started working > fine? > Steve > > Jan Hovius wrote in message ... > >Hi, > > > >After 'evaluating' GP3 first I finally decided to buy the sim yesterday. > >But.....all of a sudden I can't use my brake & throttle anymore on my LWFF. > >In the Warez-version no problem at all with the controller (except that I > >had to report combined axis in the profiler because GP3 doesn't understand > >seperate axis). Has anybody out here any clue on what might be wrong? > > > >Another question: Has the no-cdrom utility already been released for GP3? > It > >takes a long time before the sim starts up using the CDROM (I wished I > >hadn't deleted the warez version from my system, it ran great). > > > >Thanks for any help > > > >Jan. > > > > > > > >

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I had the same problem and solved it like this. Make sure that everywere you can tick it mark "report pedals combined." I think the important place is in control panel, controllers.. but i wouldn't know for sure since i this was the last i checked. anyways it worked for me. I read at alpha F1 "Latest reports are indicating quite contradictory info about the possible patch for GP3. Some reports say that Hasbro and Microsoft are working together to make better steering wheel support to the game. Other reports are saying that they'll not make a patch since, they'll release Grand Prix 4 shortly. According to the latest reports, GP4 is a totally new game which is based on season 1999". I hope this is a lie because this game needs a loving hand before the push GP4 out the door. I thought that the 99 season was supposed to be an upgrade? "R A Wright" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:OZjSj3T$$GA.56@cpmsnbbsa07... > Same problem here as well I was ok with the warez version I ticked the box > in the windows joystick control panel to combined pedals and it worked butI

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> haven't checked whether its affected GPL settings yet. > "Jan Hovius" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:u6qTmQR$$GA.73@net025s... > > Hi, > > > > After 'evaluating' GP3 first I finally decided to buy the sim yesterday. > > But.....all of a sudden I can't use my brake & throttle anymore on my > LWFF. > > In the Warez-version no problem at all with the controller (except that

I > > had to report combined axis in the profiler because GP3 doesn'tunderstand > > seperate axis). Has anybody out here any clue on what might be wrong? > > > > Another question: Has the no-cdrom utility already been released forGP3?

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> It > > takes a long time before the sim starts up using the CDROM (I wished I > > hadn't deleted the warez version from my system, it ran great). > > > > Thanks for any help > > > > Jan. > > > > > >