I am using a homebuilt with CH pedals, love it and it works great in GPL,
with GPL seeming to directly read the pot values from the port.
I have never been able to "see" the wheel and/or pedals from the Win98se
controller control panel page. As long as GPL "sees" the wheel I was ok.
But let's say, purely hypothetically, that I had access to GP3 and I am not
able to use my wheel because of this. OK, hypothetically, I might of used a
joystick and realized that gp3 is actually pretty awful. Basically a video
game, not a sim. But a fun video game that I will probably buy and run on
occasion when my GPL rank depresses me too much. I would love to be able to
use my wheel.
Any driver ideas?
thanks
d
I calibrated my home built setup in win98 using the generic joystick drivers.
In control panel select the joystick\gamecontroller icon and then add a generic
joystick that matches your setup (or alternately create a custom one). I have
separate brake and throttle axis so I use the 3 axis 4 button joystick. You
should then be able to click on calibrate and follow the instructions. Once you
calibrate you can click on test to check the calibration.
If you still can't get win98 to see the controller it may be due to which axis
you are using. Win98 seems to look at the Y-axis to see if there is a
controller connected. For example I had to move my wheel pot from joy B X-axis
to Joy B Y-axis in order to get win98 to see the 3rd axis. If rewiring is a
problem you may be able to trick it by placing a suitable resistor across the
Y-axis.
Hope this helps (I can't comment on how this works with GP3 as I don't have
it).
Ken MacKay
Halifax, Canada
GPL Handicap +88.79
D wrote:
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> I am using a homebuilt with CH pedals, love it and it works great in GPL, > with GPL seeming to directly read the pot values from the port. > > I have never been able to "see" the wheel and/or pedals from the Win98se > controller control panel page. As long as GPL "sees" the wheel I was ok. > > But let's say, purely hypothetically, that I had access to GP3 and I am not > able to use my wheel because of this. OK, hypothetically, I might of used a > joystick and realized that gp3 is actually pretty awful. Basically a video > game, not a sim. But a fun video game that I will probably buy and run on > occasion when my GPL rank depresses me too much. I would love to be able to > use my wheel. > > Any driver ideas? > > thanks > d"D" <[email hidden]> wrote
> But let's say, purely hypothetically, that I had access to GP3 and I amnot
> able to use my wheel because of this.
Hypothetically, your CH pedals won't work at all. You see "Joystick 2" in
GP3 means a totally different input on a different port, like having a USB
wheel with your pedals on a Joystick port. So it will totally ignore your
CH pedals. GP3 has an even worse controller input section than GP2.
-- owner of CH pedals ;)
-- Fran�ois M�nard <ymenard>
-- May the Downforce be with you...
-- http://www.WeRace.net.
Windows needs a voltage on all axes of a joystick before it can "see" it so
you may need to install some simple links to provide the voltages.
I've got some diagrams on my "Build Your Own Wheel" site which may be of
interest;
http://www.gunpowder.freeserve.co.uk/wheels
Cheers...Mark
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> able to use my wheel because of this. OK, hypothetically, I might of useda
> joystick and realized that gp3 is actually pretty awful. Basically a video
> game, not a sim. But a fun video game that I will probably buy and run on
> occasion when my GPL rank depresses me too much. I would love to be ableto
