RBR demo: how to setup M$ FFB ?

Hi guys... long time no see. Just testing out the demo... but I cant seem to get my controller to work properly... My AL pebals took a dumb so I'm stuck with my old MS wheel and pedals.. Anyone know how to set this thing up properly - pref with split axis if thats possible... Right now all I get is the throttle pedal "working" at 50% all the time... I'm gonna give the old deadzone trick a go.. but somethi9ng tells me theres more to it than that.. Anyone got a sound advice to offer? -- ed_

I had no problems with my MSFF gameport wheel. I set it to split axis in teh sidewinder software, and RBR just recognised it. Maybe you need ot be more specific with your question? Oh, wait, I've got the full game, though. R. "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:415faa0c$[email hidden]...

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> Hi guys... long time no see. > > Just testing out the demo... but I cant seem to get my controller to work > properly... > My AL pebals took a dumb so I'm stuck with my old MS wheel and pedals.. > > Anyone know how to set this thing up properly - pref with split axis if > thats possible... > > Right now all I get is the throttle pedal "working" at 50% all the time... > > I'm gonna give the old deadzone trick a go.. but somethi9ng tells me

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> more to it than that.. > > Anyone got a sound advice to offer? > > -- > ed_ > >

Ed, you have to have the "sidewinder" software installed (you see it when you play with the controls via the control panel, game controllers/devices or joystics. In there you need to set the wheel to seperate pedals and stuff. Then launch the game... by now you prolly have to redoo the detection of the controllers? or delete some file in RBR. RBR if I read correctly reads the joydevice, & if present trys to untick the "combined pedals"... if you dont have the control panel app running then nothing can see the other pedals, because windows won't know how to see the pedals that were "forced" to seperate? try that, anyway Ed Solheim enlightened us with:

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> Hi guys... long time no see. > > Just testing out the demo... but I cant seem to get my controller to > work properly... > My AL pebals took a dumb so I'm stuck with my old MS wheel and > pedals.. > > Anyone know how to set this thing up properly - pref with split axis > if thats possible... > > Right now all I get is the throttle pedal "working" at 50% all the > time... > > I'm gonna give the old deadzone trick a go.. but somethi9ng tells me > theres more to it than that.. > > Anyone got a sound advice to offer?

"Plowboy2" <stingre.removethis_@yahoo!.removeit> skrev i melding news:ini8d.20515$3n.6551@okepread06... > Ed, > > you have to have the "sidewinder" software installed (you see it when you > play with the controls via the control panel, game controllers/devices or > joystics. In there you need to set the wheel to seperate pedals andstuff. > Then launch the game... by now you prolly have to redoo the detection of > the controllers? or delete some file in RBR. RBR if I read correctlyreads > the joydevice, & if present trys to untick the "combined pedals"... ifyou > dont have the control panel app running then nothing can see the other > pedals, because windows won't know how to see the pedals that were"forced" > to seperate? > > try that, anyway Problem is that since I got the old MSFFB wheel - there not much for me to control in the control panel or sidewinder SW. Under WinXP - newer versions of the SW software wont support old gameport versions of the wheel (�%"&&%"# Microsoft BASTARDS!!!!) so I cannot make profiles or control axis... The deadzone thing did help tho - so can now now drive it.. but just barely as the deadzone is wacko big... -- ed_

Stick with W98SE, that's what I'm doing until my MSFF dies. R. "Ed Solheim" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:4161f2c5$[email hidden]... > "Plowboy2" <stingre.removethis_@yahoo!.removeit> skrev i melding > news:ini8d.20515$3n.6551@okepread06... > > Ed, > > > > you have to have the "sidewinder" software installed (you see it whenyou > > play with the controls via the control panel, game controllers/devicesor > > joystics. In there you need to set the wheel to seperate pedals and > stuff. > > Then launch the game... by now you prolly have to redoo the detectionof

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> > the controllers? or delete some file in RBR. RBR if I read correctly > reads > > the joydevice, & if present trys to untick the "combined pedals"... if > you > > dont have the control panel app running then nothing can see the other > > pedals, because windows won't know how to see the pedals that were > "forced" > > to seperate? > > > > try that, anyway > > Problem is that since I got the old MSFFB wheel - there not much for me to > control in the control panel or sidewinder SW. Under WinXP - newer

versions > of the SW software wont support old gameport versions of the wheel > (�%"&&%"# Microsoft BASTARDS!!!!) so I cannot make profiles or control > axis... > > The deadzone thing did help tho - so can now now drive it.. but justbarely

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> as the deadzone is wacko big... > > -- > ed_ > > >

On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:20:22 +0100, Richard S Beckett wrote: > Stick with W98SE, that's what I'm doing until my MSFF dies. > > R. > sound advice if you ask me. Win98SE is a great "OS" for gaming, and I'll be sticking with it until the first major racing sim of interest which requires something else (let's hope it's Linux ;-). If you look for stability, security and efficiency for your productivity environment, check out Linux or MacOS. I never understood why the gameport support was dropped or turned as bad as it is with the newer windows versions. All the best, uwe -- mail replies to Uwe at schuerkamp dot de ( yahoo address is spambox) Uwe Schuerkamp //////////////////////////// http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ (52.0N/8.5E) GPG Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

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> On Tue, 5 Oct 2004 13:20:22 +0100, Richard S Beckett wrote: >> Stick with W98SE, that's what I'm doing until my MSFF dies. >> >> R. >> > > sound advice if you ask me. Win98SE is a great "OS" for gaming, and > I'll be sticking with it until the first major racing sim of interest > which requires something else (let's hope it's Linux ;-). > > If you look for stability, security and efficiency for your > productivity environment, check out Linux or MacOS. I never understood > why the gameport support was dropped or turned as bad as it is with > the newer windows versions. > > All the best, uwe

I personally think XP is very stable, solid, and good for gaming as well. I have been running it since Dec of 01, first with XP Home, and for the last 18 months or so with XP Pro, updated to SP2. I don't think I have had a single system crash with XP yet. However, all of my gaming periphs are usb, so I don't have to worry with gameport issues. I really like the simplicity of plugging in the usb connectors, I have a 4 port powered hub set up on my desk for easy access. Don Burnette