OK, ACT Labs Force RS owners

----- Original Message ----- Newsgroups: TEN.games.simulations.nascar Sent: Monday, September 06, 1999 12:07 AM Subject: OK, ACT Labs Force RS owners > I have a funky thing going on with Win98 and my FRS. > Every now and then, the brake pedal just flat doesn't work in the game > controllers applet, and therefore in any DirectX sims. I know there's > nothing wrong with the pedal unit- I can move it to my other PC and it works > fine, move it over here and it doesn't. It doesn't matter if I use the USB > or the serial hookup. I have no other controllers connected thru Win98, I > have all the latest drivers, I've uninstalled the RS drivers by hand, edited > the registry, and reinstalled, and have reinstalled DirectX6.1, each of > these things about 15 times. Nothing helps- it happens at random times, and > just stops and starts whenever. Seperate or combined pedals, whatever > else...just random. > Anyone else ever seen this? When I called ACT Labs, the tech said he's heard

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> of it happening, and actually had units returned- when they were checked > out, there was absolutely nothing wrong with them. He didn't have any idea > why it happens or any fixes, so I'm asking you guys. > Any help out there? > -- > Scott Moore > Sports *** Network > [link lost in import: /***.com] > Offline Sim Racing Headquarters > [link lost in import: /***.com]

Something similar sometimes happens to me. I finally traced it down to the cable for the pedals coming loose from the main unit, requiring a simple push back in. It sounds like you may have a more complicated problem, but it certainly would be nice if it were this simple.

On Mon, 6 Sep 1999 00:09:28 -0500, "Hoosier 6" <snip> I'm afraid that I don't have an answer for you right now, but I'm glad you have mentioned this problem as I am hoping to buy the ACT Lavs RS FF wheel in the next few days and want to know as much as possible about it beforehand. I'll keep an eye on this thread... Dave Bowman

Wel, so far it's fixed- must have been a driver issue or DirectX. I did a reinstall of Win98(and everything else <g>) last night, and things have been peachy all day. If you don't hear anything else from me on this, that's because it's fixed.

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> On Mon, 6 Sep 1999 00:09:28 -0500, "Hoosier 6" > <snip> > I'm afraid that I don't have an answer for you right now, but I'm glad > you have mentioned this problem as I am hoping to buy the ACT Lavs RS > FF wheel in the next few days and want to know as much as possible > about it beforehand. > I'll keep an eye on this thread... > Dave Bowman

After installing the new driver for Force RS (separate pedals support, downloadable from www.actlab.com) I'm unable to set up controller in "Need for Speed High Stakes". The game just freezes when I go to options/controllers until I disconnect power supply for the wheel. The old driver works fine. Any ideas? Did anybody use Act Labs Force RS with new driver in NFSHS? Tech Info: USB connection Win98 SE DirectX 6.1 Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Share what you know. Learn what you don't.

Worked fine for me. Of course, I used the NFSHS demo. Perhaps the full version is different. I use a serial connection for the wheel, running the latest drivers.