A new vibrating force feedback seat pad!

There is a new vibrating force feedback seat pad on the market (soon to be released) that simulates the different physical forces applied to a pilot, wich is available for the flying/racing simulators. The pre-released review of the product is fantastic (flightsim.com). Are these intelliVIBE modules part of the Direct X software? Does anyone know if, by any miracle, GPL supports the intelliVIBE modules...

I think this is what you are talking about. Go here for more info: www.vrf.com

Oooh...,it says "N3/Nascar Legends" among compatible games......... I haven't read the reviews yet,BUT from what I could gather at their site the FF seems to be based on the units repsonse to various in-game sounds,rather than any API. Still wonderful it it works,though.... -- Robert S?derberg If replying by mail,remove the word INGENSPAM from the adress. > I think this is what you are talking about. Go here for more info: > www.vrf.com > > There is a new vibrating force feedback seat pad on the market (soon to > > be released) that simulates the different physical forces applied to a > > pilot, wich is available for the flying/racing simulators. The > > pre-released review of the product is fantastic (flightsim.com). > > Are these intelliVIBE modules part of the Direct X software? Does > > anyone know if, by any miracle, GPL supports the intelliVIBE modules...

THIS will be amazing. All they need now is something to whack you when you crash.:-) On 19 Dec 1999 21:28:18 GMT, "Obiwan" >Oooh...,it says "N3/Nascar Legends" among compatible games......... >I haven't read the reviews yet,BUT from what I could gather >at their site the FF seems to be based on the units >repsonse to various in-game sounds,rather than any API. >Still wonderful it it works,though.... *Bendragon* this dragon has flown.....

This is taken from the Readme to Nascar3. Looks like it is something more than just a tactile sytem working with sounds, since it use the parallel port: "NASCAR? Racing 3 offers special support for VRF's tactile feedback seat in its intelliVIBE mode. The following parameters affect the settings and performance of the device. The following line must be included in the N3.INI file to activate the intelliVIBE support: VIBE_ON This next parameter is optional and can be used to scale the amount of vibration generated by the speed of the car. The number can be set to anything between 0 and 200, with 100 being the default setting. VIBE_MPH_SCALE n This next parameter again is optional and can be used to scale the amount of vibration generated by the engine rpm of the car. The number can be set to anything between 0 and 200, with 100 being the default setting. VIBE_RPM_SCALE n By default a parallel port address of 378 will be used. That is the address which almost all parallel ports use. To check your parallel port address, look at the Properties of your LPT1 port in the Device Manager tab of the System control panel. The parallel port base address is the left number of the Setting column of the Resource table for Input/Output Address. Consult the following chart to determine which number to use for your parallel port configuration if it differs from the default: Port Address: Use this number for 'n': 278 1 2bc 2 378 3 3bc 4 VIBE_PORT_ADDRESS_NUM n" -- /M Lindqvist Spamguard: Remove .ajabaja in e-mail > Oooh...,it says "N3/Nascar Legends" among compatible games......... > I haven't read the reviews yet,BUT from what I could gather > at their site the FF seems to be based on the units > repsonse to various in-game sounds,rather than any API. > Still wonderful it it works,though.... > -- > Robert S?derberg > If replying by mail,remove the word INGENSPAM from the adress. > > I think this is what you are talking about. Go here for more info: > > www.vrf.com > > > There is a new vibrating force feedback seat pad on the market (soon to > > > be released) that simulates the different physical forces applied to a > > > pilot, wich is available for the flying/racing simulators. The > > > pre-released review of the product is fantastic (flightsim.com). > > > Are these intelliVIBE modules part of the Direct X software? Does > > > anyone know if, by any miracle, GPL supports the intelliVIBE modules...

>I think this is what you are talking about. Go here for more info: >www.vrf.com I like this line from their website: "Generate tactile feedback electromechanically, not by broadcasting loud sound at your body " Am I missing something here? Isn't a loudspeaker and electromechanical device? Oh well. Sounds pretty neat anyways. ~daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

oops,I was wrong. They seem to have two alternatiwe methods,IntelliVibe and AudioSense. Intelli vibe is some kind of FF API that needs built-in support,while AudioSense infers things from the game sounds and don't need support from the developers. The good good news is that N3 and Nascar Legends are among those that have support for the IntelliVibe.The bad news is that those games, AFAIK,were developed AFTER GPL.,so it is no guarantee for GPL having full support.Don't you think that Papyrus would need a little hint about this,in case GPL lacks it.......? :-) -- Robert S?derberg If replying by mail,remove the word INGENSPAM from the adress.

I should have a review of the seat finished by the end of January at the RS2League. I'll keep you posted :) Cheers, Shumi http://www.rs2league.com

Yes, you missed something. They don't use a large speaker like their competitors. They use powerful electromagnetic actuators. Go here for detailed differences. http://www.vrf.com/comparisons.htm

>Yes, you missed something. They don't use a large speaker like their >competitors. They use powerful electromagnetic actuators. Go here for >detailed differences. >http://www.vrf.com/comparisons.htm Thanks, but I already read the whole thing. All I was disputing was their conjecture that loudspeakers are not electromechanical devices. The signal from an amplifier is an electrical current. It travels down the speaker wire to the speaker which converts it into mechanical motion, moving the air in waves we perceive as sound. As far as I can tell, that's electro-mechanical. This is what I quoted: "Generate tactile feedback electromechanically, not by broadcasting loud sound at your body " Broadcasting loud sounds is creating tactile feedback electromechanically just as is their method. If the statement said "Tactile feedback is generated with powerful electro-mechanical actuators rather than by broadcasting loud sounds at your body" I wouldn't have a problem with it. As it stands, it essentially says "Generate tactile feedback electromechanically, not electromechanically", and that is nonsensical. I'm just nitpicking. The device is very intriguing and I may have to get one to see how well it works. ~daxe -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News ==---------- http://www.newsfeeds.com The Largest Usenet Servers in the World! ------== Over 73,000 Newsgroups - Including Dedicated Binaries Servers ==-----

Ah, I see where you are coming from now.

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> >Yes, you missed something. They don't use a large speaker like their > >competitors. They use powerful electromagnetic actuators. Go here for > >detailed differences. > >http://www.vrf.com/comparisons.htm > Thanks, but I already read the whole thing. All I was disputing was their > conjecture that loudspeakers are not electromechanical devices. The

signal > from an amplifier is an electrical current. It travels down the speaker > wire to the speaker which converts it into mechanical motion, moving the air

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> in waves we perceive as sound. As far as I can tell, that's > electro-mechanical. > This is what I quoted: > "Generate tactile feedback electromechanically, not by broadcasting loud > sound at your body " > Broadcasting loud sounds is creating tactile feedback electromechanically > just as is their method. If the statement said "Tactile feedback is > generated with powerful electro-mechanical actuators rather than by > broadcasting loud sounds at your body" I wouldn't have a problem with it. > As it stands, it essentially says "Generate tactile feedback > electromechanically, not electromechanically", and that is nonsensical. > I'm just nitpicking. The device is very intriguing and I may have to get > one to see how well it works. > ~daxe > >> I like this line from their website: > >> "Generate tactile feedback electromechanically, not by broadcasting

loud

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> >> sound at your body " > >> Am I missing something here? Isn't a loudspeaker and electromechanical > >> device? > >> Oh well. Sounds pretty neat anyways. > -----------== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com, Uncensored Usenet News

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Thanks for the great Christmas idea. Now I finally know what to get for my wife <g>.

> Thanks for the great Christmas idea. Now I finally know what to get for my > wife <g>. That's one way of getting her interested in sim-racing... <g>

There's a joke in this somewhere, but this is a family forum :) -larry

Rodney Arndt <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:83l8aj$3gs$[email hidden]... > Thanks for the great Christmas idea. Now I finally know what to get for my > wife <g>. So you will be able to trade wives in for this product, will you?? ;>)

I saw it today: it has several options, like an add-on dildo for female drivers :)

The Tactile feedback seat from VRF Corp works the best with any game, but it works awesome with games that support intelivibe like N3 and Legends. www.vrf.com It's realy awesome in N3, I wont race with out it. Jon -- Jonathan Lockhart mailto:[email hidden] Driver of the #9 TEAM PDPI Ford Taurus http://www.racersonline.com/teampdpi/ Sponsored by PDPI makers of the L4 game card. http://www.pdpi.net And VRF Corp. makers of the tactile feedback seat. http://www.tactilefeedback.com Proud Member of the Hawaii Ace League Thomas Enterprises Racing Series http://www.hal.dithots.org Larry <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:knz74.5676$[email hidden]... > There's a joke in this somewhere, but this is a family forum :) > > -larry > > "Pierre Racine" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:191219991347469795%[email hidden]... > > There is a new vibrating force feedback seat pad on the market (soon to > > be released) that simulates the different physical forces applied to a > > pilot, wich is available for the flying/racing simulators. The > > pre-released review of the product is fantastic (flightsim.com). > > > > Are these intelliVIBE modules part of the Direct X software? Does > > anyone know if, by any miracle, GPL supports the intelliVIBE modules... > >

Probably this is in bad taste, but it is quite well known in medical circles that vibrations have a very predictable effect on bowels. Better visit the toilet before you start playing... And no stocking up on bean burritos to get in the mood for the Mexican GP. Stephen Pierre Racine <[email hidden]> wrote: : There is a new vibrating force feedback seat pad on the market (soon to : be released) that simulates the different physical forces applied to a : pilot, wich is available for the flying/racing simulators. The : pre-released review of the product is fantastic (flightsim.com). : Are these intelliVIBE modules part of the Direct X software? Does : anyone know if, by any miracle, GPL supports the intelliVIBE modules...

>www.vrf.com >It's realy awesome in N3, I wont race with out it. >Jon So what DOES it feel like? What effects is it depicting? Do you still have FF in your wheel? Does it seem to hit your framerate? I already have a scanner and a Sparq drive off my parallel port, the chain's getting pretty long... Gunner

Jon wrote in message <83r80m$sq$[email hidden]>... >www.vrf.com >It's realy awesome in N3, I wont race with out it. > >Jon > So what DOES it feel like? What effects is it depicting? Do you still have FF in your wheel? Does it seem to hit your framerate? I already have a scanner and a Sparq drive off my parallel port, the chain's getting pretty long... Gunner

How does it rack up against an Aura Interactor in games that don't support intelliVIBE? mm