All is i the hands of the gods now boys and girlies.
I posted it because i want everyone to be AWARE that it has happened and to spread the word of warning to people who might want to try and defraud people of their gaming accounts. Nothing better than publicity to stifle a secretive method.
Hopefully others won't get stung by such things in the future.
Game accounts can be stolen so here i am showing you a way that someone tried to do it to me, so you can be more vigilant.

i could have done this privately but that would bear no benefit to the community of LFS.

Anyway im outta here. laters

i aint stupid but it begs the question why this person still on this forum. shouldent he be banned ? blimmey.

i know so ban the ****er !!!

this is what was PM'd to me recently. please tell me what you think.

Quote from prakhar :

Hello,

This is prakhar. I am one of the moderators on the forum and there have been some problems with your new S2 license. For this reason, I need for you to answer some questions:

A. Have you been logging on frequently over the past 7 days that you have had you license?

B. Have you ever used cheats in LFS (demo or license)?

C. Did you get your account via voucher or did you buy it?

D. Have you seen anything weird with your account? (Such as other people cheating, constant lag, low fps, etc.)

Please answer these questions as soon as possible.

Thanks,
Prakhar

LFS Forum Moderator

Then the reply after i answered the questions ?? He wants my password ? what ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

Quote :

Okay, thanks for the quick reply. Yes, we believe someone has managed to hack your account. There is an easy way to fix this. The person hacking has not been changing the passwords for some reason. Therefore, we need you to change your password for the WEB and GAME. Since he has not been changing passwords, it means he is confident he will get it again. So, we need you to give you only the WEBpassword, so we can stay logged on at all times and not let you get hacked. He will give up after a week, if we don't catch him first. Thanks for the cooperation.

Thanks,
Prakhar

Can someone confirm the legitimacy of this please cos it sounds awfully fishy. If it is indeed fishy i hope this thread helps do something about it.

thanks

windy81

thats outrageous effort.

hey there

to be able to help, you need to clarify that you've connected the pedals properly, installed all the latest drivers (specific to you OS if need be i.e Vista, Xp etc), have gone to options in game to calibrate your pedals.

most likely is the calibration, its a tad tricky. especiallly if you have combined pedals i.e. brake and throttle work on the SAME axis. all this by the way you can resolve in LFS options>contols.

look in the LFS manual for wheel calibration. more helpful than me regurgitating it here for you

P.S do you think the fact that i had FFB maxxed out, blew it up ??? is maxing out the ffb advisable ? or not ? just a quick gander.

indeed. new MOMO :/ is the answer. nothing against logitech but i certainly expected it to work for a bit longer than it did. just unlucky i guess. i'd love a g25 but the cost is just unreasonable considering im only playing for fun 2-3 times a week and anyways the momo was brilliant when it was working.

anyone with a MOMO for sale please let me know. I might buy it

thanks Halo,

i have checked the board and its not cracked.

like i said since the sensors for wheel movement move the pedals also its probably the controller chip or the whatever its called that decides the action of signals.

the ffb is totally absent so the motor may or may not be working. who knows i don't know how to check this but i don't think this has any bearing upon the functioning of the wheel as a whole i.e. without ffb the wheel would still detect movements. the only thing iv'e done is to see what happens in calibration window when i type joy.cpl in run and then go to properties.

thanks anyway

windy81

i have opened it since the guarantee is over.

the disk sensor is perfectly clear and clean. however when i tap it with the end of a screw driver the wheel in callibration window "joy.cpl" moves full left or full right v abruptly, it also moved the pedals... strange but true.

the ffb is also not present as if to suggest no power is getting to the motor although the power cable is working properly "i checked it already with a volt/current detector thingy"

i think the board chip has had an episode of madness and is now totally borked. unless any of you guys know what it might be the only thing is to trash and buy new.

i did buy this from e-bay for £40 apparently "new" from a company selling refurbished products. probably was a factory reject or something. lesson learned i think !!

basically all the controls now work except the wheel itself.
the power is going to the wheel but you can use it without the power source so power is irrelevnt in this situation. well i was in my experience when i forgot to plug the power in sometimes.

anyway im gonna throw the lot in the bin. cant be assed with it. im just gonna buy a new one when i have some cash. what a waste of money.

ye i realised that i posted in the wrong place . oops.

how do i check if the ffb motor works ?? or the sensors ?

besides why is this crap ?

anyway [update] checked it on another computer and its the same story. nothing works except the buttons.

only had this wheel 2 months and the guarantee is only 1 month from ebay

if only i could find a way to fix it.

Last edited by windy81, Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:43.

no i was trying to see if it works. but nope. still fekked. i think my wheel is totaly borked. i opened it up and no fuses or anything. so god knows whats wrong with it.

My logitech momo decided to completely stop working right in the middle of a race and i cant get it to work again.

all the buttons work, peddal shifter and knob shifter all work

the brake and throttle and steering wheel dont work at all.

rather strange cos in a race it very abruptly stopped working so im wondering if its a fuse blown or something.

tried reinstalling the software and drivers but nothing.

the wheel moves sporadically from full left to full right when i press the pedals [note: the actual wheel doesn't move and remains completely loose].

bah, im barking up the wrong tree here i think its borked completely. oh well.

but thanks if you know what the problem might be.

windy81

Last edited by windy81, Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:07.

ye
everything is plugged in. i just checked again and i managed to get the lights on the wheel back on by putting the USB in another socket.

however the peddals and the wheel still dont work whereas the buttons , and peddal gear shifter and the gear knob still works.

everything works except the wheel and peddals

anyone know why my momo aint working ?

suddenly during a race everything just stopped working. peddlas and sterring wheel. nothing is working.

usually there is a green light on the wheel showing that it is powered up. not even that is light so im wondering if it is a fuse blown inside the machine.

im reluctant to open it up since i think i still have a guarantee

any suggestions, previous experience of this happening to you or someone you know ?


thanks

windy 81

Last edited by windy81, Fri, 25 Apr 2008 21:44.

I was reading the "Advanced Setup Guide" in the LFS Manual and on suspension, it said this :-

'Q) How do I tune them? A) Thankfully you can get a very good idea of what settings to run very easily. If you open up the Suspension Analyser file for the car you are looking to tune..................'

what in gods name is a suspension analyser and how do i open the "Suspension Analyser File" ?

Last edited by windy81, Sun, 16 Mar 2008 23:29.