Ok, so finally, it depends...
Sometimes it goes to the right in steps like I was saying in my first message. Sometimes it goes right-left-right-left... Go figure. I re-calibrate it in LFS each time I start it otherwise it doesn't work properly so I don't think it's a calibration problem... I really have no idea where this might be coming from.
Are there any other users with this wheel here? What are your settings?
Sometimes it goes to the right in steps like I was saying in my first message. Sometimes it goes right-left-right-left... Go figure. I re-calibrate it in LFS each time I start it otherwise it doesn't work properly so I don't think it's a calibration problem... I really have no idea where this might be coming from.
Are there any other users with this wheel here? What are your settings?
Lol! I've just seen the pic at Amazon...
I used to have one of these loooong ago, although I do not remember about the secondary plug for the pedals... Are you sure it does not go into the wheel directly? I think it does.
Anyway, I believe you're wasting your time with this one... You're going to have to litterally sit on it to hold it. There's no way to hook it to a desk for example, if my memory serves me right. So you won't have a comfortable and efficient position, cause you'll be driving with the wheel just above of your knees.
If you want a cheap wheel I think you'd better get an old force feedback USB wheel than wasting your time with an USB adaptor for the one you currently have. I'm using an MS Sidewinder Forcefeeback wheel and except for a small bug it's working fine. It's over 10 years old now I think, you might be lucky enough to find one for a cheap price. Or something similar. Still you'll need to make sure the drivers exist for your system (the Linux drivers for this wheel have been available for as long as I can remember and they even support force feedback now so all I had to do was to plug it in and calibrate it, but I'm not sure there are recent drivers for that oldie for M$ systems).
Seb.
I used to have one of these loooong ago, although I do not remember about the secondary plug for the pedals... Are you sure it does not go into the wheel directly? I think it does.
Anyway, I believe you're wasting your time with this one... You're going to have to litterally sit on it to hold it. There's no way to hook it to a desk for example, if my memory serves me right. So you won't have a comfortable and efficient position, cause you'll be driving with the wheel just above of your knees.
If you want a cheap wheel I think you'd better get an old force feedback USB wheel than wasting your time with an USB adaptor for the one you currently have. I'm using an MS Sidewinder Forcefeeback wheel and except for a small bug it's working fine. It's over 10 years old now I think, you might be lucky enough to find one for a cheap price. Or something similar. Still you'll need to make sure the drivers exist for your system (the Linux drivers for this wheel have been available for as long as I can remember and they even support force feedback now so all I had to do was to plug it in and calibrate it, but I'm not sure there are recent drivers for that oldie for M$ systems).
Seb.
7 + 8 pins it's a good old serial joystick...
They were used with sound cards not so long ago (a few years) but have now completely disappeared (sound cards don't even come with a serial port anymore), I actually still have one of these and my secondary sound card is an old SoundBlaster 1024 with serial port.
You've got two solutions: either put your hands on an old sound card like mine - should be really, really cheap but make sure the necessary drivers exist for your system first - either buy a serial / usb adapter. But note that even if the adapter does work (it's likely) you may not get the full functionalities. When using my old flight controller with a USB adapter for example I can't use the hats (they're not seen by my system). But it works fully when plugged on the SB.
You've got an other problem too, it's that plug for the pedals... It will very likely require a specific driver! With that old wheel you'll be lucky if you find one that works on any modern system...
Seb.
Ok, maybe I spoke a little bit too soon... Today it was going right - left - right - left quite fast.
MS SideWinder force feedback wheel turning to the right on its own
Hi all,
I'm new to LFS.
I'm using it with Wine on OpenSUSE Linux 11.2 (I've read there are some other Linux users here) and overall, it's working great. I just have a weird problem with my wheel...
I must say I had not used that wheel for over a year, and at that time there was no force feedback for it in my system. So t's been a total surprise to see FF was working when I tried LFS a few days ago! It's working, but with a strange bug...
Before posting, I've checked everything I could find here on the forum about force feedback, and at first I thought my problem was similar to those of people reporting their wheels are shaking. But mine is actually slightly different: whenever I enter a race (or even before, at the screen just before starting the race, where you see the car turning) it starts turning to the right in steps... And once it reaches its maximum position it keeps trying to go further to the right.
If I hold it tight I can still use it but it's quite uncomfortable.
Just to make sure it did not come from the Linux driver (it could have) I tried a few other programs that are supposed to have force feedback. I didn't get any with V-Drift, but it worked just fine with FlatOut 2 (I've tried just minutes ago). So the problem's with LFS...
I've tried everything I could find during my searches on the forum, lowering the force feedback setting and such, but there's still the same effect... Identical with the 3 cars of the demo. So if anyone has an idea of why and how to solve the problem, I'll be glad to try any option you might think of! That would be the only reason that could prevent me from buying an S1 licence next month, actually.
Thanks.
Seb.
I'm new to LFS.
I'm using it with Wine on OpenSUSE Linux 11.2 (I've read there are some other Linux users here) and overall, it's working great. I just have a weird problem with my wheel...
I must say I had not used that wheel for over a year, and at that time there was no force feedback for it in my system. So t's been a total surprise to see FF was working when I tried LFS a few days ago! It's working, but with a strange bug...
Before posting, I've checked everything I could find here on the forum about force feedback, and at first I thought my problem was similar to those of people reporting their wheels are shaking. But mine is actually slightly different: whenever I enter a race (or even before, at the screen just before starting the race, where you see the car turning) it starts turning to the right in steps... And once it reaches its maximum position it keeps trying to go further to the right.
If I hold it tight I can still use it but it's quite uncomfortable.
Just to make sure it did not come from the Linux driver (it could have) I tried a few other programs that are supposed to have force feedback. I didn't get any with V-Drift, but it worked just fine with FlatOut 2 (I've tried just minutes ago). So the problem's with LFS...
I've tried everything I could find during my searches on the forum, lowering the force feedback setting and such, but there's still the same effect... Identical with the 3 cars of the demo. So if anyone has an idea of why and how to solve the problem, I'll be glad to try any option you might think of! That would be the only reason that could prevent me from buying an S1 licence next month, actually.
Thanks.
Seb.
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