Still no Force Feedback after...

Well I still have no Force Feedback on my Microsoft FF Wheel. I have reloaded the wheel program and drivers and reloaded GPL. Everything works, except FF! I have tried both 1 and 0 in the core.ini file...neither makes FF work. I have Windows 98SE (even reloaded it) and the GPL 1.2 patch. It worked before and the wheel is very new...please if anyone has any ideas... Thanks, Steve

Have you renamed the file from "core.ini.sample" file to "core.ini" ? The file created by the GPL 1.2 patch needs renaming, or else it won't be recognized by GPL. "SLCsurfer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Well I still have no Force Feedback on my Microsoft FF Wheel. I havereloaded > the wheel program and drivers and reloaded GPL. Everything works, exceptFF! > I have tried both 1 and 0 in the core.ini file...neither makes FF work.I > have Windows 98SE (even reloaded it) and the GPL 1.2 patch. > > It worked before and the wheel is very new...please if anyone has anyideas... > > Thanks, > > Steve

is your core.ini file properly named. The original file included with the patch labels the file as: core.ini.sample make sure it is saved as ONLY core.ini good luck dave henrie "SLCsurfer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Well I still have no Force Feedback on my Microsoft FF Wheel. I havereloaded > the wheel program and drivers and reloaded GPL. Everything works, exceptFF! > I have tried both 1 and 0 in the core.ini file...neither makes FF work.I > have Windows 98SE (even reloaded it) and the GPL 1.2 patch. > > It worked before and the wheel is very new...please if anyone has anyideas... > > Thanks, > > Steve

On 05 Aug 2001 21:20:50 GMT, [email hidden] (SLCsurfer) wrote:

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>Well I still have no Force Feedback on my Microsoft FF Wheel. I have reloaded >the wheel program and drivers and reloaded GPL. Everything works, except FF! >I have tried both 1 and 0 in the core.ini file...neither makes FF work. I >have Windows 98SE (even reloaded it) and the GPL 1.2 patch. > >It worked before and the wheel is very new...please if anyone has any ideas... > >Thanks, > >Steve

Just an outsidfe possibility. You haven't turned the FF button off on the centre of the wheel by any chance?

OK last chance dance .. have you made sure that the box " override ff settings" on the Vroc pop up when you join a race isn't checked? jv "0x4E0x6F0x73" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > On 05 Aug 2001 21:20:50 GMT, [email hidden] (SLCsurfer) wrote: > > >Well I still have no Force Feedback on my Microsoft FF Wheel. I havereloaded > >the wheel program and drivers and reloaded GPL. Everything works, exceptFF! > >I have tried both 1 and 0 in the core.ini file...neither makes FF work.I > >have Windows 98SE (even reloaded it) and the GPL 1.2 patch. > > > >It worked before and the wheel is very new...please if anyone has anyideas...

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> > > >Thanks, > > > >Steve > > Just an outsidfe possibility. You haven't turned the FF button off on > the centre of the wheel by any chance?

Ok, here the thing: my core.ini file after 1.2 patch doesn't say sample just core.ini. Should the FF in the file be 1 or (acutally neither works)? Wheel light is on. I'm not racing online. Thanks, Steve

it should be ONE . here is my core.ini [ Joy ] allow_force_feedback = 1 ; Use FF force_feedback_damping = 5.000000 ; damping coefficient force_feedback_latency = 0.020000 ; latency (secs) max_steering_torque = 330.000000 ; torque = max force i believe the FF settings are default...I turned them off some time ago...new wheel, no ff. So I can't say if they would work well with your wheel. ( had a LWFF btw) So make sure the file has: allow_force_feedback = 1 ; Use FF and that you save the file as core.ini not core.ini.sample or (more common mistake) core.ini.txt reboot your system after making the changes...it couldn't hurt right? And...make sure in the controllers section inside GPL that you are using the Direct Input wheel drivers not the generic drivers. dave henrie "SLCsurfer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Ok, here the thing: my core.ini file after 1.2 patch doesn't say samplejust > core.ini. Should the FF in the file be 1 or (acutally neither works)? > > Wheel light is on. I'm not racing online. > > Thanks, > Steve

> Ok, here the thing: my core.ini file after 1.2 patch doesn't say sample just > core.ini. Should the FF in the file be 1 or (acutally neither works)? Sorry if you know all this. If so then just ignore me. Open the GPL folder in Windows Explorer. Right click on core.ini and select Properties. Look at the 'DOS Name'. Is it core.ini? If it is then you've renamed the file correctly. If not then try the following. Select 'View/Folder options' from the menu. Find the 'hide file extensions for known file types' option and uncheck it. Now Explorer will show you the whole filename including the extension. Rename it to core.ini and all your problems will be solved. :o) Paul :o)

I'd be prepared to bet (although not with real money) that your "core.ini" file is actually called "core.ini.sample". If you can't ever remember changing it then it's definitely still wrong. The file installed by the GPL 1.2 patch will not be read by GPL. It has to be changed. It's possible that windows is hiding the ".sample" extension. As Paul Thurston suggested, find your GPL folder and right click on the "core.ini" file and select 'properties'. Look under MS-DOS name. If it's not "core.ini" then it still needs changing. Right-click and 'rename' it. You can also turn off file extension hiding (can't remember how to do that in 98se, I use ME). Every time someone has trouble getting FF to work in GPL, it is *always* the same problem, it's always that they haven't renamed that file correctly. Like I said, if you can't remember renaming it, then it's still wrong. Good luck :) "SLCsurfer" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > Ok, here the thing: my core.ini file after 1.2 patch doesn't say samplejust > core.ini. Should the FF in the file be 1 or (acutally neither works)? > > Wheel light is on. I'm not racing online. > > Thanks, > Steve