Glovepie - cannot display the webpage 'Hmmm. I just plugged mine in and Win 7 (x64) installed the drivers and it appears to be in working order, though I've yet to try it with a game.' I plug mine in and it doesn't do anything. At first it brought up the autorun from the disc and that just gives an error message saying 'The version of this file isn't compatibile with the version of windows you are using.' But above he said it installed. What was the difference?
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'I was able to calibrate my USB force feedback wheel and it works fine.' 'this solution actually worked for me. Running in compability mode for xp service pack 2.' I have tried to run compatability mode but I can't find in the 'D' drive properties. Where else would I look? I could carry on, but can anyone help with a solution that works please? I suggest you to install the XP driver in compatibility mode and check if it helps.
Follow these steps: 1. Right-click on the installation file and select properties. Now click on the compatibility tab. Under compatibility mode, check “Run this program in compatibility mode for”. From the drop down menu, select Windows XP(service pack 2).
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Click Apply and then click OK. Fine in theory, but which file is the installation file? To which driver are you refering, if it's ppjoy then right click on the setup.exe file and select propertiescompatibility and select winxp sp3 click apply ok and close then right click on the setup.exe file again and saelect 'run as adminisrater'. Similar help and support threads Thread Forum So I was playing some Euro Truck simulator 2 yesterday, and since the wheels rotation is very limited, the wheel in game was very sensitive.
Is there a way to make it so i can turn my Microsoft Sidewinder FFB wheel turn 900 degrees so the game is more realistic? Gaming I came across an excellent flight simulator (Flight Gear) that makes me want to take the old M/S joystick out of moth balls. Trouble is when I hooked it up, it apparently does not know Windows 7 x64bit from apple butter!
I have a USB adapter that shares a USB2 with a 15 pin game port; so. Hardware & Devices Force Feedback wheel hardly used. Subsequent computers crashed, wore out, evolved, etc. & I could never get the wheel to work on any of them. Is there a gizmo or some tweak to bring old game & new computer together successfully? Gaming Hey guys.
I'm new to the forum, but i thought this would be a good place to put this thread in. I recently bought this steering wheel and it installs the driver very well, but when i try to play driving games, the car is on reverse the whole time unless i push gas or put the gas in the middle. Gaming I have a Microsoft Sidewinder X8 Mouse, I love it for the most part.
The scroll wheel is frustrating me at the moment, when I roll it it is not very smooth, this doesnt really bother me, the issue is when I scroll down a web page etc the smallest movement on the wheel scrolls down most of the page. Hardware & Devices Our Sites Site Links About Us Find Us.
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Force Feedback loses some effects with default driver supplied with vista ultimate 32bit after roughly 2+ effects are applied at once. (it happens in multiple racing games) I have noticed that it shows steer Left/Right and accelerate as X/Y axis but brake is listed as Z axis. Shouldn't force feedback be tagged as Z axis? I have tested the controller with xp and the same games and the controller works fine with the default xp driver. Sidewinder software wont install on vista so i can't load any different drivers to check if this is the issue.
Note: In the default xp driver it lists left/right/brake/accel. as x/y and z as feedback. Hello Tracker, According to your post, you are now using Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel mouse. This device has no driver for Windows Vista provided by Microsoft. Therefore, some functions may miss, very possibly including the problems you encountered. For more information about compatibility, please refer to the following site: For better experience in games, I personally suggest you to upgrade the game device, for example, Microsoft SideWinder Mouse. For more information about this product, please refer to the following site: Regards, Lionel Chen. Hello Tracker, According to your post, you are now using Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel mouse.
This device has no driver for Windows Vista provided by Microsoft. Therefore, some functions may miss, very possibly including the problems you encountered. For more information about compatibility, please refer to the following site: For better experience in games, I personally suggest you to upgrade the game device, for example, Microsoft SideWinder Mouse. For more information about this product, please refer to the following site: Regards, Lionel Chen. Hi, Is there a way to use the old Microsoft Sidewinder steering wheel (with force feedback) under Windows XP? I installed my old Soundblaster in order to have a game port. The Soundblaster is recognized and the audio is ok but the game port is not recognized by the system.
When I try to install the Sidewinder (control/config panel & add game controller), the system's answer is that the 'game port driver is missing'. Is it possible to have the missing game port driver? Thank you, bests regards path133. Lionel, what you have shown is that Microsoft have not put a driver for the Microsoft USB Sidewinder Force Feedback Wheel in Vista.is there going to be one? I tried to get my wheel to run on Vista and found the same problems as Tracker ie the Y axis is not split and the accellerator pedal shows on the Z axis.
I was intending to make it work on Colin Mcrae rally 2005 as it did OK with XP but, surely, Microsoft can put a driver into Vista for one of its own products.That wheel has taken a lot of battering and I am not going to throw it away because it doesn't work on VISTA. As a 54 year old gamer, the thought of driving a car using a wheel mouse made me laugh. No, unfortunately.I have looked for a driver all over the web for VISTA, thought this would be a simple job for Microsoft and thought one of their employees would read this. So I use an older computer that still has XP on it and it runs fine but overheats from its efforts after a couple of hours, and crashes.
Someone said try running the game in XP mode while using vista, but I have not tried that as it is easier to use the other machine.Here in the UK there is not a decent wheel for under £70 about the price of XP or VISTA OEM so dual boot would be cheaper. I have the same problem. I bought my SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel some years ago. In the last summer i need to buy a new pc and it comes only with vista. When a connect my wheel, it didn't work.
So, what can i do with my Microsoft SideWinder Force Feedback Wheel??? I call for Microsoft Portugal, and they said that haven't more support for this product. I'm thinking to process Microsoft Portugal, because i can't use their hardware with their sorftware!! There hare someone with a solution for this fu. microsoft problem?
Hello, I have Win XP Pro, and the Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feed Back Wheel, (USB) and mine works just fine. The driver/software i use is sidewinder FFB wheel drivers 4.0.(sidewinderforcefeedbackwheeldrivers4.0) i can make the pedels combined or separate. Try to find this version of it:) Zarni PS i hope everyone sees this, as im not sure how to do a 'reply all' here:P Yes, it works under XP. The problem is vista (x64) which has a different driver without the option to combine the axis. And. using XP-drivers in Vista simply won't work at all. I think for Microsoft it's old stuff not worth any effort any more. But this wheel is of high quality and I refuse to buy another because of this.
So let's keep XP for the next 10 years:-(. Yeah, I've supported Microsoft over the years against the haters, but while I'm not a hater yet, I won't speak up for these guys again. I have this wheel, and I bought the xbox 360 wheel a year ago, and they had vague promises on there that they would release drivers down the road for PC for the 360 wheel to enable force feedback(its not) and I hoped dual axis for the pedals.
Nothing so far. Just like windows ultimate, they've got your money on promises that they never intended to keep, or maybe did, but whoever intended to left the company and MS could care less what you want. I won't be upgrading to 7 and I'm through buying their stuff. Its long past time where you have to buy MS stuff to use the computer effeciently. Vista should last me for some time now.