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AceTKK:

Everything requires a driver.  If the wheel is recognized w/out installing a seperate driver then Windows did it for you automatically.  The first thing I would try is going to the Game Controllers menu (see my post above) and adding the generic driver for two analog pedals.  If that doesn't work, try searching the Thrustmaster website for a driver.

-Ace-

versapak:

First you want to smell it, and make sure it is not oregano, then you just roll it up...


Oh... Wait a minute...

You said A pot.


;D


Move along folks... Nothing to see here.




u_rebelscum:


--- Quote from: pmc on September 11, 2005, 10:09:57 pm ---...But pedals are ignored as if they are not connected.
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Check if the wire between the pedals and the wheel works, and the connection is good.  Also, look in the driver/thrustmaster settings and see if it can see the pedals.  If not, the problem is the driver or physical.  If yes, check where the pedals are mapped to in the driver/thrustmaster panel settings, and make sure they aren't disabled or remapped to a different or digital input.


--- Quote ---BTW, I can't get Spy Hunter to work with a digital accelerator at all. Seems to ignore my key presses. Messed with the controls for a good 30-min to no avail. MAME 0.97. Anyone else have trouble with Spy Hunter?
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Spy hunter sucks with a digital pedal.  You need to be able to drive in high gear, but not max speed 24/7.  Speeking of which, make sure you're in low gear, and if you must use a digial input, map in mame the digital input to pedal decrease (which is for physical digital inputs), not pedal analog (for physical analog inputs).

AmericanDemon:


--- Quote from: versapak on September 12, 2005, 01:09:23 pm ---First you want to smell it, and make sure it is not oregano, then you just roll it up...


Oh... Wait a minute...

You said A pot.


;D


Move along folks... Nothing to see here.




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Heh.  Dude, almost wrote the same.  Must be all those potentiometers that I smoked earlier testing amperage and a 240v lighter.  ;)

pmc:


--- Quote from: AceTKK on September 12, 2005, 12:22:56 pm ---Everything requires a driver.  If the wheel is recognized w/out installing a seperate driver then Windows did it for you automatically. 

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That's what I meant. Thrustmaster does not provide a driver. A generic one is used by Windows. W2K device manager says that it's a "HID Compliant game device". The properties tab of the "gaming options" control panel shows a miniature photo realistic image of the wheel and pedals and registers a wheel turn or button press. The pedals are shown here, but the software does not respond to manipulations of the pedals.

Here's the write-up from Thrustmaster's web site:

No drivers are required for this device.

This device is fully compliant with the "Human Interface Device" specifications.

We have developed the device in such a way that it will be recognize under the Microsoft Operating systems (Windows 98 series, Me, 2000 and Windows XP) as an "HID compliant Game Device".

By simply connecting your Thrustmaster game controllers to the computer

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