[I'd pay real money ..... if only]

hey ho ..

thanks for that Robert..

I down loaded their demo code.. and have been flying around Seattle with it.. 30 minute sessions.

Its not cheap.. $34 .. and I think it hits the frame rate a bit.. but..and its a big BUT it does make the MSSWFFB2 useable again.. the return to centre is back!

ie.. one can profile the force feedback as a function of speed.. and have different stiffness, damping and feedback profiles on the ailerons and elevators..

and apparently do clever trim things (I've yet to test that but it reads like something I've always wanted.. a trim that moves the elevator pressure null point to where you're holding the stick. going to try this on the Dodo206

Anyway.. maybe I should think of it as $34 is cheap compared to the price of a new stick !!

regards

[I'd pay real money ..... if only]

I have a MS Sidewinder FFB2 (actually I've got two of them)..

It can't be impossible .. Black Shark , IL2 have it..

its a 'tool' for tuning/shaping the feed back for their plane.. for that (any) stick..

and more specifically my MS-SW-FBB2..

OK you cant expect MS to do it.. after all they wrote FSX and manufactured the joystick but. why not Dodo.. Aerosoft.. or Sibwings or A2A? If one can fiddle around with the flight model provided by MS.. how come one can't adjust/rationalise the FFB profiles.. particularly for a helicopter but any thing.. ie how much extra would it add to the cost ? £10?

I've no idea just how difficult is it to write a 'general' driver (addon) for a joystick? BUT compared to the rest of the code involved in the product (addon?).. isnt it just a relatively simple mapping?? And for a quality stick like MS Sidewinder FFB2 too..???

What ever..

[Huey: stick (MS-SW-FFB2):launcher v1006]

yes Harry service pack 2 installed..

and

Snave.. are you on the huey and do you get any FFB return to centre?

I'll try re-using the launcher one more time .. if no-go then I think I'll keep the MS2FFB for Black Shark and the dodo, and fly the huey with the evo..

thanks for responses..

[Huey: stick (MS-SW-FFB2):launcher v1006]

Hey ho Shaun,

I dont think it matters much.. there'll probably be a fix 'somewhere' .. the huey flies fine when eveything's connected to the right bits! and I can always fly it on the 2D cockpit view; I can't read the instruments any way and the scenery looks brighter too!

regards

[Huey: stick (MS-SW-FFB2):launcher v1006]

Would that be because you posted in the wrong forum that you never saw the sticky post in this forum that mentions the Joystick Config Tool

None to sure why the sticks now work but the controls dont move, I will take a look through this forum to see what others have done.

No. .I saw the sticky.. I downloaded the tool, and I used it.. .. like I said..BUT when I'd finished flying I couldnt find the sticky again.. So

I posted in the wrong forum.. oh dear... I registered and bought it yesterday..must do better..

On the other hand the config tool seems to have something wrong with it.. now nothing moves except the collective..

And

When I tried another joystick.. Saitek evo stick!.. everything went pear shape.. the rudders worked the cyclic the cyclic did nothing.. oh joy.. in fact all the old stuff had got shuffled including the pedals.. on the other hand.. So I re-did it all in controls.. and tried things on the trusty Dodo.. worked fine.. but changed ship back to the huey and .. no movement of the cyclic or pedals.. I can live with it..

BUT

How do I get rid of the 'screen and window shadow in 3D 'cockbit'? its ugly .. and spoils the view ..

AND

Maybe this should be another thread, BUT the huey's response to a slightly rough landing is essentially a tantrum.. it leaps and bounces and somersaults from a 3 ft drop!!

Fun but becomes tedius... Of course the experts.....ya ya

regards

[Huey: stick (MS-SW-FFB2):launcher v1006]

Just bought the Huey download (1.01).. totally uncontrolled using my MS Sidewinder FFB2.. downloaded the new version of the launcher containing the 'stick fix' ( I cant find the announcement post). Huey is now flyable but the stick-in-the-plane really is fixed.. it doesnt move at all.. OK(ish) by me but I thought you might like to know.