CH Flight Yoke & Thrustmaster Rudder Problems
Scarfone
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I need some serious help. I have tried everything I can think of and searched the web to no evail.
Heres the low down:
FS2004, WinXP, Dell Dimension 8100 1.3 P4, CH Flight Yoke Gameport Virtual Pilot (gray one), Thrustmaster Rudder Pedals Gameport. No game port on my computer. Purchased a Gameport to USB adapter. I connect the rudder pedals first then connect the flight yoke to the Y connection on the rudder pedals. I am able to use the flight yoke but the rudder pedals will not work at all. They won't even test during the windows calibration util. I attempted to make a new controller profile but the small check box that says "enable rudder/pedals" would not work. I received a message stating gameport or game port drivers not configured correctly. I then used the add hardware function and added a gameport to the system. When I attempted to make a new controller profile once again I was able to check the "enable rudder" box. However, the pedals still did not respond. I purchased both the yoke and pedals off ebay so I received no documentation or driver disks. I went to thrustmaster home page but they stated there was no driver for rudder pedals. I just can't figure this out. The only thing I haven't done, and don't think it will work, is update the bios. Any help, PLEASE!!!
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My first thought when I was reading your problem is that I think you can only have one game port. But I'm not entirely sure about that.
Try pluging in the pedals only and see if they repond.
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Thanks for the tip, but I did try just pluging in the pedals and that didn't work. My computer doesn't have a gameport so I'm using a Gameport to USB hub type thing, I think it's called Joy 8 or something. I'm getting the feeling they are just not going to work. 😞
simgammer
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Your basic problem is that the sound card is intergated with your motherboard. I dont buy Dell computers foe that reason. I suggess you turn of the onboard sound and go and buy a a Creative sound card with gameport , i'm assumming you have a spare PCI slot.
Good luck
simgammer
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You will need to download for free the "chang8" control software from CHproducts website
Good luck
simgammer
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spuddi
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the gameport - usb adapter may be the problem.
I bought a new pc with only usb's no gameport, so i bought an adapter for my cheap joystick. It works ok in all directions but every now and then the a/c throttles back. I'm pretty sure this is the adapter every so often gives the signal that i have touched the joysticks throttle (which I never do -it is always left in the back position).
If i leave the throttle forward it the whacks on full power every so often without me touching it.
i'm convinced it is the adapter, but it happens so infrequenlty and i'm a tightwad so i'm not going out to buy a new joystick until mine cacks it.
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