[jusjus]

I have a Microsoft sidewinder pro but am unable to get any force feedback from it. I can, however, bind controls and fly around without any problems.

The FS2 open launcher detects the joystick, as does windows control panel. Enable force feedback and enable directional hit are both ticked within the launcher, i have tried all available options such as win32 joystick 1, force 0 etc. I have also tried putting the launcher and other FS2 executables into compatibility mode (win95,98,2000 etc) but still no luck.

The power supply is plugged in and the joystick is receiving power as the stick goes 'lose' when its not. Also it uses the game port on my sound card, not a usb connection. I don't think that should make a difference but i thought i should mention anything i could think of!

Can anyone think of anything i am missing?

Thanks in advance!

[Mobius]

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43rd!

Uhm...I can't help you.

[Davros]

Using xp ?

forcefeedback is not supported under xp when using gameport joysticks

[Mustang19]

Same problem here. AFAIK Freespace has force feedback for weapons firing, collision, and player death, I just can't get it to work. Noone cares about Force Feedback anymore, anyway, it sounded cool when it came out but doesn't add a whole lot to the games I've used it with.

[BlueFlames]

It's been a long time since I last used my FF Pro, but I seem to recall that some games had a problem with both auto-centering and force-feedback being enabled at the same time.  It might be worth turning off auto-centering to see if that solves your feedback problem.