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morpha
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Quote from MadCatX :I think that this kind of effect would be very hard do notice, wheel and the gearing is usually made of plastic and thus quite light, its diameter is also quite small and so is the moment of inertiam, plus the resistance of the whole mechanism isn't exacty low - at least that's how my old DFP is like. LFS FFB simulation certainly allows for it to occur, but I guess it would be noticeable only with very high FFB strength and if you held the wheel very lightly.

Can you feel this "overswing" in other games with "generic" force feedback?

Just try turning it yourself with the wheel unpowered, that is, against only the mechanical resistance and no FFB / centering spring. It won't immediately stop when you lift your hand / finger off it. In fact, yanking my G25 from full left lock to the right as fast as I can over just 90° will keep it spinning another ~360°.
The oscillation can occur in a wide variety of games (LFS, iRacing, GT5, DiRT, DiRT2, GRID, all FFB supporting NFS titles... to name just a few) with virtually any FFB wheel.

As you say (and I said), it only occurs on an unloaded wheel (i.e. free-wheeling or hands just barely on it), just a relaxed grip is usually sufficient to dampen the rebound, if not the initial overshoot itself. And yes, it has very little chance of occuring at "reasonable" FFB settings (<=100%).

Also, certain modifications allowing for greater steering angle than stock will inevitably lead to this effect if the FFB strength is not adjusted accordingly.
morpha
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Oscillation is normal for an unloaded wheel (i.e. when you're not applying any force / torque yourself). Basically the wheel applies torque in the direction it's instructed to, but will overshoot due to inertia. This then translates to unwanted steering input which is met with simulated resistance (friction, inertia, rotational inertia, air resistance, ...) and thus triggers yet another FFB instruction, again resulting in the wheel overshooting and so on and so forth.

How dramatically this effect manifests itself depends primarily on your FFB strength setting and suspension setup, but it generally shouldn't be a problem at <=100% FFB with your hands on the wheel at all times. It will get much more severe at higher levels.
morpha
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It's up again, though on a different machine now: 62.75.182.120:29865
Permissions and such are still a mess, but it's the old world and the whitelist should include everyone it did before.
morpha
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Quote from Rappa Z :Can pull away from a stop light without using the gas even when idling at ~700 rpm (is this the case with all cars?)

Yes, manuals anyway.
morpha
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Quote from azurdood :Hibernation is fakely shutting down a PC. (Only in them)
It stands by your PC completely. (Watch out, it could take some MB/RAM!)
After firing it up, it looks like you shut it down. You were tricked then.
It stands it by.

SilverFurry



That's incorrect. Hibernation stores your session on non-volatile memory (HDD, SSD, ...) before shutting the machine down. It does not draw any power beyond what it usually does when turned off. You can unplug the machine, ship it around the world, plug it back in and boot right back to where you left off with your session being restored to RAM.
morpha
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Quote from BlackEye :Add me too, please.

tequilapuzh

done
morpha
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Quote from Crashgate3 :Server gone down?

Which one? Ales's is still running just fine

€: Been a few hours though, might have been restarted >_>
morpha
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Quote from pipa :tells me i am not white listed

"pipaputzelmann"

Should be fixed, had you added as pipaputzemann, missing the "l"
morpha
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Quote from J@mes :StrokesUK

Quote from atledreier :atledreier

added
morpha
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Quote from Lionclaw23 :Lionclaw23

added
morpha
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Quote from XCNuse :XCNuse

Quote from KiRmelius :BananaPowered

Quote from nikopdr :nikopdr

Quote from Bradracer :lyonsb123

Quote from hp999 :hpski

Quote from pipa :pipaputzelmann

Quote from SergioNacho1 :SergioNacho1

Quote from Crashgate3 :BattleMetalChris

Added y'all
morpha
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Quote from Killer Beast :Ok thanks. What can i dye and use then?

You can just place dyed wool like any other block, most people use it for carpets
morpha
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Quote from obsolum :I'm not touching FB with a 10ft pole.

Same.

I would go with MS or Google rather than FB, if they couldn't be forced to reveal personal information to US law enforcement, but they can be, so nothing more than Hotmail for potential Spam for me.
morpha
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Quote from morpha :Have someone who's currently on the server invite you to their home, then you can use /home name to warp to their home.

Quoting myself as you seem to have missed it.
morpha
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Have someone who's currently on the server invite you to their home, then you can use /home name to warp to their home.
morpha
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Quote from Jakg :Have to agree. But function > form.

Have to agree. When it's moving it's just a silver blob (albeit a smaller one) anyway
morpha
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That's quite extreme, but depending on how much work and/or money you're willing to put in, any wheel can be repaired. If you let the Germans do it, you'll get it back good as new and balanced to tighter tolerances than factory in most cases
morpha
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Quote from mamoru :Picked the beemer up today:

http://twitpic.com/5fsd0c/full

Well, lights seem to work.

morpha
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Integrating this into an InSim library is rather pointless since CM titles don't actually implement InSim, only OutSim, and not 100% to LFS's specification at that. With ExtraData=1, it becomes something entirely unrelated altogether.

What is it you're ultimately looking for? Logging? Displaying? Sending to a motion sim?
Receiving and processing the data is simple in virtually ever language, so the choice depends on how interfacing with the motion sim works, if that's what you intend to do.
morpha
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It's like they said and also what my original point behind my first post in this topic was: They bring it to light and brag about their achievements, others just take what they want and leave quietly.
morpha
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Quote from bunder9999 :good, make the fbi's job easier.

i wonder if this is also related to lulzsec...

Probably didn't include the following when you read it, but it does now after a couple of updates:
Quote :A government official who declined to be named said earlier in the day that the F.B.I. was actively investigating the Lulz Security group and any affiliated hackers. The official said the F.B.I. had teamed up with other agencies in this effort, including the Central Intelligence Agency and cybercrime bureaus in Europe.

morpha
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Quote from Litro :2 questions - How much hotlaps are on LFSW and how much of that have already beed checked now? I see that quite much have deleted now.

17 hours ago:
Quote from Victor :More hotlaps will be deleted over the coming days. The re-checking process so far is not even half-way. It's done 24000 out of 55000 hotlaps.

€: Bleh, beaten by Flame
morpha
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morpha
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White car + black wheels is the obvious choice and overused as such. I'll go for the same combination eventually, just need to find the right wheels first.
morpha
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Definitely black It's overused for a reason; it looks awesome.
FGED GREDG RDFGDR GSFDG