I listen to any and everything...somethings wrong with me ?

me want footcam! :P
nice vid

.bmp's should be burned. you could have saved as .png

the paper clip got hot because it creates resistance and it is conducting electricity in a circuit.

I guess i have to give up then , oh well with school starting back soon and all...I probably won't have time for LFS either. Thanks anyways everyone

Can't the mouse be turned into a controller and used as a steering axis?

EDIT: whoa two posts at the same time, how does the forum know which to put first?

Last edited by Ricerguy, Fri, 28 Dec 2007 02:35.

Im using a laptop so no need for too many mice and also no need to hack away at the wheel either it works perfectly fine with the cover off, if i can come up with a suitable solution to the two main problems which come to mind then it would be a very easy modification, firstly how would the ball of the mouse not slip on the axel of the wheel (its very smooth plastic) secondly that calibration thingy...sounds like a pain but i guess it's worth it.Something also just came to mind in lfs when i select a controller i chose between mouse or wheel, if i choose mouse i cannot use FFB?

Thanks, i guessbuying an optical mouse and a roller ball mouse would be more fitting to my current budget than any new wheel. I guess with more info on how to would be welcome

Quote from Mazz4200 :

@Dragon Commando, I've not been following any of these posts and i'm too much of a lazy git to go find them so forgive me if this is complete bollocks.

But, not so long ago i was trying to build a flight yoke for FSX/FS2004, and after a lot of experimenting i found using an optical mouse gave me so much more precision over any of the pots i had. The idea was to fix the mouse under the (moving) shaft of the yoke and use the inbuilt 'mouse as yoke' facility in flightsim. LFS has 'mouse as steering input' too, so it should work fine. Then it's just a case of binding a button to disengage/engage the mouse inputs when you need to use it for pointing and clicking at stuff. This should give you as much rotation as you'll ever need and be so precise you'll never miss an apex again (or a runway)

how dare you fill my head with more ideas! Is it possible for you to give me some more info on building such a device with an optical mouse instead of all this pot talk?

I still cannot understand why you would sacrifice force feedback in a simulator like LFS. dO.ob

bf1 and fbm can be tweaked also

YAY thanks, trying it now

from reading a thread a few minutes earlier, it seems you were just the guy I wanted to respond, and you did ...thanks for the infoIi guess I won't mod it afterall since its force feedback but what is the point of modding a wheel's rotation if you can't have force feedback. oh and from your posts, here are my answers yes it has a pot and yes it has gears, I do not know the impedance.I guess im not up to the task either, as i can't go a day without some LFS time.

Is it possible to modify my Logitech Driving force EX to rotate to atleast 360 or more degrees?

I have been playing LFS with 180 degrees for a while now and it just doesn't feel precise being able to keep one hand on the wheel, and one on the homemade shifter at all times while still being competetive. (new wheel isn't an option at the monent:schwitz

I am considering re-gearing the wheel, or buying a pot and removing the wheel turn limiter by force, but I ahve no clue as to the type of potentiometer I would have to get.

Last edited by Ricerguy, Wed, 26 Dec 2007 05:53.

Used to happen to me on the other pc, while tampering with the Haze on/off setting trying to tell the difference. I cannot remember if this happened with haze on or of but it made a difference.

Okay, but can someone explain what tearing is kplzthx

what tearing? I am also using an LCD monitor but i have Vsync off and 60 fps is the smoothest on any graphics intense program/game i played.

ah, thanks for the replies , on a side note. Should LFS run at 11 fps with gfx set low and at 55 with the gfx settings maxed out? I think this laptop is retarded lol.

EDIT: googling ialmrnt5? was something I should have done first, I think its fixed now.

EDIT2: upon trying to install the new drivers I got a message saying that the driver update was not validated for my pc...

EDIT3: nevermind i got the driver from the wrong place apparently.

Last edited by Ricerguy, Tue, 18 Dec 2007 15:12.

I need help fixing this error I get while playing LFS.

/me is drooling. wow Im shocked, but happy to hear some news

well as long as I see a mod okay with it ill spill my guts on the Tremors movies ...LOVED THEM ALL. One of the greatest movies i ever watched, had me on the edge of my seat and all. I love movies that have me scared to be home along at midday. Can anyone recall the name of that tank repelling gun the guy used in the 3rd( i think ) movie?

Well I live in Barbados, an earthquake free zone. At 3:12 GMT we fealt a shockwave from an earthquake in Trinidad which registered 7.3 on the scale. I am deeply bothered, it was scary.

Any news from a fellow LFS'er who experianced an earthquake/tremor ?

Last edited by Ricerguy, Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:55.

I got RBR two days ago. WOW. I am playing with the keyboard, but i managed to get all gold in the school. Although I only defeated Defeated Richard Burns once on the rally school stage, I was quite proud.

nice job J@tko im gonna compare them side by side next race .

@ Linsen the stinker :P - wrong tyres last race?, I expected better HAHA

last time I had smarties, they had a funny aftertaste compared to M&M's

M&M's for the win :P

Linsen...you stinker, Im on a free account and almost keeping up with you...for now.

-.-'