G940 goes solid and cannot be moved

[RCAF_FB_Orville]

Originally Posted by stufer

Hi Varrattu

Thanks very much for your reply.

I have checked the Conf.ini file and that is indeed FF=1 so that is alright. When I change that to 0, I have the locked up solid joystick all the time so it is as if at some point in the flight, the FFB is turning off, although I can feel it shake when I fire the guns or stall etc...

On checking the settings, the global settings are as follows:

Overall Effects Strength 65%
Spring Effect Strength 70%
Damper Effect Strength 65%

and the Centering Spring is disabled.

I have tried moving these around from 0 to 100 but it is always the same.

The Logitech Profiler software version is 5.09.131 Date 05/05/2010

Are there any other settings or versions I should give?

On having a go at it this morning I've been flying for quite a while in the Hurricane without any problems. But then if I exit the flight and load up another, say in the 109, it locks up immediately before the new flight loads and then I'm back with the same problem - very strange!

I appreciate your help.

Cheers
Stu.

Hi stufer. I have a G940 too, and FFB is not really well implemented in this sim as of yet. You mention your profiler software (which seems current I think) but have you updated the sticks firmware to the latest version? If not, this will make a big difference. It can be found on the Logitech website, don't recall the exact date (roughly 12 months ago maybe) but make sure its the latest.

For my part, I actually disable most FFB now (removing shake, autocannon and machine gun .ffe files), its too much of a pain in the arse. There is a program called Force edit by which you can change force strengths, type etc but I cannot be bothered to tinker with it......Too time consuming and confusing if you are not a tech geek type.

The setting that governs stick stiffness in the logi profiler is 'Spring strength', which you have set to 70%. That should not result in lock up at all, which leads me to think its a firmware issue. I use 50/50/50, in the 'global' profiler settings for CoD (without a specific CoD profile).

1c really needs to improve FFB, and provide more customability like ROF.....in which you can even set forces different for each aircraft, as you'll know.

Good luck and let us know how you get on.