Force Feedback Centering force causing uncontrollable shake

[Nate--IRL--]

I Have a Logitech FORCE ffb joystick http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-963155-0403-WingMan-Force-Joystick/dp/B00000JDG3 , this thing is a beast compared to most FFB joysticks, in that its effects are very powerful, however this leads to a problem in Black shark.

 

When I tried to fly in Black shark with the FFB set to true, the trimmer worked as it should, but for one major exception. There is violent stick vibration when the stick was in the neutral position, no matter where the trimmed neutral position was. I had assume that this was a bug in the Russian version, so i decided to wait for the English version. The problem is still present. The FFB adjustment settings in the options seem to have no effect at all either.

 

After a bit of digging around i have discovered that BS is not entirely at fault. I downloaded a FFB test program (http://www.dirks-software.ca/downloads/ForceTest.exe) to test out the forces. And lo and behold, when i set the spring center force to on, the stick exhibits the exact same vibration as in BS (it seems the stick is providing it own feedback to the spring effect, hence the self perpetuating violent vibration)

 

However if i set the force amount to 50% in the above program the problem disappears. This would be the solution to my problem in BS. However i seem to have no control of the Centering spring force in BS.

 

Has anybody got any idea how i can manipulate the center spring force in BS?

 

Nate

Edited December 12, 2008 by Nate--IRL--

[Nate--IRL--]

I think the question i need to ask is... how is it i can set the centering force to 50% with the above program (forcetest.exe) but I cant do the same in Black shark? Is the other program operating at deeper level of Directx than Black Shark? is it possible modify Black shark to achieve the same result?

 

Nate