Buttkicker help needed

[Maolain]

Finally got my Buttkicker working, sort of. I have Main Audio Out set as (Speakers) Buttkicker Plus, and use Bose wireless headphones, as listed under the headphones heading. My chair shakes but I get NO audio in my headphones EXCEPT for radio communications from ATC, etc. Weird, no? Anybody have similar experience? Anybody think of a solution?

appreciate any help.

 

Maolain

 

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

22 hours ago, Maolain said:

Finally got my Buttkicker working, sort of. I have Main Audio Out set as (Speakers) Buttkicker Plus, and use Bose wireless headphones, as listed under the headphones heading. My chair shakes but I get NO audio in my headphones EXCEPT for radio communications from ATC, etc. Weird, no? Anybody have similar experience? Anybody think of a solution?

appreciate any help.

 

Maolain

 

Please check DCS - Settings - Audio, what do you have selected for "Main audio out" and "Headphones"

[Toastfrenzy]

I have a Buttkicker - I should think you need to use a 3rd party tool to get it to work properly either the Buttkicker software or Simshaker for Aviators 

[Scott-S6]

On 1/3/2024 at 9:59 PM, Maolain said:

Finally got my Buttkicker working, sort of. I have Main Audio Out set as (Speakers) Buttkicker Plus, and use Bose wireless headphones, as listed under the headphones heading. My chair shakes but I get NO audio in my headphones EXCEPT for radio communications from ATC, etc. Weird, no? Anybody have similar experience? Anybody think of a solution?

appreciate any help.

 

Maolain

 

The audio device you select for headset only gets the audio that plays in the pilot's headset, not the general cockpit audio so what you described is exactly correct for the options you selected.

You want the cockpit audio to go to the buttkicker and to your headset. That requires additional software - see the buttkicker software.

Edited January 7, 2024 by Scott-S6

[DEG]

Late reply; did you get your issue resolved?  2nd what ToastFrenzy said - use the 3rd party software (eg Simshaker) with the Buttkicker if possible, which uses the interface with DCS to set vibration levels, etc per DCS outputs; save the audio for, well, speakers (in the 20-20k Hz audible range) for your ears.  Much better experience in my opinion.

[Yeti42]

I would use the HaptiConnect software from Buttkicker which now works with DCS.   The recommended way to use this software is NOT to use the headset splitter and connect the amp directly to your Buttkicker. Normal in-game sounds should then continue to your speakers/headset as normal, the telemetry from DCS aircraft drives the Buttkicker not the sound coming from the game.  

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

11 hours ago, DEG said:

Late reply; did you get your issue resolved?  2nd what ToastFrenzy said - use the 3rd party software (eg Simshaker) with the Buttkicker if possible, which uses the interface with DCS to set vibration levels, etc per DCS outputs; save the audio for, well, speakers (in the 20-20k Hz audible range) for your ears.  Much better experience in my opinion.

I strongly think the solution is about DCS sound settings, and it has nothing to do with the buttkicker or associated software.

[Hiob]

39 minutes ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

I strongly think the solution is about DCS sound settings, and it has nothing to do with the buttkicker or associated software.

Yes and no - you can use either the actual sound of DCS to feed the buttkicker, in which case you need a splitter (the meh solution) or you need a third party software that produces dedicated effects for the buttkicker over a second sound adapter. The latter is the superior solution by far.

DCS can only output to one audio device.

[Ala12Rv-Tundra]

11 minutes ago, Hiob said:

Yes and no - you can use either the actual sound of DCS to feed the buttkicker, in which case you need a splitter (the meh solution) or you need a third party software that produces dedicated effects for the buttkicker over a second sound adapter. The latter is the superior solution by far.

DCS can only output to one audio device.

Not sure about your last statement, I have DCS regular sound playing through my speakers and comms playing through the speakers from my Rift S.
I choose both output from DCS audio settings. And I have checked the option "hear like in helmet".
The OP precisely remarks he´s receiving comms. So I think he just needs to choose the proper output for his system

 

[Hiob]

3 minutes ago, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

Not sure about your last statement, I have DCS regular sound playing through my speakers and comms playing through the speakers from my Rift S.
I choose both output from DCS audio settings. And I have checked the option "hear like in helmet".
The OP precisely remarks he´s receiving comms. So I think he just needs to choose the proper output for his system

 

I meant, that the Main audio stream (which is the one you would need to use for a buttkicker, unless you use a third party software) can only be directed to one audio device. 

[EvilBert VR]

On 1/30/2024 at 7:10 AM, Yeti42 said:

I would use the HaptiConnect software from Buttkicker which now works with DCS.   The recommended way to use this software is NOT to use the headset splitter and connect the amp directly to your Buttkicker. Normal in-game sounds should then continue to your speakers/headset as normal, the telemetry from DCS aircraft drives the Buttkicker not the sound coming from the game.  

THAT! ... was the worst experience EVER in regards of a use with the buttkicker! Sorry, but they failed here!
IMPO I'd strongly advice to use Andre's excellent sim shaker software when using a haptical feedback system in conjunction with DCS. I made my experiences with audio splitters (like voicemeter). They work well upon getting settings straight but since this is a volume/ sound repeater they just send audio and no .lua feedbacks like landing bumps, flap traveling movements etc. Andre did a great job getting the .lua files extracted and connected with his software and you have plenty possibilities of adjusting certain effects into your buttkicker system.

Cheers

[Massifontana]

SOLVED, I HAD TO FIX MY EXPORT.LUA FILE that was the problem

 

 

I got my buttkicker plus today and I have the SAME PROBLEM.. The buttkicker it's USB only connected to my PC

The Shake\vibrations test in the Hapticonnect software WORKS, but in DCS there's no vibration.

The only way is to set the main audio output to the Buttkicker speakers out option but U don't hear any longer the avionics sounds cos those are now feeding the Buttkicker!

But it's not the way this it is supposed to work, the buttkicker should be fed from the DCS telemetry!

Can someone help me???

Thanks

Edited June 28, 2024 by Massifontana

[Massifontana]

Il 03/01/2024 at 22:59, Maolain ha scritto:

Finally got my Buttkicker working, sort of. I have Main Audio Out set as (Speakers) Buttkicker Plus, and use Bose wireless headphones, as listed under the headphones heading. My chair shakes but I get NO audio in my headphones EXCEPT for radio communications from ATC, etc. Weird, no? Anybody have similar experience? Anybody think of a solution?

appreciate any help.

 

Maolain

 

wich buttkicker U have? 2, PLUS or PRO? if U're using the USB connection U've setted it in the wrong way

[=DROOPY=]

I started having issues about a month ago...I have since uninstalled/reinstalled DCS.

I now have sound but only while I'm in the cockpit. Upon game start, I get no menu music, but the Buttkicker is making my teeth chatter.

In the cockpit, I get Master Caution/Advisory warnings, training Instructor, Jester, and voiceovers. But nothing outside the cockpit comes through the headphones. 

If I select the headset to be the default audio, then I lose *all* game audio. 

I have uninstalled the Windows Sonic Sound Suite, just to make sure it wasn't the conflict, and nothing changed.

 

I've also updated the drivers for the headset. 

 

If it helps at all, I have the same issue when I watch Youtube videos. I can have the Buttkicker, or I can have audio. I can't get both to work simultaneously.

[Scott-S6]

On 1/30/2024 at 4:34 PM, Ala12Rv-Tundra said:

Not sure about your last statement, I have DCS regular sound playing through my speakers and comms playing through the speakers from my Rift S.
I choose both output from DCS audio settings. And I have checked the option "hear like in helmet".
The OP precisely remarks he´s receiving comms. So I think he just needs to choose the proper output for his system

 

OP wants to have all audio go to his headset and all audio to go to the buttkicker. There is no combination of options you can select to do that.

[f14billy]

In my case I run hapticonnect and simshaker for aviators together. I wanted to feel not just the simshaker effects but also the lower frequencies of the DCS main audio through my buttkicker pro.

For this to work I set the buttkicker input as the default audio device in windows. In DCS I have the Main audio out set to windows default and no headphones. Then I run hapticonnect in audio splitter mode with one output either regular speakers or VR headset (whichever I want to listen through) and the other is the buttkicker speakers. Lastly I have simshaker for aviators running.

I had to set the high cuttoff frequency to 50 in the buttkicker amplier to avoid certain low frequency sounds to be felt through the buttkicker. For example in the F-14 everytime Jester would speak I could feel it though my buttkicker. That setting fixed that issue.

I love the simshaker effects however I also wanted to feel the sound rumble without the need of a subwoofer so this allowed me to do it.

Edited August 21, 2024 by f14billy

[71st_Mastiff]

I got the new Butt Kicker and the Gamer Ultimate package software and it works with my rig, great!..

 

Rotor Heads Apache 64 works great with it!! 

[=DROOPY=]

Anyone still using the Buttkicker Hapticonnect software, I emplore you to consider purchasing Simhaptic:

https://rkapps.shop/products/simhaptic-for-msfs-x-plane

There's just no comparison, and everything started working again as it should, once I completed the install and tuned the in game options.