No Forces At All ?

mondo1978 · Post by **mondo1978** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 2:34 pm

I foolishly assumened force 2 would work ok with FSX on Vista 64 so I went ahead & bought it.
Now I have found that it doesn't, nothing at all even during installion checks. [registered ok]

I have a Saitek Evo Force joystick which works fine after downloading 64 bit drivers.
Maybe I'm at fault, any ideas as to what I should do next ?

Post by **RussDirks** » Sat Oct 17, 2009 11:23 pm

Did you try the solution presented in the Saitek Joysticks and Vista thread? It may solve your problems.

mondo1978 · Post by **mondo1978** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 8:52 am

Further to my problem, here is the logfile info :Enumerated Joystick : Saitek Cyborg Evo Force
Supported Effects :
- Constant Force
- Ramp Force
- Square Wave
- Sine Wave
- Triangle Wave
- SawtoothUp Wave
- Sawtooth Down Wave
- Spring Force
- Damper Force
- Inertia
- Friction
- Custom Force
- Axis Barrier
- Angle Barrier
- Axis Wall
- Angle Wall

Creating effects for Saitek Cyborg Evo Force
Error creating Spring Effect. Your joystick may not support this effect. :
E_INVALIDARG :
An invalid parameter was passed to the returning function
Error creating Friction Effect. Your joystick may not support this effect. :
E_INVALIDARG :
An invalid parameter was passed to the returning function
Error creating Damper Effect. Your joystick may not support this effect. :
E_INVALIDARG :
An invalid parameter was passed to the returning function
Error creating Constant Force Effect. Your joystick may not support this effect. :
E_INVALIDARG :
An invalid parameter was passed to the returning function
Error creating Periodic Effect. Your joystick may not support this effect. :
E_INVALIDARG :
An invalid parameter was passed to the returning function
Error creating Square Wave Effect. Your joystick may not support this effect. :
E_INVALIDARG :
An invalid parameter was passed to the returning function
Error creating Pavement Groove Effect. Your joystick may not support this effect. :
E_INVALIDARG :
An invalid parameter was passed to the returning function
Looks like it just is incompatible with Vista 64 as I've carried out the solution thread & made no differance !

Post by **RussDirks** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 10:17 am

I don't have Vista64 myself, but I know other FS Force users who do, and they have not reported any problems, so I don't think it's the OS.

Try going into Control Panel / Game Controllers/ Properties. Usually there's a tab where you can test the forces on your joystick. Do they work? You might want to contact Saitek support about this.

mondo1978 · Post by **mondo1978** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 1:57 pm

Thanks for all your assistance, tried that & still no forces, will contact saitek as you suggest.

mondo1978 · Post by **mondo1978** » Sun Oct 18, 2009 2:52 pm

More info on my last post.
Read through saitek FAQ's, found several with my problem but none of them worked.
Then found one exactly the same & he re-installed the driver & it worked so tried that & it fixed mine to, works fine now.