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snowman3725
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unable to locate a force feedback joystick

Post by snowman3725 » Wed Dec 29, 2010 2:14 pm

I just bought, upzipped, and ran the set up as an admin, but when i try to open the program i get an error message saying "Unable to locate a force feedback joystick!" and then a message saying the program stopped working. I am running 64 bit vista and a Saitek X65F.

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Post by RussDirks » Thu Dec 30, 2010 12:10 am

Sorry, but the X65F is not a force feedback joystick, and thus is not compatible with FS Force. According to the Saitek website, it is "force sensing", which means that instead of the joystick moving, it stays in one place and simply responds to pressure exerted in a particular direction.
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Post by snowman3725 » Thu Dec 30, 2010 7:09 am

Can i get a refund then?

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Post by tonytoon » Mon Jun 06, 2011 11:24 pm

I have the same message here, but with a Wingman force 3D. I already used it in FF configuration, and it worked very well (with FS9). I downloaded your demo to try it before buying the key, but nothing work... Can you help me with that? Windows XP SP3 installed.
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Post by RussDirks » Tue Jun 07, 2011 12:53 am

First make sure you have the proper Logitech driver software installed. Then go into Control Panel / Game Controllers / Joystick Properties and verify that the FF joystick functions are working. If they are, FS Force should have no problem recognizing your joystick.
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dennisjoe

Post by dennisjoe » Tue Oct 29, 2013 5:36 pm

What am i missing , i have tried installing DirectX , microsoft visual c++ 2008 , 2011 , net framework , i have tried uninstalling all the programs on my laptop one by one until i removed everything and it still worked , i don't understand why it doesn't work on a clean install ,

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Post by RussDirks » Tue Oct 29, 2013 11:51 pm

dennisjoe wrote:... it doesn't work ...
That's really not a lot to go on! Can you provide some details:

- Joystick?
- FSX / P3D?
- Exact text of any error messages?
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