ppjoy users on Windows have been experiencing a crash on startup; this was a bug in X-Plane 10.10/10.11, induced by particular virtual HID devices that only ppjoy could make. I found the problem and it will be fixed in 10.20. Hauppauge wintv 8.5.
In the meantime, if you need to use ppjoy and want to work around the problem, set your hat switches to discrete directions, not analog. (X-Plane can't use an analog hatswitch anyway; most people have this because it is a ppjoy default.) Avatar 2009 3d download.
As a side rant to ppjoy users: I was a bit horrified with the process of installing ppjoy. ppjoy is an unsigned driver so I had to turn off driver signing in Windows. ppjoy is also, as far as I can tell, not hosted anywhere official. So I had to install an unsigned driver off of a file locker onto my Windows machine with the safeties off.
Ppjoy Joystick Driver Software VJoy v.64 This project was originally designed to provide an open-source replacement for PPJoy. The product, at this point, consists of virtual joystick device that is seen by the system as a standard joystick but its position-data is written to it by a client. PPJoy 0.83 is a free driver pack for digital joysticks and gamepads (Playstation, SNES, Sega and Genesis) which are connected via a parallel port (PPJoy stands for Parallel Port Joystick). However, it also supports other peripherals via a virtual joystick. There are many USB joysticks that are difficult to install and configure. Download PPJoy v0.78 (1.5 MB) by Deon van der Westhuysen. PPJoy 0.83 is a free driver pack for digital joysticks and gamepads (Playstation, SNES, Sega and Genesis) which are connected via a parallel port (PPJoy stands for Parallel Port Joystick). However, it also supports other peripherals via a virtual joystick. There are many USB joysticks that are difficult to install and configure.
To be clear, I do not think that this is the author's fault. He is making freeware, and the only thing that would remedy these problems is money. I do not and cannot expect him to give up not only his time (to code) but also pay to solve the distribution problems of official hosting and buying a signing certificate.
Still, the process of taking off all of the safeties to put random third party binary software on my Windows box was unnerving and not something I would ever do as an end-user.
As far as I know, the ppjoy crash and the PS3 controller crash are the only two known regression bugs* with joystick hardware, and they'll both be fixed in 10.20. (Linux users, needing to edit udev rules to use hardware is not something that we consider to be a bug – see this post.)
When will 10.20 go final? Real soon now. Plugin authors, if you aren't already running on 10.20 betas, you should have been doing that weeks ago.
* Regression bug means: it used to work in 10.05 and stopped working in 10.10 when we rewrote the joystick code.
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About Ben Supnik
vJoy is a PPJoy-like driver that can create virtual game controllers. This driver is signed, so unlike PPJoy you can install it on 64bit Win7/8 without using test mode. It does not have any input generation function, so you'll need a 'feeder' program do make it functional. This is where FreePIE comes in. The FreePIE Programmable Input Emulator is something that allows you to emulate different kinds of inputs with Python scripts. It supports vJoy natively. Just install both, create at least one virtual controller in vJoy and fire up FreePIE. The documentation is lacking tbh but it's still easy to get started.
This is what I use on my laptop for driving games that do not support mouse control. It also gives me independent steering sensitivity setting in LFS.
from System import Int16
if starting:
system.setThreadTiming(TimingTypes.HighresSystemTimer)
system.threadExecutionInterval = 5 # loop delay
max = Int16.MaxValue*0.5+2
min = -Int16.MaxValue*0.5+1
x = 0 # steering
senX = 3
y = min # throttle
z = min # brake
rx = min # clutch
ry = min # handbrake
senP = 1500
x += mouse.deltaX * senX
y += (1 if keyboard.getKeyDown(Key.D) else -1) * senP
z += (1 if keyboard.getKeyDown(Key.S) else -1) * senP
rx += (1 if keyboard.getKeyDown(Key.A) else -1) * senP
ry += (1 if mouse.middleButton else -1) * senP
if keyboard.getKeyDown(Key.LeftControl) and mouse.middleButton: # steering centering
x = 0
if (x > max):
x = max
elif (x < min):
x = min
if (y > max):
y = max
elif (y < min):
y = min
if (z > max):
z = max
elif (z < min):
z = min
if (rx > max):
rx = max
elif (rx < min):
rx = min
if (ry > max):
ry = max
elif (ry < min):
ry = min
vJoy[0].x = x
vJoy[0].y = y
vJoy[0].z = z
vJoy[0].rx = rx
vJoy[0].ry = ry
vJoy[0].setButton(0,int(mouse.leftButton))
vJoy[0].setButton(1,int(mouse.rightButton))
#vJoy[0].setButton(2,int(mouse.middleButton))
if mouse.wheelUp: # pit menu +
keyboard.setKeyDown(Key.RightArrow)
else:
keyboard.setKeyUp(Key.RightArrow)
if mouse.wheelDown: # pit menu -
keyboard.setKeyDown(Key.LeftArrow)
else:
keyboard.setKeyUp(Key.LeftArrow)
This one is for tristancliffe who asked for Sequential AND paddle shift script over one year ago. I know it's way too late, but it's still good as a demonstration.
In the meantime, if you need to use ppjoy and want to work around the problem, set your hat switches to discrete directions, not analog. (X-Plane can't use an analog hatswitch anyway; most people have this because it is a ppjoy default.) Avatar 2009 3d download.
As a side rant to ppjoy users: I was a bit horrified with the process of installing ppjoy. ppjoy is an unsigned driver so I had to turn off driver signing in Windows. ppjoy is also, as far as I can tell, not hosted anywhere official. So I had to install an unsigned driver off of a file locker onto my Windows machine with the safeties off.
Ppjoy Joystick Driver Software VJoy v.64 This project was originally designed to provide an open-source replacement for PPJoy. The product, at this point, consists of virtual joystick device that is seen by the system as a standard joystick but its position-data is written to it by a client. PPJoy 0.83 is a free driver pack for digital joysticks and gamepads (Playstation, SNES, Sega and Genesis) which are connected via a parallel port (PPJoy stands for Parallel Port Joystick). However, it also supports other peripherals via a virtual joystick. There are many USB joysticks that are difficult to install and configure. Download PPJoy v0.78 (1.5 MB) by Deon van der Westhuysen. PPJoy 0.83 is a free driver pack for digital joysticks and gamepads (Playstation, SNES, Sega and Genesis) which are connected via a parallel port (PPJoy stands for Parallel Port Joystick). However, it also supports other peripherals via a virtual joystick. There are many USB joysticks that are difficult to install and configure.
To be clear, I do not think that this is the author's fault. He is making freeware, and the only thing that would remedy these problems is money. I do not and cannot expect him to give up not only his time (to code) but also pay to solve the distribution problems of official hosting and buying a signing certificate.
Still, the process of taking off all of the safeties to put random third party binary software on my Windows box was unnerving and not something I would ever do as an end-user.
As far as I know, the ppjoy crash and the PS3 controller crash are the only two known regression bugs* with joystick hardware, and they'll both be fixed in 10.20. (Linux users, needing to edit udev rules to use hardware is not something that we consider to be a bug – see this post.)
When will 10.20 go final? Real soon now. Plugin authors, if you aren't already running on 10.20 betas, you should have been doing that weeks ago.
* Regression bug means: it used to work in 10.05 and stopped working in 10.10 when we rewrote the joystick code.
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About Ben Supnik
Ben is a software engineer who works on X-Plane; he spends most of his days drinking coffee and swearing at the computer -- sometimes at the same time.Some people (including me) have asked about creating virtual controllers and programming some unusual controller behavior here. I've been using vJoy and FreePIE recently and the solution is quite convenient. You can quickly script on a virtual controller to convert keyborad/mouse/whatever input, remap axes, do conditional logic or make other fancy stuff.vJoy is a PPJoy-like driver that can create virtual game controllers. This driver is signed, so unlike PPJoy you can install it on 64bit Win7/8 without using test mode. It does not have any input generation function, so you'll need a 'feeder' program do make it functional. This is where FreePIE comes in. The FreePIE Programmable Input Emulator is something that allows you to emulate different kinds of inputs with Python scripts. It supports vJoy natively. Just install both, create at least one virtual controller in vJoy and fire up FreePIE. The documentation is lacking tbh but it's still easy to get started.
This is what I use on my laptop for driving games that do not support mouse control. It also gives me independent steering sensitivity setting in LFS.
from System import Int16
if starting:
system.setThreadTiming(TimingTypes.HighresSystemTimer)
system.threadExecutionInterval = 5 # loop delay
max = Int16.MaxValue*0.5+2
min = -Int16.MaxValue*0.5+1
x = 0 # steering
senX = 3
y = min # throttle
z = min # brake
rx = min # clutch
ry = min # handbrake
senP = 1500
x += mouse.deltaX * senX
y += (1 if keyboard.getKeyDown(Key.D) else -1) * senP
z += (1 if keyboard.getKeyDown(Key.S) else -1) * senP
rx += (1 if keyboard.getKeyDown(Key.A) else -1) * senP
ry += (1 if mouse.middleButton else -1) * senP
if keyboard.getKeyDown(Key.LeftControl) and mouse.middleButton: # steering centering
x = 0
if (x > max):
x = max
elif (x < min):
x = min
if (y > max):
y = max
elif (y < min):
y = min
if (z > max):
z = max
elif (z < min):
z = min
if (rx > max):
rx = max
elif (rx < min):
rx = min
if (ry > max):
ry = max
elif (ry < min):
ry = min
vJoy[0].x = x
vJoy[0].y = y
vJoy[0].z = z
vJoy[0].rx = rx
vJoy[0].ry = ry
vJoy[0].setButton(0,int(mouse.leftButton))
vJoy[0].setButton(1,int(mouse.rightButton))
#vJoy[0].setButton(2,int(mouse.middleButton))
if mouse.wheelUp: # pit menu +
keyboard.setKeyDown(Key.RightArrow)
else:
keyboard.setKeyUp(Key.RightArrow)
if mouse.wheelDown: # pit menu -
keyboard.setKeyDown(Key.LeftArrow)
else:
keyboard.setKeyUp(Key.LeftArrow)
This one is for tristancliffe who asked for Sequential AND paddle shift script over one year ago. I know it's way too late, but it's still good as a demonstration.
# Using x axis on vJoy device 0 as desired throttle input.
# The real wheel is joystick 0 and throttle input is y axis. Ignition cut is button 10.
from System import Int16
if starting:
system.setThreadTiming(TimingTypes.HighresSystemTimer)
system.threadExecutionInterval = 5 # loop delay
max = Int16.MaxValue*0.5+2
min = -Int16.MaxValue*0.5+1
if joystick[0].getPressed(10):
vJoy[0].x = min # ignition cut
else:
vJoy[0].x = joystick[0].y # normal throttle
If you're still on 32bit/XP and PPJoy does work without test mode, GlovePIE (more mature, but no vJoy support) will work in a similar fashion as FreePIE. You can also ignore FreePIE/GlovePIE and code your own vJoy/PPJoy feeder application if you like.
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FFB can not pass through such a setup so don't do it on your wheel steering axis.