Thrustmaster wheel unresponsive in bigbox interface.

[matamian]

I'm working on a racing setup with a bigbox interface. I'm trying to set the wheel controls to navigate the menus but everything aside from the brake pedal is completely unresponsive. I selected the Thrusmaster wheel as the input device in controller options. The wheel and all it's buttons work in windows and mame but nothing happens when I try to map any of the buttons/dpad to control the bigbox interface. I've set up many joysticks and other controllers to navigate bigbox before. Anything I could be missing? 

[SrfrBoyBobby]

Unfortunately, I don’t have a thrustmaster wheel to test this but maybe you can use a program like ReWASD https://www.rewasd.com to make the controller be seen as a different device. Per their website “reWASD permits to emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 for any gamepad we support”
 

Check to see if they support the Thrustmaster and you might be able to make the system see it as an Xbox controller when you are on the main menu screens then default back to no applied changes when you launch a game.

It’s not the best answer but hopefully it can point you in a direction. 
 

Edited February 17, 2022 by SrfrBoyBobby
I don’t know why it’s highlighting so much of my response. Lol

[matamian]

14 hours ago, SrfrBoyBobby said:

Unfortunately, I don’t have a thrustmaster wheel to test this but maybe you can use a program like ReWASD https://www.rewasd.com to make the controller be seen as a different device. Per their website “reWASD permits to emulate Xbox 360 or DualShock 4 for any gamepad we support”
 

Check to see if they support the Thrustmaster and you might be able to make the system see it as an Xbox controller when you are on the main menu screens then default back to no applied changes when you launch a game.

It’s not the best answer but hopefully it can point you in a direction. 
 

Thanks. I'll give that a shot. I'll post back with results. Much appreciated. 

[SrfrBoyBobby]

there maybe other free options but rewasd does work well once you figure out how it functions

[matamian]

I got it working. Found an old thread here regarding setup with a logitech g29 wheel. Had to enable beta versions of launchbox and hook up an xbox one controller to do the setup. It was a bit of a hassle but I got it going without any 3rd party software. 

[SrfrBoyBobby]

Awesome! Great to hear you found a solution. Best of luck and Game on!