Racing Wheel In Big Box

[Drakkorcia]

I am starting a racing build and cannot get my T300RS to working in Launchbox. When I start Big Box the menu starts spamming down, and none of my other buttons or wheels d pad work. Under controls it lists my wheel as the controller although it isn't working properly.

[Fursphere]

I had the same problem with my Daytona twin build.   Fanatec DD wheels would work inconsistently in BigBox, so much so that I gave up on it.  My solution was to just put a Elegato Stream Deck Mini just behind the shifters on each seat that has front end controls.  I got the stream decks used off ebay pretty cheap.

You can see where I mounted it here:  https://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php/topic,167512.msg1768325.html#msg1768325

I'm not sure how your cabinet(?) is setup, so this may or may not work for you.   You could do something similar with arcade buttons and a simple encoder like an ipac.

[C-Beats]

There is a checkbox in the controller section of the options menu within Big Box that says something akin to "Problematic Controller Compatibility". Is that checked? If not check it and let us know if you still see the issue.

[Fursphere]

I have played with that button.  On/off.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  "inconsistent" is what I would call it. 

I don't blame BigBox.  I blame the crappy drivers and software that come from the wheel vendors, and then the crappy USB device handling from Windows.   Before I switched to Fanatec, I had a Thrustmaster T300RS wheel, and before that a Logitech G27.   I remember having problems with the Thrustmaster.  The Logitech just worked though.  Logitech makes great software, too bad the force feedback on their wheels is garbage by comparison. 

[Drakkorcia]

4 hours ago, Fursphere said:

I have played with that button.  On/off.  Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.  "inconsistent" is what I would call it. 

I don't blame BigBox.  I blame the crappy drivers and software that come from the wheel vendors, and then the crappy USB device handling from Windows.   Before I switched to Fanatec, I had a Thrustmaster T300RS wheel, and before that a Logitech G27.   I remember having problems with the Thrustmaster.  The Logitech just worked though.  Logitech makes great software, too bad the force feedback on their wheels is garbage by comparison. 

I did experiment with those checkboxes. I had to hold the brake down and tap the accelerator to stop the spamming enough to stop on the options menu if that makes any sense. This is really unfortunate because LB runs the Steam games so much faster than retroFE; for whatever reason, NFS Unbound would take forever to load and with LB it was up and playable in less than 10 seconds. I hope Jason sees this and understands the necessity of having direct input compatibility for Big Box; it is an oversight to have all these racing builds for LB but the frontend itself can't use a wheel to navigate...

[Fursphere]

You can use the D-Pad and A/B buttons on the wheel for BB navigation instead of the analog controls.  (Unless you've got a button-less wheel)

[Drakkorcia]

24 minutes ago, Fursphere said:

You can use the D-Pad and A/B buttons on the wheel for BB navigation instead of the analog controls.  (Unless you've got a button-less wheel)

I have a T300RS; it has a full Playstation button set but doesn't work. When I load Big Box there is no input on the wheel except the spamming of down; it just loops. It seems brake is functioning as up, and the accelerator is functioning as down, and being continuously pressed so it spams. 

[Fursphere]

Ya..  I remember that hell when I had a T300RS wheel.  

[Drakkorcia]

5 hours ago, Fursphere said:

Ya..  I remember that hell when I had a T300RS wheel.  

Well, at the moment it is working flawlessly. I do have all checkboxes checked including the troublesome controls box.