Controller Support For Gaming Wheels & Pedals

Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 10:29 am

Does anyone know if gaming wheels like the Logitech, Fanatec, ECCI, TSW, CST, NIXIM, etc. will be supported? ETQW has vehicles but doesn't support any wheel controls so I stopped playing it. I'm just hoping that RAGE will support controlling land vehicles with an actual wheel.
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Tracy Byworth
 
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:53 pm

i don't really think so... there will be shooting to, so i think it will support only simple controllers... ;)
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 12:56 pm

i don't really think so... there will be shooting to, so i think it will support only simple controllers... ;)


Why would it matter if there's shooting too? Wheel & pedal sets include buttons on the wheel for things like guns. I know Carmack likes driving, so I'm just hoping that RAGE includes support for a controller which will make it fun...heck even if it just supported a Logitech MoMo I'd put mine back together. Trying to flick a car around a track with a digital controller is just a horrible experience for most people.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 11:00 am

Why would it matter if there's shooting too? Wheel & pedal sets include buttons on the wheel for things like guns. I know Carmack likes driving, so I'm just hoping that RAGE includes support for a controller which will make it fun...heck even if it just supported a Logitech MoMo I'd put mine back together. Trying to flick a car around a track with a digital controller is just a horrible experience for most people.


if i can play COD with a arcade stick on console, then u should be able to use ur wheel for rage. dumb as it sounds, it should work.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:50 am

if i can play COD with a arcade stick on console, then u should be able to use ur wheel for rage. dumb as it sounds, it should work.


That's what I thought when I tried using my Logitech MoMo Racing Wheel in ETQWs. I used the tech guide for selecting the wheel as the controller which works with joysticks, but it just didn't work. Other forum members tried it as well without any luck. The problem is that id didn't use any packaged controller support...they created their own. Consequently ETQW only works on controllers which they support and no wheels are supported. I'm just totally hoping that since RAGE has a much larger vehicle component then they will look into using a packaged controller support module or at least spend the extra couple of days to at least support the MoMo since it's by far the most common and readily available wheel.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:05 pm

That's what I thought when I tried using my Logitech MoMo Racing Wheel in ETQWs. I used the tech guide for selecting the wheel as the controller which works with joysticks, but it just didn't work. Other forum members tried it as well without any luck. The problem is that id didn't use any packaged controller support...they created their own. Consequently ETQW only works on controllers which they support and no wheels are supported. I'm just totally hoping that since RAGE has a much larger vehicle component then they will look into using a packaged controller support module or at least spend the extra couple of days to at least support the MoMo since it's by far the most common and readily available wheel.



ETQW has two components. The a modified ID Tech 4 Engine, And the Game ETQW. ID software makes ID Tech 4; witch has support for many kinds of input devices, including wheels. ETQW, made by splash damage, dose not support wheels.

I know the feeling. I'd love to see ID Tech 5 support 12+ mouse buttons. LIke many logitech and other high end gaming mice. Or how about about the Novent Faclon force feedback gaming stick. Or for instance 3D space Navigator, flight sticks, extra.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 5:20 am

ETQW has two components. The a modified ID Tech 4 Engine, And the Game ETQW. ID software makes ID Tech 4; witch has support for many kinds of input devices, including wheels. ETQW, made by splash damage, dose not support wheels.

I know the feeling. I'd love to see ID Tech 5 support 12+ mouse buttons. LIke many logitech and other high end gaming mice. Or how about about the Novent Faclon force feedback gaming stick. Or for instance 3D space Navigator, flight sticks, extra.


Thanks for the info...I can only hope more posts like yours finds their way in here and stimulate concern that RAGE won't last long if players grow weary of frustration trying to race with a mouse & keyboard.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:06 am

Still no word on whether we can use a gaming wheel or not in a racing game? With a 2011 release date someone at Bethesda or idSoftware must have some clue whether popular vehicle controllers (wheel & pedals) will be supported.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:17 pm

Hey guys.
Does anyone know if the xbox360 Conroller (for Windows) will be supported?

I hope, it′s ok to ask in this topic, don′t wanted to start a new one just for one question...
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 7:44 pm

I was looking at one of the concept pictures and had a vision of playing with my logitech wheel. I would really like to be able to do this. I think it would be a blast. Driving with my keyboard is not something I like. This could be a pass for me if there isn't any support for driving hardware.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 1:48 pm

Hey guys.
Does anyone know if the xbox360 Conroller (for Windows) will be supported?

I hope, it′s ok to ask in this topic, don′t wanted to start a new one just for one question...


It's OK with me...and I can actually answer this...the very first demonstration of Tech 5 was with RAGE at QuakeCon 2007 simultaneously on an Xbox 360, PS2, and PC all using an xbox360 style controller. Console gamers have nothing to fear from being able to use their built-in controllers...it's the PC users with their almost limitless availability of controller options that are always concerned.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 3:27 pm

I was looking at one of the concept pictures and had a vision of playing with my logitech wheel. I would really like to be able to do this. I think it would be a blast. Driving with my keyboard is not something I like. This could be a pass for me if there isn't any support for driving hardware.


Thank you for posting! I was starting to worry that I was the only one that wanted to drive a vehicle with a wheel & pedals. I thought ETQW was an awesome game, but quickly grew very bored because the vehicles were unwieldy to control. Since RAGE is supposed to show off idTech 5 and idTech 5 includes Wheel & Pedal support then I'm very hopefull that we will get to drive the vehicles.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 8:16 pm

Now that RAGE is out...could somebody...anybody...try to use a wheel & pedal set i.e. Logitch MOMO Racing Wheel, Logitech G25, Saitek R660, Trust GM-3100R, Fanatec, ECCI, etc. I can't afford to buy or play RAGE right now and I won't buy it unless I can use my wheel & pedal set. Wheel & Pedal sets weren't supported on ETQW which led to me to stop playing it after just a month...driving a vehicle with digital controls is just not any fun to me.
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Post » Wed Oct 05, 2011 2:32 pm

I have a fanatec wheel and it wouldn't let me assign anything for the driver section. Hopefully, considering the vehicle focus of this game we will see this fixed.
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