Hey guys, you are my last hope. This might not even be a Simucube issues but I struggle for a full week, googled for 10+ hours and also reinstalled windows about 3 times with out any luck.
When playing AMS2 (it happens in AMS2 only) and changing focus to another app (alt+tab) my SC2 Pro loses all steering and ffb ingame. In Truedrive and Windows everything is still working fine though. So this might not be a SC2 issue.
If I restart AMS2 it works again until it loses focus again.
I tried 100% clean install of Win10 and Win11 and installed AMS2 fresh from Steam (no backup from external drive), tried it with and without Simhub but nothing makes a difference.
Did anybody ever had the same issue?
Thank you in advance
Game enters Pause mode/no ffb when screen focus is lost, but ffb comes again as soon as I enter to track
Itās not coming back. Steering is dead (no turning possible), no ffb and I canāt calibrate wheel in game. Itās completely gone until I restart the game.
Itās getting weirder. This morning I hooked up my other USB wheel, and everything worksā¦ wth?
I plugged in the other USB wheel again, and it starts acting weird acting.
How can a usb wheel intefer with the SC2?
Shouldnāt it be completly seperated?
Did you try a different USB Port, some boards are using internal USB hubs for some ports, but I know it is hard to figure out which are controlled by the chipset directly. Esp. many new low/mid end boards/chipsets (e.g. =already high price AM5 boards have only 4-5 of the ports w/o hub).
Also USB sleep mode could be a possible issue - search for āusb sleep energy settingā to see how to turn itoff.
Thanks for your input. I tested all ports, replaced all usb cables, from all devices but the problem still exist.
I also disabled selected energy saving on usb ports but it didnāt make a difference (I donāt think itās an energy problem since no device is really disconnecting, it still works fine in true drive)
This morning it worked for a an hour, but when i switch the wheel the problem is back.
In this moment Iām installing joy2key to assign each usb device to itās own joystick number. Maybe itās beacuse Windows is changing portsā¦
Itās a long reach but I donāt know what else to doā¦
Are you using SimHub Control Mapper? Disable if you do, there were bunch of reports recently on issues with that one.
No, I also tested the system after a clean install of the os without simhub and any other mapping tools installed and it behaved the same.
Are you using a custom FFB file? If yes try with the default or the opposite and see if this continues. I remember a couple of years back i had some similar issues with some custom files. Not saying that this is the problem in your case but since you have done everything else, it is worth giving this a shot.
Thank you, I never thought of the custom ffb. I use Daniel Kartās file. I will give it a shot when Iām back home.
I finally figured it out and maybe someone can reproduce it.
The problem is mapping of āextra brakeā in AMS 2. As soon as I map an Input (no matter if itās a controller or just a keyboard input) the wheelbase lose all function on alt+tab (or when AMS2 loses focus).
If I remove the mapping and tabbing out and back into the game SC2 is fully functional again. I donāt even have to restart the game.
I donāt know how this is related to each other but I can reproduce it 20 times in a row.
So Iām pretty sure itās the causeā¦
I tried AMS2 yesterday to try the RX cars and had no issues with extra brake bound to my handbrake
Not sure if this will make a difference but I am running my game in windowed borderless and alt tabbing or open Chrome for example doesnāt cause me to lose FFB
Thank you, but it happens independend from the window mode.
I talked to two other Simucube drivers and they dont have the issue either.
Seems only to affect my system.
After 1 year I finally figured out whats happening. At least itās working for now. I believe AMS2 has a device limit. If you use too many devices one gets kicked during the game. Since I combined my 2 buttonboxes with the Simhub Control Mapper to a single device I can map the handbrake again without losing FFB.
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