midnight_mangler Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Hey guys, Here is a really wierd thing. I activated via Starforce and was able to use 1.1, no problem. Then about a week ago, I noticed that sometimes it asks you to reactivate, and others it loads 1.1 without a hitch. It took me a while to figure out what the pattern is - basically, if I clear my saitek X45 profile, it loads 1.1 no problem. If I don't, the Starforce menu comes up asking me to activate. WTF?? Has anyone else had this issue? If so, appreciate your hints. One thing I still have to check is if it is related to the specific profile I am using, or whether it is a general issue. Thanks for any assistance. Cheers, Mangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight_mangler Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 Ok, it is profile specific. Using precog's old 1.0 profile works fine. I've been trying to use Evilbol's SU-25T profile and this one seems to be triggering Starforce somehow...?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GGTharos Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Strange. It'd be nice to know -exactly- what triggers it ... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Reminder: SAM = Speed Bump :D I used to play flight sims like you, but then I took a slammer to the knee - Yoda Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight_mangler Posted May 29, 2005 Author Share Posted May 29, 2005 Yeah, you and me both. I am using Thomas Weiss' SU25T profile now with no problems. The moment I use Evilbol's profile - it asks to reactivate. Very strange...! Anyway, I'll stick with Tommy's profile from here on out. Cheers, Mangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbird Posted May 29, 2005 Share Posted May 29, 2005 Is it possible Is it possible? The problem profile has commands issued to Rotory knobs? If the knob is turned (or even centered, depending on proflle) there is a constant command being sent. So when you start game there is a CTLR-B constantly being pressed, which may cause a starforce glitch or something? Check the AUX slider aswell, maybe left "Left" is "Off" or Center, etc etc. Make sure everything on stick is "Neutral" before starting game. maybe that will help Tbird Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Wery... WERY strange... And hard to test becourse there is several versions (marks) of X45. Which are you have? When you have buy your joy? We'll try to investagate this problem. With Best Regards! Daniel Tuseyev Il-2: Battle of Stalingrad and Rise Of Flight projects manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S77th-konkussion Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 FWIW I have both rotaries mapped with commands. 1 is an axis- radar/ MFD zoom. The other is a banded zoom view (not the axis). No SF issues so far. [sIGPIC]http://forums.eagle.ru/attachment.php?attachmentid=43337&d=1287169113[/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunks Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Hmm wonder if thats what happened to me, i have a saitek stick and i reinstalled my machine because it was acting up, used the reg backup and reinstalled as per instructions, but was asked to reactivate, wasting 1 of my 4 activations :icon_frow come to think of it i dont think i even plugged in the stick untill after everything was reinstalled, as the lead plugs in a front bay and it hangs down infront of the dvd drive (pain in the butt tbh) omg does it even see a stick as a hardware change Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midnight_mangler Posted May 30, 2005 Author Share Posted May 30, 2005 Hi Han, I can tell you exactly when I bought my stick - about two weeks before the release of lockon! ;-) No coincidence, I might add. So I've had it since November 2003. The serial number printed on the bottom of throttle and stick is SZ00110436. I don't know if that helps you to isolate the version. It is pretty wierd - I can reproduce the starforce activation at will by loading evilbol's profile. If I use any of the other profiles I have, there is no problem - 1.1 loads and executes flawlessly... Chalk it up to the gremlins! JBTW, 1.1 is awesome. Just glad I got it to work. Cheers, Mangler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MusicOn Posted May 30, 2005 Share Posted May 30, 2005 Same happened to me: At my Saitek i have mapped the SU Trimming on the slider and it was set to "trim Up". After starting LockOn Starforce wanted the activation code. Set my slider to neutral-> Starforce scanned the CD->all OK So it seems that either starforce do react on ANY (?) keyboard input while starting, OR the Trim Keys (CTRL+. in GER-Keyboard) disturbes Starforce ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceman_AFS Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 I had the same problem with my X36,as soon as i loaded my profile for Lock on,StarForce wanted to reactivate.Here's what i've done:After you clicked on the exe. to launch the game,you have a few seconds left untill it starts to load up,take this time to load the profile.Once you played the game with the profile it never asked me again to reactivate. Hope that helps.. Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raoul Volfoni Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 One of my pals yesterday encountered the same issue... I advised him to cancel the 'reactivation', set all his rotaries on neutral position, relauch FC, and Ô miracle, it did work normally... Just a question of assignation onto the rotaries, I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Han Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 GUYS, Your profiles makes constantly active keyboard commands like SHIFT or CTRL (CTRL + ; is trim down command). IF you start application which is protected by SF system with pressed CTRL or SHIFT key - it is a command to open activation window. So you have two ways to solve your problem: - When you're starting LO:FC be sure that no one command from joy profiler active now - Run profile after you've started LO:FC With Best Regards! Daniel Tuseyev Il-2: Battle of Stalingrad and Rise Of Flight projects manager Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
o4ki Posted May 31, 2005 Share Posted May 31, 2005 i have saiteck joy and starforce - everything flyes well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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