Dear fellow dolphin-forum members,
I'm new to this forum, so...hello
. I've posted a similar thread on another forum to realize that the community is dead, or there is little to no interaction occurring on a day to day basis. This community seems more active, so I've come here for help.
I recently stumbled upon a Logitech Speed Force Wireless Wheel; a friend of mine was moving out from his dorm and because his Wii was already broken he told me I could have his wheel or else it was going in the garbage. I thought it would be a nice addition and thought it was PC compatible, and hastily accepted his offer.
To my surprise, I found that this wheel is obsolete, even according to Logitech, but there is one thing I found on the WiiBrew wiki that lead me to search these forums and finally make a post after many hours of Googling. According to the Speed Force link on the WiiBrew Wiki, there was a Linux solution that was made to allow the wheels buttons to function. For Windows, however, there wasn't much of a solution, or a follow up, as the page hasn't been updated for over three years. I'm assuming here that the whole project has been scrapped.
Currently, I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro and have the device plugged in. The usb dongle is detected and the wheel is also detected as a HID-compliant game controller in the device manager, and in Control Panel as Wii Cordless Wheel. As the wiki page says that in Windows it is recognized with 11 buttons and 3 axis, I thought it would work. When I try to calibrate the device, the buttons aren't providing feedback or recognition, which makes me come back to the wiki article where some communication with the device via libusb is required in order to get the actual device to start functioning; This is possible in linux with a kernel that is provided but not for Windows. In the event that the dongle is activated on Linux and then linked back on Windows, the wheel will have "corrupted axis" because the HID descriptor is corrupted. The only solution would be a driver, according to the wiki page.
Because I am not a programmer/coder/homebrewer/whatever-you-call-it, I was wondering if someone could either provide me, as well as the community, with a solution OR even redirect me to a page or another place where I could find a solution, OR help me complete the steps mentioned in the wiki - even if the axis are corrupted. I don't know how to setup or use LibUsb-win32 to execute commands nor do I have the capibilities of making my own driver for this device.
Any help is appreciated, and thanks for taking the time to read this post!
Also, I've tried the wheel on Dolphin to see if it would start working, but even on NFS Most Wanted (the only official supported game for this wheel) it failed to work. When I tried to configure the device, it showed up as a DInput or SDL device but when I tried either of them the options remained greyed out and the wheel turning did nothing. It's the same issue...even by emulating the Wii and running the game, the command to get the wheel to start functioning isn't going through...I don't know if I'm out of options but I don't know any other solutions :/
Link to Wiki: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Logitech_USB_ste....2FHacking
I'm new to this forum, so...hello

I recently stumbled upon a Logitech Speed Force Wireless Wheel; a friend of mine was moving out from his dorm and because his Wii was already broken he told me I could have his wheel or else it was going in the garbage. I thought it would be a nice addition and thought it was PC compatible, and hastily accepted his offer.
To my surprise, I found that this wheel is obsolete, even according to Logitech, but there is one thing I found on the WiiBrew wiki that lead me to search these forums and finally make a post after many hours of Googling. According to the Speed Force link on the WiiBrew Wiki, there was a Linux solution that was made to allow the wheels buttons to function. For Windows, however, there wasn't much of a solution, or a follow up, as the page hasn't been updated for over three years. I'm assuming here that the whole project has been scrapped.
Currently, I'm running Windows 8.1 Pro and have the device plugged in. The usb dongle is detected and the wheel is also detected as a HID-compliant game controller in the device manager, and in Control Panel as Wii Cordless Wheel. As the wiki page says that in Windows it is recognized with 11 buttons and 3 axis, I thought it would work. When I try to calibrate the device, the buttons aren't providing feedback or recognition, which makes me come back to the wiki article where some communication with the device via libusb is required in order to get the actual device to start functioning; This is possible in linux with a kernel that is provided but not for Windows. In the event that the dongle is activated on Linux and then linked back on Windows, the wheel will have "corrupted axis" because the HID descriptor is corrupted. The only solution would be a driver, according to the wiki page.
Because I am not a programmer/coder/homebrewer/whatever-you-call-it, I was wondering if someone could either provide me, as well as the community, with a solution OR even redirect me to a page or another place where I could find a solution, OR help me complete the steps mentioned in the wiki - even if the axis are corrupted. I don't know how to setup or use LibUsb-win32 to execute commands nor do I have the capibilities of making my own driver for this device.
Any help is appreciated, and thanks for taking the time to read this post!
Also, I've tried the wheel on Dolphin to see if it would start working, but even on NFS Most Wanted (the only official supported game for this wheel) it failed to work. When I tried to configure the device, it showed up as a DInput or SDL device but when I tried either of them the options remained greyed out and the wheel turning did nothing. It's the same issue...even by emulating the Wii and running the game, the command to get the wheel to start functioning isn't going through...I don't know if I'm out of options but I don't know any other solutions :/
Link to Wiki: http://wiibrew.org/wiki/Logitech_USB_ste....2FHacking