'SimShaker - Wheels' support thread

=Andre= · Mar 14, 2017

Here you can get help with "SimShaker - Wheels" issues and questions.

SimShaker - Wheels is a mediation software between a supported car simulation game and Gametrix JetSeat or well known Buttckicker hardware to provide immersing event driven vibration FXs (special effects).
Currently supported PC titles: iRacing, Assetto Corsa, Automobilista, rFactor 2, DiRT Rally, Project CARS, Project CARS2, ETS2, ATS, F1 2016/2017 and RRRE.
Currently supported console titles: F1 2016.

=Andre= · Mar 1, 2018

Hi sdubbin,
SimShaker - Wheels provides output to JetSeat via USB and to Buttkicker via dedicated sound card. If you have got only onboard audio you will need to install one more sound card.

Stevie_007 · Mar 1, 2018

Thanks andre. I use the optical for sound to an amp. So would I still need another sound card. It I used onboard sound just for buttkicker I used this setup for simvibe

=Andre= · Mar 1, 2018

Is that optical out coming from the onboard sound card?

Stevie_007 · Mar 1, 2018

=Andre= · Mar 1, 2018

Well, that looks like you used onboard audio not only for buttkicker, but for the amp also.
SimShaker - Wheels needs a dedicated sound output.

Stevie_007 · Mar 1, 2018

With simvibe I had 4 buttkickers coming out of the on board sound but had my speakers connected to an amp from the optical out on the motherboard. It all worked fine. Or so I thought

=Andre= · Mar 1, 2018

I considered "onboard" and "motherboard" as the same device. If actually those are two different device, you already have what SimShaker - Wheels needs.

Stevie_007 · Mar 1, 2018

thanks Andre, i can only try it and see what happens and buy another card if needed .cheers for you help

mcage · Mar 1, 2018

Andre,

Yesterday tested out Dirt Rally with Jetseat. I really like the acceleration/deaccelerate effect however I found with DR that when standing still the is an annoying small vibration as if it's just barely above threshold when standing still. Could that be fixed? Don't have the issue with Pcars 2 though for the same effects.

=Andre= · Mar 1, 2018

Thank you for the feedback, mcage.
Please look in the log window which effect is called while such a situation.

Ceolmor · Mar 1, 2018

On a similar note, I drive a lot of DiRT Rally with SSW and 2x BK Advances. It feels really good when driving. But when I finish a stage, the vibrations continue, and quite intensely, often until I start the next stage or quit the game. I put this down to something wrong being wrong within DiRT Rally.

=Andre= · Mar 1, 2018

That's right, when a race is finished game telemetry may become pretty messy and various FXs may be called intensively as a result.
I try to filter that out where that's possible.

sparrowz · Mar 3, 2018

I'm confused by the customized folders. The example shows Audio/Customized/2/Car1 but I can only find wav_files. Where do I put the custom files?

=Andre= · Mar 3, 2018

What kind of custom files? What are you trying to do?

signman · Mar 3, 2018

Ceolmor said:
On a similar note, I drive a lot of DiRT Rally with SSW and 2x BK Advances. It feels really good when driving. But when I finish a stage, the vibrations continue, and quite intensely, often until I start the next stage or quit the game. I put this down to something wrong being wrong within DiRT Rally.

Does it in iracing too.

Mr Latte · Mar 3, 2018

signman said:
Does it in iracing too.

I usually keep audio apps running on a secondary touchscreen monitor.
This way its easy to mute the Asus DGX for all tactile channels instantly via its control panel.

Somone may know a way to create a shortcut and operate via a (keyboard command) for muting audio but as in this case. To mute a secondary soundcard not the windows "primary audio" soundcard.

sparrowz · Mar 3, 2018

=Andre= said:
What kind of custom files? What are you trying to do?

The custom wav files for car1, car2...

=Andre= · Mar 3, 2018

Create Audio/Customized/2/Car1, Audio/Customized/2/Car2 folders and put the files into them.

Ceolmor · Mar 3, 2018

Mr Latte said:
I usually keep audio apps running on a secondary touchscreen monitor.
This way its easy to mute the Asus DGX for all tactile channels instantly via its control panel.

Somone may know a way to create a shortcut and operate via a (keyboard command) for muting audio but as in this case. To mute a secondary soundcard not the windows "primary audio" soundcard.

I think I found this .....

1. First download a small app called Xonar Switch This controls the Xonar DGX soundcard, containing controls for volume, up to 8 channel mixer, an equalizer and crossover. Importantly, it also has the facility to create different profiles and to control some functions on the fly with keyboard shortcuts, including muting volume and switching between profiles.

2. When you install it you should get an icon on your desktop like this

3. When you click on this to open the app, nothing appears to happen. However, on your taskbar on the right [I am on Windows 10] this icon

should appear. If not, click on the ^ symbol on the same taskbar and you should see

there.

4. If you double click on

, Real Time Settings will come up. You might want to come back and look at this later.

5. If instead you right click on

a menu box appears.

6. Click on Options and this box appears

7. Click on Shortcuts. Hit the key or keys on your keyboard you want to assign to mute sound, or even control sound level if you want.

I use Xpadder to map keyboard shortcuts to buttons, switches and dials on my wheel and button box, but I think Hotkeys and others do the same. So now I have a switch I can toggle to mute the vibrations from my Buttkickers whenever I want, in DiRT Rally or any other sim. And it works.

Going back to 5 above. At top of the menu is Profiles. Click on this and then on New and you can create and save a profile. This might be handy for those of you who have a zillion tactile transducers and want to experiment or have different mixer or equalizer settings for different cars/sims.