Question Only half of Axes Behave Normally - Assetto Corsa

Gents,

Greetings, Folks. I have read the docs time and again. I have read form posts carefully, I feel and did not want to just post if the answer was out there for me to research.

I also tuned each DOF/Axis one by one. However, for whatever reason, one half of my axis works while the other seems anemic. For example: Pitch up seems to work properly while pitching down from the center point is weak, slow, not using the full range. Even more frustrating is my left turn response to sway (or roll) responds properly, but sway to the left is basically non-existent...save for returning to center point.

Can anyone share their tuning center settings? Is it related to the % of range setting being too low? I really don't understand the purpose of the Profile Editor since its scale (- to +) does not relate to/match anything else. Is it setting the starting point/baseline for a profile? My PE setting is now at 100%. I wish the order/hierarchy of settings was a little more clear/examples given. I promise to provide some what-ifs once I figure it out.

I only have two Axes/Motors: One pushes forward/back, the other side to side. Running Arduino Uno and SMC3 with VH2nSP30s.

I really appreciate the assist (says the independent guy who thought he was smarter than this...)

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OK. I am using Pitch and Sway @ 100 in this example. Rolling up and down Laguna corkscrew shows me what the game is sending. Axis Limits none (100%). Here is the balanced tuning attachment. We still go up and to center point nicely, but no real noticeable downward pitch. Left turn Sway is fully perceivable, but right sway non-existent outside of the return to center from the left-turning sway. Even low speed jerk on the wheel gives the left sway, but nothing on the right. When I swap the cables OR the direction box on the Axis DOF, I get the exact opposite.

By the way. I just ticked the "Balanced" button on pitch, roll, sway, surge, Extra1. Same result. No left sway registered but plenty of sway to the right. Thanks

Balanced min/max. 100s for DOFS and Limits. Output Tests move rig in both directions.
Also, the rig is a pendulum. So some of Axis1a is for surge and it is shared with pitch, as the rig points up or down on the hills of the tracks. Some of Axis2a is for sway and the axis is shared with extra1 for loss of traction whereby loss of traction will be the majority of the axis. I want minimal side to side movement for the sway. I am actively, slowly getting my head around the DOF/Axis matrix...as I did not think you could list surge and sway in the same DOF column unless you wanted them acted on simultaneously...I was apparently wrong...
Thanks

That certainly makes sense. So, does getting full response on a left turn but no response on a right turn indicate that I need to get the tuning correct and balanced so that valid + and - values are coming in to the Game Engine? This one-sided functionality is a common thing, eh? I will try to pick a track with better left and rights to recapture min/max if that is the case then. Trying that now.

Thanks for the patience.

R

The axis responds to YAW left and right...But, Sway and Roll simply will not activate the left side of Axis 2. Manual movement in SMC3 and Simtools works, just not in game. I guess I should try LFS...I reinstalled the plugin as well. Maybe I need a fresh profile for the game...corruption?

Yes. Replacing the plugin wipes the min/max settings.

After the tests were unsuccessful on Axis2a using sway, I assigned a different motion to it...Yaw in this case just to see if the left side motion actually activated at all. While it was not intended to be a final setting, I wanted to test the mechanical capability and Simtools connectivity to the Arduino...This test, along with manual movements using SMC3 and Simtools move the rig left and right as it should, but neither the sway nor the roll move the rig to the left as they move the rig right. Hardware seems OK. Communication seems ok then.

In my prototype, I have the motors center-connected via chain. So they start at the center point upon initialization. Is that the problem? Nothing happens on the left beyond that center point. Any other suggestions?

Thanks

Hi Yobuddy,

I followed your recommendation and stripped down to the basics of Sway and Surge. I tested and Sway only moved one direction. This made me ask the question: Is my hardware broken?

So I performed two tests:

1 - Manual movement using the Output test. Result: Left and Right rig movement.

2 - I temporarily swapped the Axis assignment from Sway to yaw (I will not use yaw in my final setup). I just wanted to see if any game data would move the rig to the left. Yaw moved the rig to the left and right successfully. So, I think I proved to myself that it is not a hardware problem.

So, it does not appear that I am having a axis assignment issue at this time. Especially since the right movement responds to Sway perfectly. I will see if make a new provide does anything. Perhaps I managed to corrupt it.
Thanks