T128 not detected in Steam

[Kimplul]

Hello.
Plz help, i dont want go back to Win ;)
T128 - Steam dont see him, software update
jstest /dev/input/js1 detects moves

Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon
6.17.0-14-generic

Originally posted by @fornakter in #180

Hi, I moved your comment to a separate issue.

First of all, could you post what sudo dmesg -w prints out when you plug the wheel in? There's currently a known issue where the xpad module might take priority over this driver, I just want to check if that's the case here as well.

[fornakter]

https://pastebin.com/QQThE66Y
I install Oversteer, works only pedals and steering wheel
Edit: jstest /dev/input/js0 detect all buttons

[Kimplul]

I found this in the logs you sent:

[ 3.641335] tmff2 0003:044F:B66D.0002: firmware version 4 might be too old, consider updating
[ 3.641338] tmff2 0003:044F:B66D.0002: note: this has to be done through Windows.

Interestingly, B66D is the ID used by the T300. I suspect you'll need to change the wheel's mode to PC, page 14 of the manual. Remember to unplug the wheel and then plug it back in and then report back.

[fornakter]

I connect via windows and show me only 4.2.2 version.
Page 14 of manual? Which one?

[Kimplul]

I connect via windows and show me only 4.2.2 version.

That's pretty old, newest seems to be 4.76 according to the Thrustmaster website: https://support.thrustmaster.com/en/product/t128-ps-en/

Page 14 of manual? Which one?

User manual, https://ts.thrustmaster.com/download/accessories/Manuals/T128/T128PS_User_manual.pdf

[Kimplul]

Correction: Page 15/26, SELECTING THE GAME MODE. Don't have a T128 to test with myself, unfortunately.

[fornakter]

I make update and change color to green and it wors, but... i have issue, sometimes pedals are replaced, but i dont know wheres problem, Linux? Game (BeamNG)? Dont know.

[Kimplul]

Glad to hear it working. Pedals are kind of a mismash, unfortunately, some games seem to have different defaults than others. If you can, try remapping the pedals in-game.

[fornakter]

The problem is that they change the way they work while gaming. Unfortunately, I think I'll have to dual boot :(
I recalibrated the steering wheel, did a clean install of the game, nothing helped.
BTW thanks for helping.

[Kimplul]

The problem is that they change the way they work while gaming.

Sorry, what does this mean? Please be more specific, do the pedals swap after some time or how do you mean 'while gaming'?

[Kimplul]

I recalibrated the steering wheel, did a clean install of the game, nothing helped.

Sure, but what about just remapping the pedals? You mentioned BeamNG, there you'd go to Options -> Controls -> Vehicle, click on Throttle and then press down the gas pedal. Repeat for brake and clutch. What part of this didn't work, is what I'm trying to ask?

BTW thanks for helping.

No worries :)

[oherau]

I own a T128 with GTR2 via Steam.
Every button works just fine : wheel, pedals, gear pads, buttons
But the FFB is still inactive, however I can feel some slight resistance when I turn the wheel.

I must be close but I do not see what I missing.
Any suggestion ?

[Kimplul]

@oherau same as in the first comment in this thread, please run sudo dmesg -w, then plug in the wheel and post what gets printed. No need to include everything it spits out, just the bit that shows up when plugging in the wheel. Also, prefer pasting the output as plain text into a comment, no screenshots or pastebins please :)

[oherau]

I finally managed to get hid-tmff2 working properly.
I tested FFB effects using this command:
fftest /dev/input/by-id/usb-Thrustmaster_Thrustmaster_Racing_Wheel_FFB-event-joystick
I could test each and every effect with full strength and everything worked fine.

Then I launched GTR2 and the wheel was opposing almost no resistance.
I was quite lost driving as if the car was a soap... until I hit a wall and got a very tiny rumble effect !

I couldn't get anay improvement from standard game settings so I started to play with
the *.PLR file which contains every FFB detailed settings for GTR2.
It's quite hard to fine tune but I got some significant results on kerbs.

Work in progress

NOTE: Oversteer still does not detect FFB settings appart from "Global feedback gain"
every other effect is still greyed out

[Kimplul]

What's GTR2?

NOTE: Oversteer still does not detect FFB settings appart from "Global feedback gain"
every other effect is still greyed out

Weird, haven't seen that before. The T128 shows up as a T248, which should be supported just fine: https://github.com/berarma/oversteer/blob/74c748436a1dff2e42a340b581db0d0e4e0cafb2/data/udev/99-thrustmaster-wheel-perms.rules#L30

Maybe worth checking if the other files listed in the above file are present, something like sudo find /sys -name damper_level. Also, please post the dmesg output I requested, I'd like to check that the wheel driver is being picked up as it should.

[oherau]

GTR 2 is this game :
https://store.steampowered.com/app/8790/GTR_2_FIA_GT_Racing_Game

Very good game, Old but Gold.
Run smoothly with a very nice FFB on classic Windows OS.
Works perfectly fine on Ubuntu 24.04 with Steam+Proton 10 with the following launch options:
PROTON_USE_WINED3D=1 PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=60 %command%

result of the commands:

sudo find /sys -name damper_level
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.0/0003:044F:B696.0009/damper_level

sudo dmesg
[...]
[27124.276629] usb 1-2.3: new full-speed USB device number 12 using xhci_hcd
[27124.355258] usb 1-2.3: New USB device found, idVendor=044f, idProduct=b696, bcdDevice= 1.00
[27124.355278] usb 1-2.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
[27124.355285] usb 1-2.3: Product: Thrustmaster Racing Wheel FFB
[27124.355290] usb 1-2.3: Manufacturer: Thrustmaster
[27124.364982] input: Thrustmaster Thrustmaster Racing Wheel FFB as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.3/1-2.3:1.0/0003:044F:B696.0009/input/input32
[27124.365412] tmff2 0003:044F:B696.0009: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Joystick [Thrustmaster Thrustmaster Racing Wheel FFB] on usb-0000:00:14.0-2.3/input0
[27124.392637] tmff2 0003:044F:B696.0009: force feedback for T248
[...]

After some tweaks I created a profile in Oversteer with autocenter activated.
"Autocenter strength" slider became active on FFB tab and I could apply 40% effect which works in the game.