Steering Wheel Plugin Issues

Hi.

I’m doing my final year uni project as a VR on-road traffic driving simulator and I’m having a few issues getting the physical steering wheel to work
At first I assumed there would be some naturally built in plugin for any steering wheel due to the plugin for the xbox game pad, however I was wrong.

After doing some research I came across “iNFINITE Production’s” free plugin for the G27 and have so far attempted to adapt their code, but I can’t find where it accesses the hardware so I can change the input. The steering wheel I have is a Hama Thunder V5

Unfortunately I’m not the strongest programmer and would sure appreciate a little help in adapting their code to attach my hardware, Thanks!

Link to plugin –> http://www.infiniteproduction.eu/downloads/ue4-steering-wheel

Hi!
Do you manage to solve this issue? I facing the same problem, do you mind sharing how you solve it if you done it. Thank you !

Resolved

Yes, after a lot of digging on the subject, in the end I bought a new device.
The issue was based on the input type, there are two:

DirectInput - Gamepad input type, usually in older controllers
XInput - New gamepad input type, Xbox 360 wired pads etc

DirectInput doesn’t work with UE4 whatsoever, I attempted to even used a Xbox 360 controller emulator
for my steering wheel and still had no luck. However, XInput is plug&play after installing the drivers for
the controller. The controller is mapped and works automatically inside Unreal 4

Just remember when using a usb controller to ensure it is XINPUT!
For a cheap XInput steering wheel I recommend the Speedlink Drift O.Z
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Speedlink-DirectInput-Vibration-Adjustable-Sensitivity/dp/B00ANHE7CW

Hi DomRidley

If you’re still interested, I’m currently working on DirectInput Plugin (Adaption of code used for another application). It’s far away from being finished, but it’s already working and quite stable:

regards

Thank for the quick reply DomRidley !
I brought DirectInput steering wheel a few weeks ago before I saw your reply, so i don’t have any plan to buy a new one now.
Do you happen to know any steering wheel plugin I can use in version 4.11?

once again, Thank you!!

@DomRidley

Hi Dom…Logitech offers a (free) UE4 plugin that includes SDK’s for their products (including G Steering Wheel)

If I’m understanding you correctly, XINPUT controllers/steering wheels are plug & play with UE4?