1. A method for commanding force effects using force suites, said force effects commanded by an application program running on a host computer, said host computer coupled to a force feedback interface device that outputs force sensations to a user, the method comprising: associating a force suite with a plurality of force effects and providing said association to a library available to said application program on said host computer; providing a set of rules to said library, said rules determining how to apply said force effects in said suite based on a status of said application program; and commanding at least one force effect in said suite and reporting said status of said application program to said library, said library applying said rules based on said reported status to cause a force sensation based on said commanded force effect to be output by said force feedback interface device.