DarkFire Posted August 19, 2016 Posted August 19, 2016 Bingo, unplugged the joystick and autopilot works. Now moving forward, my Microsoft Sidewinder 2 stick is not defective, I've used it with other sims just fine. I don't want to go out and get a different stick just for DCS. Are there any steps I can take to make this joystick work with the sim? I already have deadzone and sensitivity curve settings. Ah good, glad we got the problem identified :thumbup: Most people who experience issues caused by force feedback have success by simply disabling the force feedback feature while playing DCS. I don't have a FF stick so I'm not sure if this is done in-game or by the stick driver software, but disabling FF for DCS usually solves the issue. System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan.
Tomahawk674 Posted August 24, 2016 Author Posted August 24, 2016 Hello again everyone. I tried unchecking the FF option under Miscellaneous settings, and indeed the autopilot works. But I'm left with an unsprung joystick that makes it very weird to fly with. Is there any hope I can to some fine trickery to get my FF stick to work, or at least trick the Sidewinder 2 to give me a spring force while having FF turned off in game?
DarkFire Posted August 24, 2016 Posted August 24, 2016 Hello again everyone. I tried unchecking the FF option under Miscellaneous settings, and indeed the autopilot works. But I'm left with an unsprung joystick that makes it very weird to fly with. Is there any hope I can to some fine trickery to get my FF stick to work, or at least trick the Sidewinder 2 to give me a spring force while having FF turned off in game? If the FF is causing you problems, the answer to your question is unfortunately, probably not. Some people seem to be able to get FF working properly with some aircraft, some people experience no issues at all with FF (a small minority) and others can't seem to get it working at all. It may be worth you experimenting with FF enabled while you fly different aircraft to see if any of them work. Unfortunately it appears that force feedback is mostly broken for DCS World at the moment. Not being familiar with the stick, I don't know if the stick drivers give you the option of simulating spring force without any actual force feedback effects? If so that would be worth a try. System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan.
Weta43 Posted August 28, 2016 Posted August 28, 2016 (edited) I use an MSFFB II joystick and just tried the current public build. The lights come on, and the AP works (without pitch oscillations), and transitioned from route, to return, and to landing all without issue till the speed dropped to 370km/h IAS, at which point it couldn't trim down any more. As I'm pretty sure I read above, the AP will only engage if the trim state is within parameters. Make sure the neutral trim lights are showing (at least as a starter). I've also attached my joystick config & a screenshot of the AP flying the aircraft to the next leg of a route... If it works on mine, surely we can make it work on yours...SideWinder Force Feedback 2 Joystick {69844A70-EFFF-11de-8001-444553540000}.diff.lua Edited August 28, 2016 by Weta43 Cheers.
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