CalinDee Posted April 12, 2020 Share Posted April 12, 2020 (edited) Hey Guys, I have just performed a completely fresh install of Windows, with that I decided that for the first time in many years I would actually perform a fresh & clean install of DCS. 174GB later, its installed and for the most part appears to be behaving itself. The one exception to this is the F16. For no reason I can work out, after loading into a mission (tried training, quick missions, custom mission - all SP) it appears to work fine but not very long at all into it (just after start up, with quick alignment, as an approximation) I lose the ability to interact with DCS via keyboard. No aircraft keyboard commands work, escape menu doesnt work - ALT-F4 doesnt attempt to close it down. Its as if its lots focus, however, the joystick axis are still fine - and random hotas controls still work - air brake for example, while others such as landing gear or radio controls are non-functional - so it hasnt actually lost focus. I can ALT-ENTER, or ALT-TAB until Im blue in the face and it doesnt regain focus. I have to quit the program from outside of it and start it back up again. The same missions I can jump into an F-18, M2000, AV8B - all fine. I then switch to the F-16 and its all over in a couple of minutes. I have performed a DCS Repair. Ive uninstalled the F-16 module and reinstalled it. No change. Any ideas? :( Just did a test, started it - left it idling on the taxi way for 10 mins - came back all keyboard functions work. Rolled forward - lost keyboard authority. Madness! [edit] And it gets more messed up. If I bring the aircraft back to less than ~50 kts I regain full keyboard control (both aircraft controls, menu access, external views etc. Everything comes back!) Colour me confused!!! NVM. Tracked it down to a misbehaving pinky switch (used as modifier key). Different keybinds on the F-16 were the point of difference (keybinds for wheel brakes). Found it after editing controls on the F-86.. :thumbup: Edited April 13, 2020 by CalinDee Resolved Issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkiii Posted May 24, 2020 Share Posted May 24, 2020 I have a similar problem in that the ESC menu does not work in the F-16. This seems Not to be related to any button sticking - I previously thought it was a sticky pinky switch acting as a modifier. However, I can (at the moment at least) without fail make the ESC menu come back again by jumping to another aircraft type. The ESC menu then works again. To test this I used the F-16 free flight mission using the A10As present to jump to. I use the paddle switch as a modifier on myTM WH stick on many aircraft - it is not sticking - and it works on all but the f16. It seems intermittant though. This morning it worked OK as I was modifiying stick & throttle assignments. I have not changed any key assignments - I rarely if ever do that for any aircraft. ESC is definitely not one that is reassigned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkiii Posted June 30, 2020 Share Posted June 30, 2020 (edited) Bump: Problem still exists as of today. EDIT: Belay that. I discovered that the Escape Menu command keystroke was missing! Go figure. It's not something I even thought was configurable. This does not explain why it worked for a while then, in the same session, stopped working. Edited July 1, 2020 by mkiii Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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