Help: Random weirdness in flight, popping flares, opening fuel hatch etc

[Wilbus]

Hey all!

 

 

A friend of mines has some real problems when flying.

 

 

 

Open beta, latest version but we are uncertain to when the problems really started.

 

 

 

We are mainly flying the Viper, different types of missions, everything from custom made to downloaded. His plane randomly starts popping chaff and flare, or suddenly it opens the fuel door, or changes some other modes.

 

 

 

His TMS UP also stopped working on the stick, left, right and down worked fine. Our first idea around all this was input issues. He's got a Virpil WarBRB since a couple of months back coupled with the Virpil Delta. It has worked flawlessly from the start so we checked it in the software and everything works, including the hat for TMS up and there are no random inputs.

 

 

 

The next thing we did was to make sure he's running all his devices from a USB port in the computer rather from the powered USB hub he had them connected to at first but this made no difference, he's still randomly popping flares a little now and then. It's not constant, we can fly an entire mission and then suddenly it just pops countermeasures from the selected program.

 

 

 

So he uninstalled DCS and removed all config files he could find and then reinstalled it. No difference, same issue though he did get his TMS up to work.

Weird thing is the config had been kept and saved so we're quite sure he missed a config somewhere, any ideas where to look?

 

 

Also, any ideas where else to look if removing all things that have to do with configs doesn't work? We're also tried a repair but no difference. It started a few weeks ago but we're uncertain to exactly when and with what version.

 

 

 

Any help appreciated :)

 

 

/Wilbuz

[Art-J]

All control files are stored in C:\Users\[user name]\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\[chosen airplane]\[sub-folders for individual controllers].

 

Mind you, neither reinstall nor repair not cleanup commands affect this location, that's why he saw his config being restored.

[RedeyeStorm]

I had a similar issue a long time ago with my x55 Rhino. My suspect has always been insufficient power. I had a 750 Watt power unit. Now a 1000 Watt (gross overkill probably) but never had the same issue again.

[Wilbus]

Thanks guys for the replies!

 

No fix yet despite removing the config files so we're gonna try some other modules to see if he has problems there as well. He's using an X-56 for his throttle so it could be something there though it doesn't explain the fuel hatch opening as there is nothing like that bound to either stick or throttle.

 

 

 

The power supply is a good suggestion though he is already running a 1000w and the problems just started a couple of weeks ago with no changes made to any hardware. The setup he's running now has been unchanged from several months back.

 

 

Hopefully we'll find a solution :)

 

 

Thanks again.