no bug This is a real enigma. I would really appreciate help from those who are willing................

[chris455]

I have been simming since the original MS Flight Simulator way back in '82. Seen some things, but never have I seen anything quite like this:

I have a Thrustmaster Warthog combo. It's my second one (wore the other one out). It works great with DCS and several "other" sims, both GA and combat. In DCS, I have the P-51D, The P-47, the Spitfire, The Huey, and my latest "gem", the Mosquito.

She is the reason for this post.

Ever since installing the Mossie, my Warthog is going nucking futz. I load a profile for it in TARGET, run it, start DCS, jump into the Mossie and the very first time I press a button on the Wartie or my joystick, I LOSE ALL BUTTONS on the Throttle, Joystick, my KEYBOARD, everything. I can't get control back unless I press escape, which doe not take to to the options menu, but to my DESKTOP. So far I have tried:

Re-installing the Mosquito module (twice);

Using a different Thrustmaster profile;

Making a brand-new TM profile from scratch;

Monitoring the Device Analyzer and Event Monitor in TARGET;

etc.

None of these weird things ever happen when I am using the other modules.

All other modules continue to perform beautifully, only the poor Mossie is cursed this way. I spent a nice chunk of change on the Mossie and I would love to be able to fly it, but it is next to impossible for me as I am so used to my TM equipment after all these years. One thing of note is, analog axes are OK. It is just the digitized (button) commands that lock her up. But they do it every time.

I am STUMPED. 

Has anyone else ever experienced such a thing? I really welcome any serious suggestions-

My thanks in advance guys- this sucks.

Edited October 22, 2022 by chris455

[Terry Dactil]

I have a Thrustmaster Warthog setup and have no problems with the Mosquito. However, I don't use TARGET at all; any fancy button configurations get done with Voice Attack.

Can I suggest you try a basic profile without using TARGET.

The standard troubleshooting methods I have seen all recommend disabling all mods and add-ons to get a minimized system working, and then adding stuff one at a time to find out what causes the problem.

Good luck- you must get your Mosquito working!

[Rudel_chw]

2 hours ago, chris455 said:

I really welcome any serious suggestions-

try the following: using Windows , rename the folder 

/saved games/dcs/config/input/MosquitoFBMkVI/keyboard/

to

/keyboard.bak

 

now, run DCS again.. does the problem persist?

[chris455]

so the syntax would look like this?

/saved games/dcs/config/input/MosquitoFBMkVI/keyboard/keyboard.bak ?

or this

/saved games/dcs/config/input/MosquitoFBMkVI/keyboard.bak

I renamed the keyboard folder to keyboard.bak, but it did not help- does this indicate something?

 

Edited October 22, 2022 by chris455

[Rudel_chw]

2 hours ago, chris455 said:

I renamed the keyboard folder to keyboard.bak, but it did not help- does this indicate something?

 

I tought that maybe a corrupt keyboard bindings file could be the cause .. when you rename the folder, DCS should create a new default one the next time you try to bind any control to a keyboard key ... this folder contains your custom bindings (any binding different than the module's defaults).

If it didn't help then the problem lies somewhere else ... since you say that the Hotas works well on other modules then I would discard a hardware fault. Don't know what else could be causing this .. I assume you don't have any user Mods installed that could be interfering?

[chris455]

Well, taking what some have said as a cue, I am building a new profile, but this time, instead of shoveling in all key bindings at once, I am adding them one at a time, and testing in betwixt.

So far so good, I still have a great many bindings to add, but doing it this way will alert me immediately to a potential culprit.

I believe I may be slowly sorting this.......................if I meet with success, I will report back here that it may help others-

Thanks to all for your input, I will "endeavor to persevere".............................................................................................................

As an aside, the Mossie is such a dreamboat, no?  

Chris

Edited October 22, 2022 by chris455

[chris455]

UPDATE: SUCCESS!

Gents,

After painstakingly binding each individual key, one at a time, to various buttons, switches and levers on my Warthog, and testing everything each step along the way, I now have a very flyable Mosquito!

It would seem that there are some actuators on my equipment (Thrustmaster) that can be problematic in some applications. One was causing a "stuck key" event when paired with a modal (UMD) key, and another one seemed to be causing time compression to kick in inadvertently on a RCTL z command (still not 100% sure how that was happening). How this could happen with the Mosquito and not my other modules? Well, I checked and it appears I had not used those actuators on any of my other modules. Thus the apparent anomaly with the Mossie.

However, I am now flying at 100% efficiency and my thanks to those who offered help and encouragement!

Chris

[Terry Dactil]

Congratulations, and welcome to the  DH98 appreciation club.

You do know that you are doomed now?

If you are anything like me you will soon realize that you desperately need a brake lever, RPM levers and a manual elevator trim wheel.

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True happiness is having a 3D printer and a BU0836 circuit board    /smug mode off

(PM me if you want details.)

[chris455]

Oh, My friend, I was probably "doomed" back in '82 when I first started simming. That is quite a rig you have there-mine uses the Logitech throttle quads for mixture, pitch, cowl flapss, etc.,and I have a Logitech Cessna Trim wheel for elevator trim. But you must tell me how you got the orange brake lever etc. I will reach out in a PM.

PS, thank you for you help!

[Terry Dactil]

Brake lever thread is here ...

 

 

[Ala13_ManOWar]

5 hours ago, Terry Dactil said:

Brake lever thread is here ...

 

 

Thanks mate!!!! I was trying to figure out something like that for myself and was absolutely unaware of that thread and other people with that same idea.