My Comms menu stopped recognizing F1-F12 function keys

[MarkyMark]

As shown below.  I installed a new flight stick and somehow, in my adventures, my F keys stopped working with the comms menu, I now have to click the menu to cycle options, which works fine, but I’d like to fix it.

now, with comms up, they do the default external camera views (chase, flyby, etc).

 

any thoughts where I can find it? These are the only “comm” functions I can find in the options. I ran a slow repair just in case. That didn’t work.

 

thank you in advance 

Edited January 28, 2024 by MarkyMark

[Phantom711]

In any case, since the comms menu is not F/A-18 specific, you need to look under the „General“ or „UI“ tab (don‘t know which one exactly right now).

[MarkyMark]

Thank you, you're right about that. I'm still not seeing exactly what would be a switch to toggle it or what these commands really "do"

[gasdoctorpro]

Hi 

I have exactly the same issue. Did you find a solution ? 

Ive run a file integrity check that hasnt resolved it. 

Did you discover another way of selecting the various comms menu items that don't just change the view ? 

Thanks 

[Recluse]

Not sure if it is related, but fairly recently (well a year or so) new functionality was added to allow you to scroll through and activate the COMMS menu with Trim Hat or other control that could be used when the Comm menu was up.  I have seen often that the TRIM HAT gets bound to VIEWS instead so maybe this is what is going on with you.

Check this COMMAND MENU

These controls should ONLY be active when the COMMS menu is up, and should not conflict, but another thing to check if you have double bindings for VIEWS on some of these keys.

If nothing else, setting these might let you get away from the F keys themselves.  It is odd since in my GENERAL settings, I have all the F keys mapped to the views, but when the COMMS menu has the "FOCUS" the F keys still work to select stuff. 

 

EDIT: LOL In fact It commonly happens that I am heading home and have the Comms menu up and I decide to take an outside view, so I hit the F2 key and hear "ABORT INBOUND!!!!!"  OH CRAP, NO!!!

 

Also it might help to make sure you are invoking the COMMS menu with the RALT and RCTRL + \ commands vs the \ only to properly invoke the radios.

 

Edited April 8 by Recluse

[gasdoctorpro]

Thanks - lots of really useful tips to try  - will investigate and report back 

Cheers