JozMk.II Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) Hi, I was playing Black Shark a few minutes ago when I encountered a strange problem. I was hovering with the laser rangefinder, helmet sight, and Shkval on, with an armored target locked on the Shkval screen. Autopilot Pitch, Autopilot Bank, Autopilot Altitude, Autopilot Heading, and Autohover were engaged. I then paused the game for a bit. When I unpaused, the game registered the left pedal as fully depressed, causing my chopper to spin. Hitting the trim and reset-trim keys didn't fix this; all either key would do is cause the pedals to recenter for half a second, but then the left pedal would fully depress again. Twisting the stick all the way to the right would recenter the pedals, but only as long as I kept it twisted to the right; I basically had no right rotational control. I tried auto-calibrating my stick's twist axis by running it through its extremes, but the left pedal still stayed fully depressed. I see a possibility that I hit a key on my keyboard that caused this problem, for I accidentally pressed an extra key or two as I hit the pause key. If this is the case, the key would be located near the pause key, but I simply can't recreate the problem no matter which key I press. If it isn't a key that caused this problem, I wonder if unplugging and replugging my stick into the USB port would have fixed the problem, something I didn't think of doing before ending the mission. Whatever caused the problem, it was no longer there when I started a new mission, and I haven't been able to recreate the problem. My stick is a Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. I have force feedback disabled in the Black Shark config file. Does anyone know what was going on here? Is there a key that that could have caused this or is it my stick? I'd like to know in case this ever happens again so I can fix it without having to restart the mission. Edited April 7, 2009 by JozMk.II
Yskonyn Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 I doubt it will be a key around the Pause key. There are no flight control keys in the area of that key. Rudder is tied to Z and X by default. I am inclined to think it's either a USB quirck or maybe a dirty/faulty sensor in your rudder slider on the stick. Unplugging the stick will likely reset the input to neutral. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus Z390-E, 32GB Crucial Ballistix 2400Mhz, Intel i7 9700K 5.0Ghz, Asus GTX1080 8GB, SoundBlaster AE-5, G15, Streamdeck, DSD Flight, TM Warthog, VirPil BRD, MFG Crosswind CAM5, TrackIR 5, KW-908 Jetseat, Win 10 64-bit ”Pilots do not get paid for what they do daily, but they get paid for what they are capable of doing. However, if pilots would need to do daily what they are capable of doing, nobody would dare to fly anymore.”
MTFDarkEagle Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 Did you encounter this problem once? or more than once? Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Air-Force-1 Posted April 7, 2009 Posted April 7, 2009 (edited) Hi, I was playing Black Shark a few minutes ago when I encountered a strange problem. I was hovering with the laser rangefinder, helmet sight, and Shkval on, with an armored target locked on the Shkval screen. Autopilot Pitch, Autopilot Bank, Autopilot Altitude, Autopilot Heading, and Autohover were engaged. I then paused the game for a bit. When I unpaused, the game registered the left pedal as fully depressed, causing my chopper to spin. Hitting the trim and reset-trim keys didn't fix this; all either key would do is cause the pedals to recenter for half a second, but then the left pedal would fully depress again. Twisting the stick all the way to the right would recenter the pedals, but only as long as I kept it twisted to the right; I basically had no right rotational control. I tried auto-calibrating my stick's twist axis by running it through its extremes, but the left pedal still stayed fully depressed. I see a possibility that I hit a key on my keyboard that caused this problem, for I accidentally pressed an extra key or two as I hit the pause key. If this is the case, the key would be located near the pause key, but I simply can't recreate the problem no matter which key I press. If it isn't a key that caused this problem, I wonder if unplugging and replugging my stick into the USB port would have fixed the problem, something I didn't think of doing before ending the mission. Whatever caused the problem, it was no longer there when I started a new mission, and I haven't been able to recreate the problem. My stick is a Saitek Cyborg Evo Force. I have force feedback disabled in the Black Shark config file. Does anyone know what was going on here? Is there a key that that could have caused this or is it my stick? I'd like to know in case this ever happens again so I can fix it without having to restart the mission. It happens when "undo" key is pressed (above F2 when F lock is off ) and has happened to me several times. The chopper spins on its horizontal axis anti clockwise. Press Left Ctrl+F1 ( natural head movement view) and then select Z or X key. This stabilises the chopper once more. This is obviously a bug This sorts it out. ;) Edited April 7, 2009 by Air-Force-1
JozMk.II Posted April 10, 2009 Author Posted April 10, 2009 Air-Force-One, My keyboard has the same type of configuration, but Undo doesn't cause the problem on my end; its function is to increase the game's running speed. I will try your method of fixing this problem if I encounter it again, though. If that doesn't work, I guess I'll try unplugging and plugging my joystick back in on the fly as Yskonyn suggested. I hope one of these methods works if this ever happens again. As for your question MTFDarkEagle, I've only encountered the problem once so far. Thanks for your feedback so far, everyone. If anyone else has any suggestions they are much appreciated.
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