Postby Enlighten » Sat Sep 29, 2018 2:48 pm
I'm not familiar with your stick but I'm sure it has its own software. If that software has a calibration section do all axes perform as expected in there? If your running without software search windows settings for 'game controllers' - its not something I've found directly in the Win 10 settings (if its there please enlighten me!) - once you type 'game controllers' you should be able to click open it and will see your attached controllers - by selecting each you should be able to test and calibrate each one here to look for strange responses, or 'creep' on every axis. Note if a controller has its own software clicking in game controllers will automatically open the software.
If you do see signs of an axis behaving in an odd way your options are:
1) Bin the controller and buy a new one, not recommended, but if your rich your old one to me! and I'll try -
2) If software allows adjustment of dead zones, and its a small wobble/spike on input, increasing the deadzone can help in the shorter term.
3) YouTube videos - search for terms like stripping your model of hotas, or potentiometer spikes, cleaning pots, you get the idea - I'm (fairly certain) your hotas will use pots (potentiometers) and not hall sensors when they get old, or just dust in them they can start to spike, work strangely or even stop working. In these cases stripping the controller and just squirting air duster (compressed air) £1 at Pound land if they have it in can dislodge the dust and rejuvenate a failing axis. I'd recommend also getting electrical contact cleaner spray too, squirt that into the pots and work the axis can really help a lot. If its a failed or simply a broken pot depending on how confident you are they can be changed - but DO ensure you get the right pot!.
One other thing you can do is drop out, let it start reversing without touching anything (but make sure your ships not about to reverse into a sun, station etc. Then press ESC - Options - Select another axis and try to map that axis without touching any controller - if your stick, any controller or your keyboard is sending an unwanted input you should get the - this axis is already mapped warning, or if not already in use it will map the axis. Your only using this to see if an unwanted input is happening - by not touching anything this will verify the unwanted input and what is doing it. Click Cancel so you don't accept the remapping, but you should now know where to look. Oh and don't forget your ships still reversing while your doing this.
I've had loads of headaches with pots and dust mainly on my G25/G920's pedals the pots, and some on the small ones in my previous flight stick, the pots may be bigger or smaller but the principle of crap and dust and using contact cleaner and air duster is the same.
I hope the above helps. I know I've gone on a bit, sorry, but if it helps you or just one CMDR then that'd be great.
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