Joystick config

ROldford

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I've recently bought a cheap but decent joystick, and I'm trying to set it up. The stick has 3 axes and a throttle, a hatswitch, and 12 buttons (6 on the stick, 6 on the base). I tried to set it up in FlyByWire so that the rotational RCS was controlled by stick movement and the translational RCS was controlled by the hatswitch and 2 buttons. The rotation works, but the hatswitch is still controlling the view, and does nothing with the RCS. Does anyone know a way to deactivate Orbiter's default hatswitch view control?

I've also been thinking about using Joy2Key to run the RCS just through the hatswitch and 2 other buttons. Would I still need to deactivate the default hatswitch view control for that, or would Joy2Key ensure that the hatswitch looks like a different keypress to Orbiter? (I understand that I'd need to edit the keybindings to use only the regular keyboard, because of a Joy2Key limitation.)
 
If you're using FBW, make sure the joystick is disabled in the Orbiter launchpad.
 
Tried that, but when I do, nothing happens at all (i.e. joystick motions do not affect control surfaces). I'm using the newest FBW version (the one that doesn't use an MFD), if that makes any difference.
 
Tried that, but when I do, nothing happens at all (i.e. joystick motions do not affect control surfaces). I'm using the newest FBW version (the one that doesn't use an MFD), if that makes any difference.
Did you set up the control surfaces in FBW?
 
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