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Delta Virtual Airlines Water Cooler | PC Support | Joystick Issue
DVA11816
Captain, B757-200

Joined on November 04 2013
50 State Club
Events Double Century Club
US Capital Club
Summer Olympics Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Online Quintuple Century Club
Six Century Club

Enterprise, AL

623 legs, 1,113.1 hours
570 legs, 1,021.9 hours online
620 legs, 1,106.8 hours ACARS
242 legs, 473.4 hours event
Posted onPost created on July 06 2014 16:25 ET by Steven Mathis
During cruise, suddenly my joystick loses capability for flight control handling, and I have to steer and control the throttle with numeric keypad buttons after landing, which is difficult at best, and sometimes embarrassing. I have a sidewinder Force Feedback 2 joystick and my aircraft is a PMDG 737 NGX. My windows version is 8.1. Has anyone ever encountered this before?

Steven Mathis

Captain, B757-200
DVA10339
Captain, B777-200
OLP

Joined on November 23 2011
50 State Club
Globetrotter
Everett 250 Club
DVA Five-Year Anniversary
Online Quadruple Century Club
Six Century Club
Million Mile Club

Alpharetta, GA

618 legs, 2,251.0 hours
448 legs, 1,586.6 hours online
573 legs, 2,112.0 hours ACARS
17 legs, 35.0 hours event
37 legs dispatched, 54.9 hours
Posted onPost created on July 06 2014 20:26 ET by William Anderson
Did you check your settings?

William Anderson

Captain, B777-200
DVA11816
Captain, B757-200

Joined on November 04 2013
50 State Club
Events Double Century Club
US Capital Club
Summer Olympics Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Online Quintuple Century Club
Six Century Club

Enterprise, AL

623 legs, 1,113.1 hours
570 legs, 1,021.9 hours online
620 legs, 1,106.8 hours ACARS
242 legs, 473.4 hours event
Posted onPost created on July 11 2014 21:49 ET by Steven Mathis
I have the Auto Throttle Manual Override set to Always under PMDG Set Up - Options - Simulation, and I have the latest FSX tweaks installed. Is there any other settings I need to check into?

Steven Mathis

Captain, B757-200
DVA11957
Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on February 02 2014
DVA One-Year Anniversary
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
Events Century Club

"Fly everything, it never hurts."
Centereach, NY

290 legs, 843.0 hours
256 legs, 779.3 hours online
276 legs, 797.1 hours ACARS
117 legs, 260.7 hours event
Posted onPost created on July 12 2014 01:33 ET by Darren Tung
Sometimes, addons will malfunction if you installed FSX in Program files x86. Did you do that?

Darren Tung

Captain, MD-11
DVA11816
Captain, B757-200

Joined on November 04 2013
50 State Club
Events Double Century Club
US Capital Club
Summer Olympics Club
Everett 500 Club
Globetrotter
DVA Ten-Year Anniversary
Online Quintuple Century Club
Six Century Club

Enterprise, AL

623 legs, 1,113.1 hours
570 legs, 1,021.9 hours online
620 legs, 1,106.8 hours ACARS
242 legs, 473.4 hours event
Posted onPost created on July 12 2014 08:38 ET by Steven Mathis
No, I made sure to install it in its own file directly under the C drive

Steven Mathis

Captain, B757-200
DVA11957
Captain, MD-11
OLP

Joined on February 02 2014
DVA One-Year Anniversary
Double Century Club
Online Double Century Club
Everett Century Club
Events Century Club

"Fly everything, it never hurts."
Centereach, NY

290 legs, 843.0 hours
256 legs, 779.3 hours online
276 legs, 797.1 hours ACARS
117 legs, 260.7 hours event
Posted onPost created on July 12 2014 19:17 ET by Darren Tung
I just checked the Microsoft site and it said that this thing is not compatible with Windows 8.1. Try setting Fsx compatibility mode to Windows Vista/XP and running it as an admin.

Darren Tung

Captain, MD-11


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