Not registering on Win 8 and Prepar3d, do I need a new copy?

[Manok101]

I recently upgraded to win 8, and am having a joystick issue, where the joystick will cut out randomly, and then randomly cut back in. Mostly though it just cuts out and then stays cut out. It is a brand new joystick, just bought it last week, I haven't had time to do anything to it,  and the only thing I have not tried, is installing the full version of FSUIPC into prepar3d,and I'm just wondering if I need a new license for P3d? I've tried, deleting the old registrations, and using new ones, but nothing has worked. Maybe smoeone here has an idea of how to fix my joystick issue?

[Pete Dowson]

I recently upgraded to win 8, and am having a joystick issue, where the joystick will cut out randomly, and then randomly cut back in. Mostly though it just cuts out and then stays cut out. It is a brand new joystick, just bought it last week, I haven't had time to do anything to it,  and the only thing I have not tried, is installing the full version of FSUIPC into prepar3d,and I'm just wondering if I need a new license for P3d? I've tried, deleting the old registrations, and using new ones, but nothing has worked. Maybe smoeone here has an idea of how to fix my joystick issue?

 

No, you don't need a new registration if you have a valid FSUIPC4 registration.

 

A lot of folks have been having problems with joysticks on Windows 8. It doesn't appear to be anything to do with either FS or FSUIPC (and it's mostly the same in both), but I have read that some have found it better with FSUIPC axis assignment. I've no idea why that should be as both FS/P3D and FSUIPC use the same methods.

 

Regards

Pete

[Manok101]

I have a valid key, and can send it to you, and can't seem to get it to work in P3d, I may have solved "fingers crossed" the joystick issue though, it seems to have something to do wit REX E+O. Not entirely sure yet, I just fooled around, and will report back as soon as I have a chance to do a short flight. Apparentlly if you have REX, you need a seperate key for P3d, and this seems to cause issues. 

[Pete Dowson]

I have a valid key, and can send it to you, and can't seem to get it to work in P3d

 

You are entering something wrong then. All three parts (name, email, key) must be EXACTLY right. If you still have the FSX installation, just copy the FSUIPC4.KEY file from its Modules folder into the P3D Modules folder.

 

Pete