I Still Have Dissapearing Controllers

[G Fisher]

I was under the impression that setting up my controllers through FSUIPC would solve the problem of Windoze 8/FSX losing my controllers. I assumed FSUIPC was going to take over the controller duties regardless what FSX did with them.  That doesn't seem to be the case, I've assigned axis and buttons to FSUIPC and still I lose the FSX controllers and no longer have control in FSX.  I'm not able to turn off controllers in FSX and still have the use of my controllers as the FSUIPC manual suggests.

Can someone explain how to use the controllers in FSX by way of FSUIPC?

 

 

[Pete Dowson]

I was under the impression that setting up my controllers through FSUIPC would solve the problem of Windoze 8/FSX losing my controllers.

 

I have seen other folks say this is the case, but I don't understand why it should be so as FSUIPC pretty much uses the same DirectInput methods as FSX.

 

 I assumed FSUIPC was going to take over the controller duties regardless what FSX did with them. 

 

No, not exactly. you must not have axes assigned in both FSX and in FSUIPC or they will conflict.

 

That doesn't seem to be the case, I've assigned axis and buttons to FSUIPC and still I lose the FSX controllers and no longer have control in FSX. 

 

So what other folks say about Win8.1's problem fixed by using FSUIPC isn't actually true?

 

I'm not able to turn off controllers in FSX and still have the use of my controllers as the FSUIPC manual suggests.

 

 

Hang on, there's some ambiguity here. Are you saying the controllers work but get lost later, as before, or that you don't get them to start with? If the latter you are making an error somewhere, so you'd need to tell me exactly what you are doing. If you are assigning direct to FSUIPC then you MUST also calibrate. 

 

Also, always test with default aircraft. Some add-ons don't like some ways of assigning FSUIPC controls -- there are at least three ways of doing everything in FSUIPC and they are all different.

 

Pete

[G Fisher]

I understood that I should be able to turn off the controllers in FSX by unchecking the controllers box in the settings menu and have FSUIPC take over the duties. I tried that and had nothing. So I turned on FSX controllers again. I have no idea if FSUIPC is doing the controlling or if it's FSX.  I do know however that after setting up some of the controlling, mainly the axis's in FSUIPC that FSX still loses the controllers randomly in mid flight which is a fairly common glitch with Windoze 8. If you pause the sim and look at the settings, it says something to the effect that contollers are unnasigned.  According to hundreds of posts on the internet, FSUIPC was the only cure. I read somewhere that Prepar3D had tackleld the issue with success by rewriting some of the code that FSX uses.

If I can't turn off FSX controllers and use FSUIPC for controlling then I don't see how it can be a fix.

[Pete Dowson]

I understood that I should be able to turn off the controllers in FSX by unchecking the controllers box in the settings menu and have FSUIPC take over the duties. I tried that and had nothing. S

 

Well, that's a great oversimplification. FSUIPC takes over nothing. You have to tell it what you want it to do. It is completely unaware of whether you disabled controllers in FSX or not. I've no idea where you get such an idea from!

 

 

Ao I turned on FSX controllers again. I have no idea if FSUIPC is doing the controlling or if it's FSX.  I do know however that after setting up some of the controlling, mainly the axis's in FSUIPC that FSX still loses the controllers randomly in mid flight which is a fairly common glitch with Windoze 8.  If I can't turn off FSX controllers and use FSUIPC for controlling then I don't see how it can be a fix.

 

Well I never said FSUIPC could fix bugs in Win8.1. Other folks may have said that, never I. But when you assign controllers in FSUIPC you must not also assign them in FS. They will certainly conflict. If you are assigning them in FSUIPC then, depending on the add-on aircraft, you may need to choose the method of assignment carefully, and if you assign direct to FSUIPC calibration you MUST calibrate of the values won't get through.

 

Pete

[G Fisher]

Well, that's a great oversimplification. FSUIPC takes over nothing. You have to tell it what you want it to do. It is completely unaware of whether you disabled controllers in FSX or not. I've no idea where you get such an idea from!

 

I'm sorry I left out a few words, I didn't think I had to be so litteral "I understood that I should be able to turn off the controllers in FSX by unchecking the controllers box in the settings menu and have FSUIPC take over the duties after having set it up."

 

 

Well I never said FSUIPC could fix bugs in Win8.1. Other folks may have said that, never I.

 

Pete

 

I never suggested or assumed that you fixed Windoze bugs, other folks have said that FSUIPC was a "work around".  I was merely trying to understand how to use FSUIPC to replace the FSX controllers!

Thanks for your input.  :???:

[Pete Dowson]

I was merely trying to understand how to use FSUIPC to replace the FSX controllers!

 

Just assign your controllers in the Axes tab. To start with, to avoid having to actually read too much of the manual, just assign to the FS controls beginning with the word "Axis" They are the same as those you'd get if you assigned in FS itself and so should work with pretty much everything. You don't need to calibrate then, if you can't be bothered or don't understand that part.

 

But before doing any such things, disable controllers in FS.

 

Pete