Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas X problems

[Bryl]

I posted this in the Tech support forum (and subsequently submitted a help ticket) originally but this may be the more appropriate forum.

Two problems:

 

IL-2 BOS does not recognize my rocker control on the thruster stick.

 

Using the twist function on the joystick to control rudder but the planes pull to the right even while I have my hand off of the stick completely.

 

I tried to adjust various things in the game settings, such as inverting the yaw control, but nothing seems to help.

 

The stick works fine in Microsoft Flight Simulator X.

 

Any ideas on what is going on?

 

[Crash_Gordon]

Hi Bryl, I have that rig and re: your first question the rocker on my throttle works in game. To assign it I have to rock full left then full right (or vice-versa depending on how you want it set up) and it assigns properly.  I don't normally use it, but just tested it for several different commands to see if it would work, and it did.  Good luck & happy holidays!

[BOO]

Dont you have to do something on the stick? The old T-flight used to have a selector switch to choose either the twist on the stick or the rockers on the throttle - i dont think you can have both.  -  on the newer ones im not sure if its not the green/red lit button on the throttle or the memory buttons on the stick but im sure you need to do something .

 

The stick part has long since gone but I still use the throttle and have the finger rocker set up as the brake lever - works well in BOS and CLOD.

 

BOO 

[Case]

Hi Bryl,

 

I also have the T-Flight X HOTAS and I use the rocker for rudder. Some thoughts:

 

* "Plane pulls to the right" - Yup, it's supposed to do that. Engine torque. Some birds have a rudder trim, but e.g. the Bf 109 was notorius for pilots having to stand on the rudder - it was mentioned in a RAF test-report of a captured Bf 109 that British pilots should make their breaking turns to the right (?) side, because the test-pilot was speculating that by the time the Luftwaffe pilots were close to Dover, their right leg would be weary.

 

* Assigning the rocker: Follow Crash_Gordon's advice, and rock full left then full right - the game doesn't talk you through the procedure, like some others, you will not get messages like "Please press Rocker to the right until max. deflection" and then "Now please press Rocker to the left until max. deflection". It only reacts after you've given it max. values for both ends of the spectrum on one specific axis (left/right, up/down, forward/back). I found that a bit confusing, too.

 

* Check if you haven't involuntarily activated the preset-recording mode. There's two buttons on the stick: "Mapping" and "Preset", and sometimes one hits one of them when picking up the stick from wherever you "stored" it (Assuming you don't have your stick standing on the desk in front of you all the time?)

 

Happy Holidays!

Edited December 25, 2016 by Case

[Bryl]

Thanks for the replies, I wasn't aware of the Bf-109 pull to the right. I'll give another plane a go and see what happens but I suspect that the pull will not happen.

 

Sorry for the late response...holidays and all.

[BB36]

I resolved an issue where the Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas X's throttle (or Z Axis) was not recognised by BoS on the PC, and are posting this in case other T.Flight Hotas X users find it useful:

 

Issue
The Thrustmaster T.Flight Hotas X has a known issue where the Z-Axis (or throttle) sometimes does not recognise the full axis range of motion.  For my joystick, during calibration Windows only recognised 0% to 83% of Z-axis range.

 

When assigning the Engine Throttle, BoS requires the user to start at the centre, then push the throttle to max range and then mix range.

 

However due to the T.Flight Hotas X bug, as some users cannot assign the full 0% to 100% range, the game will fail to complete assignment of the Z-axis.

 

Resolution
The Z-Axis limitation is a bug in the official Thrustmaster drivers.  To resolve this issue, these drivers need to be uninstalled.

 

To uninstall the Thrustmaster drivers, download the latest version of the software at Thrustmaster Support.   Run the software install and it will uninstall any existing Thrustmaster drivers from your PC.

 

Recalibrate the T.Flight Hotas X using the Windows game controller settings in Control Panel.  This will allow the user to assign the full 0% to 100% axis range.

 

Thereafter the Z-Axis will be accessible in BoS.