Saitek rudder pedals off center

[doc_nak]

MSFS2020 is detecting the pedals as off center. Using the "game controller" settings in windows detects them as centered. No matter what I do, every aircraft is pulling right.

[Maki Nishikino]

Be sure only "RUDDER AXIS" is assigned.

[doc_nak]

is it. When im looking at the rudder controls, the white bar is full about 75% to the right, instead of 50%

[Maki Nishikino]

Have you tried calibrating them or simply unplugging then plugging them back in?

[doc_nak]

yes i have. Unplugging, calibating through windows, updated drivers.

[Maki Nishikino]

When you calibrate them through Windows do they show centered?

[doc_nak]

yes they do

[Maki Nishikino]

Originally posted by doc_nak:

is it. When im looking at the rudder controls, the white bar is full about 75% to the right, instead of 50%

Screenshot this please.

[Rever]

Did you check to make sure that there isn't a conflict with a separate device? If I leave my XBox controller plugged in it causes conflicts with things like the rudder pedals or joystick.

[Twelvefield]

Do your rudder pedals click? There's a very flimsy piece of plastic inside that keeps the pedals aligned. If that plastic falls out of place, it can mess up the calibration, and it makes a fairly loud clicking noise because it is bumping up against the center spindle. It's not difficult to go in and put the plastic back in place and get the pedals working again. However, it's also a sign that they are wearing out.

If your pedals are moving normally and without a loud click, then your issue is likely something else, and it might not be advisable to take apart the base. The reason I mention this is that's what happened to me.

Also, just to be 100% certain, when you look at the exterior view of the aircraft, does the rudder look deflected with the pedals in neutral position? Do you see the pedals in the cockpit view deflect? The aircraft animation is not the best judge of this, but I had the opposite happen to me about a year and a half ago. The rudder controls in MSFS showed them centered and the rudder in the outside view was deflected to the right, making planes unflyable. The bad news was that I couldn't solve the problem myself, and I had to wait for the next Service Update to fix it, about two months.

[doc_nak]

Originally posted by Rever:

Did you check to make sure that there isn't a conflict with a separate device? If I leave my XBox controller plugged in it causes conflicts with things like the rudder pedals or joystick.

i thought of this too since i did have a PS5 controller plugged in, but it was not the the issue

[doc_nak]

Originally posted by Maki Nishikino:

Originally posted by doc_nak:

is it. When im looking at the rudder controls, the white bar is full about 75% to the right, instead of 50%

Screenshot this please.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2987913292

[doc_nak]

Originally posted by Twelvefield:

Do your rudder pedals click? There's a very flimsy piece of plastic inside that keeps the pedals aligned. If that plastic falls out of place, it can mess up the calibration, and it makes a fairly loud clicking noise because it is bumping up against the center spindle. It's not difficult to go in and put the plastic back in place and get the pedals working again. However, it's also a sign that they are wearing out.

If your pedals are moving normally and without a loud click, then your issue is likely something else, and it might not be advisable to take apart the base. The reason I mention this is that's what happened to me.

Also, just to be 100% certain, when you look at the exterior view of the aircraft, does the rudder look deflected with the pedals in neutral position? Do you see the pedals in the cockpit view deflect? The aircraft animation is not the best judge of this, but I had the opposite happen to me about a year and a half ago. The rudder controls in MSFS showed them centered and the rudder in the outside view was deflected to the right, making planes unflyable. The bad news was that I couldn't solve the problem myself, and I had to wait for the next Service Update to fix it, about two months.

nope, no clicking, pedals are working smoothly. I have 2 sets of pedals hooked up and this problem persists through both sets. I'll soon test with x-plane 11 although im about 90% sure this issue is only going to pertain to msfs2020. edit: in the exterior view the rudder looks aligned as it should.

[doc_nak]

i might add... when i "search by input" it locates the pedals looking with the 75% full 1 way. If i search by the left pedal, it will show 25% to the left. If i search by the right, it will show 75% to the right (white bar).

[Twelvefield]

So this is a stumper. I have the same pedals. Your screenshot looks like my screen except that your bar is in the wrong position: mine sits halfway. The only thing I can see that makes a difference is that my bar doesn't appear at first until I press a pedal, then it settles into position. It's also strange that the setup screen shows a deflection but the exterior animation does not. That bugs me. In my situation, the animation was correct but the pedal was not. I don't trust the animations as they tend to be "wish fulfilment" rather than properly aligned to our controllers, but given the very wide range of controllers people use...

So, what I am thinking now is that MSFS is somehow reading a pedal deflection before you touch the pedals. The only thing that would do this (that I can think of right now) is another control bound to your rudder. That's what our friend Rever suggested. You did mention a PS5 controller.

Like you say, try other programs. If your rudders work fine, and I bet they do, then it's almost certainly a control binding issue. I see in your screenshot you keep a lot of profiles, it's possible there's a corruption. Sometimes the Updates rewrite profiles, which is a real bear to deal with.

If it's a binding issue, there's two things to try - be scientific:

a) Unplug everything except for your mouse and your rudder pedals and start the sim, and then navigate to the Controls Setup screen and try your rudder.

b) Go through all of your bindings in all of your profiles one by one and see if there is something that got double-bound to your rudder.