saitek - not supported [SOLVED!]

[joesalm]

microsoft flight simulator 2020 doesn't support these controls:

1. saitek cessna yoke.
2. saitek cessna rudder.
3. saitek cessna trimmer.
4. saitek TPM.
5. saitek Pro Flight X-65F Combat Control System.


please make the drivers and support for these Fundamentals devices.
kindly your support ASAP!
very frustrating !

[opjose]

Not sure what you mean?

All of those are HID USB devices, which means the sim will recognize them as available devices out of the box.

You will not see a graphic for each of them, nor will there be a pre-built profile in the sim. But you can build your own, or maybe find one from someone else who has on a forum.

I have a set of Saitek Pro Combat Rudder pedals which has no default profile in the sim.

I've been working on building an XML file with graphics so that it looks like a fully profiled device to the sim.

I have everything working except the GUID recognition. I cannot find the exact ID the sim is acting upon when recognizing devices.

[Neo King Arthur]

I thought that if you plug them in, install the driver and software. you should be good to go. If you can press the buttons and twist, and get a respond from the software.

Then you just load up the MSFS, open controls, make sure the device is detected, and start mapping the buttons yourself.

To be honest, I have the Logitech/Saitek X-56. And while the game has a full default bindings. I ended up scrapping all of them, and map them manually to a specific functions that works best for my flying style.

[opjose]

MSFS2020 looks for USB HID devices.

Controllers requiring drivers or specific software may be problematic as these are somewhat "unusual" devices. In those cases it is up to the hardware manufacturer to provide specific plugins for each sim (ugh! No Soup For You!)

If the controller appears in the Calibration tabs in Windows, it is (normally) and HID device.

All of the Saitek controllers listed are USB HID devices, that provide inputs to Windows w/o needing drivers nor software.

They should work.

[kalnaren]

Първоначално публикувано от opjose:

MSFS2020 looks for USB HID devices.

Controllers requiring drivers or specific software may be problematic as these are somewhat "unusual" devices. In those cases it is up to the hardware manufacturer to provide specific plugins for each sim (ugh! No Soup For You!)

If the controller appears in the Calibration tabs in Windows, it is (normally) and HID device.

All of the Saitek controllers listed are USB HID devices, that provide inputs to Windows w/o needing drivers nor software.

They should work.

To a lot of people, if there isn't a default profile with everything bound, it's "unsupported" :/

[opjose]

Yeah the semantics are incorrect since it actually works.

Unsupported: adjective
(of a structure, object, or person) not supported physically.

Not having a picture of the device in the sim, annoys me, but that's my own mania.
If I could only determine where the GUID is coming from that the sim uses... I would fix that.

[joesalm]

i already installed the drivers of these saitek devices.
windows actually recognize them . but the msfs 2020 doesn't.
actually you can see the name of it but nothing more, you can't build a profile or define the functionality of the buttons nor exis of these specific devices.

i was hoping at least to have the opportunity to custom it manualy but so far no possibility .

i don't know how to define xml file for it,
am i missing something??

thanks

[opjose]

If you can see the name of the device then MSFS is recognizing it, and supporting it.

Are you sure you know how to build a profile for the device?

Here is a good tutorial on devices that have no default profile...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxVJXS6NlM0

[opjose]

BTW: I've even built my own switch boxes with dials, etc.

This is a completely custom setup, and MSFS shows the device exactly as you describe, yet I have them all working after spending time getting them set up and making new profiles.

If you see the device listed, everything is good. You just need to build the profile.

And that doesn't start until you assign the first switch, or axis to some function in the sim.
The the sim will ask you for the name of the new profile and you can keep working on the rest of the settings.

I even have this working with different electronics...

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4587787

[joesalm]

opjose i thank you , i am trying to get into the control option to fix it but now i can't the the control option in the upper menu.
so strange, i used to be exists there.
i can't fly any mission or nt even the world map, once i enter to the world map, and try to select one of the airport, it does nothing.
all i can do it just spinning the earth but nothing more.
i tried to uninstall and reinatall it again in my windows but still doesn't change a thing..

any idea?

[NinjaTrek2891]

Logitech supplied a addon/plugin for all tools... get it from their site.

[opjose]

Първоначално публикувано от NinjaTrek2891:

Logitech supplied a addon/plugin for all tools... get it from their site.

No, what they have on their web site is for the display panels, not for the controllers and especially not for the Saitek vintage controllers.

I tried it. No Go.

[opjose]

Първоначално публикувано от joesalm:

opjose i thank you , i am trying to get into the control option to fix it but now i can't the the control option in the upper menu.
so strange, i used to be exists there.
i can't fly any mission or nt even the world map, once i enter to the world map, and try to select one of the airport, it does nothing.
all i can do it just spinning the earth but nothing more.
i tried to uninstall and reinatall it again in my windows but still doesn't change a thing..

any idea?

It sounds like you have conflicting VC++ libraries installed on your computer.

Microsoft released VC++ libraries of different vintages over the years.

You should have ONLY two later libraries for each of the years of release. one for x86 and one for x64.

So look in your program list.

If you see for instance FOUR installed versions of VC++ 2012, then you should download the latest redistributable for VC++ 2012 from Microsoft in both x64 and x86 versions, then UNINSTALL ALL of the existing 2012 versions, and re-install just the lastest two you downloaded.

The same is true of any other yearly versions you see in your list.

Once done reboot.

More info about this issue is available on the MS Flight Simulator FAQ & Troubleshooting page.

[joesalm]

i just try to delete the 4 times of VC++ redistribute 2012 as you wisely said! , later i reinstalled it again but still doesn't help.
tried to reinstalled the other years and made reinstall for msfs 2020 again, and not working.
the options menu doesn't exists anymore, and all the airplanes and the tasks are disabled.
i made restart to my computer of course...

any further insturctions please?

[NinjaTrek2891]

I think you should then try out FSUIPC 7 beta and configure it through there.

[Spikenard]

MSFS most certainly supports saitek controls. If it shows in windows under the game controllers settings, it'll work in the sim. Only issue I had (not related to them being saitek) was initially they didn't show in MSFS under steam (was fine from MS Store) but that only needed a quick fix in steam to make work. In that case it was right clicking on MSFS in the steam library, properties, and making sure "steam input per game settings" was changed to Forced Off.

It's a bit confusing what the OP's issue even is. Perhaps some screenshots of the issue would help.