I cant center my joystick Help

[YouPay-chan]

I use a Microsoft Force feedback 2
Its really weird, I have the P51 perfectly centered after I calibrated joystick in windows.
but all other aircraft are not centered. The F86 always starts with left roll, the A10 has negative pitch etc. Do I have to center my joystick for each aircraft? If so, how do I do that?

[T'Khaos]

Need to use trim controls to level things out so make sure you know what the key bindings are or change them to what you want, don't forget to bind Reset Trim

I normally bind them to my HAT using a multiplier so I don't lose my HAT for other things.

A-10A has trim for Pitch, Roll and Rudder under Flight Control

A-10C and A-10C II has Yaw trim under Flight Control and the rest is on the stick.

F-86F has trim for Pitch, Roll and Rudder under Flight Control

You can also make changes in the Control Settings to individual axis for that aircraft, some people have found adding a small dead zone helps. Not sure if that would help in your case, worked fine for a person I suggested it too recently but their joystick wasn't centering at all, in or out of the game.

[YouPay-chan]

thank you for your response. ok, trim is to tune/counteract the physics of flying during the simulation of flight right? or in real life for that matter.

my problem is that I cant center the joystick axis in DCS axis settings. further more,
different aircraft show different variations of an un-centered joystick in the joystick axis settings. for example, F86 shows like im pushing the stick to the left, in the A10 it shows like im pushing the stick forward

is there a way to center my joystick for each aircraft in DCS joystick axis settings?

In Windows the joystick is perfectly centered. and it works perfectly with every other game.

[YouPay-chan]

OK i found its a bug in DCS with the centering of my MS force feedback joystick. it centers fine with another joystick I tried (Logitech extreme 3d pro) . My MS FF2 works perfectly well in all other games but it has a problem with DCS..... the X axis is always rolling left

[Troll Norris]

Have you enabled FFB in the misc. options menu? Also in which aircraft?

In A-10C when you arm the PAC, stick is automatically pushed forward.

[YouPay-chan]

yes, FFb is enabled. when i fly the p51 it works well as far as FFB effects. but if I look in the axis settings, all aircraft show in the X axis like Im pushing the stick to the left 50% to 60% so all aircraft are always doing a left roll.

the sidewinder FF2 is perfectly calibrated in windows and it works perfectly well with all other sims i have.

also, I tried another stick i own (logitech extreme 3d pro) and that one sims to work normally.

[Troll Norris]

Download the DIview tool and check your joystick via this tool.

https://heusinkveld.com/download-diview/

It is tool to test DirectInput devices made by Logitech. This tools shows output in raw values.

[DOMINIK DES]

you don't need to install a specific program for the joystick
you have to remove it
plug and calibrate in Windows directly
for microsoft joysticks there is the specific microsoft calibration in the original windows
then go to calibration in the DCS joystick keyboard settings, game launched, the big table with all the keys
see what it does, it must be centered for each plane otherwise there is a problem
i have two 16000 and the throttle slider same brand thrustmaster (i pilot everything like starcitizen) the Z axis is good for the trash, the rest is fine

i also have a microsoft sidewinder that still works well (and also a saitek)
i always do it like that
there may be something else plugged in that disrupts the joystick or mouse centering vice versa in games, i've already had that, try plugging in another mouse to see

[Gunfreak]

Also some aircraft and all helicopters need you to fiddele with the button called "FFtune" or something, you need to change the axis on the aircraft there, some you need to swap both axis, some Y and some X, you just need to try and test, for instance, in the Spitfire, if I don't use the FF tune and change the axis, it will be shoot straight up on mission start if you do an air start. and no amount of trim down will fix it.

[Troll Norris]

Originally posted by STUDIO DW12:

you don't need to install a specific program for the joystick
you have to remove it
plug and calibrate in Windows directly
for microsoft joysticks there is the specific microsoft calibration in the original windows
then go to calibration in the DCS joystick keyboard settings, game launched, the big table with all the keys
see what it does, it must be centered for each plane otherwise there is a problem
i have two 16000 and the throttle slider same brand thrustmaster (i pilot everything like starcitizen) the Z axis is good for the trash, the rest is fine

i also have a microsoft sidewinder that still works well (and also a saitek)
i always do it like that
there may be something else plugged in that disrupts the joystick or mouse centering vice versa in games, i've already had that, try plugging in another mouse to see

Calibrate in Windows is mostly bad idea because nowday the calibration is saved in joystick's firmware. So if you use Windows calibration via joy.cpl, you may make some huge mess.

That's why you should use the manufacturer calibration tool if possible because it saves calibration into joystick's firmware.

[DOMINIK DES]

you misunderstood me
i'm talking about calibration for microsoft joysticks only
i never do it for other brands
for thrustmasters like 16000 i plug and center directly in DCS in the settings
never any problem.
adding "external" software like downloaded (even dvd) exposes the PC to potential viruses, something i haven't done for a long time since as i said i only have steam installed and no antivirus
for 20 years in steam (without ban) it's the best solution i found from experience to be quiet
is the goal to spend your life making adjustments or to have fun?

[Delle(DK)]

a guess. If you have a rudder pedal connected then that can be the issue of calibration being wrong, try to disconnect the usb cable.
Also if you have a game controller ( that you se example to play fifa soccer ) then unplug it form the usb port while you use your joystick.
Sometimes these things can effect some joysticks.