I've tried and tried now am tired

[mark.green02]

Hello all, after buying the game thru Steam and then deciding after looking at Ikrananka's starting tutor vids, I bought a Thrustmaster hotas 4 joystick. Following the tutorial for setting up b17 and getting a response in the game setting up option I head out for the first training mission taxing etc to find no throttle response, in fact the engine is running so high that once out of ia mode the plane just heads off into the field I can't turn nor bring the throttle down nothing is responding.

Where am I going wrong here I have uninstalled the game, uninstalled the hotas drivers but still the same unresponsiveness. I also tried the Vjoy and Joycurve but uninstalled that too. Please help the game looks great, I have the tools but can go no further.

[Highstriker]

This may or may not help. A flight sim or two would not recognize my HOTAS, and what I did was right click on the game in my library and go to properties, General, and at the bottom choose Steam Input Per-Game Setting and choose 'Forced Off'

You might want to do this one time in big picture mode too under your game: controller settings (it used to be the sole control for steam input emulation) What this is is a kind of emulator that let's steam put an emulator over top of a standard controller so that it can be re-mapped, so that an xbox (or any directinput) controller can be re-worked like a steam controller.

In most games I've tried, when this is on, I can't use my hotas, and when it's off I can't use the steam controller.

I just woke up roughly.. I don't know if this will fix it, but it's something to try.

[mark.green02]

Thanks Highstriker i tried the `forced off` and the big picture mode. In big picture mode i got nowhere past the pretty girl launch and with the forced off option the HOTAS remained unresponsive. The only thing my joystick could produce was acceleration when I banked to the left. Perhaps the Steam version of the game is no good, I notice krananka has a gog version. But thanks for your reply.

[Highstriker]

No problem. From what I'm reading, did you try mapping the axes in-game? (not sure if you can but I think you can) it sounds like maybe it hasn't been set.

[mark.green02]

I am not sure what mapping is but in the B17 game you are presented with game options 100's of them specificly roll yaw etc and as I assign my hotas controls I see the gauge responding, but when it comes to doing a training mission the things that should work don't.

[Smokey]

Not trying to be offensive but are you going to manual control (m key) before trying to fly the plane. If not the computer will just keep flying. Have done it a hundred times myself.

[mark.green02]

Hi Smokey,I;m talking about the first training mission taxiing and takeoff and the only way to end up in the field is in manual mode. So I went and downloaded the GoG version of the game with the same hassles. But looking through all 13 pages of discussions I saw one of yours advising to delete opt files. So how do I get to these opt files where do I look and how do I access them.

[Smokey]

Sorry, I don't know anything about the opt files. I looked through my posts and didn't find them mentioned.

[DeviousDave]

Have you by any chance left clicked on any of the controls in the cockpit view?

If you did then it screws with the games handling of plane mechanics by locking those controls off from the computer and in turn locks you out of the control system when not manually doing it from the cockpit (as the CPU can't move it for you when you move your joystick/throttle).

You can counter it by right clicking on whatever you moved after you moved it to give back control to the computer (so it can move stuff for you when you move your joystick etc.)

[mark.green02]

Hi all, I seem to have the joystick working now I have tried so many different options although by mistake I noticed on the throttle control that although pushing it back and forth does nothing there are to switch type thing on the throttle which work, I have the hotas 4 joystick so this means I cannot get gradual thrust. And o I haven't got as far as fiddling with the cockpit controls

[ikrananka]

Sorry for my late response - been away on vacation. Hope the following may help a little:

1. If this is the current PS4 badged version of the T.Flight Hotas 4 then make sure that you have installed the latest firmware and driver as described here : https://support.thrustmaster.com/en/product/tflighthotas4-en/
2. If you are using the older version of the T.Flight Hotas 4 (which is what I have) then make sure that the PC/PS3 switch, located at the back of the joystick, is in the PC position.
3. With the GOG version, the opt files are located in C:\GOG Games\B-17 Flying Fortress\Options. Often deleting BOTH the B17.opt and the EnglishUK.opt files will eliminate joystick issues. However, this deletes any game options that you setup and so you will have to go back into the game options while in-game and adjust them back to your preference.

[mark.green02]

Hello Ikrananka, its nice to see you back. I have been watching your starting up videos with a fervour, most of the joystick are now working, however I don't seem to be able to use the hat control am I supposed to assign it separately on b17 ? needless to say without it I just cant align properly on the landing training mission. Also for some strange reason my desktop won't install the 2nd vjoy app as you recommended I hope the first one does the job, thanks

[mark.green02]

Oh and my hotas 4 is the PS4 one which I think is the current one

[Angel]

Here is one of the possible problems. You have a new joystick with new drivers, this game is old and drivers in it are old. You need a Microsoft sidewinder it will work with 99%