It's a funny old do, and very frustrating, regarding Flightsticks in Flight Sim Programs!
In all my various computer games, since the year Dot, Microsoft Windows has always been able to recognise every controller I have plugged into the USB/Game Ports in my desktop computers, and automatically assign them to the necessary functions....
...except for the new FS2020...
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... which flatly refuses to recognise my Saitek Cyborg X Flightstick and its default assignments when I load the Sim: ...Ailerons, Elevator, Rudder, Throttle, and Brake!
No problem with all the previous FlightSims; FSX and earlier, but this new; "FS2020" is a right pain in the rear end!
Life is far too short to go through the list of all the various complicated assignments in the program!
I blame it on the; "Steam" and "Asobo" collaboration/complication/constipation in FS2020/FS2024 to find something to drive us all crazy, to get us all to purchase an X-Box and GamePad!
After forking out some 50-odd English Pounds for FS2020, it is impossible to even get off the ground when the Sim has loaded, and the airfield selected, after suffering hours of listening to the background sound droning away while the program slowly sorts itself out!
I'm getting to like/love my Trusty, 2006 FSX, with its tons of free add-ons collected over the years, more and more every day....
...and it always knows what Make/Model Flightstick and its default assignments are plugged into the USB Port!....
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Paul...UK...
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