Joystick not very well supported?

[guitarxe]

I tried using a Saitek X52 to control the rocket, assigned the axis in the options, but it working a bit wonky in the game. Right around the center of the stick, it seems to be super sensitive, and then loses sensitivity the longer away from the center you pull the stick. And I mean so sensitive that you can't really even control anything around the center. For example on the throttle, one minuscule movement at the center of the throttle axis translates into a 1/4 jump of throttle in the game, and the joystick behaves the same way with pitch yaw and rotate.

Was there some additional calibration I should have done first or is that just not very well supported and I shouldn't expect anything better?

Also how come the move from VB to IPB? Just curious..

[JTpopcorn]

I actually have the same problem, although I assumed it was because of my old joystick.  I think it used to work in previous versions but I don't recall. Hopefully it got dealt with during the 1.1 rebuild.

I think their are sensitivity sliders in the controls menu, and make sure the joystick is connected before starting the game.

[pincushionman]

Have you set the deadzone in the input settings?

and does the Saitek software allow you to affect the sensitivity curves?