Joystick Axis not recognized by KSP

[captainmcgillicudy]

Hi,

I recently bought a Thrustmaster HOTAS X Joystick after reading several recommendations on the forum. After plugging it in, testing it in the Windows 8 Game Controller configuration, I opened up KSP, and low and behold, the Axis controls are not recognized.

Things to note:

-I'm running the game in Windows 8

-I have version 0.25 on Steam.

-Joystick, Throttle, and All Buttons work in other programs (FS9) and are recognized by the Windows 8 Control Panel

-Joystick BUTTONS ARE recognized in KSP

--Joystick AXIS controls are NOT recognized in KSP

I have tried resetting KSP and my computer, deleting the config file, and unplugging and plugging in the joystick.

Any help with this is greatly appreciated!

-- Side note: I downloaded Fly-By-Wire mod after troubleshooting the problems. The mod does not recognize the joystick either.

[Master Tao]

Welcome to the forums!

When you say that the joystick axes are not recognized, have you tried the axis bindings on the right half of the screen? That's the usual problem.

[captainmcgillicudy]

Correct, there are no Axis bindings to choose from or select. For example, when I go into the Input settings in KSP, under flight I can assign the landing gear, brakes, etc to JoystickButton0 and JoystickButton1, but the right side of the screen under Axis is completely empty.

EDIT: I also cannot assign an Axis setting to any of those options either. Only buttons.

Edited November 7, 2014 by captainmcgillicudy

[Master Tao]

Notice the lack of options to assign buttons to pitch, yaw, roll, and translation. Switch to the Staging UI tab.

And Docking UI if you use that mode.

[captainmcgillicudy]

Boy do I feel stupid. I've been wrestling with this thing for the last 3 hours.

Thanks!

[cheshirejak]

I'm having a different sort of issue with the HOTAS X from Thrustmaster. Things mapped fine, and work fine, until I turn off KSP and turn it back on. At which time buttons work fine, but none of the joystick axises work until I go through and reassign them (But, according to the KSP settings, they are still there?)

Any ideas?

--Jak

[vexx32]

The name of the joystick seems to ring a bell. I'll bet someone's had some kind of problem with it before; Unity's notoriously absolutely rubbish when it comes to joysticks. The only thing I can think of is to look into third-party virtual joystick mapping applications. You might be able to map your physical joystick to a virtual one that KSP will recognise correctly.