Elite Dangerous and Windows 10 Discussion thread.

Ttwister

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Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS-X/Windows 10

Hi

Having a frustrating issue with my Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS-X. It worked perfectly in Windows 8.1, I’ve since installed Windows 10 and this is where things messed up a bit. For some reason the central/natural position pitches up my ship up at about 50%. So in order to fly straight, I need to have the flight stick pushed forward ½ way. I’ve checked the control panel and everything seems configured correctly?

Anyone having this issue?

Thanks!
 

beelbeebub

beelbeebub
Ttwister said:
Hi

Having a frustrating issue with my Thrustmaster T-Flight HOTAS-X. It worked perfectly in Windows 8.1, I’ve since installed Windows 10 and this is where things messed up a bit. For some reason the central/natural position pitches up my ship up at about 50%. So in order to fly straight, I need to have the flight stick pushed forward ½ way. I’ve checked the control panel and everything seems configured correctly?

Anyone having this issue?

Thanks!
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have you tried rebooting and making sure the stick is free and central when starting up. Sometimes these analogue sticks recalibrate on start up assuming they are centred. If the stick is off centre on start up it can think that is "zero".
 

TD Bauer

TD Bauer
It sounds like you need to recalibrate the stick under 'controllers' in Windows. When I updated to Windows 10 I had a similar issue with my HOTUS - X. The recalibration fixed it.
 
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EdzUp

EdzUp
Tbh after using win10 my ED has weirdly taken to resetting the PC, I can play other things nice but ED resets it.

Rolled back to Win8.1and I'm gonna verify the files as I can't be bothered faffing around to play a game :/

Well after everything went fine, drivers updated, ED verified and everything works brilliantly even got a game of ED and guess what. My PC decides to die on me, after diagnosing the whole thing it seems the PSU has blown and fried the mobo so no ED for me at present :/
 
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shadragon

shadragon
PCJimmmy said:
The forum search function is very weak IMO. I know I have seen some Windows 10 threads but can't find them.
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Use Google in this format:

"Windows 10" site:forums.frontier.co.uk

Or replace the text in quotes with whatever you are looking for. Leave quotes off for more hits.

If you do not need Windows 10, don't upgrade to it until at least the first service pack or SP1 has been released.
 
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Globusdiablo

Globusdiablo
Win10 deletes any restore partitions present on your harddrive. So forget about rolling back if Win10 crashes, like it did on my sons pc. Unless of course you've remembered to create a backup?... :)
 
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Wutz

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beelbeebub said:
I'm not saying W10 is perfect, far from it, some of the new stuff e.g. P2P updating, has potential issues and some of the privacy policy is rather vague.
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Privacy policies are worded broadly so as to avoid painting themselves into a corner. Companies always need to leave room for manoeuvre in their formal communications. Consider FD, they state that horizons is out "holiday 2015" because if they said "12 Dec 2015" some idiots would get all pitchforky if they were a day late.
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In some the cases you mentioned, of course a modern OS will upload your contacts, appointments, calendar etc. How else will you get notifications across multiple devices? It's like getting all in a flap because Gmail uploads all you emails to their servers. A email app that didn't upload your emails would be useless.
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The writing and typing bit has been explained as anonymous metrics to help improve the handwriting and typing. Now if they were ultra narrow in their policy and it turned out that some extra info was being uploaded or stored they'd be in trouble. Remember the Google map WiFi debacle, the data packets were accidentally picked up from people who weren't encrypting anyway. It was like getting mad at the litter collector because he collected some of the letters you were throwing out of your window.
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Reserving the right to detect and disable counterfeit and pirate hard and software has been explained in the context applying to the store apps, but even so isn't reserving the right to stop someone doing illegal things with your product uncontroversial? Would a gun manufacturer stating that they don't want their products being used for armed robberies be controversial? would an airline reserving the right to refuse boarding to drug smugglers be controversial?
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I'm not saying that some of the privacy issues aren't real, or that the policy doesn't need clarifying or changing, but the blanket "it's all spyware" is over the top tabloid style hyperbole.
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A little perspective and a balanced approach would be nice.
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A big issue for me is that MS stated recently, that they won't be giving out information on the content of their updates in the future. At least not on all of them. Combine that with the very loose privacy policy and you have got a company, that is not only able to spy on all of your activities, but can also install software at will. Maybe they aren't monitoring the files on your desktop for now. The next 'blind' update could already change that. Without even informing you. Without you being able to say 'no update for me please!'.

Also, I think this wasn't you, but the comparison to Facebook, Twitter and the like is completely false. With those services, you can decide which information you give them and which you do not. Sure, they're very data-spongey. If you put some info of yourself somewhere on the net, they'll likely find it. But if you are carefull, you can control what they know. And if you don't like how a particular web service or program treats your data... just stop using it! With regards to Windows 10; have fun being a gamer and not using it in a few years, when DX12 will be standard. You've got no choice.

For the balanced approach: sure, it isn't so bad right now. Most of the things can be deactivated, the rest are mostly acceptable. But the direction Microsoft is going here is very scary to me, which is why I'll hold out as long as possible to see if they change direction. An operating system needs to be held to higher standards than any web service or individual program regarding performance, stability and many other aspects. Stands to reason that this goes for privacy too. If Microsoft can introduce policies like this without repercussions, we'll end up with a windows 12 or 13 that literally holds a copy of all your data unencrypted on the Microsoft servers.
 

VR Dextrovix

VR Dextrovix
shadragon said:
<snip>...If you do not need Windows 10, don't upgrade to it until at least the first service pack or SP1 has been released.
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Just to pickup on this point, it's best to remind people that if they want to upgrade for free, they have to do that within a year of release, so June 29th 2016 if there isn't a service pack before then (who knows, they may just do cumulative updates for Windows 10 anyway!).
 

Eagle Eye

Eagle Eye
You might need to run the game in borderless mode (or was it full screen? I changed it to one of those from the other and it worked)
 
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Tenshi

Tenshi
You need to run the game in window mode. You also need to downgrade your sound drivers to stereo only at about 16Hz otherwise it won't record sound. Microsoft basically just ported over the Xbox version to the PC rather than add more features to it for the PC gamer. I don't bother with the app as I have Raptr and FRAPS.
 
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Porina

Porina
Globusdiablo said:
Win10 deletes any restore partitions present on your harddrive. So forget about rolling back if Win10 crashes, like it did on my sons pc. Unless of course you've remembered to create a backup?... :)
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Depends how bad you mean by crashes. If you installed Win10 as an upgrade to an existing Win7/8 install, then you can roll back to that install for up to a month after the upgrade. 5 minute job, no re-install needed.
 

shadragon

shadragon
Porina said:
Depends how bad you mean by crashes. If you installed Win10 as an upgrade to an existing Win7/8 install, then you can roll back to that install for up to a month after the upgrade. 5 minute job, no re-install needed.
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You need Win10 working to revert back using Win10. End up in a CTD at boot or some such and you are hosed. I have continuously been disappointed with MS based restore points. They always work during tests, but almost never work when you need them too. People without tech experience are the ones running into issues with Win10 and have no idea what to do or how to do it especially when things go sideways.

Acronis has decent backup software and will even restore to dissimilar hardware. Clonezilla is also a decent imaging tool. Before you upgrade use those tools to image your existing setup and you'll have a chance at taking a step back.
 

Gib007

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Blucross said:
I have the exact same issue. It occurred with my X-52 and my X-55. I have tried using a powered USB hub both 2.0 and 3.0, disabling USB 3.0 in bios, clean install of OS and Saitek Drivers etc.. No matter what, when I unplug my HOTAS windows beeps constantly, mouse becomes laggy and unresponsive. It is only fixed by a restart. Now, I either leave the HOTAS plugged in always, or shut down to unplug it.

I've done a lot of research and this issue is fairly common when googling terms like "windows beeping mouse lag." As it turns out, I have yet to see a fix for it. The Saitek configuration program also crashes in Win10 for me and is not reliable at all.

Ultimately, I have yet to find anyone using a Saitek HOTAS with Win10 that does not experience this issue.
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I'm glad to see this issue has been reported by others. I found this very weird as well. Just had it twice between last night and tonight, which are the only two times I've used my HOTAS in Windows 10 so the correlation is clear.
 

Faerie

Faerie
Poacher886 said:
Yep. only just started playing ED. Plyed approx 2hrs with 290x+windows 10 and had 3x lockups / freezes.
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There's an old adage that says "Never buy the first version of *anything*."
Also consider that MS have been using their customers as Quality Control since April 4th 1974, to my certain knowledge.
Hence, if you expect to run Windows 10 without some fairly major issues, your optimism is admirable but your common sense is not.

Try Windows 8.1 drivers, which are working well on (my son's) Win 10/ i7/dual gtx 980Ti machine.
 

lenna

lenna
The technical/stability problems with Windows 10 can probably be summed up in one word - Drivers.
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The situation seems to be not quite as bad as what happened with the move from Windows XP to Windows Vista (where the driver infrastructure completely changed) but it seems that between Windows 8/8.1 and Windows 10 that Microsoft have sufficiently tweaked the general driver architecture to cause issues with at least some drivers. It would seem that the biggest issues are with Hardware from manufacturers who (at least currently) have a bit of a reputation for driver support issues in general.
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Currently not having any issues with ED that can be tied to Windows 10 support issues on the part of FD.
 
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