Hey everyone,
I've been playing Elite for a while though I took a somewhat long break before returning to it just recently. I am using a Thrustmaster T.16000m Hotas Setup with one stick and the throttle. It used to work fine but now after getting back in I noticed an issue with my control for the maneuvering/docking thrusters. I use the analouge stick on the back of the throttle to control my ship during the docking process but unlike before, I often get stuck in an endless, if slow, downwards motion even if I stop touching the stick or haven't touched it at all yet. Usually moving it up cancels the thrust and my ship remains still, at least for a short time before it goes down again.
After checking with another game I realized that the stick, even if in its default position, reacts as if I was pushing it down just slightly (I noticed that specifically when I launched an unrelated game and my menu cursor kept going to the very bottom without my doing until I checked every axis on my hotas setup and identified the issue source). As someone who doesn't exactly have a lot of experience with this kinda stuff I'd assume there is an actual hardware defect present, although I have had the setup for a couple of years already and it never was an issue until now. Strangely enough I can't recall what could have caused this as even during the downtime the throttle was always on my desk, undisturbed by anything that could have caused the stick to be pushed down for a prolonged time (if something like that could even cause this kind of issue).
So before going for the option of getting it fixed, I wanted to ask if there is a way for me to either fix it myself without having to take the entire thing apart or if the Target Software could help, though I have never used it and would prefer to keep it that way if at all possible.
Thank you all in advance for your replies and I hope this issue can somehow be fixed without having to send the throttle away.
Regards
Stealth300
I've been playing Elite for a while though I took a somewhat long break before returning to it just recently. I am using a Thrustmaster T.16000m Hotas Setup with one stick and the throttle. It used to work fine but now after getting back in I noticed an issue with my control for the maneuvering/docking thrusters. I use the analouge stick on the back of the throttle to control my ship during the docking process but unlike before, I often get stuck in an endless, if slow, downwards motion even if I stop touching the stick or haven't touched it at all yet. Usually moving it up cancels the thrust and my ship remains still, at least for a short time before it goes down again.
After checking with another game I realized that the stick, even if in its default position, reacts as if I was pushing it down just slightly (I noticed that specifically when I launched an unrelated game and my menu cursor kept going to the very bottom without my doing until I checked every axis on my hotas setup and identified the issue source). As someone who doesn't exactly have a lot of experience with this kinda stuff I'd assume there is an actual hardware defect present, although I have had the setup for a couple of years already and it never was an issue until now. Strangely enough I can't recall what could have caused this as even during the downtime the throttle was always on my desk, undisturbed by anything that could have caused the stick to be pushed down for a prolonged time (if something like that could even cause this kind of issue).
So before going for the option of getting it fixed, I wanted to ask if there is a way for me to either fix it myself without having to take the entire thing apart or if the Target Software could help, though I have never used it and would prefer to keep it that way if at all possible.
Thank you all in advance for your replies and I hope this issue can somehow be fixed without having to send the throttle away.
Regards
Stealth300
