Greetings, Commanders.
I just started flying again after a long hiatus and my yaw is drifting to the left. At first, I thought it might be my flight stick. It's a little dirty and I'm hesitant to take it apart for fear of mucking something up and not being able to use it again. However, certain behavior is leading me to wonder if it's something else. I last left my ship adrift in the black, so I can't test against any other of my ships at this time. I'm about 40 jumps away from dock with limited time to play until the weekend, which means I won't be able to compare for a couple of days.
The main reason I'm not 100% convinced it's my flight stick—although it still might be—is that I don't recall the drift occurring when I'm mapping planets. I don't remember if yaw is disabled during DSS but, if it isn't, then it can't be my stick because the drift would occur during mapping as well. My dead zone in the ED settings offers plenty of wiggle room, and I didn't see anything in my ship's engineering to suggest that choices led to annoying controls. Just to be sure, I've shared my build in both EDSY & Coriolis (whichever you prefer) in case I'm missing something. The only other thing I can think of is that the dead zone in the stick's own software isn't configured. I'm using a Thrustmaster t16000m, so I use the T.A.R.G.E.T application, though it has no profiles loaded. I haven't loaded a profile (there's an ED profile) because their instructions indicate that it will also load their bindins, which I don't want. Could that be it? Could the lack of profile and using Generic Stick (I think) in the controls config inside ED be causing this annoying drift?
I sure hope it's software-related. Performing surgery on my stick doesn't sound like a pleasant activity. Thanks for any recommendations.
s.orbis.zone
I just started flying again after a long hiatus and my yaw is drifting to the left. At first, I thought it might be my flight stick. It's a little dirty and I'm hesitant to take it apart for fear of mucking something up and not being able to use it again. However, certain behavior is leading me to wonder if it's something else. I last left my ship adrift in the black, so I can't test against any other of my ships at this time. I'm about 40 jumps away from dock with limited time to play until the weekend, which means I won't be able to compare for a couple of days.
The main reason I'm not 100% convinced it's my flight stick—although it still might be—is that I don't recall the drift occurring when I'm mapping planets. I don't remember if yaw is disabled during DSS but, if it isn't, then it can't be my stick because the drift would occur during mapping as well. My dead zone in the ED settings offers plenty of wiggle room, and I didn't see anything in my ship's engineering to suggest that choices led to annoying controls. Just to be sure, I've shared my build in both EDSY & Coriolis (whichever you prefer) in case I'm missing something. The only other thing I can think of is that the dead zone in the stick's own software isn't configured. I'm using a Thrustmaster t16000m, so I use the T.A.R.G.E.T application, though it has no profiles loaded. I haven't loaded a profile (there's an ED profile) because their instructions indicate that it will also load their bindins, which I don't want. Could that be it? Could the lack of profile and using Generic Stick (I think) in the controls config inside ED be causing this annoying drift?
I sure hope it's software-related. Performing surgery on my stick doesn't sound like a pleasant activity. Thanks for any recommendations.
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s.orbis.zone
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