Now it's the throttle!

[beaky]

Rudder problems have disappeared, but now all aircraft can't develop more than about 80% of available power. Also, button assignments are not saving well anymore. Any thoughts?

[TacitBlue]

I had a similar problem with the throttle, check the sensitivity on your throttle axis. As far as the button assignments, not a clue there. Could it be a driver problem? I doubt it, but you might try that.

[beaky]

I had a similar problem with the throttle, check the sensitivity on your throttle axis. As far as the button assignments, not a clue there. Could it be a driver problem? I doubt it, but you might try that.

Yeah, I'm on the verge of reinstalling the Saitek software. Every time I close and open FS9, I see different button configs  and a different control surface acting up (now ailerons flutter on their own). It's not the sensitivities.... I think somehow the Saitek app. got "confused" when I recently re-installed CFS3 and redid all the joystick settings for that sim; it's only been unstable with FS9  since then.  I'm not looking forward to this... I initially had a hell of a time setting up this joystick for FS9. Seems to be a weak point of the X45 ("not logo-tested for Windows, etc., etc....").

[TacitBlue]

not logo tested for windows? thats wierd, is it made specifically for mac or linux or something?

[LoneEagle]

Sounds like you may have more than one fs9.cfg.

[beaky]

I don't know what OS (if any) the X45 was intended for; that's the warning XP gave me when I first installed the drivers. It was difficult getting it working properly, but it's been stable for months! Another cfg.??!!! How the hell could THAT happen?
 

[LoneEagle]

It happens all the time. More often when you start
changing hardware.

Do a search for fs9.cfg and enable hiden files.

[beaky]

It happens all the time. More often when you start
changing hardware.

Do a search for fs9.cfg and enable hiden files.

Given some thought it makes sense (although I'm no programmer). Thanks a lot- I'll give it a try. But if I have multiple cfgs, don't I want to delete as opposed to enable? If you can enlighten me a little, it'd be very much appreciated.

[LoneEagle]

You need to enable hidden files in the seach window
or the fs9.cfg won't be found.

Save and paste one to a temp folder, just to make you
feel better.

Delete all of them and restart the sim. It will make a
new one with all default settings.

Reset everything to your likings.

You may want to delete all the saved flights also,
just to get a fresh start on things. They are in My Docs.
just delete the flights, leave the folder there.

[beaky]

Here's a head-scratcher: a search of the entire hard drive, including hidden files (duh- I should've realized that's what you were referring to), yielded no results.  ???

[LoneEagle]

The location is:

c/documents and settings/user/application data/microsoft/fs9

I made a shortcut to it so as to check from time to
time because I have had a problem with having too
many.

[beefhole]

If you do find two, just delete them both. A new one is automatically created when you open fs9.exe. Sorry to hear you're experiencing classic fs "hey, let's play a joke on the loser that bought this game and create several problems for no apparent reason."

[beaky]

I can't find nothin'. There is no Application Data subfolder in my personal user subfolder in Documents & Settings, and the Administrator subfolder has one, but under Microsoft it only contains a subfolder labelled Internet Explorer. What the heck?!! All I did was re-install CFS3 and re-calibrate my joystick...  I'm about THIS close to seeing how well FS9 will fly when launched out a 4th-story window...

[jethro]

Go to the "Tools" dropdown menu at the top of the screen then go to Folder options/view then tick the Show hidden files and folders option. You should be able to see your application data folder once you've done that.

[beaky]

Thanks, jethro... yes, I've just checked that, and discovered only one FS9.cfg file. However there is also a text version of the same thing, with a different (later) creation date, and also a record of having been modified recently. When opened, the original .cfg file and the text version seem identical (didn't check every line, though...). Any idea what that's all about?