Hello my fellow flight simmers,With the announcment of an Alaskan expansion pack, Flight is looking ever more as a full world simulator, and I have renewed interest in it...But the only reason Flight is sitting idle on my hard drive is because I have a slight issue with my Saitek Pro Flight Yoke...when I push the Hat Switch left, the actual in-game camera goes right, and vice-versa...Any Help?

Hello my fellow flight simmers,With the announcment of an Alaskan expansion pack, Flight is looking ever more as a full world simulator, and I have renewed interest in it...But the only reason Flight is sitting idle on my hard drive is because I have a slight issue with my Saitek Pro Flight Yoke...when I push the Hat Switch left, the actual in-game camera goes right, and vice-versa...Any Help?

same here, jackson, with my old wingman rumblepad, too bad they let you reverse and inverse many other settings but not this one. completely against what I am used to...

LOL glad I'm not alone with this problem....

Pretty sure this is not a hardware problem, hopefully MS sees it and fixes it

I have a slight issue with my Saitek Pro Flight Yoke...when I push the Hat Switch left, the actual in-game camera goes right, and vice-versa...Any Help?

That is strange.. on my CH Yoke, the hat switch works correctly.. never did anything to set it either.

There is a very long and tedious technical explanation for why the hat switch is inverted, but it all stems from a requirement of compatibility with the existing X-Box LIVE programming API which demands that the x/y axes be inverted.As a short-term interim fix, I simply edited the default Cameras.cfg file to negate the pan rate, which reverses the hat switches rotation.

Something to keep in mind when people are talking about the hat swtich. Inside the cockpit, it works the way you'd expect. In external view, the pan is reversed from the way it was in FSX. If you use the options switch to reverse it, it reverses both inside and outside.Bill, I'll have to check out the cameras.xml file. Thanks for the tip.Hook

Bill, I'll have to check out the cameras.xml file. Thanks for the tip.

Larry, while I was at it, I added CycleHidden=Yes to the Title=$Spot camera, and enabled the $Free Look camera, as it is a "fixed spot view" without the smooth transitions...Here are the last few lines of the $Free Look config:ClipMode = SpotPitchPanRate=30HeadingPanRate=-75PanAcceleratorTime=0HotKeySelect=4UseSimVelocity = TRUECycleHidden=No

Where is the cameras.xml file. Search doen't find it on my machinePeter Rowan

Edited March 6, 201214 yr by peterdrowan

I simply edited the default Cameras.xml file to negate the pan rate, which reverses the hat switches rotation.

while I was at it, I added CycleHidden=Yes to the Title=$Spot camera, and enabled the $Free Look camera, as it is a "fixed spot view" without the smooth transitions.

This confuses me greatly.1.) Negating the HeadingPanRate does not work for me!2.) For me, it was the DEFAULT that $Spot has CycleHidden=Yes, while $Free Look is the active camera.

Where is the cameras.xml file. Search doen't find it on my machinePeter Rowan

C:UsersYourUserNameAppDataRoamingMicrosoftFlightBe sure you have Explorer configured to "Show all files and folders."

Thanks. It is cameras.cfg btw not cameras.xml. That is why my serach couldn't find itPeter Rowan

Unfortunately this doesn't work for me. Here my Camera.cfg:[CameraDefinition.003]Title = $SpotGuid = {BCA3FDD1-FB83-4BBA-8407-4922A7F0D00C}Description = This is the description of the spot view.Origin = CenterSnapPbhAdjust = OrdinalSnapPbhReturn = FalsePanPbhAdjust = SwivelPanPbhReturn = FalseTrack = FlatChaseShowAxis = NoAllowZoom = YesInitialZoom = 1.0SmoothZoomTime = 2.0ShowWeather = YesXyzAdjust = FALSETransition = YesShowLensFlare=TRUECategory = OutsideClipMode = SpotPitchPanRate=30//HeadingPanRate=75 //DefaultHeadingPanRate=-75PanAcceleratorTime=0ChaseDistance=65SpringStiffness=5SpringDampingRatio=0.9ChaseCamDrag=0.15//CycleHidden=Yes //DefaultCycleHidden=No

LOL glad I'm not alone with this problem....

Just to let youse know, i have a saitek proflight and the hatswitch works correctly. I wonder what percentage of users have thisnreverse problem, and why would it only affect some not all?

Hmmm..I have installed an XBOX controller - not for flight sims, and it's not even connected right now, but thinking what Fr Bill says above..If you have the reverse problem, which i do, could this be it? Why do some people not have it if it's hard-coded?????bestjake