Hi guys,

I know this is old topic but for some who has the same issue a little update I fallowed the guide of my fellow UKV Pilot and it didn't work, however the lead was good so I found as well like 3 HID Devices which need to be ticked off as well like USB devices in Device Manager and after long time I could enjoy long flight without wories do I have to land on autopilot or I can land manualy,  

Press Alt+Return to enter windowed mode in fsx. Hit windows key, and search for game controllers. Once the dialog box opens, leave it open and go back to fsx, and back to full screen if you wish.

 

Works instantly, meaning you don't lose your flight. It sucks especially if your on a long haul for BAV.

 

I'm running fsx acceleration, in windows 8.1 pro, using a Mad Catz FLY5 flightstick.

Hi Guys, I've been running through the same problem as you guys.. My Saitek pro flight Yoke becomes unresponsive to FSX.. i've tried Googling and have read over 20 different article saying to do different things.. I re-installed WIN 8.1 like 4-5 times but issue still not fixed... I re-installed FSX and started Flying again.. and once my Yoke froze, I went in Full screen and GUESS WHAT!! The Yoke Responded!!!...

I did over 20 tests.. forcing The Yoke to freeze and everytime it Freezes i go in FULL SCREEN and back on WIN MODE it works again..

I GUESS THIS IS THE FIX!!.. 

 

SOMEONE TRY IT AND LET ME KNOW..!! 

GOOD LUCK

OK I think I have found a partial solution. I came across a little dll file called dinput8.dll.

Go to www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?dinput8 and get it from there (the .zip file not the installer).

 

I think it's a file from DX8.

 

Place the dll in your FSX folder and all should be ok.

I've been running this for a few days now and haven't lost my joystick once, whereas before I was losing it after 5-10 minutes of flight.

 

I'm keeping my fingers crossed

Hello, i tried this it seems to have fixed it partially i can switch between certain tasks now and can even sometimes complete a flight. But it still loses it's function sometimes.

 

Hi Guys, I've been running through the same problem as you guys.. My Saitek pro flight Yoke becomes unresponsive to FSX.. i've tried Googling and have read over 20 different article saying to do different things.. I re-installed WIN 8.1 like 4-5 times but issue still not fixed... I re-installed FSX and started Flying again.. and once my Yoke froze, I went in Full screen and GUESS WHAT!! The Yoke Responded!!!...

I did over 20 tests.. forcing The Yoke to freeze and everytime it Freezes i go in FULL SCREEN and back on WIN MODE it works again..

I GUESS THIS IS THE FIX!!.. 

 

SOMEONE TRY IT AND LET ME KNOW..!! 

GOOD LUCK

 

 

Press Alt+Return to enter windowed mode in fsx. Hit windows key, and search for game controllers. Once the dialog box opens, leave it open and go back to fsx, and back to full screen if you wish.

 

Works instantly, meaning you don't lose your flight. It sucks especially if your on a long haul for BAV.

 

I'm running fsx acceleration, in windows 8.1 pro, using a Mad Catz FLY5 flightstick.

I'm glad this fixes the biggest irritation being you can't complete the flight. Really proud how the community can fix problems better than windows does with their 85$ support team. Can't imagine how you come to the idea to disabling USB for power saving. Like you plug in USB devices for the light or something.

Also try the Pause, ALT+TAB, then return to FSX (we use FSXAssist) and press 'P' to unpause.

 

Regards

jja