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FS2024 Keyboard not working inside the sim

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The title says it all. Outside the sim the keyboard works fine. I noticed the sim didn't recognize the esc key. 

 

Anyone have this problem? Don't know what I could of done. I've notice other strange issues after the last update. I'm not in the bata program

Thanks 

Bill McCracken

2 hours ago, macpilot said:

didn't recognize the esc key

Is it the full keyboard now or just the ESC key? If the latter, did you check your keyboard / button assignments?

Phil Leaven

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3 hours ago, macpilot said:

The title says it all. Outside the sim the keyboard works fine. I noticed the sim didn't recognize the esc key. 

 

Anyone have this problem? Don't know what I could of done. I've notice other strange issues after the last update. I'm not in the bata program

Thanks 

Bill McCracken

Interestingly, I had this happen to me today as well in MS2024, SU2. At first I thought my keyboard had died, but it worked with other apps. I eventually restarted the sim, or maybe the computer (don't recall for sure), and the problem went away, and so far has stayed away. I have no idea what caused this bizarre problem. 

Al 

Edited by ark

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Is it the full keyboard now or just the ESC key? If the latter, did you check your keyboard / button assignments?

It is the full keyboard. Looking at most of the keyboard assignments are blank.

Interestingly, I had this happen to me today as well in MS2024, SU2. At first I thought my keyboard had died, but it worked with other apps. I eventually restarted the sim, or maybe the computer (don't recall for sure), and the problem went away, and so far has stayed away. I have no idea what caused this bizarre problem.

I have restarted both the sim and the computer more than once. Over the past several days.

I hope I don't have to reinstall the sim to get the keyboard back.

Thank you.

Any additional ideas is appreciated.

Bill McCracken

 

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To all who took the time to reply.

 

The saying sometimes you can't see the forest for the trees. Seems to apply here.

My fix was to change the keyboard profile to the FS2024 in controls and all works as before. How it changed and what it was change to I have no idea.

Again, thanks to all.

Bill McCracken 

Happened to me 2 hs ago, was driving me nuts. Rebooted PC and it worked again, never had this happen before.

SN737

also happened to me in su2, it had completely emptied my custom keyboard profile yesterday.

MSI Z790i Edge | i7-14700K | EK 360AIO | 32GB DDR5 6400mhz | nVidia RTX5080 | Acer Predator 34"

I've had this bug a handful of times.  Keyboard is just... not there in the sim.  I have to ctrl-alt-delete and kill the sim (since esc doesn't work).  A reboot and it goes away.  

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Craig from KBUF

  • 2 months later...

I am having this problem; I have to the go camera and select instruments to get positions that need. I have uninstalled MSFS twice too if that would work with no luck., the key bindings are there. Looking for any toget to flying.  

I’ve seen this in MSFS2024. If I unplug and then plug back the USB for the Keyboard, it starts working again….worth a try next time it happens to you.

Not sure why it happens…

Edited by P_7878

5 hours ago, P_7878 said:

I’ve seen this in MSFS2024. If I unplug and then plug back the USB for the Keyboard, it starts working again….worth a try next time it happens to you.

Not sure why it happens…

Do you have a lot of USB devices plugged in? Sometimes the bus drops low on voltage if there are a lot of devices, causing random disconnects. the usual solution is a powered USB hub for peripherals, that way your motherboard doesn’t need to supply the power. 
 

If it’s not an issue of too many devices, then likely a bug or oddity? No idea. 

Edited by JonathanC

9800X3d, 4090, 64 GB DDR5 6000 RAM, 4 TB NVME (2x2), 4K Ultra + Framegen

14 minutes ago, JonathanC said:

Do you have a lot of USB devices plugged in? Sometimes the bus drops low on voltage if there are a lot of devices, causing random disconnects. the usual solution is a powered USB hub for peripherals, that way your motherboard doesn’t need to supply the power. 
 

If it’s not an issue of too many devices, then likely a bug or oddity? No idea. 

Thanks.

I’m on Xbox. The Xbox console has 3 USB ports, one in the front that I use for Thrustmaster, and then two in the back, which I use for Mouse and Keyboard. That’s all.

The issue is rare and random, and not reproducible, so, I’m not sure what’s causing it. I don’t recall seeing this in MSFS2020, but only in MSFS2024…Oh well…not a big concern…

Cheers…!

15 minutes ago, P_7878 said:

Thanks.

I’m on Xbox. The Xbox console has 3 USB ports, one in the front that I use for Thrustmaster, and then two in the back, which I use for Mouse and Keyboard. That’s all.

The issue is rare and random, and not reproducible, so, I’m not sure what’s causing it. I don’t recall seeing this in MSFS2020, but only in MSFS2024…Oh well…not a big concern…

Cheers…!

Ah Xbox works differently so no idea here. Probably just a bug related to aggressive power management or something. 

9800X3d, 4090, 64 GB DDR5 6000 RAM, 4 TB NVME (2x2), 4K Ultra + Framegen

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