I cannot get the Joystick to work properly at all. I have a full CH Pro setup (Combatstick, Pro Pedals, Pro Throttle). Like most older games I have to combine all three to work as a single device in the CH Control Panel. But even then, the game itself refuses to even recognize that a joystick is connected.

When I got to Options/Controls, and then select a control and try to have the game detect the axis/joystick, it will sit there and say "...searching" until I just quit.

Previous joystick control issues were selected as Solved by making sure that the game itself is not in Auto Mode (i.e., the "computer icon" in the lower right corner)... which is of course an issue. But in my case this is not the problem... I can't get the game to recognize the controls at all so that I can remap them accordingly.

Anyone have any tips here?

I'm running the game on Win7 Pro x64.

Wow.

Let this be a lesson in technology for those who may be having similar issues.

Apparently my CH Pro peripherals do not function when connected to USB 3.0 ports. When I removed my Combatstick from the USB 3.0 port and put it in a 2.0 port, it worked.

So if you have a motherboard with USB 3.0 ports and your having issues with your joystick, check to see if it's plugged into a 3.0 port and try a 2.0 port and see if that fixes the problem.

Learn something new everyday...