Article ID: 178340
Article Last Modified on 1/21/2005
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator: WWII Europe Series
- Microsoft Combat Flight Simulator 2: WWII Pacific Theater
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 2000 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Flight Simulator 98 Standard Edition
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SYMPTOMS
When you are flying in Flight Simulator 2000, Combat Flight Simulator, or Flight Simulator 98, you may experience the following symptoms:
- When you are in Cockpit view, your view direction may pan constantly around your aircraft.
- When you are in Spot Plane view, your point of view may orbit constantly around your aircraft.
CAUSE
This behavior can occur if your joystick is not installed or calibrated correctly. An incorrectly installed or calibrated joystick can send hat button signals to Flight Simulator even if you do not press the hat button.
Panning is the default action for the hat button in the Microsoft programs listed earlier in this article.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, test the joystick to determine if it is functioning correctly. For additional information about how to do this, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176714 Troubleshooting Joystick Problems in Flight Simulator 98
If the issue continues to occur, return your view direction to center. To do this, press button 2 on the joystick, press the 8 key on the numeric keypad if NumLock is turned on, or press SHIFT+8 on the numeric keypad if NumLock is turned off.
If this temporarily resolves the issue until the next time you move the hat button, you may be able to permanently resolve this issue by clearing the Repeat check box for each panning action in the Custom Controls dialog box. To do this, use the appropriate method for your version of Flight Simulator.
Flight Simulator 2000
In Flight Simulator 2000, this issue can only occur if the Pan view direction actions are assigned to the hat button movements. By default, the hat button movements in Flight Simulator 2000 are assigned to the Look direction actions.
- On the Options menu, point to Controls, and then click Assignments.
- On the Buttons/Keys tab, under the Event column in the Assignment list box, scroll down to the Pan view left row.
- Under the Repeat column on the Pan view left row, drag the slider under the Repeat column all the way to the left to turn it off.
Repeat this step to turn off the slider under the Repeat column on each of the Pan view direction rows (there are 11 of these rows scattered up and down the Event column).
Alternately, if the view pans constantly only in a certain direction, turn off the slider in the Repeat column on that row.
- Click the CHECK MARK button to return to the cockpit.
Combat Flight Simulator 2
- On the Options menu, click Settings.
- On the Settings screen, click Customize Assignments.
- In the Joystick column, scroll down to the Pan left row.
- On the Pan left row, click the button assignment under the Device column, and then click Clear.
Repeat this step to clear the button assignments in the Device column on all Pan direction and Pan view direction rows.
- Click OK.
Combat Flight Simulator
- On the Options menu, click Settings.
- On the Settings screen, click Customize Controls.
- Click the Assignments tab.
- In the Action column, scroll down to the Pan Left row.
- On the Pan left row, click to clear the check box under the Repeat column next to the Device column.
Repeat this step to clear the check box in the Repeat column on each of the Pan direction or Pan view direction rows (there are 11 of these rows).
Alternately, if the view pans constantly only in a certain direction, click to clear the check box in the Repeat column on that row.
- Click OK, and then click OK again to return to the cockpit.
Flight Simulator 98
- On the Options menu, click Custom Controls.
- Click the Assignments tab.
- In the Action column, scroll down to the Pan View Left row.
- On the Pan View Left row, click to clear the check box under the Repeat column next to the Game device column.
Repeat this step to clear the check box in the Repeat column on each of the Pan View direction rows (there are 11 of these rows).
Alternately, if the view pans constantly only in a certain direction, click to clear the check box in the Repeat column on that row.
- Click OK to return to the cockpit.
If the issue continues to occur, disable the panning commands for your game control device. To do this, use the appropriate method for your version of Flight Simulator.
Flight Simulator 2000
- On the Options menu, point to Controls, and then click Assignments.
- On the Buttons/Keys tab, under the Event column in the Assignment list box, scroll down to the Pan view left row.
- Under the Event column, click the Pan view left row, and then click Delete joystick assignment.
Repeat this step to delete the joystick assignment on each of the Pan view direction rows.
- Click the CHECK MARK button to return to the cockpit.
Combat Flight Simulator
- On the Options menu, click Settings.
- On the Settings screen, click Customize Controls.
- Click the Assignments tab.
- In the Action column, scroll down to the Pan left row.
- On the Pan left row, click the button assignment under the Device column, and then click Clear.
Repeat this step to clear the button assignments in the Device column on all Pan direction and Pan view direction rows.
- Click OK, and then click OK again to return to the cockpit.
Flight Simulator 98
- On the Options menu, click Custom Controls.
- Click the Assignments tab.
- In the Action column, scroll down to the Pan View Left row.
- On the Pan View Left row, click the button assignment under the Game Device column, and then click Clear.
Repeat this step to clear the button assignments in the Game device column on all Pan View direction rows.
- Click OK to return to the cockpit.
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