Joystick not functioning in 1.72 ?

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Joystick not functioning in 1.72 ?

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Hi.

My joystick works fine in 1.65 but in 1.72 the option is there for 'Joystick Configuration' but is greyed out and can not be used.

Is there a remedy for this please ??
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Can you give us some additional info please?

Operating system, exact version of Oolite (e.g. is it 1.72.2) and make and model of joystick, maybe a copy of your Latest.log as well...
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Post by Commander Burton »

Thanks for the response.

To help anyone else who may have this problem it was as simple as this...

Ensure that your joystick is selected as a 'pref device' in control panel.

All is fine now.

How silly of me. :shock:
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8) Ahhh, we all have our tales of something simple we overlooked.. Good to hear you got it sorted!
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Diziet Sma wrote:
8) Ahhh, we all have our tales of something simple we overlooked.. Good to hear you got it sorted!
Thank you, friend :)
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