XBox 360 Wiresless controller play Flight Simulator X on Steam
I picked up an XBox 360 wireless controller for windows and I'm having trouble getting it picked up in microsoft flight simulator x for steam.
Worth noting I'm running Windows Server 2k8 - so I copied joy.cpl from a windows 7 box and I can get the calibrate panel open (A) and calibrate, but the controller doesn't show up in the "controller type" menu of fsx (B)
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Best Answer
Have you successfully used this controller (and all its buttons) in another game? If so, we can determine the Windows settings are probably correct. If not, I would suggest you download and install the 'latest' drivers for the controller dongle at:
https://www.microsoft.com/hardware/nl-nl/d/xbox-360-controller-for-windows
After installation go to your computers devices and remove the driver for the dongle then manually select the new driver.
I did all this to get the dongle + multiple 360 controllers working on my windows 8.1 system.
According to pcgamingwiki (http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator_X) there should be support for your controller.
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Can you play flight simulator with a Xbox 360 controller?
You can play Microsoft Flight Simulator with an Xbox controller and have a perfectly satisfying experience - though you might need a keyboard close by for some specific commands, such as changing sim rate and autopilot shortcuts.Can you play Flight Simulator X with a controller?
It takes a little bit of practice, for sure, especially coming from a flight stick/keyboard and mouse setup if you played Microsoft Flight Simulator on PC. But by the time you complete most of the Flight Training you should feel right at home with an Xbox Wireless Controller in your hands as you take to the skies.Can I play Microsoft Flight Simulator with a controller on PC?
You will need at least 30 GB of free disk space to install Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition. An Intel Pentium 4 2.00GHz CPU is required at a minimum to run Microsoft Flight Simulator X: Steam Edition. Provided that you have at least an AMD Radeon 9200 SE graphics card you can play the game.How to connect an xbox controller to fsx! (With test flight)
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