All ammo wasted on take-off

[ROX]

I take off.  Immediately all guns begin firing.  All ammo is wasted.  I'm skrewed three ways from sunday.

Reboot more times I care to remember.  Same problem.

All fine last night when I went to bed landing scalps.  Now...it's a nightmare.

Never changed a preference, never changed anything.

I hit esc and it stops....but trigger is useless.  Most ammo lost.


Total BS.





ROX

[Geary420]

Total BS.

Ever stop to think it might be your hardware??  Unplug your stick, load up the game, spawn on runway.  Does this still occur?

[goober69]

yea i have had the same problem with my stick repeating comands when its been hooked up for too long just unplung and replug your stick. also check your button assignments and your drivers

[dkff49]

This same thing just started for me a few days ago also. I thought it was just me since a few days before it started I changed the set up on my stick and started using the software that came with it, instead of using the in game assignments.

Maybe it is not me. I am sure it is not because my stick is plugged in too long though since I unplug everytime I am done playing.

For me it seems that hitting the enter button one time works for stopping it though but yes I still loose a goo dbit of ammo before I can get it to stop.

[RTR]

ROX revisit your stick mapping. Also, check that you aren't inadvertently in "mouse mode" for controllers. Hit the H key...it toggles you between mouse control and regular control.

In any event, if the quick fixes above don't solve anything, it sounds like you have a corrupted file somewhere to me.

Are you running custom sounds?

When was the last time you deleted the game and re-installed? Letting the auto updater install patch after patch after patch isn't always a good idea. I delete and reinstall the game every 6 months or so. It gets rid of small buggy problems for me.

Hope some of this helps.

cheers,
RTR

[Ack-Ack]

I take off.  Immediately all guns begin firing.  All ammo is wasted.  I'm skrewed three ways from sunday.

Reboot more times I care to remember.  Same problem.

All fine last night when I went to bed landing scalps.  Now...it's a nightmare.

Never changed a preference, never changed anything.

I hit esc and it stops....but trigger is useless.  Most ammo lost.


Total BS.





ROX

1) Trigger button switch dead

or

2) Profile either misprogrammed or corrupt

or

3) Improper calibration



ack-ack

[yanksfan]

sounds like a stick problem, try remaping your weapons to another button and see what happens.

[ImADot]

sticky mouse button or keyboard key?  Did you spill soda on your keyboard lately?

[dkff49]

if it was a sticky button why would the esc or enter button change anything

[ROX]

Hello, and BTW:  THANK YOU all for all the replies!   

Geary:  I unplug my joistick and it does not fire.  All it thinks I have is a mouse.  I used to fly this way for years.

When I plug my stick back in and restart--it recognizes the stick.  I start up and the guns all start firing and wasting ammo just like before.  I hit the "esc" key and it stops (after wasting ammo)...but the main trigger dosent work.

I went to all default button settings and it still does it.

I went in and re-set joystick buttons 0 and 1 to global fire all.

Rebooted...same deal...just starts shooting.

I have never heard of the "reinstall AH every 6 months" thing.  You'd think that would be posted as a reminder on the home page or something.

I'm still unresolved here, but again, I VERY much appreciate your help...you are probably helping others as well!   





ROX

[ROX]

sticky mouse button or keyboard key?  Did you spill soda on your keyboard lately?

No spills, no chills. 

No runs, no hits, no errors...nobody left.

It's just the 2 problems...it starts immediately firing on takeoff and the main trigger fails to respond.






ROX

[dkff49]

Hello, and BTW:  THANK YOU all for all the replies!   

Geary:  I unplug my joistick and it does not fire.  All it thinks I have is a mouse.  I used to fly this way for years.

When I plug my stick back in and restart--it recognizes the stick.  I start up and the guns all start firing and wasting ammo just like before.  I hit the "esc" key and it stops (after wasting ammo)...but the main trigger dosent work.

I went to all default button settings and it still does it.

I went in and re-set joystick buttons 0 and 1 to global fire all.

Rebooted...same deal...just starts shooting.

I have never heard of the "reinstall AH every 6 months" thing.  You'd think that would be posted as a reminder on the home page or something.

I'm still unresolved here, but again, I VERY much appreciate your help...you are probably helping others as well!   





ROX

I am not an expert but did you try re-installing the drivers?

Sounds like some sort of software issue here. Maybe the drivers have become corrupt

[The Fugitive]

Sounds like your trigger switch is broke. Go into the game controllers in your control panel and test it there. The trigger, being one of the main buttons should be in the test window. See if it is always on.

[ROX]

Sounds like your trigger switch is broke. Go into the game controllers in your control panel and test it there. The trigger, being one of the main buttons should be in the test window. See if it is always on.

Yes...lit up red all the time....


Re-download tha game or get a new joystick?

BTW: Joystick is Saitek ST290 from Walmart--had no software or drivers included in the box when purchased.





ROX

[RTR]

Unmap the trigger on your joystick. map your guns to some other button. Sounds like a joystick issue, so redownloading the gam ewon't fix this. you will need to remap in game.

cheers,
RTR