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Offline Four20

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Joystick calibration screen
« on: February 14, 2026, 08:45:22 AM »
I have not been able to get the calibration screen to appear in game. I have downloaded the latest drivers for my Thrustmaster x stick & calibrated in windows but when I click on the calibrate option in game the screen flashes & remains on the same screen.

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Re: Joystick calibration screen
« Reply #1 on: February 14, 2026, 08:53:21 AM »
Are you highlighting the axis you want to calibrate? In windows you calibrate the whole stick, in AH it is by axis.
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Re: Joystick calibration screen
« Reply #2 on: February 14, 2026, 09:22:41 AM »
Clicking on options/controllers/calibrate should open a window telling you to move all axis through their full range of motion then click OK.

To check to see if the game is "seeing" your controllers click on options/controllers/map controllers. On this window click on the top drop down box. This will show you all the controllers the game "sees". Clicking on each of these one at a time and then clicking the "calibrate axis" button to the left will calibrate that controllers.

If doing the whole set at once doesnt seem to work, try doing them one at a time. Let us know how you make out.

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Re: Joystick calibration screen
« Reply #3 on: February 14, 2026, 02:32:44 PM »
Thank you, I seem to have not explained myself correctly.
The stick is calibrated in windows & works fine. When in game I click on the calibrate joystick option & the clipboard goes back to the previous clipboard. I do not get the calibration screen at all.

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Re: Joystick calibration screen
« Reply #4 on: February 14, 2026, 02:58:21 PM »
Thank you, I seem to have not explained myself correctly.
The stick is calibrated in windows & works fine. When in game I click on the calibrate joystick option & the clipboard goes back to the previous clipboard. I do not get the calibration screen at all.

Tere is a drop-down list on the controllers screen.  Do you see your joystick listed in any of the Modes?

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Re: Joystick calibration screen
« Reply #5 on: February 14, 2026, 04:24:25 PM »
Thank you, I seem to have not explained myself correctly.
The stick is calibrated in windows & works fine. When in game I click on the calibrate joystick option & the clipboard goes back to the previous clipboard. I do not get the calibration screen at all.

Understood, the next step would be to click on the "map controllers" button and use the top drop down box to see if the game lists your controller in that drop down. If it is there, click on it and then select each axis in the list and click the "calibrate axis" button to calibrate them from there.

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Re: Joystick calibration screen
« Reply #6 on: February 20, 2026, 07:38:54 AM »
Pretty sure the name of his stick is "T-flightstick X"   

They are known to be a little spiky upon fresh boot.   

Don't calibrate in either windows or the sim until you work it for a few minutes on every axis or your calibration will be bad.   
« Last Edit: February 20, 2026, 09:30:31 AM by icepac »

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Re: Joystick calibration screen
« Reply #7 on: February 21, 2026, 04:38:29 AM »
Thank you everyone for your suggestions. I re installed the game & now the cailbration screen appears.