The controller options have a huge impact on the overall gaming experience, and you’ll be able to better enjoy IL-2 Sturmovik with a Joystick. The controls are much easier to understand when you’re using a joystick. While there have been some complaints about IL-2 Sturmovik not recognizing the joystick, you can get it to work pretty easily most of the time.
Even if you run into some discovery issues with the Joystick not working in IL-2 Sturmovik, just go through some of these troubleshooting steps. Hopefully, you’ll be able to get the joystick working again in no time.
IL-2 Sturmovik Not Recognizing Joystick
- Update Devices.txt File
This game can only recognize a limited number of devices, and if you have multiple accessories connected to the PC, then that is likely why your Joystick is not working. The best fix in this situation is to just browse to the game folder and update the device’s configuration file before you try to reconnect the Joystick.
The devices.txt file will be located in the data folder, and you can wipe some entries from this file to make space for the Joystick. Some players also choose to wipe all the stored devices and then configure the devices again one by one. So, you can follow the same method if you don’t want to clear the entries again.
- Check Joystick
Sometimes, the issue is not with the game, and there is a good chance that your Joystick is defective. So, you need to try and re-plug the joystick while you’re in-game to confirm the response. If the Joystick powers up and the input from the joystick does work in other games, then you’ll know for sure that the joystick is good, and it’s the game that is not responding to any input from your controller.
- Enable Joystick Input
You need to also check the input options for IL-2 and then enable the joystick input box to get a response from the controller. While you’re at it, you should also disable the rumble feedback option and then try using the joystick in your game. Hopefully, this time around, it will start working properly, and you’ll get a response from IL-2.
- Relaunch Client
At this point, just exit out of everything and don’t have any apps open in the background. Then start the client one more time to limit interference from other applications. Launch the game, connect the joystick, and then try to use it in a session. If there is nothing wrong with the installation of the game, it should work at this point.
- Reinstall Game
Your last option is to just remove the game completely from your PC and then install it again from scratch. It will take a while to install the game from the start, but you’re not left with many options when it comes to using a Joystick. You can also open up a support thread on the official forums to seek help from other experts. That way, you won’t have to wait long to get a response from the support members.