Wish there was some way to plug USB flightsticks into the 360. I have a Cougar and can't see spending more money on another HOTAS just for Xbox.

This confuses me. Xbox is M$ and pc's are M$ and they don't even give you this option. Stupid.

It's not really all that confusing. An Xbox is not a PC. You can stick any USB controller into an Xbox 360 for more or less exactly the same reasons you can't do so on a PS3.

It's because the PC joystick doesn't have software to run on a 360 operating system, only on a PC.

Same reason a program designed to work on Windows XP might not work on Windows Vista.

Also, if Microsoft DID make it possible for any USB device to work with a 360, you better believe people would be plugging in all sorts of cheating devices. Even using a USB mouse in COD4 or some other shooter would be an unfair advantage.

Uh, yeah it is confusing.

My M$ Sidewinder Precision joystick works on my ps3. And I have used it to play Blazing Angels, and Hawx.

Could you spezify your joystick exactly and write the correct name? I'm very interested, if it could be compatible to BoP and the PS3!

The only thing that didn't work was the yaw (twist of the stick)

Microsoft Sidewinder Precision 2 Joystick

We know the Saitek AV8R will work which I also have, but not so sure about the T hotas.

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I'm told by another member that there may be a software update coming along so that a wider range of usb joysticks can be used on Xbox 360. Any truth in that, and will my . old, cheap but effective Logitech Extreme 3D Pro joystick be one of the lucky ones?
Guess it was inevitable that Il2 fans on Xbox would be as demanding as they were on the PC....

The dead zone issue still makes this unplayable for me on 360.

I have IL-2 (1946+) and RoF on PC, both respond beautifully to flightstick inputs. BoP has a horrible deadzone with the AV8R that the devs claimed was down to MS Drivers, yet we've seen reports that other titles can configure the dead zone.

On games like Ace Combat and HAWX it's not a big deal (unless you're trying to score cannon kills) as the missiles 'lock on' within a certain tolerance. Unfortunately that's not the case for the guns on WW2 aircraft.

Why can't BoP get rid of the stupid deadzone in what is supposed to be a 'flight sim' after all? :)

If you have a look around the forum, you'll see that the mystical 360 patch is just that: possibly just myth and legend and this stage. There is still optimism for it, but as times moves on, the hope becomes less.