Elevator control stopped working after updates

[JonathanBleeker]

Somehow forgot this....Do you have any Saitek Profiles running?

[James]

No profiles running.

[JonathanBleeker]

Ie the icon in the tray is white not green?

[James]

They are green. But not by my doing, I try to avoid the Saitek software settings / profiles.

[JonathanBleeker]

right click on them and select "Clear" and see if the problem goes away.

[James]

Great News!!! That worked!!! 1) Uninstalled old version I was using for a while. 2) R/H Mouse Click to Clear Green to White Status of Both Saitek Throttle and Stick Rhino X-55 Controllers Icons in Windows 10 Tray. 3) Installed Latest TacPack version and just tested it out in FSXSE. Works Perfect Again!!!

[James]

My Bad!!! Only worked for the Non-TacPack version. Elevators and stick still do not move forward or backward after clearing the Saitek controllers icons in the tray from green to white color.

[JonathanBleeker]

Try copying the Milviz_F86.dll from your non TP panel folder to your TP panel folder.

[James]

That Worked!!! Very Happy!!! Found the older non TP file in the common to all FSX aircraft gauges file and copied it into the Panel.TP folder to replace the identical named file. Works great but need to rush off to work now. Thanks a lot!!!

[JonathanBleeker]

There shouldn't be a Milviz_F86.dll in your gauges folder. It should now be in your non TP panel folder

[James]

I will relocate the dll from the gauges folder and see what happens. Thanks!

[JonathanBleeker]

I meant that if you run the installer for the non TP version, it should put the Milviz_F86.dll in your non TP F-86 panel folder. That is the one you should copy.

[James]

I will try that over the weekend. Uninstall and verify or delete all of the F-86 files, including a few dll files for F-86 that ended up in the gauges folder somehow for both TP and non TP plus the add on paints. Thanks, have to run to work soon. Love flying the F-86, it really is awsume to look at and fly in FSXSE.

[James]

OK this what I have been up to this morning. Uninstalled all F-86F files (W TP, W/O TP, the Paint add on also). Removed other F-86F .dll files that got into my common gauge folder some how. Then;
1. Installed latest Non TP ver 1.70607. verified dll files in the correct panel folder (OK). Tested in FSXSE and with engine running no elevator stick forward or aft movement (same with actual elevator external, no movement.) all other control perfect.
2. Installed latest W/TP ver 1.70607. verified dll files in the correct panel folder (OK). Tested in FSXSE and with engine running no elevator stick forward or aft movement (same with actual elevator external, no movement.) all other controls perfect.
3. Created a temp folder to install older Non TP ver 1.60222. Copied the older Milviz_F86.dll 2/11/2016 6:23 AM into the Non TP and W/TP panel folders replacing the new Milviz_F86.dll. Restarted computed tried out both the Non TP and W/TP. With engine running no elevator stick forward or aft movement (same with actual elevator external, no movement.) all other controls perfect.
4. Will wait to hear back from you, I know if I just install the old version 1.60222 it will work fine again but will hold off on that hoping for fix.
Do not know what to do next to fix the control stick animation / actual elevator for the F-86F (please suggest? ). No issue with the F-100F / F-4J/S / F-4E TP and ADV / F-15E / T-38A and ADV. Also flew the 407 for a while this AM. No issues on any of those other Milviz products.

[JonathanBleeker]

Ok just to check, what happens if you actually try to take off? Do you get any elevator control even though the animations don't move?