Hi all!
It's been long since the last time I played FSX, however after refitting my computer with a brand new SSD and fresh install, I thought I could also upgrade from the boxed to the Steam version of FSX. I had already made a lot of research about the advantages (and disadvantages) of the latest version published by Dovetail, and bought it a few weeks ago. As obvious as it may sound, I had to have all my addon aircraft and scenery from nearly 7 years of simming into FSX:SE.
For the most addons, all runs fine, however, I've experienced a few issues with some of them, particularly Tom Ruth's aircraft (DC-10, L-1011, PA 320 series, etc). These aircraft form the backbone of the fleet I regularly fly with, and I really want to fly with no problems at all, but:
- When I press the SPACE+MOUSE binding, the mouse starts flickering between the crosshair and the pointer;
- When pressing CTRL+Y, SHIFT+(number), Y, O, ALT, the binding not always work, as if windows switched between FSX and another program, or desktop.
I've searched through the web and found out that disabling the Steam in-game overlay would solve the problem, which it did in most part, however I sporadically find myself in this problem again and again, particularly when switching from desktop to FSX. Maybe I am missing something here, and I know this can be solved, but I already posted this on Steam and got no response for almost a week... I've also heard that it may be something related to random keyboard language switching, but since the CTRL and SHIFT keys don't work I don't think so.
Here's what I found out to be very interesting discussions, which may help solve this:
http://www.avsim.com/forums/topic/336411-fsx-keyboard-problem/
http://www.tomsguide.com/answers/id-3212886/keyboard-keys-malfunctioning.html
http://www.flightdecksolutions.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4538&sid=aa16d990ea628a6dd4676b12b60970a5
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:iCqrOTTm9pkJ:www.simforums.com/forums/keyboard-commands-not-responding-resolved_topic42291.html+&cd=1&hl=pt-PT&ct=clnk&gl=pt
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:NWtEileIyFUJ:www.simforums.com/forums/ezdok-keyboard-not-working-unless-in-focus_topic55781.html+&cd=1&hl=pt-PT&ct=clnk&gl=pt
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:Q53QpeiH6jIJ:www.simforums.com/forums/solved-cameras-wont-move_topic39723.html+&cd=1&hl=pt-PT&ct=clnk&gl=pt
I really need help solving this, I am not the only one with this problem... Sorry for the long text XD