It seems that I, like many others is having problems with this game recognizing their brand of joystick. I have a Cougar HOTAS and I too am frustrated with the lack of joystick support. I was wondering if anyone else out there has the same joystick as I do and have a way to get it to work or suggestion on how to get it to work. Thanks in advance.

I finally managed to get my joystick to work - YAHOOO.

Hi guys,

Right I have had huge issues with BA1 & BA2...untill I bought a new PC and all problems got solved...how I dunno...same joysticks everything.
But....!!! I made sure that all my windows updates were done...critical and optional!! Suddenly everything seemed to work well...makes a bit of sense doesn't it...its a ported game...to work on an optimal windows platform...maybe the NETFramework has something to do with it...who knows.

Give it a try...if that fails then here is the reference to the joy to key thingy:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/8421062565/m/1111021385

Hope this works for you guys.

Good hunting

Just ensure that you have done all your windows updates, both critical and optional. I found that by doing this my joysticks picked up correctly and functioned without any dead zones.

I am not advocating a new PC and with a bit of luck this entry would not be deleted and you may get what I am trying to say.

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