Joystick Support

And change the in-game controller schemes to custom to avoid conflicts

Ok I get that. All controllers are hidden via Hid hide, and dont show up in windows devices.

I have Mapped Xoutput from my Joystick to the controller. I test it in windows under the game controllers/properties to verify in real time that my joystick is sending commands to the ps4 controller, and it is.

I load BF2042, and the DS4 controller works, and Is being emulated as an XBOXController so the game will use it.
I can use it to drive vehicle, and fly, and even remap keys INSIDE BF2042 by going to the keymapping tab, and testing if the controller will allow me to change commands directly. It works.

For some reason, that for the life of me I just cant seem to figure out, the Xoutput to contoller mapping doesnt work once BF2042 is loaded, even though it still sends commands simultaneously Through windows game controllers/Properties tab, and I can see it actively working. 

What am I missing?

So i have hidhide whitelisting my logitech extreme3d flight stick. (over a decade old minimum)

But the joystick on custom settings does not respond when trying to map keys to it..

Are you all binding keys to buttons outside of the game?   that would mean whitelisting the logitech profiler app too which defeats the purpose..

i must be missing something on this..   any thoughts?

*although a xbox controller is ok for flying & vehicles.. it's nowhere as fun as with a flight stick!

at the moment i'm using mouse+keyboard, and xbox controller for vehicles until they clean up some of the buggy behavior in the configuration.

**i just noticed when posting this XOutput was mentioned...   going to test that out also..

mind blowing the extents were going to here when the options should be in the game already

This is a great post, but at the end of the day, we shouldn't have to do thus, the last 10 BF's and 11 expansions had joystick support. Now there turning the game in to foreskin or fortnight or what ever1