Controller vibration does not work

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Peripherals: XBox controller

Feedback/Bug Description: Controller vibration does not work in the beta hotfix on MS Store. It works on Steam beta.

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Xbox controller vibrations aren’t working since SU5.
PC and Xbox Elite controller.

-eelis-

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It works on my SU7 build (Steam).
Both XBox Elite and Dualshock 4.
Only on the MS Store beta it’s not working.

I am a bit confused here, so you mean you have two versions of sim, a MS store and a Steam version?

-eelis-

Yes, I bought the Steam version on day one (Premium Deluxe) and since the beta is not available on Steam, I bought a Game Pass 3 days ago and installed a MS Store Standard version of MSFS as well. They live together peacefully since they do not share any folder (not even the community folder).
Now, the vibration works and has always worked on the stable versions, but doesn’t work in the hotfix beta version. I didn’t think about trying the SU7 stable MS Store version, I jumped into the beta immediately, so I don’t know if that’s part of the problem… what I’m sure of, is that on the current beta hotfix version, the vibration does not work.

Okay that makes sense. For me, I have only the MS store release version no beta, my Xbox controller vibrations haven’t worked since SU5 and what I heard I’m not the only one.

-eelis-

Update: I installed the Steam beta and the vibration works there.
So it seems an issue of the MS Store version only.
I updated the OP accordingly.

I’m confused…
Has vibration been working in the steam version since SU5, or has it not worked and just been recently fixed in the latest beta ?

Vibration hasn’t worked since SU5.

Not that it really matters. The vibration only seemed to work to indicate you weren’t looking ahead.

It works on Xbox, so PC only issue?

Not sure what you mean. I could feel touchdown, takeoff, stall, and overspeed. Taxi and landings on grass vs paved also felt different.

I miss it and those that don’t can just turn it to 0.

I’ve never felt controller vibration except when I was looking away from in front of me using free look. I used to get it when I stalled and oversped as well. It seemed to only in “warning” situations vs vibrating in reponse to physical events in the sim.

It could be because I don’t have plane controls on my Xbox controller. I have it attached to my yoke and used the sticks to only use it to look around and control my drone view.

It works and has always been working on Steam, including beta hotfix 1.21.18.0.
It doesn’t work on the MS Store version.
Now I am only using the Steam version.

Doesn’t steam have some sort of front end for setting up controllers thru the steam interface?

Yes but nevertheless it needs the game input to know when and how to make the controller vibrate.

I guess that is true although buttkicker seem to be able to create similar / better type of vibration with sound and an interface program.
Kind of a pain to try to carry it around with your laptop though.

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Fixed as of Sim Update 9.