[PC] Glass avionics white border issue, when using an XBOX controller

ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

When using an XBOX controller to look around the cockpit, a white border appears while hovering over avionics/screens.

This occurs even with the settings that are supposed to address the issue enabled.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

Every flight.

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Load into the sim in an aircraft with a glass cockpit

  2. Look around using an XBOX controller

  3. Hover over or across one of the avionics screens.

YOUR SETTINGS

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What peripherals are you using:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it? No.

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12? N/A

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use? RTX 4080S

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share? 7800x3d, 64GB of RAM.

MEDIA

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See here

Happens on PC too plus blue highlighting of various controls. Really annoying issue, exacerbated when flying at night.

To be clear, I am on PC.

The blue highlighting of controls is to do with the interaction setting you have selected I believe and thus not a bug.

It may not be a bug, however I’d like to be able to turn it off. I have the mouse cursor for interacting with things but when I’m not touching the mouse and just looking around the cockpit with a game controller the screens highlight as you’ve stated and the items highlight in blue, if at that point I press a key, nothing happens until I use the mouse to move away from the highlighted item. Then press the key.

I know that if you enter cursor mode then you get the white dot and items are highlighted in blue to help with selection. That’s fine but I don’t want it on all the time.

Folks please keep posts on topic, White Border Issue posts only!

had the exact same since day 1 of 2024, really bugging me.

Will this be acknowledged as seen/replicated by somebody at MS/Asobo?

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ISSUE DESCRIPTION

Description of the issue:

Xbox controller use will cause a white border around avionics screens on all default and third party aircraft.

FREQUENCY OF ISSUE

How often does this occur for you (Example: Just once, every time on sim load, intermittently)?

All the time.

REPRODUCTION STEPS

Please list clear steps you took in order to help our test team reproduce the same issue:

  1. Connect Xbox Controller

  2. Load and pan around and you will get the white borders and the sticky mouse effect when it captures screens or interactive objects within the cockpit etc.

YOUR SETTINGS

If the issue still occurs with no mods and add-ons, please continue to report your issue. If not, please move this post to the User Support Hub.

What peripherals are you using, if relevant:

[PC Only] Are you using Developer Mode or have you made any changes to it?

[PC, MSFS 2020 Only] Are you using DX11 or DX12?

[PC Only] What GPU (Graphics Card) do you use?

[PC Only] What other relevant PC specs can you share?

MEDIA

Please add a screenshot or video of the issue occurring.

Any acknowledgment please from the devs or mods please?

Thank you for the bug report. We’ve asked the team if this is a bug or by design.

We have created an internal ticket to see if our team already has this logged, and if not they will attempt to reproduce the issue and create a new bug report. This item is now marked as feedback-logged. If there is an existing bug report or one is created, we will move this thread to bug-logged.

Our team has been unable to reproduce this with the latest build with a controller. Can you confirm you are still seeing this issue and if so, share what peripherals you have connected, as well as any settings or related assistances?

I’ve seen this occur only with specific aircraft, and wasn’t sure if it was intended or not. I’ll try to keep track of them next time.

Yes, still happening. Just tested with the A330, 321 and PC24. The white border only appears when you pan with the controller, not when you use the mouse.

Peripherals - mouse, keyboard, xbox controller.

Any chance to post some screenshots ?

There’s a video attached to my original post linked right at the bottom.

It’s like if you move the camera across the screens and imagine the cursor being dead centre. As that invisible cursor moves across each screen the border will appear.

Is that happens with Legacy or Lock mode or both ? (not sure if it has an impact but better provide more info to the devs so that they can replicate)

I use legacy. I’m not at the PC right this second so can’t say if it happens with lock mode.

Thanks for the extra information, we will try another repro!

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