HidHide VS devreorder

Basically, looks like IL-2 will only detect first 8 usb devices. I have about twice as that number in the simpit. One solution is to unplug stuff. That ain't happening over here - if I have to unplug stuff I might just as well hire a minimum wage worker for that. Another option is to use devreorder u/charon-prime suggested or temporarily hide the unneeded devices with HidHide.

DCS Scratchpad, Open Kneeboard, Joystick Gremlin and HidHide, VoiceAttack, Tacview, and if I may self-promote for a moment, DCS AutoMate.

HidHide https://github.com/ViGEm/HidHide/releases can hide devices in software. Just run the configuration client to either select the device and hide it on demand or always hide it from anything but the games in which you want to use it

I've been playing with using XOutput + HidHide to cause Windows to see the the ALP controls as an Xbox controller instead of the generic device it normally appears as, and it seemed to significantly improve the input latency in FX. But there are other downsides and quirks that it causes, including problems actually launching the ball in some of the FX tables, so it might also end up being a non-starter.

I use HIDHide, you can find it here: https://github.com/ViGEm/HidHide

This might work.

-devreorder

UPDATE: solved the problem using: https://github.com/briankendall/devreorder

Wondering if this could be possibly useful as well: DevReorder

Seems like you found a solution but here’s another solution I’ve used, came in handy when Sekiro only recognised a controller in position 1, and when IL-2 only recognised the first 5 usb peripherals or something like that kinda problem. Per-game reordering and hiding with this devreorder

This

Set up the device re-order app I found on AMS2 forums located here to make sure the other peripherals weren't showing up ahead of the wheel/button box.