Star Wars: Squadron brings the flying side of the Star Wars universe. The game allows you the unique opportunity to experience piloting as a Starfighter in epic combat. A first-person, multiplayer space dogfights that allows you to enlist with the Imperial fleets or the New Republic. Without a doubt, this is one of the few games that can be best experienced using a HOTAS, but players who tried to connect the device are reporting HOTAS Not Working with Star Wars Squadron.
If you find yourself in a similar situation, you have come to the right place. We will show you how to fix Star Wars Squadron HOTAS not working problem.
Fix Star Wars: Squadrons HOTAS Not Working
In order to resolve the Star Wars HOTAS not working error, there are a bunch of solutions you can try. But, before you attempt to try any of the solutions, ensure that the only peripherals connected to the system is the HOTAS. Often when too many devices are connected to the PC, it can fail to recognize new devices. So, unplug the HOTAS and other peripherals you are not using and restart the system. After the reboot, connect the HOTAS and it should work under normal circumstance.
If the problem persists, you need to disable the Steam Input per-game Setting. To perform the process, launch the Steam client after plugging the HOTAS to the system. Go to Library, right-click on Star Wars: Squadron, and select Properties. From the General tab, look for Steam Input Per-Game Settings (Requires restart of game) and select Forced Off from the drop-down menu.
Finally, if that fails, with the HOTAS still connected to the system, Launch the Steam client > click on Steam > Settings > Controller > click on General Controller Settings. Ensure that the Generic Gamepad Configuration Support is unchecked. Save the changes. Now, launch the game and go to control settings. The HOTAS will be listed as an option, select it and you should be able to use the device.
Fix Star Wars Squadrons “The application cannot start correctly (0xc000007b)” Error
If you are seeing the “The application cannot start correctly (0xc000007b)” error, it’s because there are corrupt or missing DLL files. Repairing or replacing the DLL file can fix the issue. Although, there are a number of ways to fix the error, here is what you must try first.
Go to the Microsoft website, download and install the latest Visual C++ Redistributables version x86 and x64 both. Once the installations are complete, restart the system and launch the game. The error should be resolved. If it persists, here is an alternative solution.
Run the SFC Command. You can run this command through Command prompt and it repairs any corrupt system files. To run the SFC command follow the below steps:
- Press Windows Key + R and type cmd
- Hit the keys Shift + Ctrl + Enter simultaneously
- Type or paste sfc/scannow and hit enter
- Wait for the process to complete and restart the system.
Some other solutions you can try are running the DISM command, reinstalling DirectX, and disabling the Windows Defender or antivirus.
That’s all we have in this guide, we hope both the Star Wars Squadrons HOTAS not working & error 0xc000007b is resolved. If you have a better solution let us know in the comments.
i tried everything to repair this 0xc000007b error but nothing worked.
i realy dont know what to do
Have you tried SFC, DISM command, and reinstalling DirectX? Besides these, can you list the things you have done to resolve the error?