This is still happening, and in contrast to earlier - today I had to unplug at the blackbox (after unsuccessfully trying at the gunfighter base) to get the buttons working again
This happens in VKBCfg, the game, and Windows Game Controllers - before the last game I tested the hats in Windows Game Controllers config, they worked, then after a few minutes of the game they stopped (in all three) until I unplugged the stick (from the top of the 200m extension) and restarted. To...
This problem seems to have returned, tested with v2_02_5(2) and v2_03_7(3) XT - the hats work OK, then some days, after a few minutes of playing DCS they stop responding.
If I unplug the stick from the Gunfighter and reattach it, the hats/buttons work again.
After a week of testing with newer firmware, the problem seems to no-longer exist; thanks! (if it helps, it seems like I actually only needed 2_02_5 to fix it as I flashed that almost immediately after my post - I haven't flashed 2_03)
I have an MCG Ultimate Rev A + Gunfighter Mk I (they are amazing - thank you so much for supporting original buyers!) and have swapped on both optional hat modules, but recently I've noticed that about once a day, sometimes most of the hats (all but the bottom-left CMS hat) will stop regsitering any...