Star Wars Squadrons has the HOTAS support preloaded and most of the new players are searching how they can as a pilot get the stick and throttles up in the galaxy to easily combat with others in the gameplay. It’s worth mentioning that the setup or enabling process is quite simple for the HOTAS controller that you can find out below.
However, we should also mention that as of now, there are several issues regarding the HOTAS controller setup. We’ll also gonna mention all of those possible issues below. So, stick around with this article. As the Star Wars Squadrons game is much awaited flying combat games under the Star Wars Universe, more and more players are interested in playing the online multiplayer game.
Star Wars Squadrons HOTAS Support: How to Enable
In one line, the Star Wars Squadrons game will automatically enable the HOTAS support as long as your Windows OS and other necessary drivers are up-to-date.

Make sure to connect the HOTAS controller before launching the Star Wars: Squadrons game. If in case, you’ve already launched the game or playing the game and then you connect the HOTAS controller, your preferred stick and throttle won’t gonna be detected at all.
- Once the controller connected, launch the Star Wars Squadrons game.
- Go to the in-game Settings menu > Head over to the Controls section.
- Adjust/tweak controls and inputs according to your preference.
- You can also adjust the Throttle increase or decrease, invert the y-axis, under the General section and the Flight Stick section.
- Additionally, you can set up pitch up/down, combo, etc controls manually.