Controller axes not being picked up by game

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Is it only the axes? If yes, then you could try to enter stick axes manually into whatever your key configuration savefile is - that's what I did when my axes weren't recognized, too, and it worked (save for having to reconfigure throttle sensitivity etc. everytime I log in, but that seems to be another bug).

So, open your Key config savefile (If you don't have one yet, just make one), search for the stick axes section and insert the correct axes.
Be aware, my rudder-twist (on my ancient Wingman 3d) axis was not just "Z", but "RZ", so you might have to insert special axis names there, too. What I did to find this out is to look into the corresponding Il-2 1946 Key config file. So, you might have to do this, too for your rudder/throttle.