Hardware & Technical Mapping ALL flight controls onto an Xbox one elite controller

[Yodebe]

So, it turns out that you CAN map all controls to one controller, using 2 button combos.

It took me ages to work all this out, so I thought I'd put this up, as it might be helpful to someone.

Obviously, there's personal preferences, and no 2 peoples set ups would be the same, but there might be some ideas here that help.

I use the left side + button, and the two front buttons as modifiers, then XYAB and the trigger & front buttons.

The left + button also controls thrust left, right, up & down, but this doesn't affect it's use as modifiers, except for a little harmless boost in one direction or other.

I've avoided too many one-shot buttons, as they keep getting triggered by accident.

It took me a while to get used to the controls, but once it starts becoming 2nd nature, it all gets much easier.

In this diagram, the modifier button is red.



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One missing bit of writing is the B button on Weapons & gear deployment, which should read 'Shield Cell'

 

[cmdr_Sisko]

huh.. impressive work.

 

[freshlaundry]

I've been looking for something like this! The controls are driving me crazy and I don't want to just map things willy nilly.

I'm a PC Elite gamer, but I got an xbox to play Elite with a buddy of mine and I got the Elite controller as well. I was disappointed to find out the paddles under the controller can't be mapped to themselves, but I guess you can make weird combos and map them to that. I don't see headlook? Do you not have that mapped?

I'm not sure I understand this diagram to be honest. I'll need to meditate on this.

 

[Yodebe]

yeah sorry, it's a bit much all at once!
try this:




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aaargh, where's the edit button?

 

[Yodebe]

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[Yodebe]

Ok, lets try image upload again!








Here's the one-page quick view sheet, for learning



and here's a blank page, if you want to write your own arrangement.

 

[MjrCARNAG3]

This looks really cool. How are you getting on with it? I've printed it off. Once I've got into a cheaper ship, I'm going to try and make the plunge. Thanks for sharing. It's a well thought out system. I see it's been a while since you posted this, any tips or changes?

 

[MjrCARNAG3]

how can you use thrust up and down on your flight controls when you're using the d pad as your modifiers?

 

[Yodebe]

how can you use thrust up and down on your flight controls when you're using the d pad as your modifiers?

This looks really cool. How are you getting on with it? I've printed it off. Once I've got into a cheaper ship, I'm going to try and make the plunge. Thanks for sharing. It's a well thought out system. I see it's been a while since you posted this, any tips or changes?

For me, there has been a couple of changes. Nothing that substantial though.
'Landing gear' has moved from [gear deployment (left Dpad) + Y-button] to [up Dpad + Ybutton]
because it's easier when you take off, to thrust up, then just hit Y button all at the same time.
Same for landing, it's easier to thrust up a touch & deploy landing gear than it is to thrust sideways.

It replaced 'next target in route' which I moved to [Targetting (left button) A+B] the only three button combo.

Also, I've been learning FAoff.
Fairly large dead zones are needed on the tiny sticks, to stop triggering un-wanted rotation, or whatever, when you're trying to thrust (for example).
however, with FAoff, you need the minute detail so you don't go spinning off somewhere, so I used the 'Alternative controls' set to exactly the same things, but with the dead zones turned off, and used the little button in the middle (not the menu button, the other one) as the toggle for alternative flight controls.

Also, the X+Y gal map, and A+B system map kept getting triggered by accident in a combat situation, so I changed them for X+A and Y+B respectively, which works much better.

how can you use thrust up and down on your flight controls when you're using the d pad as your modifiers?

because it's actually very quick to do a two button combo, and thrusting up/down/left/right is negligible.
Important thing to remember is to hold the Dpad, while you tap the ABXY, so you don't trigger 'boost' or something, but you get used to it.

 

[Yodebe]

Oh, i forgot, one other major change.
There was a conflict on left front button between roll/yaw button and targeting,
so I moved roll/yaw (front left) button to X button, and use the paddle control for it, so all the flight controls are on the left lever, with yaw button controlled by squeezing left hand.
Works great for me.

 

[INaeem]

The Xbox One Chatpad and REWASD accompanied with the Elite Controller is a Godsend. The chat pad functions as a full keyboard once updated via the Xbox One Elite Controller app. Take care and Elite!

 

[Good Death]

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