Hardware & Technical Saitek (now logitech) x52 joystick

The Berk

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From my experience.

If you don't install the downloadable drivers, the pinky button works without an issue.

If you do install them, you need to have the microsoft joystick config app running in the background.


Just wanted to get it out there
 

Wasp0

Wasp0
The Berk said:
From my experience.

If you don't install the downloadable drivers, the pinky button works without an issue.

If you do install them, you need to have the microsoft joystick config app running in the background.


Just wanted to get it out there
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Good tip........Anyone know how to get the little mouse stick on the throttle to work in ED and also the Slider switch on the top of the throttle side?
 

The Berk

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It seems at least the switch mode or [M] is bound to [x52b31] by default The very bottom left thumb button on the throttle. I'm not willing to find out what this does if you install the drivers
 
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Wasp0

Wasp0
r0ckhat said:
Just to clarify, the one on the joystick right? At the bottom?
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See my picture for 'Pinky Button'

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Wasp0

Wasp0
Only way i can ever get this work is have the properties open for this Joystick. I use this button for reverse Engines, so quite important for me.
 

Rat Catcher

Rat Catcher
The Berk said:
Does your pinky button work without joystick control panel open in the background?
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Yes it does - once the saitek control panel is programmed with (mostly) undefined functions the Windows control panel can switch out the pinky and will remember the setting most of the time without needing it open.

There is also a registry hack to load your joystick profile when windows starts.
 

Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
Wasp0 said:
See my picture for 'Pinky Button'

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That's not the pinky button, the term usually denotes the button at the bottom of the stick that you press with your little finger (hence the name).

What you're pointing at is the shoddy little stick-on-a-really-bad-d-pad thing Saitek stuffed in there instead of a proper analogue control, and that gets screwed over by their driver software and converted into a completely broken mouse replacement with the rear button and wheel on the front as collateral damage. Usually the rate of success for using that in any meaningful way is about 20% until the rubber mat slips and it breaks completely, which won't take all that long.

Yeah, I think that controller was a mistake, fight me.
 

S3B4ST13N

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Not the wanna-be nipple; the button next to it.

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Shadowdancer said:
That's not the pinky button, the term usually denotes the button at the bottom of the stick that you press with your little finger (hence the name).

What you're pointing at is the shoddy little stick-on-a-really-bad-d-pad thing Saitek stuffed in there instead of a proper analogue control, and that gets screwed over by their driver software and converted into a completely broken mouse replacement. Usually the rate of success for using that in any meaningful way is about 20% until the rubber mat slips and it breaks completely, which won't take all that long.

Yeah, I think that controller was a mistake, fight me.
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Shadowdancer

Shadowdancer
Yeah, that's the collateral that gets tied into that mouse emulation as right-click IIRC. I wouldn't rely on any of those working when you really need them.
 

S3B4ST13N

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Some people like it, Wasp0 uses it for reverse engines. I did that, until I kept bumping it by mistake in my panic-state during combat.
The question was after all "did anyone get it to work", to which the answer is "yes", using the software I linked to initially. :p

Shadowdancer said:
Yeah, that's the collateral that gets tied into that mouse emulation as right-click IIRC. I wouldn't rely on any of those working when you really need them.
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The Berk

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Sorry, when i say pinky button, i was referring to the bottom trigger on the joystick. Where you use your index finger on the trigger, and your digitus minimus manus (or pinkie) is on the switch attached to the adjustable grip.

I currently have it bound to UI focus without an issue, but on my previous windows installs if I installed the X52 drivers, it wouldn't work until i'd opened the joystick config in the background
 

metatheurgist

metatheurgist
The Berk said:
Sorry, when i say pinky button, i was referring to the bottom trigger on the joystick. Where you use your index finger on the trigger, and your digitus minimus manus (or pinkie) is on the switch attached to the adjustable grip.

I currently have it bound to UI focus without an issue, but on my previous windows installs if I installed the X52 drivers, it wouldn't work until i'd opened the joystick config in the background
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Still yes.
 
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