This may be similar to an issue I have. Basically my hotas throttle is configurd to move forward and backwards across the galaxy map so unless I park the throttle in its neutral mid-point position the map is moving. And when the map is moving the cursor doesn't stay in the search box.
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This may be similar to an issue I have. Basically my hotas throttle is configurd to move forward and backwards across the galaxy map so unless I park the throttle in its neutral mid-point position the map is moving. And when the map is moving the cursor doesn't stay in the search box.
I'm sure I'm not using my Thrustmaster to its full potential.
I have the green button lit and have assigned various things to all buttons but looking at some people's set-ups/bindings some buttons have up to 5 functions? Is this what the 5 axis is? How do I set that up? How do I use it properly? Thanks
I have the green button lit and have assigned various things to all buttons but looking at some people's set-ups/bindings some buttons have up to 5 functions? Is this what the 5 axis is? How do I set that up? How do I use it properly? Thanks
You want the green button lit, that's PC mode (as opposed to PS mode or somesuch).
The magic you're looking for (and this is an absolute game changer) is the fact that ED allows you to map multiple buttons being held down at once as a bindable thing.
So for example, I use the three buttons next to my thumb on the throttle stick as Shift (or modifier buttons).
Unmodified, my thumbstick operates my vertical and lateral thrusters.
With the top button (is that button 5?) held down my thumbstick then alters my pips.
With the middle button held down I get targeting of next/prev ship and next/prev subsystem.
With the third button held down I get access to my various HUD panels (nav, comms, status & SRV deployment).
To set this up, you simply pick the binding you want to set in the ED control settings menu and then hold down the combination of buttons that you want to map to that binding.
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So if I push one of the three buttons on the throttle once it does one thing (ie Boost) but if I push the same button and hold it whilst pushing another button it can do something else (ie next target)?
Yes that is correct. I myself use buttons 5-6-7 and 8 as Shift buttons in conjunction with the Hat switch giving me another 16 options to bind. You can also use them with buttons 1-2-3-4-9-10-11 and 12 and the rocker left and right switch giving you even more options. Add in Joystick Curves for smoother stick control on Roll- Pitch-Yaw and Throttle and you're cooking with gas.
That sort of binding will work but is a risky approach as it's very easy to accidentally trigger the single button action while trying to press the multi-button combination. In my case my three "modifier" buttons are just that and do nothing by themselves. Even with just one modifier button, although you lose that one button you effectively double the number of things you can do with all your other buttons.
Ah, I see what you mean. Is there an instruction page anywhere as to how to set this up on the (complex) ED set up options page?
Really no need, it's easy. Suppose you want [Button-5 + Thumb-hat-stick-right] to be "Select next target", you simply find the "Select next target" setting in the bindings list, click on it with the mouse to enter a new binding and then hold down Button-5, press the Thumb-hat-stick-right and then release both.
The home/ps button switches between 5- and 4-axis mode. Red is the 4-axis, in that mode the paddle on the throttle copies the axis you normally trigger by twisting the stick. Green is 5 axis, which means you got 3 axes on the joystick (up-down axis, left-right axis and twist axis), one axis as a rocker/paddle on the back of the throttle and the throttle as an axis itself. The manual states the (lit) Home/PS3 button its for ps3 to enable switching between joystick and gamepad easily and access menus and such. Of course it all can be remapped on stick (not sure why somebody would do that though). Be sure to check out your TFlightX manual and drivers here: http://ts.thrustmaster.com/
Exactly - for example I have button 5 as "flight modifier", button 6 as "combat modifier", button 7 as "misc modifier" and button 8 as "cooling modifier". Pressing 5 and 9? (the top one on the opposite side of the throttle) would normally engage frameshift drive, but it happens often that I trigger boost unintentionally when frameshift is not available. Luckily most of the time I have my nose pointed at the target system or running away from an aggro mob, so its okay
You can see my slightly older setup here: http://www.mcdee.net/elite/binds/csroqebest,
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registered and wanted to express my thanks - This will be the groundwork for my own tweaks to this control setup. cheers! Alec Turner - major respect - didn't know you could multi-bind like that!
No problemo, glad it helped. On a side note I just got an Oculus so I had to make room on the joystick for a few more things that I'd orignally left on the keyboard (open galaxy map, silent running, FA off). Solution? Simply change the single button I'd squandered on ship lights into yet another shift button and then use it in combination with the thumb hat stick to get the 4 extra slots I need (plus about a dozen more should I ever require them). God I love shift buttons!
I know it can't happen, but I'd love to find a way to get ED's control configurator to recognize the state of the 4-position "Mode" switch on my X-65F.
Over the 6 years I have had this HOTAS I have developed a pretty consistent map of game functions to physical controls that lets me keep roughly the same "button" for any given function across lots of games. For example, I use the same control (Hat #2_UP) for "Target the object in front of me" in the majority of the games I play. This standardized control placement makes learning a new game a lot faster and easier.
As for those SHIFT states: For flight & space sims I have the controls broken out into modes by situation: M1 is Air Combat. M2 is Air-Ground Combat, M3 is Navigation & Mission Planning, and M4 is Ground ops, Take-off & Landing.
So using the pinkie "paddle" switch as my modifier, I can have a second, SHIFTED set of control inputs for each of the 4 modes, for a total multiple of EIGHT possible functions for each physical button or switch! Talk about loving SHIFTS!
It would be very sweet indeed if I could configure my controls that way with ED's control options, but it looks like I'll have to keep using the
Saitek "Smart Programming" utility. I actually laugh a little every time I type "Saitek Smart Programming" - it really is NOT all that smart.
Does anyone still have the PDF? I lost it and the dropbox link is down
Does anyone still have the PDF? I lost it and the dropbox link is down
I do, going to try to attach it here, if that doesn't work I will upload it somewhere and post a link.
Hi, does anyone have a printable ref for the default Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS X on an xbox ?
Thanks
Thanks
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