D-pad left and right button binding

[Camy252]

This is quite a niche problem so bare with me!

I use an xbox controller in addition to my hotas just because my hotas doesn't have enough buttons plus it's great for srv driving, menus and galaxy map. However I'm unable to bind the left and right d-pad buttons to what I want (chaff and flight assist off) because it claims its in use by 'ui-panel' left and right.

Now that makes sense because I use the dpad for navigating my menus but during space flight, my menus are not open. Hence why the up and down buttons, am I able to assign to other things (lights and cargo hatch). Basically I'm able to assign the up and down buttons even though they are used for UI navigation up and down. So why can't I change left and right?

TLDR: why can't I assign my left and right dpad buttons to something when it let me assign the up and down? (all 4x buttons are assigned UI navigation but that purpose isn't active during space flight).

 

[Codger]

Because the game won't let you? Because reasons?

 

[Camy252]

because it claims its in use by 'ui-panel' left and right.

Claims its been assigned to another function. Which is essentially true but its a function thats not active during flight. Hence why up and down is available for assigning.

 

[Camy252]

Any ideas folks? I've just finished allocating all over buttons, its just the left and right d-pad ones I want to use now

 

[STRONTIUM DOG]

try remapping the so called "another function" keys to keyboard
to see if that will then permit mapping of d pad to whatever you want is all I can suggest

 

[Camy252]

try remapping the so called "another function" keys to keyboard
to see if that will then permit mapping of d pad to whatever you want is all I can suggest

That would indeed work as its just a conflict issue, but I need the left and right UI commands as well and they are actually more important. What i dont understand is that up and down are also UI commands but i was able to map additional commands to these buttons. The UI interface that left and right does anything on, is not active during flight so that explains why i can double map up and down.
Not a huge deal as its lesser used commands i want to allocate, but just annoying me.

 

[Speedcuffs]

I use a DS4.
I have D-pad set for pip changes.
Also D-pad set for UI panel.

No conflicts.

Note: I only use DS4.

I'll try what you want to do with your set up.
Edit: Tried it, it worked, no conflicts.

 

[STRONTIUM DOG]

if he has a duplicate custom bind file that may be the reason its not allowing a remap too

 

[Camy252]

I use a DS4.
I have D-pad set for pip changes.
Also D-pad set for UI panel.

No conflicts.

Note: I only use DS4.

I'll try what you want to do with your set up.
Edit: Tried it, it worked, no conflicts.

Just recently switch over from a DS4 to Xbox controller and I dont think I tried to reconfig the d-pad left and right on that. Wish I had to see if that worked. I've ended up just binding my last two buttons over to somewhere else. Just annyoing that those two buttons cant be assigned.

 

[Camy252]

if he has a duplicate custom bind file that may be the reason its not allowing a remap too

I thought this too but I had some issues with my any binding changes not sticking last week, turns out it was duplicate bindings files so ive already deleted those.

Even if i could just have both functions assigned at the same time (and ignore the warning msg) that would be fine. Because technically theres no conflict because my UI navigation isnt active during flight. But it just unassigns the UI panel left and right when i try set to silent running, or mode switch or chaff etc