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herky

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Hello all commanders.

I just bought Elite Dangerous and am stuck in the launch bay!

The Return to Surface and Launch buttons don't work for me. I have them selected but when I press Enter nothing happens!

I am looking for an instruction manual and cant find one, is this just me or is there no manual?

I have a Track IR and Saitek x52 Pro. The game recognised the x52 but I have no idea what's assigned to what? The Track IR does not work in the cockpit. Is there a way to get it working?

I would have liked an instruction book. The Elite I bought in 1985 had one, I also managed to become "Elite" but I fear this time I cant even launch my ship!

Any help is welcome, I have no idea what's wrong. Could well be my brain has been stolen by Thargons:S

Thanks
Herky
 

HipToss

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Is your HOTAS plugged into a USB3 port? x52proElitesetting.jpg

Edit: Here is the setup pic.
 
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Deleted member 56127

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Pause the game. Goto Options then Controller. You can view the mappings there for the Saitek profile and map your joystick accordingly. If you want to use all of the Saitek then you will have to manually program the Saitek using Saitek's software. Everything you need to know about Elite Dangerous is in the controller options. You can bind anything. In the controller section goto the UI options. You can assign up, down, left, and right to a key with select as something like a space bar. You can then navigate the menu you are stuck on. Search the forums for information on the Track IR.
 

DocMoriarty

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Under options->controls you can examine all key, button and axis bindings. Usually the fire button should aktivate stuff in menus, but there is also a button that needs to be used to set joystick in 'menu mode' for the fire button (and others on the joystick) to work in menus.
 

OrientalHero

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heh there's a very similar mapping in the very large and comprehensive player made guide/tutorial
https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=34437
Do bear in mind that the default mapped X52 Pro boost button shown above is a "clutch" button that usually needs to be disabled in the Windows Game Controller dialogue before the game can use it.... (search for Boost X52 for relevant threads)
There are also some other threads on getting the full 8 way hat switches for the X52 from the Saitek profile editor as well as releasing some other buttons fully in game.
 

RobinsonUK

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It takes a while to get all of your controls setup and to work out what's going on in the UI for that. I think I had mine pretty much as I wanted it after the 3rd day. It's frustrating working it all out at first. :p
 

herky

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RobinsonUK said:
It takes a while to get all of your controls setup and to work out what's going on in the UI for that. I think I had mine pretty much as I wanted it after the 3rd day. It's frustrating working it all out at first. :p
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Thanks guys.

I have (somehow) got to the key setup page on the GUI and "assigned" the X52 pro as per the GUI. The button 6 is the "pinky" so the Saitek SST software needs to have shift state disabled for it to be recognised in the GUI setup.

Now...I have no look left/right at the console views? The left and right consoles that worked before I set up the x52 have gone somewhere.


My Track IR does not work.

How do you get the Track IR to work? There is nothing in the set up menu that seems to enable TIR, yet they advertise the TIR logo and I have seen videos on You Tube of guys using TIR?

Hmmmm....This is frustrating.

But thanks for the replies, its encouraging.

Herky
 

HipToss

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herky said:
Thanks guys.

I have (somehow) got to the key setup page on the GUI and "assigned" the X52 pro as per the GUI. The button 6 is the "pinky" so the Saitek SST software needs to have shift state disabled for it to be recognised in the GUI setup.

Now...I have no look left/right at the console views? The left and right consoles that worked before I set up the x52 have gone somewhere.


My Track IR does not work.

How do you get the Track IR to work? There is nothing in the set up menu that seems to enable TIR, yet they advertise the TIR logo and I have seen videos on You Tube of guys using TIR?

Hmmmm....This is frustrating.

But thanks for the replies, its encouraging.

Herky
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I had many issues with the TrackIR install. Check if the driver is properly installed. I had to remove the setup, the driver, and then reboot and do it again. It is very finicky!
 

neveser

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Don't worry herky, you'll get it.

I've been playing since premium beta and I still have some config work to do on my x52 Pro. I'm about 90% there!
 

Conde

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I found at first it does take some time to tweak the key bindings and Joystick buttons to your own personal preferences, in fact after several weeks I'm still making adjustments, some after ahem, dumb and dumber moments such as pressing End for jettison cargo instead of Insert for landing gear and dropping 90 grand's worth of cargo with about 10 seconds to go before touchdown on an outpost, then desperately trying to scoop up the floating away cannisters before getting blown up for loitering. I got fined for littering the station too lol. Jettison is now mapped to J and Frame Shift Jump to Right Shift. It's worth noting you can bind a particular key to do more than one job. For example I mapped the space key for Supercruise (within a system) but it also acts the confirm button within the cockpit menus, they don't clash. So keep at it, you'll find it's worth putting in the effort to experiment with the control bindings, just don't do it inside or near a station!
 

herky

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Thanks again everyone!

I have a long way to go (again!:)) its a way of life in the Elite Universe and I can feel the old addiction creeping back!

I've only had E.D. for 6 hours and have found more questions each time I answer one!

The x52 pro does function now, but not everything is key bound.

The T.I.R. does not seem to like Elite, I don't know why.:S


Anyway the main thing now is to earn some credit and upgrade the ship! :cool:

Right on Commanders!
 

herky

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HipToss said:
Herky,

Have a look at this thread. Its in the archive section, but worked wonders setting up mine. Even has a custom profile!

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showthread.php?t=16826
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Many thanks!

And to anyone else returning to Elite, having trouble with TIR, my Track I.R. is now functioning!

I just installed the latest drivers and Elite Dangerous profile (which is in the latest game profiles) and it works superbly!

At least I can see the Pirates before they kill me!;)

:D
 
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