Hardware & Technical hotas one on pc cant use scanners etc.

[pault]

Hi, I use a hotas one on my pc. I have downloaded the drivers. The problem I am having is I cant configure certain things. I cant have a second fire group, so I have to have all my weapons on number 1, and i cant assign any button,letter to anything else like a scanner fuel scoop etc. so I am unable to use these. Has anybody had this same problem ?

 

[Para Handy]

I have a Hotas-X (which I assume is exactly the same) on my secondary PC and have been using it for over 3 years with no issues. I didn't install any drivers for it, it was just plug-and play as a game controller in Windows and I just calibrated it in windows.

I think perhaps you are misunderstanding the function / use of the fire groups?

You have two fire buttons and in the fire groups panel of the RH UI screen you just select which items will be triggered by which fire button (if any) in each fire group. So for example you could have your first fire group with all your laser weapons on fire button 1 and all your kinetic weapons on fire button 2, you could then have a second fire group with all weapons on button 1 and your discovery scanner on fire button 2 and you can keep adding fire groups with different combinations. You can then switch between different fire groups (next or previous) by using keybinds or by assigning buttons on your hotas to those functions. Some things can be on fire buttons but can also be fired independently by a keybind or hotas button assignment - SCB, heatsink, chaff, etc.

Also - you do not need to have anything to control the fuel scoop, it is automagically controlled by the ship so there is no ability to assign it to a button or keybind.

Here is a link to show my old settings (I am not on the correct computer for the current ones, these are from before the camera suite and fighters):

https://edrefcard.info/binds/eggybz

You can produce your own version of this, showing your own bindings by following the instructions on the page: https://edrefcard.info/

Hope this helps

 

[pault]

Thanks for your reply. Mine is also plug and play but because it not working right I installed the drivers to try. When I first got a ship with four weapon slots (cobra) to make the extra weapons active I had to go to controls and put it back to hotas one go back into the game and in fire groups I could then include all weapons in firegroup 1, if I press the f2 key which is meant to be fire group 2, all it does it takes me out of the system panel and centralises me. I then have to put it back to custom and I can then use all weapons on 1. I cant put anything else in a fire group. I looked at edrefcard and I dont think I can use that either, Im using windows 10, and the file isnt called a binds file, it is kept in steam folder and it is called settings_gamecontroller_bindings.

 

[Para Handy]

Thanks for your reply. Mine is also plug and play but because it not working right I installed the drivers to try. When I first got a ship with four weapon slots (cobra) to make the extra weapons active I had to go to controls and put it back to hotas one go back into the game and in fire groups I could then include all weapons in firegroup 1, if I press the f2 key which is meant to be fire group 2, all it does it takes me out of the system panel and centralises me. I then have to put it back to custom and I can then use all weapons on 1. I cant put anything else in a fire group. I looked at edrefcard and I dont think I can use that either, Im using windows 10, and the file isnt called a binds file, it is kept in steam folder and it is called settings_gamecontroller_bindings.

I just tried to use edrefcard site on the default HOTAS ONE settings (TFlightHotasOne.binds) and it comes up with unknown controller so I'm afraid that doesn't help, sorry about that. (I have posted a request for it to be added.)

Looking inside that file I see the section for selecting the different fire-groups is:

<CycleFireGroupNext>
<Primary Device="TFlightHotasOne" Key="Joy_10">
<Modifier Device="TFlightHotasOne" Key="Joy_5" />
</Primary>
<Secondary Device="TFlightHotasOne" Key="Joy_14" />
</CycleFireGroupNext>
<CycleFireGroupPrevious>
<Primary Device="TFlightHotasOne" Key="Joy_9">
<Modifier Device="TFlightHotasOne" Key="Joy_5" />
</Primary>
<Secondary Device="TFlightHotasOne" Key="Joy_13" />
</CycleFireGroupPrevious>

So for some reason both the main and secondary methods of selecting previous or next firegroup are assigned to joystick buttons. In fact in the whole file the only keyboard assignment I can see is "J" for jump (<HyperSuperCombination>). This doesn't make sense to me, maybe it does to you, it seems they have left everything apart from the joystick assignments blank for you to create your own (and forgot the "J" ).

In any event I would go into your Options / Controls menu and set one of the options (maybe the one that requires a modifier?) for these commands to a keyboard key (I use "B" and "N") and that way you will always have an easy method of selecting fire-groups.

I thought that in Steam as well as non-steam PC use, the user bindings were held in the User tree of Windows. Try to copy the the following and post it into the Windows Explorer address bar:

%LOCALAPPDATA%\Frontier Developments\Elite Dangerous\Options\Bindings

That should show you the bindings folder that contains your altered ".binds" file (custom.binds?).

In any event you should be able to create different fire groups (as per my post above) and then be able to switch between them using either keybinds (if you set them) or those joystick buttons (or combinations) that are shown in the section I have inserted above.

There is a thread showing pics of HOTAS-ONE assignments for XBox - does the first picture in post 1 show the default settings in the PC version? - Have a look here to see:

https://forums.frontier.co.uk/showt...er-T-Flight-Hotas-One-supported-games-on-XBox

Hopefully someone that is using this controller on PC can chime-in with more accurate informed information.

 

[Para Handy]

The info on fire groups is given on page 54 of the manual, like this:

... maybe that will help?

BTW sorry for the delay in your getting a reply, presumably your post was stuck in mod approval queue (lasts for the first 5 or so posts).

 

[pault]

thank you for your help appreciated.I can now assign to other fire groups but I have to use the hotas one in options controls first assign things to fire groups then switch it back to custom. I cannot do it in custom. Thanks again for your help.