SonofEil

Hello all, Here are a number of issues I'm encountering: I've spent many hours (days) trying to get my x52 pro working. Obviously I'm not the only one. After searching the threads up and down, I'm finally posting. Long story short, when I set up my x52 using SST, BS doesn't see it. I haven't set up much, mostly just testing it, but again, nothing shows up in-game. Second, after reading a bunch of threads, I've come to the conclusion that the SST is much more difficult to set up properly in the first place. (macros, etc. I don't even know what that word means, much less how to use "it". Yes, I've been reading the saitek forums and manuals. They assume I have much more knowledge in the first place.) When trying to assign stick buttons in the game options menu, how does one know which button corresponds to a specific spot on the joystick/throttle? Example: If I want to set the pinkie switch to "auto hover", is the pinkie switch button 3, or button 103, or somewhere in between? Does anyone have an actual map or list of which buttons are what number on the x52? (Saitek software says "fire a, b, c, pinkie, trigger", etc. BS says "button 1, 21, 59", etc.) Why doesn't the sim just allow you to press the button that you'd like to assign to a specific task. I mean, it's only 2010 and other sims have allowed you to do this for oh, say, the last fifteen years! Third. The in-game sounds sound like they are coming out of a deep tunnel. I don't really know how to describe this properly, except to say that it's a very slow rising and falling wooshing sound, like bad compression artifacts or something. Related to this, when switching between views and back again, the sounds get "messed up" and I have to pause/unpause the sim for the sounds to go back to "normal". (Normal meaning crappy tunnel sounds.) Is there a fix for any of this? I haven't found any other threads mentioning this, so is it just me? All that said, this sim is fantastic and I'm really enjoying learning how to operate the Black Shark! I can live with the crappy sound, but not being able to assign things to my HOTAS makes it nearly unplayable as a weapons platform. Again, I've spent the better part of my free time during the last two weeks just trying to get buttons assigned, with little luck. I appreciate any help! Thanks!

The responses are correct. If you are watching on an LCD screen, or even old CRT computer monitors, 60Hz is the maximum that is displayed. You could ramp your game FPS to a million and not see a difference. (This is kind of like watching 720p and 1080p screens side by side from 6ft away. Unless you're a pro videographer/editor etc. you won't be able to tell the diff.) Many new tv's/monitors from 2009 and later refresh at 120Hz, and some really high end sets refresh at 240. Still, the only way you'll be able to tell the diff is in very fast motion, like maybe the helo rotors.