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I have both the old Saitek SST program and the newer Logitech version, both work, I use the newer one personally. Software version 800.213.0, Driver version 8.0.116.0 https://download01.logi.com/web/ftp/pub/techsupport/simulation/X52_HOTAS_x64_8_0_132_0.exe

Is that what DCS is for? To give as historically accurate as possible recreation of WW2 events? Or to give a creative sandbox, immersive and rich for single player and online multiplayer missions, to allow people to build their own sets of missions to challenge their flying and tactics?

go download a couple of f-14 liveries from the dcs world users download area, then you will see the instructions about proper route for file structure. https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/ F-14 i a complicated one with loads of separate dds files. If I were you I'd start with a more simple skin like the F-18

I ended up doing a little edit in the lua to give me decent trim at cruise speed

4. Work your way through the various missions & training tasks built into DCS, you will soon become familiar with the area.

I think the ED team did a great job on the textures for the Channel map, it looks great, a lot of detail but it does of course have quite a hit on framerate. I have to think about dropping back to 1920 res and less graphic detail to run it less jerky.

Solved - {"su33_tex06_BN31", 0 ,"Su33_tex06",false}; {"su33_tex06_BN31", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC,"Su33_tex06_RoughMet",false}; {"su33_tex06_BN32", 0 ,"Su33_tex06",false}; {"su33_tex06_BN32", ROUGHNESS_METALLIC,"Su33_tex06_RoughMet",false};

Been doing my head in today, cant sort BN on the tail of this SU-33 - I'm using the (un)official roughmet patch to get a bit of metallic quality, the nose numbers work fine but i cant get rid of the rectangle patch for the fins and now the numbers have disappeared too. My lua file is getting tied up in knots. Any advice pls? Im assuming its to do with tex06 and bn31 + bn32?

How about using the (un)official RoughMet mod? https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3303667/

Thx Joey - great work! :)

I was happy to take all the help I could get for learning carrier landings but now its disappeared from my display, did they change anything? Can I get it back?

I want to dirty up the deck a bit, and have the texture file downloaded, if i save as a dds where should I put it?

So each band would turn a different light on/off? Thats a good approach, but I wanted a rotary to be able to control the level of lighting for all the different lighting knobs in the Huey and the F-18, to make them adjustable for different flying conditions. Not sure I could I do that with bands, as I'm assigning axes in game for that, not key presses?

only thing I can think of is if the radio comms menu has popped up, this blocks all keypresses - this will be white text on top right of screen. Click F12 then report back for active duty

check if its wide or narrow view

su-25 is low-fidelity model, not clickable cockpit, keypresses only

do it again, it will toggle .

openbeta 100%, having lots of fun :)

Have you checked out this video? watch from about 4 minutes in, probably one of the clearest and most helpful videos about programming the Saitek software, and applicable to all saitek controllers - it will give you a really good idea of what functions you can program in with just the saitek software. Anything else more complicated, as Ant0ine says, will need joystick gremlin and a virtual joystick setup.

DCS key press assignments do not have the capability I'm afraid. Only if a certain action has a select up / select down option like gear and flaps, etc. can you then assign these to a toggle up/toggle down

I concurr. Fixed :)

Guys - thanks both - thats really useful :) Listening and asking is the key to learning. :)

@ADHS - thats neat, but not sure I can get my head round your post, can you give an example in use?

SOmething I found helped, just practice flying at about 135 - 140 kts, nose up using trim on POV hat to gently stabilise, no joystick input. Balance the rate of descent with v small movements on the throttle. Get used to the feeling when it is stable and you can just nudge up/down with the pov hat and throttle. Allow it time to settle before over-inputting a correction.

the logitech program still allows setup of 'macros' to execute any number of set keystrokes, so for example I have one for F-18 carrier landings where a single button press puts flaps n full, extends hook, turns on landing lights and extends landing gear. These can be programmed in via 'New advanced command' option. You can also select - unprogrammed- for every button/rotary mouse, in the logitech program if you wish. Then it will be DCS keybind entries that will control the input.