Help with Pinkie Switch on X52

Can someone please walk me through the steps for making the Pinkie switch act like a button? I want to use it for activating auto hover on/off

Can someone please walk me through the steps for making the Pinkie switch act like a button? I want to use it for activating auto hover on/off

I have same problem since iv just installed new SD6 driver with Profile Editor 6.6.2.0. :mad:

I want my Pinkie Switch back as a Fire Button too. :helpsmilie:

I found these:

http://www.saitekforum.com/showthread.php?t=16100

http://www.saitekforum.com/showthread.php?t=16724

http://www.saitekforum.com/showthread.php?t=16698

write to saitekforum :cry:

i really wouldnt do that, your pinky should act as a shift button. ex. pressing button 2 = trimming while holding the pinkie and pressing button 2 = hover.

holding pinky plus the trim button (square black button on the stick next to pov2) will put u in auto-hove-hold on or off...

i strongly recommend not using the pinky to act as a single button. because then u would only be able to use half the buttons possible, think of pinky as a "shift" key

i added this link to my profile so u can load it and see if u like it (press a button and look on the mfd to see what it does)

i am using profiler 6.0.10.7. .

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8MOQS3GZ

u can also load it in the profiler to see how its programmed.

plz leave my name in the profile when sharing (hommage to my hard work ;P)

Thanks for the help guys. I guess I can just do like hyperfighter suggested.

EDIT: On a side note. I'm having a really weird problem when assigning keys to the x52 from the bs options. I changed my left hat switch (upper one on the stick) to center camera but it is still centering the SHKVAL like it was still the old setting. I cleared the key before reassigning so I don't know whats going wrong. Any ideas?

Hmm, dunno about the normal one, but with the pro, any button can be the shiftstate, whether it's on the throttle or joystick.

If you want the pinkie to be a normal button, you have to get delete all of the shiftstates associated with it. Once that's done, you can program it normally.

I actually already answered this in the other thread you made... you simply need to delete the shift-states in the profile editor...

I actually already answered this in the other thread you made... you simply need to delete the shift-states in the profile editor...

come to think of it you did. i simply forgot, sorry. :doh:

come to think of it you did. i simply forgot, sorry. :doh:

No worries. Did you get it all sorted in the end?

I used to use the pinkie as a button because everything i needed at first fits on my joystick on 1 mode so the way to use the pinkie switch is not run a profile and go to options in game and go to whatever function that you want to bind to it and just set it. As long as there's not profile selected the pinkie switch is recognized in game as a button. But now i have a need for more buttons so i use it now and its a great tool for example i have one button Uncage Shkval and if i hold the pinkie and press same button it resets it . So me personally i find it more useful as a shift rather than a regular button

I agree, the shift is very useful. But for BS I prefer it as a button because (with TrackIR) it's so easy to glance down and flick switches using the mouse, that I find I don't really need shifted buttons. Also I like the psuedo-realism of taking your hand off the stick to fiddle with stuff that's not on the real KA-50 cyclic (kind of silly logic I know, but meh...)

I don't use it as shift at all. I use it for the brakes.

No worries. Did you get it all sorted in the end?

Yeah, I went ahead and used it as a shift key and made auto hover mode 1 pinkie + C fire.

Still have issues with the Ka-50 (sometimes) spinning out of control after engaging auto hover. Also for some reason even if altitude hold is engaged I still find myself slamming the cyclic forward to avoid smacking into the ground. I seem to slowly lose altitude.

But other than these miner annoyances I'm actually having a great deal of fun. :)

I gave you a good SST PRO file with the shift pinkie in use, not sure why you want to try and disengage it!

I gave you a good SST PRO file with the shift pinkie in use, not sure why you want to try and disengage it!

Just noobness, I took what you gave me and tried to work it a bit to suit me.

I'm learning. :joystick:

i'm using it for trim, what are others using for trim on the x52?

i'm using it for trim, what are others using for trim on the x52?

I use the button (C?) that's between the two cyclic hats. I tried using pinkie as trim for a bit but it didn't stick for some reason.

I use the pinkie for trim to. I learnt the 'hold Trimmer to make course changes' way. Frees up my thumb for rocket/cannon attacks.

i'm using it for trim, what are others using for trim on the x52?

Then you lose the shift function that enables you to expand the the use of other buttons.

Then you lose the shift function that enables you to expand the the use of other buttons.

You do know that you can assign any button to shiftstate? My shiftstate is the i button on my throttle. I feel that's a more natural button for me to press as shift.

You do know that you can assign any button to shiftstate? My shiftstate is the i button on my throttle. I feel that's a more natural button for me to press as shift.

Yes there are 3 modes for every button, the shift state adds more expansion of the selected button mode.

With the clickable cockpit, I really don't find many uses for the 3 modes or the shift state (I use them for other games, but not Black Shark).

does any one use the 2 clicks on the trigger?

I do, I use the first detent to fire the cannon, and the second detent to release weapons.

Yes there are 3 modes for every button, the shift state adds more expansion of the selected button mode.

And the pinkie is the default shift. yes there are 3 modes, and shift makes that 6 modes.

And you can assign shift to any button and just have the pinkie as a normal button (ie Trimmer). You don't lose shift functionality if you don't want to.

I don't use it as shift at all. I use it for the brakes.

Pinky-braking is the way God intended it.