Odd controller config behaviour

Nb. found info and howto: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=89226#16

Being blessed with a harddisk crash and the following reconfiguration of controllers I've noticed an odd bug or feature in relation to controller setup.

I don't know if it is common knowledge, but attaching a Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS enables more features in Black Shark 2 for binding keys and or buttons (procedure below). For me this raises the following questions:

• How do I enable them in DCS World?
  
• How do I enable all possibilties for binding keys and buttons - and not just the KA-50?
  
• What about people not having this controller but still want these functionalities?
  
• Bug or feature? ;-)
  

Procedure in Black Shark 2

When the Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS is connected and identified by Black Shark 2 new possibilities for binding keys and buttons appear.

As an example is the possibilities listed in countermeasures, before the HOTAS is connected:

With the HOTAS connected it looks like this:

If I save this configuration by clicking OK. These functionalities also appear when the HOTAS is connected through TARGET. But it is not possible to use them:

To be able to use these functionalities you have to "Clear category", afterwards it will look like this:

As far as I have seen this enables at least the stuff below for the KA-50. So my (big) question is now: how can I enable all possibilities (for all planes, not just BS)?

INS Countermeasures

* UV-26 Select Both Boards

* UV-26 Select Left Board

* UV-26 Select Right Board

INS Weapons Status

* Burst Length Long

* Burst Length Short

You would need to delve into the individual default lua files and create your own.

Warthog/Target users have this problem in A-10 as well. The default lua for the 'Warthog Combined' does not contain all of the commands that are found in the default lua for the 'Warthog Throttle'.

Most annoying indeed. AFAIK, it is a known issue from A-10 but I don't know the status of any issue with World. I just used the file I created for the standalone A-10 in World but had not messed with BS yet.

I must admit I've always found the configuration interface a bit cumbersome. At least we can only hope that a more consistent behaviour will be introduced in DCS World :-)

Ok, I grew tired of not being able to use all keys in KA-50 in DCS World, so I copied my complete setup from Black Shark 2 to DCS World.

• Copied the contents of (using notepad 2): C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS BlackShark 2\Config\Input\ka-50\joystick\Thrustmaster Combined {0F4A3A00-BAE7-11e1-8002-444553540000}.lua
  
• Pasted the contents into the following file an saved: C:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\ka-50\joystick\Thrustmaster Combined {0F4A3A00-BAE7-11e1-8002-444553540000}.lua
  

The only change in key-settings between Black Shark 2 and DCS World/ KA-50 is that "Blade tip lights" (R_ALT+j) has become "jump to this aircraft". The new shortcut for blade tip lights is R_CTL+R_ALT+j.

Nb. the lua file is included in the controller setup in my sig :-)

Nb. Nb. found info and howto: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=89226#16