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Do you not have an expensive HOTAS but still want to play DCS World? You're in luck! All my DCS World controller layouts can be found below! But first, please take a look at the following tutorial to make sure you set up your controller properly for using my profiles. This video goes over how to set up: Mouse Control on your Right Thumbstick Mouse Scroll Up/Down on your Left/Right Triggers Mouse Clicking on your Left/Right Shoulder Buttons Keyboard Left ALT and Right ALT on your Left/Right Shoulder Buttons (IMPORTANT!) How to download and import controller profiles into DCS World And finally, all my controller profiles can be found and downloaded from my User Files section on the DCS website: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/filter/type-is-profile/user-is-Tuuvas/apply/ Below are all my layout images for each one of my controller profiles, so you can easily reference where each control binding is: TF-51D Mustang Su-25T Frogfoot A-4E-C Scooter https://github.com/heclak/community-a4e-c A-10A Thunderbolt II / Warthog A-10C II Thunderbolt II / Warthog / Tank Killer AH-64D Apache (Pilot) AH-64D Apache (CPG) AH-64D Apache (TEDAC-only) Xbox Profile: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3332033/ Playstation Profile: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3332035/ AJS-37 Viggen (work in progress) AV-8B Harrier II N/A CH-47F Chinook F-5E-3 Tiger II F-14 Tomcat (Pilot) F-14 Tomcat (RIO) (work in progress) F-15C Eagle F-15E Strike Eagle (Pilot) F-15E Strike Eagle (WSO) F-15E Strike Eagle (WSO Hand Controllers) Xbox Profile: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3332032/ F-15E Strike Eagle (WSO Hand Controllers Simplified) F-16C Fighting Falcon / Viper F/A-18C Hornet F-22A Raptor https://grinnellidesigns.com/f22/ F-4E Phantom (Pilot) F-4E Phantom (WSO) F-4E Phantom (WSO Radar/TGP Only - for HOTAS users) F4U-1D Corsair J-11A Flanker B+ JF-17 Thunder (work in progress) Ka-50 Black Shark 3 Mi-24P Hind (Pilot) (work in progress) MiG-21bis Fishbed MiG-29 (A/G/C/S) Fulcrum Mirage F1CE (work in progress) Mirage M-2000C (work in progress) OH-6A Loach OH-58D Kiowa Warrior OH-58D Kiowa Warrior (MMS-only for HOTAS users) P-51D Mustang Su-25 Frogfoot Su-27 Flanker Su-33 Flanker-D UH-1H Huey

Edit: I've updated the layout below based on feedback from many people in the community. You guys are all awesome! AH-64D Apache Longbow null Please keep in mind that the Apache is not released yet as of this post. This is simply to provide a layout for gamepad users so they have something once the Apache is available. The controls I've chosen to bind are based on the following resources: CasmoTV's Apache Controls Overview BradMick's Apache Control Mapping Recommendation Eagle Dynamics Discord - DCS Helicopter Chat channel Low Level Hell Discord - Apache channel Mi-24P Hind's Petrovich AI Menu Wags' binding and startup video Let me know what you guys think. Is there a more ergonomic way of laying out these controls? Are any key bindings completely missing? Perhaps there's some unnecessary ones?

With all the different updates and upgrades being released for the F-16C, I thought it would be good to come up with an Xbox Controller layout for those who aren't able to afford a proper HOTAS. Hopefully this will allow them to give DCS an honest shot, and maybe encourage them to save up for a proper HOTAS later. Or if they find out they actually don't like DCS... at least they don't have an expensive HOTAS gathering dust on the shelf.

Before getting started, I highly recommend first setting up your Xbox or PlayStation gamepad to control the Mouse using either of the following tutorial videos: Xbox, PlayStation, etc Controllers Using Steam (works for both Steam Edition and Standalone): PlayStation Controllers: From there you should be able to setup your DCS aircraft controls based on the following gamepad layouts (note: even though the images are Xbox controllers, these can also be bound to a PlayStation controller assuming you followed my above DS4Windows YouTube guide): F-15E Strike Eagle Gamepad Layout (Pilot) F-15E Strike Eagle Gamepad Layout (WSO) F-15E Strike Eagle Gamepad Layout (WSO - Alternate / Tuuvas' preferred layout) F-15E Strike Eagle Gamepad Layout (WSO - 1 modifier)