Adjust Joystick Sensitivity??

[Werewolf13]

Is there a way to set a non-linear sensitivity curve for a Joystick in DCS?

 

The default seems to be linear and is way too sensitive up front. Just the most minimum movement will throw the P-51, A10-C and SU-25 into a 30 to 45 degree bank. Annoying. It's a doable challenge when just joyriding :pilotfly: but in a mission when things happen fast it is a real problem for me - one I've fixed using S curve sensitivity settings in other flight sims I own.

 

I've got a TM TFlight HotasX stick.

 

Can it be done?

[Boris]

Of course! Just change the axis settings in the control config menu. :thumbup:

 

For each axis assignment you can click the "Axis Tune" button at the bottom to access all sorts of options...

[Flagrum]

Is there a way to set a non-linear sensitivity curve for a Joystick in DCS?

 

The default seems to be linear and is way too sensitive up front. Just the most minimum movement will throw the P-51, A10-C and SU-25 into a 30 to 45 degree bank. Annoying. It's a doable challenge when just joyriding :pilotfly: but in a mission when things happen fast it is a real problem for me - one I've fixed using S curve sensitivity settings in other flight sims I own.

 

I've got a TM TFlight HotasX stick.

 

Can it be done?

Definately!

 

Menu: Options -> Controls -> Layer: <your aircraft>, Category "Axis Commands"

Click on a axis mapping for one of your controllers, click button "Axis Tune" (at the bottom of the dialog).

[Werewolf13]

Well - darn!

 

Thanks guys. Don't know how I missed that. As my mom used to say, "if it'd been a snake it would have bit you!".

[Demongornot]

Yes, absolutely it can be done.

But first, make sure your joystick is correctly calibrate (in case of)

 

And then launch DCS

Go to Options ->

Controls ->

Take the aircraft you want and then "Axis commands"

 

And then choose the axis you want to adjust and then click on the "Axis Tune" button down here

Then from here you can choose the settings of axis sensitivity and more.

 

About your issue, you want to change the curvature.

0 = linear and when you add positive value it will make your joystick have less effect, the red dot represent the position of your joystick and the black square represent where in the game the aircraft input is.

Be careful, while changing curvature, most of the time while doing small joystick movement from the center it will be easy cause way less sensitive and add more precision, but at somewhere over 50% of the joystick movement you will see a area of high sensibility (its here to compensate the fact that you have a area of low sensitivity at short movements).

Don't at too much curvature, and negative curvature value have the opposite effect.

 

Deadzone is your friend if you need a...deadzone, which mean, in case you don't know, permit to have an area on your joystick where when you move it under a certain amount of movement, it don't get handle by the sim, nice for old joystick that flicker or if you have a joystick like Logitech G940 which have cause of the force feedback a huge bank angle with no resistance.

For me, with my Hotas Warthog i use 20 curve and other settings standard for Pitch and Roll.

 

The Saturation is more complex to explain.

It permit to make the end of the course of your joystick sooner or opposite (can be useful for old joystick that can't reach max angle or modified one with big extension for example where you need to set a max position based on the new course that your joystick travel).

 

Slider option permit to have a slider, which mean, unlike axis where the 0 is on the center, a slider can be the throttle or collective for helicopters where 0 = lower.

Useful for setting deadzone and/or saturation.

 

Invert, well you understand it !

 

And user curve make you able to use curvature but handmade, hard to find a nice fluid setting if you don't know what you do.

 

DCS Keys settings are nice, sadly we don't have any options for set afterburner on axis to fit with the one we have on our real physical joystick, which make the afterburner slow useless on Hotas Warthog or X52 Pro for example.

If only we can have AB settings, hot plug detection like Arma 2/3 and access to options on Multiplayer (actually since few month its available on Singleplayer) it will be perfect.

Hope it help you !

Edited May 6, 2014 by Demongornot