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Hi all. I am struggling with the controls menu.

What Id like to do is make a Template covering all the functions common to all aircraft(Flaps,Zoom,etc. and then change it suit each aircraft I fly.

At the moment it looks like I have to bind every key,clear every axis and do this for Every aircraft in DCS. Any help would be appreciated !

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This is probably not what you want to hear, but yes, it not only looks like that, it is in fact that way. :o)

 

It is not optimal, agreed, but tbh, it also would not really help you too much if you could do what you want to do. There are some functions that are common in many aircrafts, but those might be about 5-10 (including stick and throttle axes) of probably 50-100. And even those are not present in ALL aircrafts (flaps ... in a helo? ;o) Then others might seem to be similar at first, but when you learn more about the specific aircraft, you will realise that they differ in function - some more, some less subtle.

 

My adivce: don't try to do it all at once. Go one by one, each aircraft on it's own. Map and assign what you are confident about and come back later when you are more familar with a specific aircraft and when you notice that you like to have other functions mapped as well.

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Oh! Interesting. There's a guy similar to me. :D

 

I dropped struggling with creating DCS Inputs from scratch with every update and I directly dived into main keyboard and joysitck lua files. And I created my own system to trace new inputs or removed inputs. Thus, for months I'm happy with my controls.

 

Ok. What have I done?

 

I've done same thing what is used in Flaming Cliffs.

 

Step #1) I created a common binding lua (devrimbase_commonkeyboard_binging.lua). This file includes all common keyboard commands in every modules, but Flaming Cliffs (it has its own common system). I put this into "..\DCS World\Config\Input\Aircrafts\". See the attachment and examine it. Note that, the commands in this file are completely changed according to myself.

 

Step #2) I edited main keyboard lua (for example Sabre's keyboard controls: "..\DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\F-86\Input\F-86F\keyboard\default.lua") according to my base lua. What are these?

 

* "local cockpit" and "dofile" lines are at the top!

 

Removed those lines:

return {

keyCommands = {

 

Added:

local res = external_profile("Config/Input/Aircrafts/devrimbase_commonkeyboard_binding.lua")

join(res.keyCommands,{

 

And changed last lines as:

})

return res

And removed all common command lines to prevent double command lines and, -you know- they're already in devrimbase_commonkeyboard_binding.lua

 

And everything works properly in SP and MP. I use this for almost all modules. :)

devrimbase_commonkeyboard_binding.lua


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I use Target for all of my profiles and I have two Target Macro files. One for DCS general commands, that apply to all modules, and a second for module specific controls. It takes me about five minutes to produce a, first try, profile for a new aircraft.

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What is Target, a software?

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What is Target, a software?

 

Yes. Your X-52 uses the SST software for programming while the Warthog, owned by the OP, uses Target.

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Can you assign whole keyboard commands with it?

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Can you assign whole keyboard commands with it?

 

Yes.

 

EDIT: Unlike SST, Target also includes a very versatile scripting language which opens up many more possibilities.


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I didn't know that. Obviously Target is nice. Maybe this solves Jaydee's problem.

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