F-15C Cannon Issue Stage 1 & 2 Trigger...

[NatoBoomerang]

Hey Guys - Have an issue with the M61 Cannon mapped to my Warthog stick...Stage 1 on the Trigger is assigned as the "Cannon" & Stage 2 as "Weapons Fire"...Stage 1 works fine for guns tracking with the pipper. However, when Stage 1 trigger is depressed again...it switches from Cannon into Missile mode before depressing to Stage 2 into "Weapons Fire"...where the M61 fires but I lose my Gun Pipper for tracking...so I am left with firing the Cannon with only the Gun Cross.

 

Any thoughts on getting this setup to function properly again...it should not be switching into Missile mode...as it was working fine before...

[GGTharos]

Yeah. Take weapons release off the trigger. Weapons fire should be assigned to the weapons release button - ie. big red one on the stick. Trigger fires the gun.

 

Use something else to switch between modes.

[NatoBoomerang]

I have "Weapons Fire" mapped to the trigger as per my post..."Weapons Release" is mapped to the Red button next the the trim switch on the Warthog stick...the trigger is mapped properly. BTW..."Weapons Change" & "Modes" are mapped to the throttle...so that's not it I don't think.

[=Mac=]

GG is right.

 

I use the grey (index) button on the right side for changing weapons, the red one (as GG suggested) for launching missiles, and stage 2 on the trigger for the guns. Stage one is just not used. A long time ago, in FC1, I used the first stage for brakes (keyboard W) because stage 2 would not fire the guns if on the ground. Today, I have rudder pedals with toe brakes.

 

The left thumb 4-way, I use for lock and unlock targets (up and down), TWS toggle (right) and PRF change (left toggles between Hi, Med, and interleave).

 

Top 4-way is for trim. Bottom 4-way is for radar slew left and right.

 

Pinky switch is for radar on and off.

 

Flipper paddle is for TrackIr lock and unlock.

 

Hope this helps.

[Svend_Dellepude]

You need the stage 1 trigger to issue a pulse command of the cannon key on both press and release if you want to do it that way. That can be done in TARGET if you have a TM stick, which i assume.

[GGTharos]

In that case, use target GUI to check what's being sent when you use the trigger. What's happening to you is pretty much guaranteed that there's a mode change in one of the stages. It can come from something mapped in the game, or in target, or a combination of both.

 

I have "Weapons Fire" mapped to the trigger as per my post..."Weapons Release" is mapped to the Red button next the the trim switch on the Warthog stick...the trigger is mapped properly. BTW..."Weapons Change" & "Modes" are mapped to the throttle...so that's not it I don't think.

[NatoBoomerang]

Hey GG - Will do, thanks! will report back. I don't use Target, just the in-game button assignments.

[Svend_Dellepude]

What you want to do can't be done unless you edit the input LUA or use TARGET because of the way the command for the cannon is done in game. It's a toggle command and not a hold command.

[NatoBoomerang]

ok, so how do I revert back to the default option for the Cannon? If I delete my saved games folder would DCS reset to the default config or would have have to reassign all my keys again though the options menu?

 

Also - just I depress and HOLD stage 1 on the trigger I can still track with the pipper and then select Stage 2 to send the rounds down range...however if Stage 1 is selected and I take my finger of the trigger..then next time Stage 1 is selected...it switches to Missile mode before going to Stage 2. I'm trying how to revert back to the Cannon default. I don't mind re-programming the rest of the key for my F-15C profile to my Warthog HOTAS..that's easy in the Options menu.

Edited April 19, 2015 by NatoBoomerang

[GGTharos]

Have your trigger do nothing but fire guns. Nothing else.

[NatoBoomerang]

Svend/GG - understood, thanks! Will do.