how to make warthog throttle switches double-action?

[pepto]

i apologize in advanced if this has been covered before, but probably my biggest complaint about the warthog (which is still an amazing stick) is that the throttle switches only serve as single-action (ie you can bind a command to a switch being flipped up but not down). since the A-10C module supports it, is there some editing i have to do in the lua files? it would be really nice seeings as it would open a load of opportunities and save a lot of space in terms of switches to bind.

 

let's say for example i want to bind a switch to my landing gear in the su-27 so that when i flick it up my gear goes up, and when i flick it down my gear goes down, how would i do that and make it apply to other modules and other binding commands?

[1.JaVA_Platypus]

SVmapper (google it)

[pepto]

SVmapper (google it)

 

i'll look into when i get home, thanks!

[Blaze]

Or, you could use the TARGET software that came with the Warthog to create a profile...

[98abaile]

The reason for this is that the off positions aren't switches and don't send a command to the computer, the way around this is to go into the input files (e.g. E:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\MIG-21bis\Input\MiG-21\joystick) and either modify or create new functions that send commands to the on both the down AND up states of a switch (sadly how you do this differs between each module).

 

For example, here is a custom key command that allows you to use either a momentary switch or an on/off toggle for the MiG-21 airbrakes (found in the MiG-21Bis forum):

--Alternate Airbrakes
{down=device_commands.Airbrakes,up=device_commands.Airbrakes,cockpit_device_id=devices.AIRBRAKE,value_down=1.0,value_up=0.0,name='Alternate Airbrakes On',category='Flight Controls'},

Here are some key commands I've created that allow me to use my warthog's idle throttle positions to turn my engines on/off in FC3 aircraft the same way it works for the A-10C:

{down = iCommandLeftEngineStop, up = iCommandLeftEngineStart, name = _('Engine Left Idle Detent'), category = _('Systems ALT')},
{down = iCommandRightEngineStop, up = iCommandRightEngineStart, name = _('Engine Right Idle Detent'), category = _('Systems ALT')},

I modified the base joystick binding for these in E:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Config\Input\Aircrafts.

[dok_rp]

Just use the TARGET software supplied by Thrustmaster. It's incredibly easy. =)