LC34 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Finally got the guts to face the Mrs. and clicked order on a TM Warthog. Since my trust 12 year old X45 decides to do whatever it wants now. A few questions as I prepare... I have a few modules, the P-51, 109, Sabre, and FC3. Of course I know I have to buy the A-10C since, well you know I have the replica stick; apart from the Profiles by Polaris & SchniX which doesn't seem to have a few of the planes I have, are there some good profiles out there? I heard the TARGET system is tricky to work with. Also, anything I need to do after installing? Any maintenance issues that I should do before or is it pretty much a plug and play ready to go stick and throttle? AMD Ryzen 7 7800X#D 64 GB Ram MSI RTX 4090 Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shagrat Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Finally got the guts to face the Mrs. and clicked order on a TM Warthog. Since my trust 12 year old X45 decides to do whatever it wants now. A few questions as I prepare... I have a few modules, the P-51, 109, Sabre, and FC3. Of course I know I have to buy the A-10C since, well you know I have the replica stick; apart from the Profiles by Polaris & SchniX which doesn't seem to have a few of the planes I have, are there some good profiles out there? I heard the TARGET system is tricky to work with. Also, anything I need to do after installing? Any maintenance issues that I should do before or is it pretty much a plug and play ready to go stick and throttle? Pretty much plug'n'play. I wouldn't do much/anything with Target. The A-10C has a profile in DCS (as in all buttons, except the Trim Hat mapped correct, already). For the other stuff I would settle with the DCS control configuration you can pretty much do everything in-game. Even modifiers if necessary. 1 Shagrat - Flying Sims since 1984 - Win 10 | i5 10600K@4.1GHz | 64GB | GeForce RTX 3090 - Asus VG34VQL1B | TrackIR5 | Simshaker & Jetseat | VPForce Rhino Base & VIRPIL T50 CM2 Stick on 200mm curved extension | VIRPIL T50 CM2 Throttle | VPC Rotor TCS Plus/Apache64 Grip | MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals | WW Top Gun MIP | a hand made AHCP | 2x Elgato StreamDeck (Buttons galore) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v81 Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Have you ever used a Warthog previously? R7 3800X - 32Gig RAM -- All SSD -- GTX1070 -- TM Warthog, MFG Crosswinds & TiR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streakeagle Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 The Warthog has its issues, but overall is the best option for DCS. I do recommend a center mounted stick position with a 10-15 cm extension to take advantage of the high resolution/precision as well as minimize the worst problem with the Warthog: the way the stick feels near the center. As has been previously stated, it is better to leave Target off and learn how to customize the joystick input LUA scripts to get any special effects you would otherwise accomplish with a Target profile. Target combines the joystick, throttle, and MFDs into a single virtual device, which is bad since that limits the number of DirectX buttons available and forces you to rely on keyboard maps... nothing but trouble. 1 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SageInferno Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 I'm a new owner of the TM Warthog and can vouch for ignoring TARGET. Way too much work. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC34 Posted April 15, 2017 Author Share Posted April 15, 2017 Thanks everyone. No I haven't owned a Warthog before, had this Saitek X45 for about 15 years I'm guessing. Poor thing gave a heck of a run for the money. I hope that the warthog gives me the same amount of years and time. Especially for the price or the Mrs will kill me :) AMD Ryzen 7 7800X#D 64 GB Ram MSI RTX 4090 Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sokol1_br Posted April 15, 2017 Share Posted April 15, 2017 Just take care in not rotate the gimbal - playing with grip nut - this can break the "articulation sphere". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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