Speed brake, landing/taxi light switch implementation for WARTHOG HOTAS

[EinsteinEP]

It has always bugged me that the default speed brake mapping in the F-86F module left the switch hanging out in the IN or OUT position when using the speedbrake switch on the WARTHOG HOTAS (e.g., it wouldn't snap back to HOLD when I centered my speedbrake switch on the HOTAS, like it would in the real aircraft). I could have mapped a separate button to return the switch to HOLD but this approach was just too cumbersome. Same for the taxi/landing light.

 

So I modified my input .luas at C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\F-86\Input\F-86F\joystick with the code below to add this capability and thought I'd share here if anyone was interested.

 

{   down = hydro_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_AirBrakesHandle, up = hydro_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_AirBrakesHandle, cockpit_device_id = devices.HYDRO_INTERFACE, value_down = 1,  value_up = 0, name = _('Speed Brake Switch - IN then HOLD'),  category = {_('Flight Control'), _('Throttle Grip')} },
{   down = hydro_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_AirBrakesHandle, up = hydro_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_AirBrakesHandle, cockpit_device_id = devices.HYDRO_INTERFACE, value_down = -1, value_up = 0, name = _('Speed Brake Switch - OUT then HOLD'), category = {_('Flight Control'), _('Throttle Grip')} },


{down = nav_lights_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_LandAndTaxiLights, up = nav_lights_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_LandAndTaxiLights, cockpit_device_id = devices.NAV_LIGHTS_INTERFACE, value_down = 1,  value_up = 0, name = _('Landing & Taxi Lights Switch - EXTEND & ON then OFF'),  category = {_('Left Forward Console'), _('Exterior Lighting')}},
{down = nav_lights_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_LandAndTaxiLights, up = nav_lights_commands.F86_CockpitDeviceCommand_LandAndTaxiLights, cockpit_device_id = devices.NAV_LIGHTS_INTERFACE, value_down = -1,  value_up = 0, name = _('Landing & Taxi Lights Switch - RETRACT then OFF'),  category = {_('Left Forward Console'), _('Exterior Lighting')}},

 

Depending on your control scheme, you may need to add these to the default.lua as well as any other .lua files for your desired controller.

 

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Edited October 27, 2017 by EinsteinEP
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