Hippo Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 I notice that in the key bindings (options) the HOTAS trigger is described as SECOND stage to SPACE. Is there a first stage and, if so, what does it do? Or is this just a mistake in the options. System spec: Intel i7 12700k @ stock, ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 3080 Ti 12GB GDDR6X, Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4, Corsair Vengeance LPX 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3200MHz C16, Samsung 980 EVO 500 GB NVME M.2 SSD (system drive), WD Black SN 850X 2TB NVME M.2 SSD (games drive), Thermalright Assassin Spirit 120 Evo Cooler, Asus XG43UQ Monitor, Oculus Quest Pro, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS Prev System spec (leaving here because I often reference it in my posts): Intel i9 13900KF @ stock, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 Gaming OC 24GB GDDR6X, Gigabyte Z690 UD DDR4, Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL 32GB (2 x 16GB) DDR4 3600MHz C18, Samsung 980 EVO 500 GB NVME M.2 SSD (system drive), Samsung 970 EVO 1 TB NVME M.2 SSD (games drive), Cooler Master ML360 Illusion CPU Cooler, Asus XG43UQ Monitor, Oculus Quest Pro, Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS, MFG Crosswind Rudder Pedals
Deadpoetic6 Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 The first trigger is for recording the hud/ddi when firing a weapon, so it's useless to us
Rainmaker Posted May 31, 2018 Posted May 31, 2018 Possibly be more HOTAS functions not yet implemented. Could operate Pod laser, gun camera, etc loke the first stage on many other aircraft. Could always do nothing too. I would image there are a lot of HOTAS functions that are not yet implemented though, even for the mappings we currently have already.
DarkFire Posted June 1, 2018 Posted June 1, 2018 I wonder if eventually we'll get a gun camera feature like the MiG-15 has. That would be cool. Otherwise I guess in DCS it's only really useful in the A-10C to activate PAC before firing the gun. System Spec: Cooler Master Cosmos C700P Black Edition case. | AMD 5950X CPU | MSI RTX-3090 GPU | 32GB HyperX Predator PC4000 RAM | | TM Warthog stick & throttle | TrackIR 5 | Samsung 980 Pro NVMe 4 SSD 1TB (boot) | Samsung 870 QVO SSD 4TB (games) | Windows 10 Pro 64-bit. Personal wish list: DCS: Su-27SM & DCS: Avro Vulcan.
_SeaFox_ Posted July 15, 2018 Posted July 15, 2018 (edited) I see you haven't flown the Tiger ;) Btw, two stage trigger on the controller is pretty useful even when ac does not support it. Here are two ways how you can use it: + 1st stage: lock target, 2nd stage: unlock target (I do use this settings for FC3 acs). + 1st stage: drop bombs, 2nd stage: launch missile / fire cannon (or vice versa, for Hornet or Harrier - for each weapon you are in different mode, it won't collide). Two stage trigger are actually two buttons (at least for X52). You can bind for each stage whatever you like. Your only concern is, that always for reaching stage two you will also push stage one before it. So you must pick action for stage one that will not affect anything when you try to reach stage two. For example, it is a bad idea for Eagle to have at 1st stage cannon and 2nd stage release missile. You will always fire cannon when you will be releasing missile, for Eagle can fire cannon even when it is not selected. However you can have it in a converted manner: 1st stage release missile and 2nd stage fire cannon. As far as you are not using that feature when you can fire cannon when not selected (its pretty useless imo as you won't hit anything anyway) you will be fine. When you will want fire the cannon, you will switch to cannon and then you are ok hitting release weapon on 1st stage. As you have no missile selected, none will be released. Edited July 15, 2018 by _SeaFox_
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