X55 profiles

[Hknine9]

I’m looking for an X55 profile for the Gazelle and was wandering if anyone had one they would share?

[Johnny Dioxin]

Got an X56 one - though it is optimised for VR.

[Hknine9]

Got an X56 one - though it is optimised for VR.

Would you be willing to share it? If I can get it to work with the x55, that would be awesome. I was going to optimize it for VR anyway :)

[Johnny Dioxin]

Yes - I'll post it here shortly

[Johnny Dioxin]

Okay - as always, I have used two modifiers, "pinky" and "perky" (please note that you need to type them in small letters)

 

These need to be set by yourself to make the profiles work in the sim (If you don't know how to set modifiers just ask). They are both for button 5 on each controller, as shown in the diagrams.

 

Always press the modifier before the action button.

 

There are also lots of spare buttons/switches. I tend to use the cockpit controls a lot more in VR than I did on a monitor, so I have less assignments than normal.

 

If you use the VR UI Layer controls, then you need to set the modifiers in that profile, too. Until you set modifiers, the assignments will be highlighted in red in the controls UI. You can just delete any you don't want, of course.

 

Daigrams below, profiles attached (I included the diagrams in the archive, too).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you don't understand any of my abbreviations, just shout :)

 

I have used axes with modifiers, too, as seen with the radio volume and NADIR brightness controls.

 

The controls shown in turquoise on the panel sheet are those I have assigned to my MFDs - so they are not included. You could assign them to the spare buttons or not, whatever ya like. Please also note that the twist joystick is not assigned to the rudder, as I have pedals, but you could easily do that yourself.

 

Hope it's useful - have fun :)

[Hknine9]

Okay - as always, I have used two modifiers, "pinky" and "perky" (please note that you need to type them in small letters)

 

These need to be set by yourself to make the profiles work in the sim (If you don't know how to set modifiers just ask). They are both for button 5 on each controller, as shown in the diagrams.

 

Always press the modifier before the action button.

 

There are also lots of spare buttons/switches. I tend to use the cockpit controls a lot more in VR than I did on a monitor, so I have less assignments than normal.

 

If you use the VR UI Layer controls, then you need to set the modifiers in that profile, too. Until you set modifiers, the assignments will be highlighted in red in the controls UI. You can just delete any you don't want, of course.

 

Daigrams below, profiles attached (I included the diagrams in the archive, too).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

If you don't understand any of my abbreviations, just shout :)

 

I have used axes with modifiers, too, as seen with the radio volume and NADIR brightness controls.

 

The controls shown in turquoise on the panel sheet are those I have assigned to my MFDs - so they are not included. You could assign them to the spare buttons or not, whatever ya like. Please also note that the twist joystick is not assigned to the rudder, as I have pedals, but you could easily do that yourself.

 

Hope it's useful - have fun :)

Thanks for sharing your profile!

 

Do you use the Saitek software at all or do you just map your flight stick to the dcs key configurator? The reason I ask is, the Saitek profiles use the .pro files. If I am correct, I would load your lua files into dcs controls and map my stick accordingly? Sorry for any confusion. Thanks again!

[Johnny Dioxin]

Hi - no, I don't have the software installed at all as I think it's more trouble than it's worth. I always assign the controls directly in the sim. This also gives me the option to change anything on the spot, while I'm flying, if I want to.

 

You should put these files into the ...Saved Games\DCS\Config\Input\SA342\joystick folder and it will then work with all variants of the Gazelle.

 

Once you have put the files into that folder, go into the sim and bring up the controller UI in options. Select the SA342 from the drop-down menu and it should display "All" controls.

 

I highly recommend that you first delete each of the profiles (for the X55 stick and throttle) before importing these profiles. DCS has a habit of leaving default controls in that you don't want if you just import without clearing out the old stuff first.

 

Just click on any empty space in the X55 stick column and then select to delete the assignments (or profile - don't remember the exact wording). Then select to import profile and point the selection to the relevant files. Do the same with the X55 throttle.

 

You then need to set the two modifiers I mentioned. On the same UI screen, click on the modifier button (bottom left iirc) and a box comes up. You need to choose the right controller (X55 stick) then press the pinky button on the stick. It should come up in the box as Button 5. Then type in the name "pinky" and OK.

Then do the same with the throttle, but this time type "perky".

 

After you have done this, there should be no red highlighted lines anywhere on the controller UI. Scroll through it just to check.

 

I would advise then just checking your axis UI as well, to make sure it is how you want it and to make any axis changes or tuning you require.

 

Seems a lot but it's really very simple.

 

You don't need to pm this - I'm quite happy for anyone to use it, and the info may help them, too :)

 

Any further questions or problems, just ask.