How to make an AfterBurner Detent sound on the Throttle. And send Idle Detent hotkey

[Snacko]

THROTTLE AFTERBURNER DETENT SOUND:

 

So, my x55 throttle never had any detents. I've looked into making some hack to make a detent, but didn't like what I found. So, the other day I thought of another way..

 

I made an Afterburner Detent sound. Actually, the sound goes off when I am at Full Military power (100%). I am testing this on the F/A-18 and it is working well.

 

 

1. Assign your Throttle Axis in the game WITHOUT the Saitek Profile Assigned. (With the Button Bands on the Throttle in the profile, DCS will not recognize your Throttle Axis. So assign you axis first.)
    
   
2. Make Bands on your Throttle in the Saitek Profiler for your x55/x56 Throttle.
    
   
3. Make a New Advanced Command in the Throttle Afterburner Band. I used LCtrl+LAlt+\. Put these keys in the 'Press' (top) section of the Advanced Command and check the 'Macro' checkbox. Also, make sure your keypress are short. See my example.
    
   
4. Run the attached AutoHotkey command to play the sound. Just download and install Autohotkey. Then doubleclick on this .ahk command file. Now it is running and waiting for the keypress to play the sound.
    
   
5. Download your profile to your stick. And test that the sound is played when you move your stick over that band in your throttle. And/Or press the hotkeys on your keyboard to test it.
   

 

If it's working, all you need to do is get in the game and tweak the Throttle's Band position so it aligns with your throttle. I have mine so it plays right when I hit 100%. If I move the throttle a bit further it kicks in the AB.

 

I put this sound just on one of the Throttles since I move them both together.

 

 

IDLE DETENT BAND HOTKEY.

I also made a band for both the Right and Left Throttles to move each throttle into the Idle position on the F14. I just have to move my throttle a little but, the band/button sends the DCS hotkey to move that throttle to it's Idle position. Pretty similar to the above instructions. I think you can figure that out from here..

 

DCS AutoHotKey AB Sound.rar