Axis commands in anything other than the F-18?

[obious]

Hi All,

 

Long story short, I've built a home cockpit with about 24 potentiometers (plugged into three Leo Bodnar board) spread across the 'cabin' but as far as I can work out, only the F18 has assignable axis commands in the controls menu (to control cockpit lightening etc).

 

I've looks under the 'axis commands' section for the A-10C, F-14 and AV8B but all I can see are the usual assignees (aircraft pitch, roll etc); there seems to be no assignable controls for cockpit lights, MFD brightness etc

 

Am I missing something or do you have to hack .lua input control files to get pots to work in these cockpits?

 

Cheers

[Fubarbrickdust]

Hi All,

 

Long story short, I've built a home cockpit with about 24 potentiometers (plugged into three Leo Bodnar board) spread across the 'cabin' but as far as I can work out, only the F18 has assignable axis commands in the controls menu (to control cockpit lightening etc).

 

I've looks under the 'axis commands' section for the A-10C, F-14 and AV8B but all I can see are the usual assignees (aircraft pitch, roll etc); there seems to be no assignable controls for cockpit lights, MFD brightness etc

 

Am I missing something or do you have to hack .lua input control files to get pots to work in these cockpits?

 

Cheers

 

As a fellow pit/DIY controller builder, I understand your position. All is not lost however as pretty much any knob (or switch for that matter) can be assigned to an axis. See post for example:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3852380&postcount=72

You can also study the attached file to see what I'm referencing in the post.

 

But i'm afraid, yes, you will need to become very familiar with several specific lua files in DCS in order to get the most flexibility with a home cockpit. Namely clickabledata.lua, devices.lua and default.lua for any given module. The bulk of editing will be done in the default.lua file.

 

Here's a handy thread to get you started:

https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=89226

 

Cheers and happy digging,

 

Brick.