Mi-8 cannon 3-way switch

[Sprool]

There doesnt seem to be any key bindings attached to the Mi-8 cannon 3-way switch - inner 800/outer 800/624/622 selector for the gunpods. Ideally Id like to bind it to a switch on my button box. How can I find out which buttons this could correspond to, and try to edit the controls lua?

[Flappie]

Isn't that what you're looking for?

 

[Sprool]

Not sure...i tried allocating buttons to these, some worked the red safety throw and the switch underneath but none of them worked the 3-way cannon switch. I tried allocating key bindings too but nothing except a mouse click moves the switch to any of its 3 positions

 

[Flappie]

You are right. These controls don't work for me either, be it with a joystick or the default "O" key.

When I add joystick keybindings for them, my .diff.lua file shows these codes:

• "800 or 624/622+800 Switch - 800 / 624/622+800" --> "d854pnilu854cdnilvd1vpnilvu0"
  
• "800 or 624/622+800 Switch - 624/622+800" --> "d3041pnilunilcd12vd0vpnilvunil"
  
• "800 or 624/622+800 Switch - 800" --> "d3041pnilunilcd12vd1vpnilvunil"
  

And in the \mods\aircraft\mi8-mtv2\input\mi-8mtv2\keyboard\default.lua (default keybindings), I find this:

• {combos = {{key = 'O'}}, down = device_commands.Button_59, cockpit_device_id = devices.WEAPON_SYS, value_down = 1.0, name = _('800 or 624-622-800 Switch - 800/624-622-800'), category = {_('Left Overhead Panel'), _('Armament System')}},
  
• { down = device_commands.Button_41, cockpit_device_id = devices.WEAPON_SYS, value_down = 1, name = _('800 or 624-622-800 Switch - 800'), category = {_('Left Overhead Panel'), _('Armament System')}},
  
• { down = device_commands.Button_41, cockpit_device_id = devices.WEAPON_SYS, value_down = 0, name = _('800 or 624-622-800 Switch - 624-622-800'), category = {_('Left Overhead Panel'), _('Armament System')}},
  

It doesn't look right for several reasons:

• The 3 controls are supposed to be tied to the same button, with values in {0, 1, -1}. Here, we see two different button numbers, 59 and 41.
  
• In the .diff.lua file, the prefix is supposed to be "d3059" (or "d3041"), but it reads "d854" instead.
  

We need a fix from ED.

[Sprool]

I found out its done with the GUV Mode switch, up/down, in that way it acts like a rotary knob with 4 positions.

 

[Flappie]

Indeed. Nice find!