New Throttle **Detents**

[imacken]

Thanks for that.  Interesting.

Obviously down to individual preference, but a lot of these things I have bound to pots, switches, buttons on my CM2 throttle,  some by using a modifier to double up.  

In VR, you don't have to reach everything blindly, I use the mouse - which sits in easy reach at the side of my throttle - a lot for dials/switches that I don't access very often.  With the cursor, you can see exactly what you re doing.

[Galinette]

1 hour ago, imacken said:

Thanks for that.  Interesting.

Obviously down to individual preference, but a lot of these things I have bound to pots, switches, buttons on my CM2 throttle,  some by using a modifier to double up.  

In VR, you don't have to reach everything blindly, I use the mouse - which sits in easy reach at the side of my throttle - a lot for dials/switches that I don't access very often.  With the cursor, you can see exactly what you re doing.

 

That's personnal preference I guess. I have played several many-player events where communications were very important, and we had to switch channels and set volumes a lot in a busy environment. Changing channels fast is very important, and it was really painful with the clickable cockpit. Now with dedicated encoders, this is super easy.

I find the DCS clickable cockpit UI really painful for high workloads, since you have to keep your eyes pointed at the control the whole time. It's nearly impossible to turn a knob while looking at something else, there should be a "mouse lock" mechanism.

For instance, in the Mirage 2000-C, the UHF channel knob is has a channel indicator just besides it, but the frequency is at a totally different place close to the hud. Turning the knob with the mouse in VR, while looking head up to the frequency, is nearly impossible. So if you know the freq you are looking for, but not the channel number, you're really inefficient.

[imacken]

4 minutes ago, galinette said:

I find the DCS clickable cockpit UI really painful for high workloads, since you have to keep your eyes pointed at the control the whole time. It's nearly impossible to turn a knob while looking at something else, there should be a "mouse lock" mechanism.

For instance, in the Mirage 2000-C, the UHF channel knob is has a channel indicator just besides it, but the frequency is at a totally different place close to the hud. Turning the knob with the mouse in VR, while looking head up to the frequency, is nearly impossible. So if you know the freq you are looking for, but not the channel number, you're really inefficient.

I've heard some people say that before, and I didn't really understand what was meant.

For me, the cursor is independent of my head once the mouse is moved, so I can change things on both DDis in the Hornet, for example, without moving my head away from the HUD.

[Galinette]

Has the new throttle engine stop detents as well?

 

 

@imacken : that's interesting, my mouse cursor always moves with the head movement... could we discuss this in the VR channel?

[imacken]

Sure. It moves with head movement until the mouse takes control. 

[zcaa0g]

I like using a large touchpad behind the throttle in VR.  You control the pointer with your finger (obviously) and it's intuitive to rotate the dials by slowly swiping up or down to rotate the in game cockpit dials as well as single taps to manipulate buttons in the in-game cockpit.  I found a trackball a little too awkward and I suck at using a mouse left-handed so the touchpad works well.

[MileHiRyder]

10 hours ago, galinette said:

Has the new throttle engine stop detents as well?

The detents are incredibly customizable so I'm sure they can be set up for engine stop.  I plan to do that.

[Raven (Elysian Angel)]

On 12/10/2020 at 2:51 PM, galinette said:

Has the new throttle engine stop detents as well?

Yes it does. You can clearly see both detents at 3:08 in the video below:

 

[dburne]

Just placed pre-order for the new CM3 Throttle along with adapter to mount to my Monster Tech Warthog plate.

I have been waiting for an offering with the Detents I wanted, pretty sure this one will easily fit the bill.

The adapter shows on back order,  hopefully it is available when the CM3 comes available.

Will be glad to retire my Warthog throttle finally.

[RogueSqdn]

I ordered on day one right after getting the email.

Just had my card charged and invoice email received... hopefully that means shipping sooner than mid January.


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[imacken]

Hmm, I placed my order within minutes of the announcement and I haven't received anything from Virpil since.  

[dburne]

17 hours ago, RogueSqdn said:

I ordered on day one right after getting the email.

Just had my card charged and invoice email received... hopefully that means shipping sooner than mid January.


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Same here, got notification yesterday evening along with invoice.

[Sokol1_br]

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Edited December 20, 2020 by Sokol1_br