Gladiator NXT

[monty103077]

New to Sim awaiting stock release of Gladiator and delivery of an Acer Preditor i7

Looking for idiots guide to setting up joystick.   Like - do you have to reprogramme the joystick for every model you purchase?

[ak12546]

Every aircraft comes with a default button mapping for most, if not all, flight control combos. In my experience I don’t like the default mappings, except for the A-10 and the warthog HOTAS. I usually have to mess with bindings for every single aircraft. The good news is, you can save and load controller profiles, so if you find a config you like, you can load it easily. Chuck’s guides also has a control mapping section for each guide, you could use that as a starting point and fine tune it as you go.

 

Chuck’s Guides:https://www.mudspike.com/chucks-guides/

Edited January 14, 2021 by ak12546
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[Mike_Romeo]

Watch this offical tutorial. Will work for every controller

Edited January 14, 2021 by Mike_Romeo

[monty103077]

Thanks both that gets me started . Was watching Grim reaper on the SU27T many references to "the Manual" but cant seem to find a where in DCS you can buy one

[Taz1004]

I and many others have been complaining about Saitek/Logitech profiler.  I'd like to take back everything I've said about it after using VKB DevCfg.  It's not profiler but it re-programs its firmware.  Meaning you have to re-program everytime you want to use different profile for different plane.  Plus its UI is horrendous.  I suggest leaving it default and use DCS in-game profile as suggested by others.  Of course this means no advanced macro functions or assign to keystroke that doesn't exist as mappable in DCS.

 

You can use Vjoy and Joystick Gremlin as profiler but I find them to be buggy as well.

 

Controller itself is well made minus couple design flaws.  But the software, expect the worst.