No key bind for arming ejection seat

[Scorpion27]

I can't find in "options/adj conrol" a key bind for arming ejection seat (EJECTION CONTROLS ARMED) lever - left front of seat.

It is a kind of pain in the neck for home cockpit VR to search blind for mouse just to arm ejection seat, while everything else can be done by buttons etc.

Cheers

 

[LeCuvier]

adding the line of code below to the file "default.lua" gives you a command binding for a maintained 2-position ON/OFF switch. ON = Locked, OFF = Armed:

{down = cpt_commands.EjectionSafetyLever, up = cpt_commands.EjectionSafetyLever, value_down = 1.0, value_up = 0.0, cockpit_device_id = devices.CPT_MECH, name = _('Ejection Safety Lever 2-Pos ARMED/LOCKED'), category = {_('Systems')}},

If you don't have such a switch or prefer to use a pair of pushbuttons, you need to add these 2 lines of code:

{down = cpt_commands.EjectionSafetyLever, value_down = 1.0, cockpit_device_id = devices.CPT_MECH, name = _('Ejection Safety Lever ARMED'), category = {_('Systems')}},
{down = cpt_commands.EjectionSafetyLever, value_down = 0.0, cockpit_device_id = devices.CPT_MECH, name = _('Ejection Safety Lever LOCKED'), category = {_('Systems')}},

 

[Skligmund]

Excellent, I was just coming on here to ask about the same thing. I can currently fly an entire mission starting cold and dark without touching my keyboard or mouse other than the ejection seat arming and AI comms.

[AKA_Clutter]

Hi all,

I am trying to get this to work and am having some trouble.  I have added the above line to both the DCS Install folder\mods\aircraft\F-16c\input\joystick\default.lua and the  DCS Install folder\mods\aircraft\F-16c\input\keyboard\default.lua files.  It shows up int the control setup as an assignable keyboard command but it doesn't show up as an assignable joystick/throttle command.  I also tried adding it to just the joystick dafault.lua file, but that didn't work either.

I added the command at the bottom of the file, just before the end of rile/return.

Any idea of what I'm doing wrong?

Edited May 22, 2023 by AKA_Clutter

[LeCuvier]

14 hours ago, AKA_Clutter said:

...I added the command at the bottom of the file, just before the end of rile/return.

 

That's definitively the wrong insert point. It must be inserted after these lines (beginning of the file)

local cockpit = folder.."../../../Cockpit/Scripts/"
dofile(cockpit.."devices.lua")
dofile(cockpit.."command_defs.lua")

local res = external_profile("Config/Input/Aircrafts/common_joystick_binding.lua")

join(res.keyCommands,{

and before these lines (near the end of file):

})

-- joystick axes 
join(res.axisCommands,{

I recommend to insert near the beginning of the file.

[AKA_Clutter]

2 hours ago, LeCuvier said:

... .... .....

and before these lines (near the end of file):

})

-- joystick axes 
join(res.axisCommands,{

I recommend to insert near the beginning of the file.

Works like a charm now.

And it makes sense.  With them at the bottom of the file, it would treat the line as an axes.

Thanks!

[Aronis]

Was looking for same thing, will this modification make you have issues on-line gaming???

 

Mike

[Pribs86]

Can DCS make this change? I don't really like going into the code or whatever it's called. Don't want to screw something up worse or violate any multiplayer authentication as well.

[LeCuvier]

6 hours ago, Pribs86 said:

Can DCS make this change? I don't really like going into the code or whatever it's called. Don't want to screw something up worse or violate any multiplayer authentication as well.

Of course they can. But they obviously don't see this as a priority. This thread starts in January 2021 and they have never responded in any way.

[Pribs86]

On 4/14/2025 at 2:56 AM, LeCuvier said:

Of course they can. But they obviously don't see this as a priority. This thread starts in January 2021 and they have never responded in any way.

It was a rhetorical question, sorry.