Launch Bar functon Extend<>Retract should be reversed?

[Razor18]

Hi,

not a biggy, but if you now assign the new Launch Bar function "EXTEND<>RETRACT" to a two way switch, then if you switch your physical switch ON (whic means UP), the Extend ("Lower") function comes alive. If you switch it OFF (physically down), the Retract function comes alive. In the Hornet the switch works the other way around, you switch it "up" to Retract and "down" for Extend.

So switch function should rather be (ON=) RETRACT<> (OFF=) EXTEND, to match cockpit switch movement. Or you could add in this command too.

Thanks for considering !

Edited January 27, 2022 by Razor18

[Razor18]

5 minutes ago, Razor18 said:

Hi,

not a biggy, but if you now assign the new Launch Bar function "EXTEND<>RETRACT" to a two way switch, then if you switch your physical switch ON (whic means UP), the Extend ("Lower") function comes alive. If you switch it OFF (physically down), the Retract function comes alive. In the Hornet the switch works the other way around, you switch it "up" to Retract and "down" for Extend.

So switch function should rather be RETRACT<>EXTEND, to match cockpit switch movement. Or you could add in this command combo too.

Thanks for considering !

 

[speed-of-heat]

are you by any chance using a winwing control panel 

[Razor18]

Nope, the TM HW Throttle, altimeter switch. But I don't use TARGET at all...

Edited January 27, 2022 by Razor18

[speed-of-heat]

i think that might be a factor... but it was a while a go since i had a warthog

[pixie]

On 1/27/2022 at 7:05 PM, Razor18 said:

Hi,

not a biggy, but if you now assign the new Launch Bar function "EXTEND<>RETRACT" to a two way switch, then if you switch your physical switch ON (whic means UP), the Extend ("Lower") function comes alive. If you switch it OFF (physically down), the Retract function comes alive. In the Hornet the switch works the other way around, you switch it "up" to Retract and "down" for Extend.

So switch function should rather be (ON=) RETRACT<> (OFF=) EXTEND, to match cockpit switch movement. Or you could add in this command too.

Thanks for considering !

 

I have exactly the same question. and was searching the forum a few days ago. Did not find any answer

I also have a TM warthog hotas, and when binding the launch bar to a switch the up and down is somehow reversed which is annoying

I have a similar bind for the arresting hook and this one is fine. The latest Open Beta changelog mentions a new keybind for the launch bar, I hope this will help, but since I'm running stable I can't tell yet.

[Razor18]

No, it will not. As mentioned in my original post.

[rob10]

6 hours ago, pixie said:

I have exactly the same question. and was searching the forum a few days ago. Did not find any answer

I also have a TM warthog hotas, and when binding the launch bar to a switch the up and down is somehow reversed which is annoying

I have a similar bind for the arresting hook and this one is fine. The latest Open Beta changelog mentions a new keybind for the launch bar, I hope this will help, but since I'm running stable I can't tell yet.

As a workaround, put this line:

{down = gear_commands.LaunchBarSw, up = gear_commands.LaunchBarSw, cockpit_device_id = devices.GEAR_INTERFACE, value_down =  -1.0, value_up = 1.0,    name = _('Launch Bar Control 2-Pos Switch RETRACT/EXTEND'), category = {_('Special for Joystick'),_('Left Vertical Panel')}},

 

in your

\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Input\FA-18C\keyboard.lua    (in your case it will be "DCS World" rather than "DCS World OpenBeta" likely)

 

then bind to it ("Launch Bar Control 2-Pos Switch RETRACT/EXTEND") instead of the default one.  You'll have to add it back after any updates.

Before it was removed it was like it is currently after being readded -- backwards to the other bindings -- so I always added this to straighten it out.

Edited January 30, 2022 by rob10

[pixie]

thank you very much for this detailed instructions

I will try this command asap

[CBStu]

I was just using the mouse to click the switch. Then I thought I'd try a switch. I use the momentary push button just above the autopilot switches on my Warthog throttle. Toggling it works fine although of course it is less realistic. In general the switch actions in DCS suck. Some a left mouse will move a switch up/forward and right mouse click will move it down/backward. The next switch moves like a toggle w/ left mouse click moving it to whichever position it is not in now and the right mouse does nothing.

Edited February 4, 2022 by CBStu