Slipstick Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) I recently entered the DCS World and have started with Warthog II. As I have the HOTAS Warthog and rudder pedals and MFD frames, I was looking for a good keyboard layout for use with those and was disappointed with what I could find, so I decided create one myself. Most reading this likely have a layout with which they are happy, but I am quite pleased with how this turned out and offer it for any other newbies looking for some ideas. After clearing the HOTAS and Flight Controls key binds, I was pleasantly surprised by how many keys became available and focused on mapping the UFC and CDU (I started in computing with teletypes and punch cards, so I have a keyboard bias and hate clicking to type), as well as cockpit switches I find particularly annoying to get to with the mouse, like the NMSP and SAS switches. Also, since I have a bit of hand tremor, three-position switches can be problematic with the mouse, so those got thrown in. And, as long as we're adding stuff, how about a bunch of cold-start convenience keys, emergency controls, and some odds and ends. Key binds were chosen, with some unavoidable exceptions, to be somewhat memorable, for example, W for EW, L for landing lights, and T for test and TO TRIM, as well as being influenced by the cockpit layout; there's also a pun in amongst the assignments. The view and camera F- and numpad key binds are untouched. The UFC and CDU are completely operable from the keyboard. The UFC LTR key and CDU numbers are not modeled, as they would be redundant with the key mapping as it is. With the AAP PAGE switch set to OTHER, the UFC FUNC combinations and mirror keys are used to operate the CDU. The attached keyboard map is for an ancient (bought circa Falcon 4.0, if anyone remembers that) Datalux Spacesaver keyboard (so old it doesn't have a Windows key) I use for flight sims. The map shows only the new keybinds after HOTAS and Flight Controls binds have been cleared; unchanged default binds are not shown. The map works fine with a conventional keyboard layout with just a couple of changes. By the by, IO means ON-OFF. Also, the Ctrl modifier for the screen shot is a quirk of the Datalux and not necessary on a conventional keyboard. "If you hear me shout EJECT-EJECT-EJECT, the last two will be echoes, 'cuz I'll be gone." Edited February 20, 2022 by Slipstick 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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