Warthog and Throttle

[datman34]

So I have a ThrustMaster Warthog stick and throttle.  I play in VR.  When starting from cold dark I have to hit right shift and home to move it out of idle cutoff.  I use to be able to just use the throttle.  This is also true with A10.  All my WWII aircraft do not require this.  Am I missing something?  Do I need to add some type of mapping?  Please help. 

I cannot see my keyboard in VR.  I do have a mouse.

[Exorcet]

You can still use the throttle to move to idle. If it's not work then just check your keybindings. The throttle lift counts as a button so you set it like any other button.

[LeCuvier]

In the F-16C you should bind the command Throttle OFF/IDLE to JOY_BTN29. That's the switch built into the right throttle lever. It activates when you move the lever all the way back to OFF, and de-activates when you move from OFF to IDLE. The de-activate moves the simulated throttle to IDLE (sounds like reverse logic but that's the way it is).
To add to the "strangeness": The mission needs to see you moving the lever back to OFF before it recognizes the move forward over the "hump".

For the A-10C (both versions) it's the same except there are two lever switches (JOY_BTN29 and JOY_BTN30) and they are bound by default to the commands "Right Engine throttle set OFF" and "Left Engine Throttle set OFF". The naming is counterintuitive, but that's what is is.

[Baldrick33]

I use Joy2Key to map those throttle buttons to key strokes using the press and release function which recognises both states. Then I can use those for off and idle consistently across different modules. Plus If I set it the throttle to off prior to starting Joy2Key will pick up the button release on pushing forward rather than having to have to put in the off position after mission start. It just works properly like it has separate off and on buttons this way.

[datman34]

Thanks.  I will try that out.  

 

It does appear that all my previous mappings have changed.  Was it a recent update maybe?  Been a little while since I have played.

[datman34]

An update:

So I have the throttles mapped correctly all along.  I do not know if the left engine for the A10 must be done first or not.  I do left first now.  The F16 I lock the 2 throttles together.  I have learned to set the throttles out of idle cutoff before launching the mission.  Before I click start mission , I move them into idle cutoff.  Then everything is good from that point.

 

Only thing I can think of is possibly one of the following.

1. Hardware going bad?
2. Computer going bad.
3. USB hub going bad
4. bad USB cable?
5. software glitch
6. I was doing it wrong

I've had the warthog for 2.5 years.  My TPR for about a year.  My computer for 2.  So could be anything.  Oh well.

Edited March 16, 2022 by datman34

[Deano87]

I doubt anything is going bad. It’s just the state of the throttle not updating upon the sim loading you into the jet. So you have to move them before the sim will notice the change. Before startup every time I take my throttles out of idle cutoff, move it around to make sure the sim throttle is moving and synced to my physical one and then put them back in to cutoff, then I continue start as normal.

if I forget to do this then during start I just have to cycle it back into cutoff and back out to idle again.

 

There is an option to “sync HOTAS and cockpit on mission launch” or something like that. That will automatically poll all control bindings and set the cockpit of the simulated jet to match whatever your physical controls are set to. I turn this off to avoid things like me forgetting I have the gear handle set incorrectly before loading into a mission and either putting the gear up on the ground or even extending the gear as soon as I load into a air start mission. You can set this on and it will solve your issue probably but remember It can have unintended consequences.