Is it possible to turn an 8-way switch into a 4-way?

[STe79ITA]

Hello everyone,

I am struggling with my warthog's trim hat. Using the ka50 cant keep the trim up button pressed because it shifts from up to diagonal an i loose the trim.

Is there a way, software likewise, to turn that switch from 8way to 4way? That should solve the problem...  

[Drakoz]

The trim hat (or the top most hat) on the Warthog is the chosen DirectX "Hat" which means by definition, it is an 8-way hat whereas the other hats are treated as independent 4-way switches by default (4 independent switches instead of a treated as a hat).  To turn the 8-way hat into 4 independent switches, you need program the up, down, left, right settings directly in your sim or use TARGET. 

So you need to program the hat positions not as a HAT in game, but as separate switch positions.  If DCS can't do that (or do it the way you want), then you can use TARGET (either the TARGET GUI, or the TARGET Script editor) to do it.  Using TARGET, if you program only the UP, DOWN, RIGHT, LEFT click positions, the 4 corner positions will not have any effect because they will be disabled. This is because when using TARGET, none of the buttons are configured as DirectX buttons by default.  In fact none of them are configured period until you configure them.  So the top hat on the Warthog is not configured as the DirectX hat by default.  

[Frederf]

With a script, yes. I have also tackled this with a special script so you can't "fall out" of a direction. E.g. if you go up then up-right it won't allow right until you return to center. I was having issues with accidentally sliding to the corners.