TARGET script, using a Cougar with Warthog throttle

[Steel Jaw]

My script works with the Warthog stick and throttle.  What changes (if any) are needed to make the Cougar follow the script?

Cheers.

 

Mower_Combined FA-18C 1.9.tmc

[Drakoz]

Not quite sure what you are asking - what is your goal?  To replace the Warthog stick with the Cougar stick?  Is this because you only have the FA-18C stick for your Warthog, but want to use the F16C style stick on the Cougar instead?  

The HOTAS Cougar Joystick (&HCougar) uses the same button names as the Warthog Joystick (&Joystick). The only exception is the Warthog stick has a pushbutton on Hat 4 (H4P) but the Cougar does not if I remember correctly.  So if you replace &Joystick with &HCougar, your script should work with the same commands for the Cougar joystick. Is that what you mean?

If you are translating Warthog with F18 stick to the Cougar, it is the same - same button names on the Cougar, except I believe the F18 stick has a couple more push buttons on Hat 2 and 3 (H2P and H3P) which are not on the Cougar.  

If you aren't using the Cougar Throttle, you don't even need to connect it, nor do you need to add any special commands for the Cougar Throttle.  

Or if you just want the Cougar Joystick and Throttle to work along with the Warthog Stick and Throttle, they work the same except for button/switch differences of course.  You just need to add more commands for the Cougar.  

I hope this helps. If not, please explain what your goal is.

[Steel Jaw]

25 minutes ago, Drakoz said:

 I hope this helps. If not, please explain what your goal is.

My goal is to use a Warthog throttle and replace the Warthog stick with a Cougar stick (because it has force sensing).  The script runs fine with the Warthog throttle/stick.  When I swap in the Cougar stick though, the scripting commands do not execute with the stick, they do with the throttle.

[Drakoz]

Ah, force sensing Cougar.  Got it.  Nice.  

When you swapped to the Cougar stick, did you swap &Joystick with &HCougar in your script?  And did you remove the Configure(&HCougar,MODE_EXCLUDED); line?  Do those two things and it should work, or mostly work (I didn't study your entire script).  

Perhaps post the version of the script modified to work with your Cougar. 

Also, I assume you loaded the drivers for your Cougar, right?  Just checking all the bases.  

[Steel Jaw]

31 minutes ago, Drakoz said:

did you swap &Joystick with &HCougar in your script?  And did you remove the Configure(&HCougar,MODE_EXCLUDED); line?  Do those two things and it should work, or mostly work (I didn't study your entire script).  
 

This I did not do and was thinking it was something like that, will try and avise and, yes, Cougar drivers loaded and the stick works as a DX device in the sim.

 

Thanx brother.

[Steel Jaw]

13 hours ago, Drakoz said:

When you swapped to the Cougar stick, did you swap &Joystick with &HCougar in your script?  And did you remove the Configure(&HCougar,MODE_EXCLUDED); line?  Do those two things and it should work, or mostly work (I didn't study your entire script). 

This got it going, thanks dude.

[Drakoz]

Glad to hear it.