Sorata Posted September 8, 2022 Posted September 8, 2022 Ok so I have a trackIR system that I use for DCS and have mapped a button for recenter and pause of the trackIR (so I can move my head and not move on screen) to extra buttons on my F-16 Throttle HOTAS as it has two extra button not assigned for use in the profile and not on a real F-16. I would like to do something similar with my F/A-18 Super Libra, Super Taurus and PTO and PCR setup. I have zero knowledge on the hornets setup as I haven't been learning it yet and jsut got them but on the Joystick and Throttle HOTAS they appear to have no free buttons unlike the WINWING F-16 HOTAS. What would be a good rarely used button to reassign to the recenter and trackIR pause function that wont take away a useful control or is there a free button I haven't realized?
MustangSally Posted September 8, 2022 Posted September 8, 2022 Just use the 4 way recce button on the F/A-18 grip? Simple! Ryzen 9 7950X3D - MSI MAG X670E TomaHawk MB, ASUS ROG Ryujin III 360 AIO 64gig Corsair DDR5@6000, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 AORUS Winwing Super Taurus, Orion2, TO / Combat panels, Collective with Topgun MIP Winwing Skywalker pedals, NLR Boeing Mil Edition Simpit, 55" Samsung Odyssey Ark, Trackir
Sorata Posted September 9, 2022 Author Posted September 9, 2022 Just now, MustangSally said: Just use the 4 way recce button on the F/A-18 grip? Simple! Ah thanks didnt realize that button was useless pretty much, did a google search on it and its just for recording correct? Thanks I'll use that one.
Phantom711 Posted September 9, 2022 Posted September 9, 2022 (edited) vor 11 Stunden schrieb Sorata: Ah thanks didnt realize that button was useless pretty much, did a google search on it and its just for recording correct? Thanks I'll use that one. No. Pressing the recce button also „blanks out“ your HMD if switched on. And this seems to be a real life function. but as far as I know, that button is a 4-way switch on the WW-stick?! So you can use any other position to assign VR or TIR center. pro tip: also assign „Salute“ and „U“ to it, so you can do catapult launches without loosing the immersion. (Maybe not that much of a problem with TIR as opposed to VR). Edited September 9, 2022 by Phantom711 vCVW-17 is looking for Hornet and Tomcat pilots and RIOs. Join the vCVW-17 Discord.
Dragon1-1 Posted September 9, 2022 Posted September 9, 2022 Also, it switches the depressed mode on the SA page, if the cursor is on it. Took me a while to realize why my HMD was not blanking. The button is actually a 5-way switch on the Winwing. You get the RECCE button+4 extra inputs you can use for whatever you want. I put NVGs in there.
MustangSally Posted September 10, 2022 Posted September 10, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, Phantom711 said: No. Pressing the recce button also „blanks out“ your HMD if switched on. And this seems to be a real life function. but as far as I know, that button is a 4-way switch on the WW-stick?! So you can use any other position to assign VR or TIR center. pro tip: also assign „Salute“ and „U“ to it, so you can do catapult launches without loosing the immersion. (Maybe not that much of a problem with TIR as opposed to VR). By default it should be only set to Mark on depress, fwd, back, left and right should be vacant. Edited September 10, 2022 by MustangSally Ryzen 9 7950X3D - MSI MAG X670E TomaHawk MB, ASUS ROG Ryujin III 360 AIO 64gig Corsair DDR5@6000, Gigabyte GeForce RTX 4090 AORUS Winwing Super Taurus, Orion2, TO / Combat panels, Collective with Topgun MIP Winwing Skywalker pedals, NLR Boeing Mil Edition Simpit, 55" Samsung Odyssey Ark, Trackir
Phantom711 Posted September 10, 2022 Posted September 10, 2022 I was aware, that the 4-way positions are only a function of the WW-stick, not the real one. I actually have the TM stick and you can only depress it. So are you saying, that HMD-blanking is not a real function of that button? I have it only mapped as „Recce button“ in DCS, but this is, what it does. Is it a DCSism? Maybe the original function got obsolete and when HMDs became a thing, they put HMD blanking on that button. (Talking about the real Hornet now) vCVW-17 is looking for Hornet and Tomcat pilots and RIOs. Join the vCVW-17 Discord.
Dragon1-1 Posted September 17, 2022 Posted September 17, 2022 On 9/10/2022 at 12:49 PM, Phantom711 said: So are you saying, that HMD-blanking is not a real function of that button? It is a real function, as is toggling depressed/centered format on the SA page. The legend is leftover from the A model, I think. AFAIK, the original function was related to a recon pod that the modern Hornet no longer carries.
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