Having a strange issue

[John McClane]

I have the force trim set on my warthog stick as the thumb button forward. I also bound that same switch with a modifier as forward switch to CPG seat, and back switches to Pilot seat. Every once in a while Ill be flying along hitting the trim switch (forward) and itll throw me in the CPG seat without hitting the modifier. I have the modifier mapped as the paddle switch. How could hitting the switch forward to trim sometimes put me in the CPG seat without hitting the modifier? So strange. 

[speed-of-heat]

How  have you mapped it, as a button or a key press?

E.g. Have you configured your joystick to "press a sequence of keys" or have you mapped the buttons of the joystick in game in dcs

[John McClane]

12 hours ago, speed-of-heat said:

How  have you mapped it, as a button or a key press?

E.g. Have you configured your joystick to "press a sequence of keys" or have you mapped the buttons of the joystick in game in dcs

The button pushed forward sets the trim, if I push the same button forward but use the paddle as a modifier it changes me to front seat. This all works normally 90% of the time. Every once in a while when I push button forward to trim it throws me in the front seat without hitting the paddle switch as a modifier. I dont understand why. 

[admiki]

1 hour ago, John McClane said:

The button pushed forward sets the trim, if I push the same button forward but use the paddle as a modifier it changes me to front seat. This all works normally 90% of the time. Every once in a while when I push button forward to trim it throws me in the front seat without hitting the paddle switch as a modifier. I dont understand why. 

Are you sure your joystick is not having any ghost inputs?

 

[speed-of-heat]

1 hour ago, John McClane said:

The button pushed forward sets the trim, if I push the same button forward but use the paddle as a modifier it changes me to front seat. This all works normally 90% of the time. Every once in a while when I push button forward to trim it throws me in the front seat without hitting the paddle switch as a modifier. I dont understand why. 

if you mapped the joystick to the key press then ..try mapping the joystick button directly inside DCS ...  e.g. dont use your joystick to send things like  CTRL+1 or whatever 

[John McClane]

1 hour ago, admiki said:

Are you sure your joystick is not having any ghost inputs?

 

Not sure. I guess the paddle switch would have to send input on its own randomly when I happen to press the switch to trim, only once in a while. 

46 minutes ago, speed-of-heat said:

if you mapped the joystick to the key press then ..try mapping the joystick button directly inside DCS ...  e.g. dont use your joystick to send things like  CTRL+1 or whatever 

I map everything in the DCS menu for specific aircraft and specific seat (pilot vs cpg) 

[Chic]

Have you at any time used any controller software/ utilities that might be “toggling” the paddle input or holding the modifier key “pressed” intermittently?

Edited July 16, 2023 by Chic

[John McClane]

To update this I figured out what my issue is but it leaves me even more confused. My paddle switch modifier on some aircraft is held down and the second button pressed to make it work, as I thought was normal. It turns out on my Apache and A10C for some reason the paddle switch is pressed once and released, then anything I press after that is used with the modifier, as if its an on/off switch. I have to press it again to make it stop “working”. Anyone know why this is different between different aircraft and how to change it to “press and hold”? 

[admiki]

Go to Apache/A10 tab and click on modifiers on the bottom. You probaby added those as switches, not buttons

[John McClane]

20 hours ago, admiki said:

Go to Apache/A10 tab and click on modifiers on the bottom. You probaby added those as switches, not buttons

That was it. Thanks!