frostycab Posted November 12, 2023 Posted November 12, 2023 Recently built a new PC as my old one just couldn't handle DCS anymore, so I've been away from it for a little while. Tonight I tried jumping into the A-10C II for a flight and couldn't begin the engine start cycle. The throttles won't move out of the cutoff detent. I initially set up my control bindings the same way as for the old A-10C, but wondering it there was an issue I disconnected my HOTAS just to test things. The keyboard bindings won't work, and even trying an autostart fails. Did something break in 2.9 or am I missing something obvious?
jaylw314 Posted November 12, 2023 Posted November 12, 2023 Make sure you look in the "Special for Joystick" control layer for A-10CII. There are a number of bindings there helpful for binding non-TM Warthog throttles. In particular, the Left/Right Engine set to OFF needs to be deactivated to move the throttle out of the cutoff position and into idle/start, so that confusingly needs to be bound to something so you can release it.
frostycab Posted November 13, 2023 Author Posted November 13, 2023 I'm using a Virpil CM3 with virtual buttons set at the bottom end of the throttle axes, which works fine for everything else. I did try with the "set OFF" bindings at first, but then came to the conclusion that was wrong when the dame things wouldn't start. For them to refuse to strat even after clearing those bindings and unplugging the HOTAS is making my brain melt.
ED Team Lord Vader Posted November 13, 2023 ED Team Posted November 13, 2023 Hi @frostycab What happens when you try to move the levers to idle using RAlt+Home or RCtrl+Home? Can you list what keys/buttons you have assigned to "Left/Right Engine Throttle Set Off" under Systems? Esquadra 701 - DCS Portugal - Discord
frostycab Posted November 13, 2023 Author Posted November 13, 2023 (edited) 4 hours ago, Lord Vader said: Hi @frostycab What happens when you try to move the levers to idle using RAlt+Home or RCtrl+Home? Can you list what keys/buttons you have assigned to "Left/Right Engine Throttle Set Off" under Systems? For the purposes of working out the issue I've kept things simple in the bindings. I've just run through a series of tests to once again check if I'm missing anything. Buttons 65 and 66 are both held in the ON state when my HOTAS throttles are in the physical detent position. I have tried with them in both the ON and OFF states. The default engine start keyboard bindings have no effect in the A-10C II, though they do work as expected in the older A-10C. I have tried loading a cold & Dark quick mission and selected the autostart, again with the HOTAS buttons in both the on and OFF states. The autostart runs through the prestart items, but when it reports "LEFT ENGINE START" nothing happens. This is true with the "Set OFF" button ON or OFF. I have tried testing in both the MT and non-MT versions of the openbeta. This appears to only be an issue with the aircraft loading in a cold state. Testing the bindings in the Takeoff or Free Flight quickstart missions results in normal operation of the throttle cutoffs. EDIT: This is most curious. I had another thought and created a quick mission in the editor, simply dropping in a cold start aircraft and tested with that. This time the throttles moved as expected, so it would appear to be an issue with the Cold Start quickstart mission itself. I've only tried on the Caucusus map, so will have a go on some of the others to see if it's an isolated problem. Edited November 13, 2023 by frostycab
MAXsenna Posted November 13, 2023 Posted November 13, 2023 @frostycab Apologies for this silly question. Do you have "sync with HOTAS at mission start" in the general (misc?) settings of DCS? And have you tried advancing the throttles to idle, back to cutoff and then to idle again? Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk 1
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