"Joystick Switch Abstraction"

[FourSpeed]

Hi,

 

I've been learning the F-15E in recent days, and overall, I'm really enjoying it.

However, one thing I've noticed is that when it comes to key bindings, many items in the category "Joystick Switch Abstraction" cannot (currently) be mapped to keystrokes, despite many of these being simple switches on the consoles (ie. Radar Alt, various External Lights, TF Radar, etc.) rather than joystick items.

It would be a great help, and very much appreciated, if actual keyboard bindings would be allowed / implemented for the items in that category, especially for us Voice Attack users.  While I have a WinWing Hotas and Gladiator Joystick with a lot of buttons, these are already saturated for vital things like TDC, Castle, Auto Acq, Trim, NWS etc. and thus are not available for secondary items like the bulk of the controls in the JSA category.

 

Thanks in Advance, and looking forward to future improvements in the module!

 

Regards,

4 ~S!~

Edited December 25, 2023 by FourSpeed

[LeCuvier]

It's actually no big deal to copy these .LUA lines from the "default.lua" under "DRIVE:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F-15E\Input\F-15E\joystick" to the one under "DRIVE:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F-15E\Input\F-15E\keyboard". Especially for Voice Attack users that may be worthwhile.
Of course the modified file will be overwritten when you do an update or repair, so you need to make a backup. Or, use the Command Injector developed by @Quaggles and keep your additions under Saved Games. That's what I do.

[FourSpeed]

Thanks for the tip. I appreciate the response.

That said, I'd rather not monkey around with swapping / editing files every patch.  I'd much prefer that they allow proper key bindings for these various switches. It makes far more sense, and it's much more customer friendly than altering my game installation to kludge that functionality.

 

Regards,

4 ~S!~