correct as is Searchlight not working properly

[AndreNL]

So as the title indicates, the Apache searchlight is not working properly. I can turn it on and off but I can't move it up or down.

[TheGhostOfDefi]

4 hours ago, AndreNL said:

So as the title indicates, the Apache searchlight is not working properly. I can turn it on and off but I can't move it up or down.

I can. May check your bindings. Otherwise provide a Track.

[AndreNL]

My keybindings are:

8 searchlight on

7 searchlight off

6 searchlight up (when I press that key the searchlight goes off)

5 searchlight down (nothing happends)

 

I gonna make a video of it later today. 

[AndreNL]

Sorry, I found my problem.

I thought the Searchlight switch down-off-on-up buttons controlled the lamp. But that's what the Position Switch does. My mistake, solved!

 

( What I find strange is that the lamp turns on and off with key 8 - 7. Well, that's is not strange but Key 6 does nothing and key 5 turns off the lamp in my situation. )

Any idea's on that?

I'm one of those people who can't sleep if I don't understand something.

[shagrat]

vor 5 Stunden schrieb AndreNL:

Sorry, I found my problem.

I thought the Searchlight switch down-off-on-up buttons controlled the lamp. But that's what the Position Switch does. My mistake, solved!

 

( What I find strange is that the lamp turns on and off with key 8 - 7. Well, that's is not strange but Key 6 does nothing and key 5 turns off the lamp in my situation. )

Any idea's on that?

I'm one of those people who can't sleep if I don't understand something.

It is how DCS keybinds work. The actual real life switch has 3 positions (ON-OFF-STOW) available as 3 separate keybinds. In addition DCS provides two alternative keybinds to move the switch up or down (searchlight switch UP and searchlight switch DOWN) to the next position. Basically you safe one physical button on your HOTAS using only two physical buttons to move the switch up and down.

Edited December 31, 2023 by shagrat