Trim Gain

[MadKreator]

Please consider lower ( cutting in half ) the trim gains in the clickabledata.lua. Dropped to .0125 the trim control on all surfaces is much, much better. You can actually trim the plane straight for reasonably long periods. 30 second fix

[MAXsenna]

Please consider lower ( cutting in half ) the trim gains in the clickabledata.lua. Dropped to .0125 the trim control on all surfaces is much, much better. You can actually trim the plane straight for reasonably long periods. 30 second fix

Even better. Every module could have a trim speed slider under the "special" settings!

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[LeCuvier]

We have this kind of problem for many bindings of that kind; not just trimming, and for a significant number of aircraft.
In many cases that can be fixed by changing the GAIN in "clickabledata.lua" or the VALUE_DOWN in "default.lua". But these changes are not a "one size fits all", because the best values are vastly different depending on whether you want to use a pair of pushbuttons or a rotary encoder.
The best solution from a user point of view would be to provide a "Tune" option for all bindings of this kind in Options/Controls. I do realize that this might require a lot of rework in the software.

[Dragon1-1]

Ideally, we'd have a separate set of bindings with proper encoder support. Right now, encoders seem not to work very well at all, and if you turn one too fast, it'll "queue up" presses and keep rotating after you stopped turning the knob. I'd prefer some sort of special handling to deal with that.

[LeCuvier]

25 minutes ago, Dragon1-1 said:

Ideally, we'd have a separate set of bindings with proper encoder support. Right now, encoders seem not to work very well at all, and if you turn one too fast, it'll "queue up" presses and keep rotating after you stopped turning the knob. I'd prefer some sort of special handling to deal with that.

That solution might be an improvement, but it does not address the fact that button pairs are often too "fast" or too "slow", plus there are individual users' preferences.
The Tuning option I propose could satisfy a larger part of the user community (so I believe).

[Dragon1-1]

For controls that substitute an axis, like trim in Bf-109, adjusting the step would be useful. Ideally, it'd be part of the assignments for the axis, basically you could bind any axis to an emulated one, controlled by key presses.

Encoder option would actually turn an encoder into an axis, or even translate encoder input to make a knob behave like the encoder in the real plane (CRS and HDG knobs work like that on many aircraft). Those would need separate options for input handling.

[Qcumber]

I use HOTAS switches but am thinking about getting one of those do I can assign rotary, analogue dials.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144517830876?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=55spXrNwTEG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=p4_ywcyitg2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

[Lixma 06]

2 hours ago, Qcumber said:

I use HOTAS switches but am thinking about getting one of those do I can assign rotary, analogue dials.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/144517830876?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=55spXrNwTEG&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=p4_ywcyitg2&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

 

Be careful before you buy - I don't know about this one but I've looked into similar button boxes and the rotaries aren't truly analog axes; turning them left or right simply presses a keyboard key, so you'd still be at the mercy of over-sensitive controls.

Edited February 9, 2024 by Lixma 06

[LeCuvier]

11 minutes ago, Lixma 06 said:

Be careful before you buy - I don't know about this one but I've looked into similar button boxes and the rotaries aren't truly analog axes; turning them left or right simply presses a keyboard key, so you'd still be at the mercy of over-sensitive controls.

 

I looked at that site, and I saw no specifics. So it's not clear to me whether the controls labelled "Key..." are analog devices or rotary encoders. A rotary encoder is like a pair of pushbuttons that produce a short pulse at every click.

[Qcumber]

12 minutes ago, LeCuvier said:

I looked at that site, and I saw no specifics. So it's not clear to me whether the controls labelled "Key..." are analog devices or rotary encoders. A rotary encoder is like a pair of pushbuttons that produce a short pulse at every click.

Thanks. I’ll contact the seller before I buy. 

[peachmonkey]

27 minutes ago, Qcumber said:

Thanks. I’ll contact the seller before I buy. 

it says "*New model with 4 digital rotary controls*"  i.e. it's not analog axis.

[Qcumber]

Is it possible to use an audio mixer to use for DCS controls? I presume it would need some sort of software interface. 

[Lixma 06]

23 minutes ago, Qcumber said:

Is it possible to use an audio mixer to use for DCS controls? I presume it would need some sort of software interface. 

Couple of threads that asked about MIDI support

 

Edited February 9, 2024 by Lixma 06