Probs with Throttle/ Collective and the X52

[ogiedogg]

Tks in advance for any help, I'm using a non pro X52. Ok, I'm going nuts.... I have never had a problem as I've had with trying to map the Colective +/- to my X52{not the Pro}. Any suggs. would be great.... I've tried til my brains have fell out?????? The Collective is mapped to the slider on the X52 in the game. I don't see this in the game controls/ options. And I don't see it in the profiler which would be right. When I try to find it in the options and I open the drop down list it shows "ins collective" in the game, I double click the box for the X52 and the list for keys and it shows the HOTAS as joy button 1 thru 111 if I remember correct. Nothing that idents the accutal throttle, like axis + or -/ or X and Y!!!!!!! ARGH.............. Now I'm really mifted... Thanks again for any help.

[EtherealN]

Please, less bolding of the text in future. It doesn't make it easier to read. Also, there is a Problems and Bugs section of this forum.

 

However, "Ins Collective" is the wrong place. You want to be in "Axis Commands", which is second from the top in red.

[spyda]

this is covered in the read me file i'm sure.

but any way u just have to remap to the throttle axis easy :thumbup:

 

id recommend using the saitek software if possible to set up the game controls in the long run

[ogiedogg]

Sorry about the bold text, I should have dug alittle deeper but I found my answ. after I posted in frustrtion. I've used the SSt sftw. many times in other flight sims, but I have to admit BS is an interesting case. But this was totally my fault for over seeing the listing in the drop down. Sorry about posting in the wrong place btw. So many forums and to few brain cells, hahaha...

[CyBerkut]

Ogiedogg, there have been many of us who managed to overlook the axis pull down selection initially. It must be some sort of human factors / design thing.

 

Glad to hear you have that whipped. If you have the latest beta version of the SST software and drivers working, I'd suggest using the BS controls panel for setting up the axis designations, and then using the SST software for the keyboard commands. You can save yourself a lot of typing (of the command key sequences) by downloading someone else's profile, and then editing it to your preferences. Keep in mind that current SST software uses .pro files for the profile, whereas the original versions used .dat files. They are not interchangeable.

 

Note: If you don't find an X-52 profile, you can download someone's X-52 Pro profile, and then convert it by selecting the X-52 controller instead, and then tweaking it.

 

Enjoy!

[ogiedogg]

Tks. big time CyBerkut... I felt so stupid when I saw axis assig. highlighted at the top. I think those of us who have exp. with the SST sftw. are so used to way its been done in the past. We'll evolving with the SST sftw. over time. I would almost sware I didn't see the axis assig. be it a brain vs frustration thing. I was thinking of setting up my X52 the way you detailed. I like the idea of SST mapping the keyboard commands. I haven't had the probs. I've read posted here and in other forums. What is your opion of the beta SST and are you using Vista 64 in 32 bit as I am. Thanks again for your reply and was most informative.......

[ogiedogg]

Keep in mind that current SST software uses .pro files for the profile, whereas the original versions used .dat files. They are not interchangeable.

 

I read on Saitek's site the new SST would save as .pro but would not be a prob. if you did not use the X52 pro. I'm not using the beta yet, I think... I went to the release SST. I may have missed understood what you said. Tks. again.

[CyBerkut]

I use Vista 64 bit. The reason you want the latest beta of the SST software is because of how it handles differentiation between left and right common used shift keys (ie. CTRL, Shift, ALT and Windows keys). DCS Black Shark uses both left and right versions of those keys separately. The latest SST beta will accomodate that fully, whereas the earlier versions do not fully implement that.

 

By using the latest SST beta, you should be able to leave DCS:BS key mappings as their default settings. If you use an earlier SST, you will need to change some of the DC:BS key mappings... which in turn means that you are more likely to have to make additional adjustments to any SST profiles (for DCS:BS) that you download from someone else.

[ogiedogg]

Cooool, I like the new SST sftw. Tks. for the help... I can't wait to use this in BS. I hope they fixed the way your profile prints out, I didn't like the way it printed most recent. The pic you used to get was awsome... Thanks again and will try this out now and will post back....