F-4E Phantom II Antenna Hand Control Question

[EagleLeader]

Hi All,

Admittedly I'm an amateur at DCS. I'm trying to do the first training for the RIO position for the F-4E Phantom II Tutorial but can't seem to get the joystick for the Antenna Hand Control to respond. I checked my bindings and I see multiple entries for Antenna Hand Control but if I bind my Joystick to it I lose the pilot's joystick controls which I don't recall being an issue with the RIO bindings on F-14 Tomcat. And if I try to bind the keyboard arrows instead it still doesn't seem to register any movement there either. I've tried both searching Antenna Hand Control under Search and under Axis Controls but neither seem to respond to whatever I bind them to. What is the exact entry I'm supposed to be binding and what is everyone binding that joystick to?

Thanks, much appreciated.

[Zabuzard]

First of all, make sure you are under the F-4 WSO binds, not the Pilot binds still.

Generally, as WSO, I would reocmmend binding your joystick axis to the Antenna Stick. So to the X/Y binds in the Axis Section of DCS. The Antenna Hand Control should move ingame now whenever you move your joystick.

If you also occasionally want to fly the aircraft from the rear seat, I would either bind the flight stick to something like keyboard arrows, or bind the axis also to the joystick, but with a modifier. DCS offers two modifier categories: Switch (toggle) and Modifier (hold). That way, you can essentially bind one axis or button to multiple functions.

If you need further help, it would be helpful if you can share some screenshots of what you are binding. Otherwise it is hard to follow what you are doing

Edited May 28, 2024 by Zabuzard

[EagleLeader]

21 hours ago, Zabuzard said:

First of all, make sure you are under the F-4 WSO binds, not the Pilot binds still.

Generally, as WSO, I would reocmmend binding your joystick axis to the Antenna Stick. So to the X/Y binds in the Axis Section of DCS. The Antenna Hand Control should move ingame now whenever you move your joystick.

If you also occasionally want to fly the aircraft from the rear seat, I would either bind the flight stick to something like keyboard arrows, or bind the axis also to the joystick, but with a modifier. DCS offers two modifier categories: Switch (toggle) and Modifier (hold). That way, you can essentially bind one axis or button to multiple functions.

If you need further help, it would be helpful if you can share some screenshots of what you are binding. Otherwise it is hard to follow what you are doing

 

OMG I feel so bad now, you'd swear I haven't been playing DCS for about 4 years now. Turns out I never noticed the F4-WSO option in Adjust Controls and was trying to do it on the Pilot side. So sorry, but thanks for the time you took to type that all out. All good now the Antenna Hand Control works... for now until my next dumb question