Best setting for sensor slew? (for axes)

[jonfog]

Hi, I often find myself that I'm quite zoomed in on the TGP and have to adjust the cursor just a little bit to be on target. However it's really hard to nudge the cursor a small amount. So it ends up with me flying over the target or something else (usually fatal).

I do have a winwing throttle so I'm confident that the hardware is good enough.

I fiddled a bit with the axis curvature in the options. Also I can se that in the "Special" tab for the A10 there is "thrtl slew" and "mav slew" but I don't understand what these do.

Of course it could also be that the slew rate of the TGP is the same regardless of the zoom level. So you would have to make a compromise between slewing at a fully zoomed out view vs a fully zoomed in view. Does anyone know?

[Yurgon]

5 hours ago, jonfog said:

Also I can se that in the "Special" tab for the A10 there is "thrtl slew" and "mav slew" but I don't understand what these do.

These are options that can be set from the cockpit; the Special tab allows players to set the default value when entering the cockpit (as far as I'm aware - I've never actually changed these). I seem to recall it was a bit counterintuitive and a higher value would lead to slower slewing; maybe just give it a try.

5 hours ago, jonfog said:

Of course it could also be that the slew rate of the TGP is the same regardless of the zoom level.

I believe the slew rate is always relative to the zoom level. However, if you've zoomed in so far that you can see individual bolts and rivets on your target, it may be that slewing seems excessively fast.

5 hours ago, jonfog said:

I fiddled a bit with the axis curvature in the options.

As a rule of thumb, there are 2 axis settings worth looking at if you want to approach it from this side:

• Curvature
• Saturation

A positive curve means more fine grained control near the center and much faster slewing near the axis maximums. A value in the 30s might be a good starting point.

Saturation limits the "length" of a virtual axis - so with saturation at, say, "80", it means full deflection on your physical axis translates to only 80% deflection in-game. I believe "Saturation Y" is the value that's of interest here. You could try a combination of a 35 curve and a 75 Y-saturation for starters. That should make control near the center much more precise, it should also limit the maximum slew rate and lead to much better control overall, at the cost of slightly slower slewing.

Depending on the actual hardware and the HOTAS setup, if you get a lot of unintentional slew movement when depressing the button (can it be depressed? Never had a WinWing in my hands), you might need to add a center deadzone (that's the case for my TM Warthog with Delta Sim's slew cursor mod in the F/A-18C, for example).

Give it a try and let us know how it goes.

Edited November 19, 2024 by Yurgon

[jonfog]

Well so far I came up with these settings in the Axis Tune Panel: 

Saturation Y 20

Curvature -10 (Yeah negative)

 

But I guess it's highly dependent on the hardware you got.

[jaylw314]

On 11/19/2024 at 1:35 AM, jonfog said:

Hi, I often find myself that I'm quite zoomed in on the TGP and have to adjust the cursor just a little bit to be on target. However it's really hard to nudge the cursor a small amount. So it ends up with me flying over the target or something else (usually fatal).

I do have a winwing throttle so I'm confident that the hardware is good enough.

I fiddled a bit with the axis curvature in the options. Also I can se that in the "Special" tab for the A10 there is "thrtl slew" and "mav slew" but I don't understand what these do.

Of course it could also be that the slew rate of the TGP is the same regardless of the zoom level. So you would have to make a compromise between slewing at a fully zoomed out view vs a fully zoomed in view. Does anyone know?

The MAV and throttle SLEW settings are useful to fine-tune the TGP and MAV page sensitivity separately.  I usually find that the MAV page is way too sensitive compared to the TGP at default.  Obviously, adjusting axis curves doesn't help this, but setting the curves so they work for the TGP, then increasing the MAV page slew does.

Now if only there was a way to set those as defaults without breaking IC