requested F16C - Adding buttons for Hotas for "Ejection Safety Lever" and "Altimeter Mode Switch (ELEC)" - Only 10min work ;-)

[Griesu]

The F-16 currently lacks HOTAS button assignments for the “Ejection Safety Lever” and “Altimeter Mode Switch (ELEC).” Currently, these functions can only be activated by clicking them in the cockpit but cannot be mapped to HOTAS buttons.
This can be easily addressed by adding the following lines at the appropriate location in the file:

C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\F-16C\Input\F-16C\joystick\default.lua

These additions would provide the missing bindings for the “Ejection Safety Lever” and “Altimeter Mode Switch (ELEC)” functions for the HOTAS:

-- Ejection Safety Lever
{down = cpt_commands.EjectionSafetyLever, value_down = 1.0, cockpit_device_id = devices.CPT_MECH, name = _('Ejection Safety Lever ARMED'), category = {_('Systems')}},
{down = cpt_commands.EjectionSafetyLever, value_down = 0.0, cockpit_device_id = devices.CPT_MECH, name = _('Ejection Safety Lever LOCKED'), category = {_('Systems')}},

-- Altimeter Mode Switch
{down = alt_commands.ELEC, up = alt_commands.ELEC, value_down = -1.0, value_up = 0.0, cockpit_device_id = devices.AAU34, name = _('Altimeter Mode Switch ELEC/OFF'), category = {_('Instrument Panel')}},
{down = alt_commands.PNEU, up = alt_commands.PNEU, value_down = 1.0, value_up = 0.0, cockpit_device_id = devices.AAU34, name = _('Altimeter Mode Switch PNEU/OFF'), category = {_('Instrument Panel')}},

You can find the file with my changes in the attachment

default.lua

[Rufuz64]

+1

Edited February 8 by Rufuz64

[kaltokri]

+1

[MAXsenna]

These files will be overwritten every update. A simple solution can be you use Quaggles injector. Then it's a simple file one has to copy after every update, and the changed settings are kept in Saved Games. Combined with Munkwolf's repository, which I believe has these keybinds included. One can save oneself a lot of grief.
Cheers!

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[Griesu]

Am 8.2.2025 um 19:58 schrieb MAXsenna:

These files will be overwritten every update. A simple solution can be you use Quaggles injector. Then it's a simple file one has to copy after every update, and the changed settings are kept in Saved Games. Combined with Munkwolf's repository, which I believe has these keybinds included. One can save oneself a lot of grief.
Cheers!

Sent from my SM-A536B using Tapatalk
 

I know that, but the easiest solution would be for ED to do their homework and add those four lines to the file. It would only take about ten minutes of work for them. It’s not something complicated like Vulkan—it’s just to ensure we can use all the buttons on the HOTAS needed for startup and takeoff. Do they even care?

[BIGNEWY]

Folks this has been requested, I can not say when this will be implemented but please in the future stick to the thread topic, if you have complaints and other bugs to report please do it in a different thread. 

thank you