Batbomb Controls

[450Devil]

As I have been unable to find reference to these issues in previous posts to this forum I have taken the liberty of posting this report.

The attached screenshot shows the Batbomb radar controls in the Corsair. The Search Mode button is numbered 1; the Target Lock button is numbered 2; and the Batbomb Radar Rotary ON/OFF Switch is numbered 3.

In my Controls Setup I have bound keyboard keys and HOTAS buttons to each of the Batbomb functions / actions. In testing these binding I have found the following:

FOR THE RADAR ON/OFF ROTARY SWITCH

1. Using the Mouse - When set to OFF a Left Mouse Click on the Radar Control Rotary Switch moves it from OFF to HOLD 1 MIN. A further left mouse click then moves the switch from HOLD 1 MIN to RUN.

2. Using the Mouse - When set to RUN a Right Mouse Click on the Radar Control Rotary Switch moves it to HOLD 1 MIN. A further right mouse click moves it to OFF.

3. Using the Keyboard Binding - When set to OFF, pressing the Radar ON Keyboard Binding moves the Radar Control Rotary Switch directly to RUN.

4. Using the Keyboard Binding - When set to RUN, pressing the Radar OFF Keyboard Binding has no affect on the switch - it remains set to RUN.

5. Using the HOTAS Binding - When set to OFF, pressing the Radar ON HOTAS Binding moves the Radar Control Rotary Switch directly to RUN.

6. Using the HOTAS Binding - When set to RUN, pressing the Radar OFF HOTAS Binding has no affect on the switch - it remains set to RUN.

FOR THE SEARCH MODE BUTTON

1. Using the Mouse - Clicking Left Mouse button on the Search Mode Button when it is out depresses the Search Mode Button and it stays depressed.

2. Using the Mouse - Clicking Left Mouse button on the Search Mode Button when it is depressed causes the button to pop out.

3. Using the Keyboard Binding - When the Search Mode Button is out, pressing the Keyboard Binding depresses the Search Mode button momentarily but it does not stay depressed.

4. Using the HOTAS Binding - When the Search Mode Button is out, pressing the HOTAS Binding depresses the Search Mode button momentarily but it does not stay depressed.

FOR THE TARGET LOCK BUTTON

1. Using the Mouse - Clicking Left Mouse button on the Target Lock Button momentarily depresses it.

2. Using the Keyboard Binding - Pressing the Keyboard Binding momentarily depresses it.

3. Using the HOTAS Binding - Pressing the HOTAS Binding momentarily depresses it.

 

Of the three possible setups for using the BatBomb Radar, only the TARGET LOCK BUTTON appears to operating as required in Mouse / Keyboard Binding / HOTAS settings.

 

 

Edited 15 hours ago by 450Devil

[LeCuvier]

I looked at this in depth and found:
1. The BAT bomb functionality seems to be Work in Progress. When I look at the related lines in "clickabledata.lua" there is a comment "/R/ Bat bomb - Experimental"
2. Radar ON/OFF 3-position switch behaves as you describe. I could make it work with some LUA edit. See below.
3. Search button: I bound it to a push button and it does stay in when I depress the button briefly. So I cannot confirm your finding.
4. Target Lock button: Confirm it works as one would expect.

For the Radar ON/OFF 3-position switch, I found that the binding "BAT Bomb Scope ON" works as expected.
To implement the other 2 positions I added these 2 lines to "default.lua":

{down = device_commands.BatBomb_RadarOnOFF, cockpit_device_id = devices.BATBOMB, value_down = 0.0, name = _('BAT Bomb 3-Pos Hold 1 Min'), category = _('Weapons')},
{down = device_commands.BatBomb_RadarOnOFF, cockpit_device_id = devices.BATBOMB, value_down = -1.0, name = _('BAT Bomb 3-Pos Set Off'), category = _('Weapons')},

I bound the 3 commands to a pushbutton each and I can now switch to all 3 positions freely. However, I'm not sure that the command "BAT Bomb 3-Pos Hold 1 Min" does anything.
Anyway, I ran a mission with some ships to go through all steps and it works fine now.