MetaMarty Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 I found out that my HOTAS warthog throttle has a nice unused friction slider that is configurable. I mapped it to the zoom function. It works fantastic, being able to instantly zoom towards the HUD or other place in the cockpit. :) The center detente is the normal zoom position, so you can feel where the normal zoom is. Anyone else has a good function for this slider?
MTFDarkEagle Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Brakes, rudder for anyone who doesn't have pedals, zoom :P Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
Itkovian Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Brakes, rudder for anyone who doesn't have pedals, zoom :P *makes a note for when HOTAS comes in* I'm a bit surprised there's something on the HOTAS that isn't used in DCS, mind you. Is it something that exists in the Hog but isn't modeled in the sim, or an extra slider they added because they had room? Itkovian
derelor Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 I mapped it to the zoom function. It works fantastic, being able to instantly zoom towards the HUD or other place in the cockpit. :) The center detente is the normal zoom position, so you can feel where the normal zoom is. Same here. I love it :-) 1338 - beyond leet ED Forum rules EN|DE|RU
Pteradon Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Same here. I love it :-) And here :) Asus ROG Maximus z790 DARK HERO | I9 14900KS | G.Skill DDR5 Trident Z5 64GB | Samsung 990 PRO m2 4TB | ASUS GeForce RTX 4090 | TM AVA | TM Viper TQS | TM TPR pedals | TrackIR 5 | Windows 11
Eight Ball Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) *makes a note for when HOTAS comes in* I'm a bit surprised there's something on the HOTAS that isn't used in DCS, mind you. Is it something that exists in the Hog but isn't modeled in the sim, or an extra slider they added because they had room? Itkovian That slider is unused and actually they added another one doing the same thing. But the orignial friction slider had a really small movement angle while the one they added (some sort of roll) can be turned 10 times around its axis. Edited March 23, 2011 by Eight Ball Find The Links To All My Mods And Liveries Here (in the gallery)
=Panther= Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 (edited) Just a little FYI, the paddle on the stick and the mic switch up and in is unused as well. If you use the paddle as a modifier, everything is free and available to program. Example I use: - paddle and throttle coolie hat down as a HUD Snap view - paddle and NWS button as Eject Edited March 24, 2011 by =Panther= grammar Twitch Channel [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC | Sponsored by Thrustmaster Z390 Aorus Xtreme, i9 9900k, G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB, 1080ti 11GB, Obutto R3Volution, Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog, TPR, Cougar MFDs, FSSB R3L, JetSeat, Oculus Rift S, Buddy-Fox A-10C UFC, F/A-18C UFC, Tek Creations F-16 ICP
Yskonyn Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 ^Great tip indeed. I have mapped my pinky paddle to function as a modifier as well. Is the Zoom function also handy if you're already using a TIR setup? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus Z390-E, 32GB Crucial Ballistix 2400Mhz, Intel i7 9700K 5.0Ghz, Asus GTX1080 8GB, SoundBlaster AE-5, G15, Streamdeck, DSD Flight, TM Warthog, VirPil BRD, MFG Crosswind CAM5, TrackIR 5, KW-908 Jetseat, Win 10 64-bit ”Pilots do not get paid for what they do daily, but they get paid for what they are capable of doing. However, if pilots would need to do daily what they are capable of doing, nobody would dare to fly anymore.”
Sarge55 Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Yskonyn - I find it handy with my TIR setup. I use the paddle and the Mic switch forward to zoom in and the paddle and Mic switch back to default view. I like the eject setup Panther has suggested. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] i7 10700K OC 5.1GHZ / 500GB SSD & 1TB M:2 & 4TB HDD / MSI Gaming MB / GTX 1080 / 32GB RAM / Win 10 / TrackIR 4 Pro / CH Pedals / TM Warthog
WarriorX Posted March 22, 2011 Posted March 22, 2011 Here are 2 more unmapped controls available to you on your TM Warthog: SLEW CONTROL IN---DX Assignment Throttle Button #1 MIC SWITCH IN---DX Assignment Throttle Button #2 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] "Is that you John Wayne?.......Is this me?" Full Metal Jacket //My Mission Data Card//My Cold Start Checklist //Clearing a Hung Store Tutorial //CDU Offset//Asterisk Error Correction Procedure//JTAC UTM Coordinate Entry Tutorial//JTAC 9 Line Lat Long Coordinate Entry Tutorial
Topgun505 Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 I use the up mic switch as the PTT assignment for Teamspeak. Made sense since thats the switch that controls communications. :) Once more of my squardron have A-10 will get the TARS mod for Teamspeak. Topgun505 Win 11 Pro, Intel Core i9-14900kF, Gigabyte RTX 4080 Super, 128 GB DDR5, Corsair Hx1000i, Alienware 34" 2K LED, TrackIR 5 Pro, WinWing F-16EX, WinWing F-15Ex throttle, VPC Warbird rudder, Thrustmaster MFDs x3, Black Hog box.
JEFX Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 If you use the paddle as a modifier, everything is free and available to program. Hi! This is something I have been wanting to do, can you explain exactly how you do that? Is it in DCS or in TARGET and how? I would appreciate very much! thanks JEFX [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] In DCS I fly jets with thousands of pounds of thrust... In real life I fly a humble Cessna Hawx XP II with 210 HP :D
tintifaxl Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Hi! This is something I have been wanting to do, can you explain exactly how you do that? Is it in DCS or in TARGET and how? I would appreciate very much! thanks JEFX You can do it either way, but if you want to assign commands to control track-ir, teamspeak and so forth I think TARGET would be the way to go. Windows 10 64bit, Intel i9-9900@5Ghz, 32 Gig RAM, MSI RTX 3080 TI, 2 TB SSD, 43" 2160p@1440p monitor.
MTFDarkEagle Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Hi! This is something I have been wanting to do, can you explain exactly how you do that? Is it in DCS or in TARGET and how? I would appreciate very much! thanks JEFX Not sure how you can do it with TARGET (I don't use target, except for the black shark. I don't see the point using it for the a-10c), but it's very easy in DCS: in the controls section at the bottom you just look for a button called "modifiers". And there you are :) Lukas - "TIN TIN" - 9th Shrek Air Strike Squadron TIN TIN's Cockpit thread
JEFX Posted March 23, 2011 Posted March 23, 2011 Thanks, I got it! Very practical! Gives us a whole new bunch of commands available at our fingertips! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] In DCS I fly jets with thousands of pounds of thrust... In real life I fly a humble Cessna Hawx XP II with 210 HP :D
=Panther= Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 (edited) Hi! This is something I have been wanting to do, can you explain exactly how you do that? Is it in DCS or in TARGET and how? I would appreciate very much! thanks JEFX I used DCS to program it. I'm not going to try to reinvent the wheel with a DCS A-10C Warthog profile in Target, really enjoy the plug-n-play feature. I use the paddle and the Mic switch forward to zoom in and the paddle and Mic switch back to default view. I like that idea too! One down side to the edits / additions; you may lose them with a patch. Wonder if saving the files to carry forward would cause any issues? I've remapped my CH MFP's more times that I would have liked with the beta patches and final patches. Edited March 24, 2011 by =Panther= Twitch Channel [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Virtual Thunderbirds, LLC | Sponsored by Thrustmaster Z390 Aorus Xtreme, i9 9900k, G.SKILL TridentZ Series 32GB, 1080ti 11GB, Obutto R3Volution, Thrustmaster HOTAS Warthog, TPR, Cougar MFDs, FSSB R3L, JetSeat, Oculus Rift S, Buddy-Fox A-10C UFC, F/A-18C UFC, Tek Creations F-16 ICP
Eight Ball Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Some might say I'm a heretic but I've remapped the 4 upper switches of the throttle console (ENG Fuel Low & ENG oper) to master arm switch, GunArm switch, laser and TGP. I've been playing for 2 months and I've just never used those switches, now I use them a lot more :) Find The Links To All My Mods And Liveries Here (in the gallery)
Yskonyn Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 Some might say I'm a heretic but I've remapped the 4 upper switches of the throttle console (ENG Fuel Low & ENG oper) to master arm switch, GunArm switch, laser and TGP. I've been playing for 2 months and I've just never used those switches, now I use them a lot more :) I hope for your sake that you remember the keyboard commands for those functions you swapped when the dung hits the fan! ;) [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Asus Z390-E, 32GB Crucial Ballistix 2400Mhz, Intel i7 9700K 5.0Ghz, Asus GTX1080 8GB, SoundBlaster AE-5, G15, Streamdeck, DSD Flight, TM Warthog, VirPil BRD, MFG Crosswind CAM5, TrackIR 5, KW-908 Jetseat, Win 10 64-bit ”Pilots do not get paid for what they do daily, but they get paid for what they are capable of doing. However, if pilots would need to do daily what they are capable of doing, nobody would dare to fly anymore.”
Eight Ball Posted March 24, 2011 Posted March 24, 2011 yup, just like hundreds of people who are flying whitout a warthog ;) Find The Links To All My Mods And Liveries Here (in the gallery)
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