DudleyAz Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Okay gang, I need a little help please. I've spent the past several hours trying to figure this one out and haven't had any luck. I have been setting up my first batch of switches in my pit to work with A-10. I have had great success except for the last two items... the Seat Arming command and the commands for actually turning on the MFD's. As I did with all of the other switches/commands, I went into the options screen in A-10 and assigned those items unique key commands. As I always do, after setting a new command in Options, I load a ramp start mission and see if it works. This is where it gets interesting. The command string I have set to arm the seat is actually turning the RIGHT MFD from off to Night illumination. The command string for setting the RIGHT MFD to Day illumination is changing the LEFT MFD to Day illumination. The command for turning the RIGHT MFD off does nothing. Same goes for all of the commands for turning on/off the LEFT MFD, and nothing seems to work for adjusting the seat arming handle. This is seen when using the commands directly from the keyboard or via the Hagstrom KEUSB108 I use to control my cockpit switches (the KEUSB108 is AWESOME btw!). All of these items still work on screen in the clickable cockpit using the mouse, but the key commands are jacked up.. and only for these items. I have everything else working just fine via key commands. I started with these command strings: Seat Arming: E+RCTL R MFD Day: M+RCTL+RALT+RWIN R MFD Night: M+RALT+RSHF R MFD Off: M+RCTL+RALT I thought maybe the command strings were two complicated for some reason, so I found some very simple ones available and tried using those for key commands with the exact same results: Seat Arming: O R MFD Day: R+RSHF R MFD Night: Y R MFD Off: E Any thoughts? Anyone have these items working via key commands? I refuse to let the computer win the fight... Thanks, Dud If it worked perfectly... what's the fun in that? :joystick:
711Hancer Posted October 4, 2011 Posted October 4, 2011 Before making comments, please save your config and load default config and try it again, if it works.
DudleyAz Posted October 11, 2011 Author Posted October 11, 2011 Tried it this weekend... same result. Maybe DCS has them mismapped in the Options screen?? If it worked perfectly... what's the fun in that? :joystick:
TulsA-10 Posted October 11, 2011 Posted October 11, 2011 (edited) Have you tried to use helios to bind the switch? Just a thought. Edited October 11, 2011 by TulsA-10 " I'm gonna have to be taking your car today. See I have some top secret clown business that supersedes any plans that you might have for this here vehicle."
DudleyAz Posted October 16, 2011 Author Posted October 16, 2011 Thanks Tulsa... I was able to successfully bind both the left and right switches via Helios. However, the mappings through the options/control page in the program itself still aren't working correctly. So that means I can't tie them into a physical switch via my Hagstrom. I guess my next step if I don't get anymore ideas is to try and map all other controls and then see what actually adjusts the switch settings... just lots of trial and error... If it worked perfectly... what's the fun in that? :joystick:
16th Widowmakr Posted October 16, 2011 Posted October 16, 2011 I had a problem with certain key commands not working. I tried changing assignments in the Options but still they wouldn't work in game or with my keyboard. If you change the assigned keys and they still dont work I would try what fixed mine. Go to your users saved game files folder and rename youyr DCS Warthog folder so you can restore it if necessary. Then restart the game and it will recreate it for you. You will have to redo all your settings as this will put you back to the default settings. Hope this helps. AMD Ryzen 5 2600 Six-Core Processor 3.4 GHz 32 Gb RAM, Nvidea GTX 1050 TI Water Cooled, Windows 10 64 bit
mvsgas Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 (edited) Lets try to establish a base line. Not sure if I understand the problem ( sorry I'm slow) I just tried this setting "Seat Arming" to the "O" key and it works so I think we need to get more info. How are you using the command? A keyboard and it's not working? Again, I apologies, just trying to understand For example I do not know what a Hagstrom KEUSB108 is. Edited October 17, 2011 by mvsgas To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
mvsgas Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 I just tried the Right MFD with good results O=off Y=night E=day and the knob move every time. What other program do you run at the same time? Anything that might be using those keys? To whom it may concern, I am an idiot, unfortunately for the world, I have a internet connection and a fondness for beer....apologies for that. Thank you for you patience. Many people don't want the truth, they want constant reassurance that whatever misconception/fallacies they believe in are true..
Vibora Posted October 17, 2011 Posted October 17, 2011 The Hagstrom KEUSB108 is a device for keyboard emulation, I guess he uses it to implement the different buttons in his home-build cockpit. Roberto "Vibora" Seoane Alas Rojas [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Vibora Posted October 18, 2011 Posted October 18, 2011 I don't have any problem assigning those Actions. It must be something particular from your system configuration. I used: Seat Arming: E+RCTL R MFD Day: M+RCTL+RALT R MFD Night: M+RALT+RSHF R MFD Off: M+RCTL+RALT+RSHF Roberto "Vibora" Seoane Alas Rojas [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
DudleyAz Posted October 26, 2011 Author Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) Problem solved. I'm still not sure exactly what the problem was though. Over a period of two days I started getting more and more previously working commands failing, and then I all of a sudden the game wouldn't load at all. So, based on Widowmakers advice (Thanks bud!), I completely deleted the entire Warthog file out of the Saved Games folder, and reloaded the game. Everything booted right up no problems. The down side is that I had to completely rebuild my keyboard profile, because if I copied back in a backup copy of the old one, I started seeing problems again. Thankfully, I had written down all of the key commands, and everything is good to go, including the seat arming switch! I think that somewhere along the way way back when I had corrupted one of the .lua files and it just took a while to show up. Thanks to all who helped out! Dud Edited October 26, 2011 by DudleyAz If it worked perfectly... what's the fun in that? :joystick:
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