Ultimate a-10c control

[rayz007]

So I am totally geeked out when it comes to situational awareness in this sim. Here's my setup. TM warthog hotas, TracKIR 4 with trackclip pro, VAC voice activation software, and Razer Naga mouse. Only thing I'm missing is rudder pedals. I am currently using the gas and brake pedals from a logitech racing wheel. They work on the Y axis for rudders and are not that bad a substitute, but I will get the saitek combat pro once the funds are available. So thanks to Fish for getting the VAC setup for comms. The hotas is superb as is. If you dont know, the razer naga mouse has 12 programmable buttons on its side that I assigned to pausing and recentering trackir. Some others I mapped to custom snapviews in the cockpit ie CDU. Left and Right MFD's, radios. I modded the snapview.lua according to the post on doing so. I originally planned on just looking at the CDU with the trackIR and hitting pause so I could hit the buttons without my head moving all over the place, but this solution works best. For ie I hit number 5 on the mouse and the CDU is centered on my view, and when I'm finished with it, I hit 5 again on the mouse and my view goes back to normal trackir. Thanks to Fish for the trackir profile and the VAC profile for comms. If anyone has questions on setting this up, just ask. Oh, and I setup the coolie hat up(originally unbound) to spit out F14, which is the activate key for VAC. I used AutoHotKey for that, which is a nifty program to create scripts to bind joystick buttons/axis to keys/macros and still allow the plug and play functionality of the hotas in DCS A-10C.

Edited May 11, 2012 by rayz007

[Hamblue]

Thanks For the input.

I have a Razer Nostromo N52. I guess I could do the same and program the buttons for some of the functions. :thumbup:

[PeterP]

So I am totally geeked out when it comes to situational awareness in this sim.

 

Here's my setup.

TM warthog hotas, TracKIR 4 with trackclip pro, VAC voice activation software, and Razer Naga mouse.

 

Only thing I'm missing is rudder pedals.

 

I am currently using the gas and brake pedals from a logitech racing wheel. They work on the Y axis for rudders and are not that bad a substitute, but I will get the saitek combat pro once the funds are available. So thanks to Fish for getting the VAC setup for comms.

 

The hotas is superb as is. If you dont know, the razer naga mouse has 12 programmable buttons on its side that I assigned to pausing and recentering trackir.

Some others I mapped to custom snapviews in the cockpit ie CDU. Left and Right MFD's, radios. I modded the snapview.lua according to the post on doing so.

I originally planned on just looking at the CDU with the trackIR and hitting pause so I could hit the buttons without my head moving all over the place, but this solution works best. For ie I hit number 5 on the mouse and the CDU is centered on my view, and when I'm finished with it, I hit 5 again on the mouse and my view goes back to normal trackir.

 

Thanks to Fish for the trackir profile and the VAC profile for comms.

 

If anyone has questions on setting this up, just ask.

 

Oh, and I setup the coolie hat up(originally unbound) to spit out F14, which is the activate key for VAC.

 

I used AutoHotKey for that, which is a nifty program to create scripts to bind joystick buttons/axis to keys/macros and still allow the plug and play functionality of the hotas in DCS A-10C.

 

"AoutoHotkey" is always a better choice!

 

Sorry that I edit your post so vastly - but now the possibility that someone reads it to the end is much greater.

[rss0900]

Just got a set of the thrustmaster MFD's , what talk about immersion in the sim now. Still trying to figure out how I want to place them on a second monitor, on the desk, on the initial monitor in each corner. I'm opting to go to Lowes tomorrow and buy some wood and PVC pipe to start building me a simpit, stupid hobby ! :)

[CubPilot]

Sounds like a nice setup,

 

I don't have the razer naga mouse like you do, So I control my TIR with the Warthog joystick pinky lever. I find it to be a very handy position for it, at least for me.

 

I use a AutoHotKey script that mimics the other buttons on the warthog joystick & throttle. A short press of the pinky lever CENTERS TIR, a long press of the pinky lever toggles PAUSING TIR. :D More info here.

 

 

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