SU-25T - Request Additional Controller Settings.

[docfu]

Hi there,

 

Not sure if I should post this in the Wishlist section or the Bugs and Problems section but the wishlist seemed more for things that will never reach reality.

 

Anyway, I am currently running DCS World with a TM Warthog and it would be nice if the SU-25T's configuration file could make extended use of the toggle settings and flap keys.

 

The specific LUA hooks I'd like are:

 

All of the below I'd prefer to have when the buttons are actually pressed.

 

APU ON-Press

APU OFF

 

Lights On-Press

Cockpit lights On-Press

 

Flaps - Raise when Pressed.

Flaps - No change by default.

Flaps - Lower when Pressed.

 

(It appears there are 3 flaps settings for the SU-25T, but due to the flaps key, they are either all the way up or all the way down.)

 

ELINT On-Press

I-251 On-Press

NightVision On-Press

 

Gear Up On-Press

 

 

All of these would make me a very happy camper. :thumbup:

 

Jonathan

[RagnarDa]

+1

The Kamov could use the same treatment, esp On/Off callbacks for things used frequently like the Laser Standby switch.

[Boberro]

Su-25T has working flaps in 3 states: none, medium and full. All them work without any problems you mentioned :)

[docfu]

Flaps

 

Just to clarify on that, flaps down + flaps up work, but there is no flaps - medium setting, which, in using the HOTAS Warthog, would mean that neither flaps down nor flaps up is pressed.

[Sarge55]

The flaps have three positions;

1 - Retracted

2 - Extended (actually medium position as you discribe), and

3 - Landing position.

 

The landing position is selected by another keystroke, I'm not at the computer right now but if you check the control settings in options you will find it.

[RagnarDa]

It should be possible to program the controller-settings textfile the way you like it with the flaps. I'm not at my computer right now but u could tell you generally how to do it. What you do is basically assign the button-release event (when you stop holding down the button - "up" as its called below) to the flaps-to-middle-position command. Find the file ”YourUserName\Saved games\DCS\Config\Input\Su-25T\yourjoystick\something.lua" and open it with notepad++

 

Find a line containing the flaps-up command and change it to something like this:

{combos = {{key = "JOY_BTNXX"}, }, down = iCommandFlapsUP, up = iCommandFlapsMIDDLE, name = "Flaps Up Position", category = "Flight Controls or something"},

Change the JOY_BTNXX, iCommandFlapsUP and iCommandFlapsMIDDLE to the correct ones and the do the same thing to the line with the flaps in take off position.

 

Hope this helps.

[docfu]

I tested this and it seems to work pretty well.

 

{combos = {{key = "JOY_BTN23"}, }, down = iCommandPlaneFlapsOn, up = iCommandPlaneFlaps, name = "Flaps Landing Position", category = "Systems"},

{combos = {{key = "JOY_BTN22"}, }, down = iCommandPlaneFlapsOff, up = iCommandPlaneFlaps, name = "Flaps Up", category = "Systems"},

{down = iCommandPlaneFlaps, name = "Flaps Up/Down", category = "Systems"},

 

Since Flaps On and Flaps Off set 100%, pushing flaps again when you use up seems to work. Unfortunately there is no FlapsMiddle Command...yet.

 

On a side note, I tested this in the hangar at 5am in the morning and it was raining...inside the hangar...

 

ED...your hangers have a major leakage problem...