Losing GlovePIE Controller

[Reticuli]

Not sure if this is a bug, but in BS 2 I lose my X65 frequently when changing GlovePIE parameters with the double pinkie tap to switch between flight modes. I never had this problem in BS 1. I have to back out of the sim, stop the PIE, and then Run it again. It's been the cause of frequent helo crashes if I don't pause quickly, as if DCS loses my controller during the mode transition from manual to one of the auto-trimming AC/AH modes.

What is also kind of annoying is how frequently the damper channels turn off without me intentionally turning each off or hitting autopilot master off. This quirk is unrelated to the first issue and seems either random or when the helo orientation has gone way out of whack. It's hard to tell if the wild helo orientation is the cause of or an effect of the channels suddenly being off.

Oh, and in stereo scopic the HMS flickers and would be nice to have it either at the HUD depth or depthless and assignable to one eye (preferably the right). The labels perhaps should be at the depth of the object they are attacked to. It's very strange to see the little IFF markers (little apostrophe labels, gray for enemy and bright green for friend) I use at the depth of the HUD.

And I know it'd be an on-screen cheat, but you know that little red controls box you can show on screen? It'd be cool to have an engine torque readout on that. And maybe even a representation of what the autopilot is doing, too, so you can see where not only your controls are but what the AP/damping is doing. In AFCS readouts that's always real helpful to see in graph form, but just a phantom marker in addition to the diamond would be immensely informative.

Edited December 26, 2012 by Reticuli

[Reticuli]

I suspect this may have been caused by the central trimmer setting in combination with a virtual PPJoy stick.