bubbabr Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 Hi all, I'm having some problems getting my Cougar to work with DCS Warthog. Had a good hunt around the forums for a similar problem, but nothing fixed it for me. I am pretty much a total noob, so would appreciate some guidance. Using Foxy, the furthest I got it was getting my joystick to work - the throttle has so far not responded. Now I can't get anything to work. Was looking for a good profile to load onto my stick which would let me use my HOTAS Cougar with DCS Warthog - had a go with one of Viper's, and now several others too. Sometimes the profile uploads to the stick fine, but in game I only get the joystick. On other occasions, when I try to upload to the stick, I am told a certain profile couldn't be found, it wasn't in the same folder as the joystick/macro file etc. I also tried loading a .lua file from inside the sim, but to no avail. I've now really confused myself and don't know what I've done or am doing! In serious need of some Christmas simming, so any help would be welcome. Extra info: When I tried manually calibrating the stick, I was told certain value of my buttons are beyond the maximum for the settings (or something like that). But the throttle and all other buttons/inputs are recognised when calibrating.
PoleCat Posted December 22, 2013 Posted December 22, 2013 Start here....http://cubpilotshangar.net/page105.html It should help. Out http://www.104thphoenix.com/
Evil.Bonsai Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Are you sure your setup is functioning correctly? Have you tested it with foxys analyzer? My Cougar works just fine, other than a couple button issues. I've used Viper's profile since day 1 and it works very well for me.
sebas1977 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 use this and it works like a charm! together with Viper profile Cougar work nice in Windows 7 64bits RC and Windows 7 64bits Ultimate. Method for correct installation is the comment by PoleCat. 1. Download drivers http://ts.thrustmaster.com/eng/index.php?pg=view_files&gid=1&fid=3&pid=50&cid=1 Special attention in download x64, NOT x86. 2. Unplug USB of Cougar of the Computer. 3. Deactive UAC in Windows. 4. Right Click on the Driver downloaded, and press Properties. 5. Go to Compatibility column, in Compatiblity Mode, mark this and select 'Windows Vista (Service Pack 2)'. In bottom mark 'Execute this program with Administrator permissions'. Click OK. 6. Execute installation file drivers, follow all steps, not forgotten installation in one step claim connect the USB of Cougar to the computer. Complete all steps. 7. Restart computer. 8. Click Right in 'HOTAS Cougar Control Panel' and select Properties, in Compatibility column select in bottom 'Execute this program with Administrator permissions'. Click OK. 9. Fly in to the skies.
bubbabr Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 Thanks for the responses guys - I'd actually followed those steps before, though didn't previously run as admin. I redid everything just to be sure, and now I'm getting a time out message. I've (hopefully) attached some screenshots below. In case I'm being dim, here's what I'm doing. 1. Open Foxy, press F8 for joystick and macro 2. Navigate to Viper tmj & tmm files, click on either of them. 3. Then press F12 to download files to joystick. That's when the process which is usually instantaneous starts taking a while and I get the timeout message.
bubbabr Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 Update OK, so when I tried to open the HOTAS Control Panel, it told me STTubeDevice203.dll was missing. I remembered this problem from a while ago, so placed the STTubeDevice203.dll file in Windows/SysWOW64. The Viper profile now 'successfully' downloads to the stick, but it doesn't work in-game. The skewing cursor, for example, seems to bring up some radio chatter commands. Not a lot else seems to happen, least of all joystick and throttle control! Other profile I've tried to download to the stick continue getting error messages (macro could not be found/opened)
sebas1977 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 (edited) Last time I re-installed the operating system I forgot to change the compatability to Vista sp2 and had the same problems that you have. Make sure you download the right drivers and the right Foxy HOTAS and it should work ok. Then in the game, check the axis assignments. Buttons shouls all work. edit: also make sure you open the Viper profile with Open joystick file and associated macro file (F8) Edited December 23, 2013 by sebas1977
bubbabr Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 Any other ideas? Compatibility is set, viper profile compiles and downloads successful, but nothing. Is there any info I could upload which would help people diagnose more effectively? Thanks
sebas1977 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 WHat about the keytest after the download? a screenshot of the "HOTAS view to test axis and buttons" screen might help? Also make sure you're not running other hotas software like the Cougar Control Panel Is this the first time you use the cougar? If so, it might help to rest/update the firmware of the cougar see Cougar World
bubbabr Posted December 23, 2013 Author Posted December 23, 2013 WHat about the keytest after the download? a screenshot of the "HOTAS view to test axis and buttons" screen might help? Also make sure you're not running other hotas software like the Cougar Control Panel Is this the first time you use the cougar? If so, it might help to rest/update the firmware of the cougar see Cougar World No previously used it with Falcon 4.0 AF. The key test appears to work on, though it doesn't detect stick and throttle movement (guess it's not mean to because it's buttons only?). I'm sure I'm being dense but what/where is "HOTAS view to test axis and buttons"?
sebas1977 Posted December 23, 2013 Posted December 23, 2013 Close Foxy and check the HOTAS COUGAR CONTROL panel software. should show something like this
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