X52 mouse wheel is mapped for Radar Range +/- but also does 2 other functions!
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Finally I’ve sussed out the BMS Key File Editor, there’s a useful Youtube link that’s in 2 parts, the narration is in Greek but there’s English subtitles so it’s fairly easy to follow - I’d highly recommend it (
) – having created a profile which I’m happy with I’ve encountered the following problem:I’ve mapped Man Range Up (SimRangeKnobUp) & Man Range Down (SimRangeKnobDown) to my X52 HOTAS mouse wheel, I also have the Radar Elevation mapped to the rotary by my thumb however this was accomplished via in game settings menu – both work really well in A2A mode.
The problem I have is when switching to A2G, strangely the mouse wheel function no longer changes the FCR range like it does in A2A, instead it does 2 functions – first it zooms the TGP which I’m OK with however it also slews the ground radar elevation at the same time, is this normal behaviour only if I zoom the TGP in & out too much it changes the radar’s elevation so it’s either looking straight up or down and that totally messes up the returns!
Many thanks in advance, super helpful forum members
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the man rng/uncage knob should not control radar range at all, so that sounds like a bug there.
the man rng/uncage knob should zoom the TGP, that is normal behavior. It should not do anything to radar elevation, this is only changed with the ant elev knob.
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the man rng/uncage knob should not control radar range at all, so that sounds like a bug there.
I would even say a known bug, actually
the man rng/uncage knob should zoom the TGP, that is normal behavior. It should not do anything to radar elevation, this is only changed with the ant elev knob.
Yep, refer to the BMS dash-1 (or the dash 34, HOTAS controls are also shown at the beginning).
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So irl would the pilot use the cursor to change the radar range or mfd?
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both. You can change the radar range using OSBs #19 and #20, or you can use the hands on bump range function, by slewing the radar cursor off the top of the MFD to increase range, or the bottom of the display to decrease range.
If you can afford to be hands off, you might use the MFD buttons. If you are actively slewing for a contact to lock up, you would likely just use the hands on range adjustment instead.
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Excellent tutorial video. Many thanks for the link. I just made my own profile. I enjoyed it a lot.
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So is this problem unique to the X52, does the same problem present itself with the X52pro or any other HOTAS devices? Its not that big a deal just a little annoying the funtionaliy isn’t consistant.
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DrZaius,
Thanks in advance for the link to the Greek video. I finally have a profile that works! Kobe Rocks!
Now for the problem. I don’t see how to map the rotary knobs on the X52 with the excel file. I dont want to map them with Saitek SST utility since I’ve encountered many issues with it and BMS. I want to map these via the .key file. How do I acomplish this?
Thanks in advance -
You can set the rotaries in bms-set up ,controllers, axvanced, if thats what you want.
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So is this problem unique to the X52, does the same problem present itself with the X52pro or any other HOTAS devices? Its not that big a deal just a little annoying the funtionaliy isn’t consistant.
The bug is with the callbacks SimRangeKnobDown and SimRangeKnobUp and is common to all controllers.