most usefull settings for lights on HOTAS
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Lights have changed a lot in BMS 4.36. Consequently I have to adapt my current configuration on my throttle.
My current configuration: one button (ON/OFF MASTER) and three switches (UP/DOWN for FLASH/WING-TAIL/FUSELAGE) are not sufficient anymore.
Possible switches and buttons are now:
- Anti-Coll (Toggle/On/Off/Up/Down/etc.)
- Off
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- A
- B
- C
- Position (Toggle/Flash/Steady)
- Flash
- Steady
- Master (Step up/down/etc.)
- OFF
- All
- A-C
- FORM
- NORM
- Form Brightness (Maybe it is the EXT FORM Knob? Step up/down, seems to be a dial)
- Wing Tail (Step up/down/Bright/Off/Dimm)
- BRT
- OFF
- Dim
- Fuselage (Step up/down/Bright/Off/Dimm)
- BRT
- OFF
- DIM
- Refueling (Step up/down) probably useless as this will not be used by the AI in BMS
Which ones do you actually use regularly or in a situation of stress, eg. when refueling or in formation (fencing in/out)? Which ones would you recommend me to actually put on the throttle replacing my old configuration? Which ones would you leave on the keyboard or you don’t use at all?
Please mind taking into consideration that I will be flying with other people.
As a throttle I have a Virpil MongoosT-50CM3 and as buttons I have 1 permanent 2 way switch and 3 temporary 2 way switches available.
Also, really great that the lights are working now as they are supposed to!
As real as it gets!!
- Anti-Coll (Toggle/On/Off/Up/Down/etc.)
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@Kisakuru For things that are not on the hotas irl, I don’t bother mapping them for BMS. I just click the cockpit switches, or hit the keyboard binding.
My only exceptions are for basic looking-around stuff (recenter-trackir or toggle mouselook … toggle look-closer … and even a couple padlock callbacks).
And a button for cursor-zero (because I think double-click TMS-down is supposed to do that … but doesn’t reliably in BMS).
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But of course, do as you like! If there are switches you use multiple times per flight (most every flight) then prioritize those. Toggling lights for fence-in/out might qualify.
I just realized I lied in my previous reply… I do have a few convenience buttons, mapped to control the AP mode switches, on the base of my stick. And one to toggle jammer on/off. Just the things I typically do multiple times per flight.