Having trouble with shutting engines off with the Warthog throttle shut off detents

[Greg Goodavish]

I have Morphines .tmc file installed, and the key installed and enabled in BMS. I set up my afterburner in BMS setup with the left click and works good. I then tried to set up the shutoff detent with the throttle. I made shure that idle cutoff was enabled in the BMS config.exe utility. I moved my throttle into the cutoff detent, and then right clicked on the AB setting in BMS. However, when in the sim, when I put my throttle in cutoff detent, nothing happens. Engine keeps running. What am I doing wrong?

[Badger]

When you right clicked on the AB setting, did a red line appear ?
and if yes, is there a little bit of space underneath it?
you need to move the throttle below that line to cut off.

[Shadow]

I don’t and never have had “Idle Cutoff” patch applied.

Actually if I set it I lose cutoff function altogether.

Try it unapplied.

I just checked, my Hog activates “Alt i” while passing over the detent. Though I don’t remember ever setting it up, but that was a long time ago.

[Badger]

Something peculiar to the warthog?

I’ve used it with the cougar for many years without a problem.

[Frederf]

Try setting the idle cutoff line much higher. It needs 4% range to work properly as a positive shutoff. You shouldn’t need a special script to get the cutoff behavior at all, just to have it triggered by the cutoff button. Put the cutoff line at 50% and see if you can get it to go off. If you can’t then there’s nothing wrong with your axis input, but something wrong with your BMS setup.

This is the TARGET code in my script which was made independently.

//Cutoff Stepping
MapKey (&Throttle, IDLELON, EXEC(“TrimDXAxis(DX_THROTTLE_AXIS, 82);”));
MapKeyR (&Throttle, IDLELON, EXEC(“TrimDXAxis(DX_THROTTLE_AXIS, SET(0));”));

[Greg Goodavish]

OK, thanks, guys. Got it working now. does anyone have a printable version of Morphine’s key assignments file, so I can see if while flying?

[Shadow]

@Greg:

OK, thanks, guys. Got it working now. does anyone have a printable version of Morphine’s key assignments file, so I can see if while flying?

Please state what the problem was, and the solution. It will help others.

[Greg Goodavish]

I just set the idle cutoff a little higher up on the scale, and now it works.

[Rampage]

Well im also a new Warthog User.
I tried to setup the Warthog for Idle Cutoff.
Start Works but i cant get the Engine to stop….

Im curios about the Axis Setup. When im in the BMS Setup, there is no movement in the Throttle Bar unless im above the Idle position.
Setting up AB and stuff works like a charm but is this behavior normal that i have no axis movement below Idle pos?

[Frederf]

That’s normal. The idle position is 0% axis and full forward is 100%. There is no difference between the idle and off positions except for the button being pressed. To get axis value difference between button on and off you have to use a TARGET script. Here’s a piece of mine.

	MapAxis(&Throttle, THR_LEFT, DX_THROTTLE_AXIS);		//THROTTLE AXIS (Throttle)
	SetCustomCurve(&Throttle, THR_LEFT, LIST(0,4, 65,90, 75,90, 100,100));
	MapKey (&Throttle, IDLELON,	EXEC("TrimDXAxis(DX_THROTTLE_AXIS, 82);"));
	MapKeyR (&Throttle, IDLELON, EXEC("TrimDXAxis(DX_THROTTLE_AXIS, SET(0));"));

It makes 0% axis input = 4% axis output. When the IDLELON button is pressed then it trims 82/2048ths off the value (4.0039%) and removes this trim amount when IDLELON is released. With the button pressed the axis output is 0%.

[Rampage]

Thanks mate, the hint i needed.
NOw i was able to not only bring IDLE CUT OFF to live, i was also able to programm all the other switches at the stick.