Seriously impressed!
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I started with Dunc’s keyfile OOTB and gradually modified it until I was keyfile literate, then I made my own from scratch.
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However, I have seen that sometimes even simmers who can handle another aircraft than F-16 gives up his setup when it came to BMS.
Which other aircraft, though? My housemate flies the F-22 competently on HAWX. He stays away from BMS because he is not interested in the study required.
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One flies MiG-21 on DCS and was also an real racer, another flies B747 on FSX and F-15 on FC3, another flies A-10C and M2000 on DCS… Fortunately, I was familiar with them and could gave them some advice.
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well, only the last one has any indication that they have the wherewithal to study for a flight sim. Im glad they stuck around following your advice!
Do they actively seek out and study new things within the sim to improve themselves? Or is it a case that they are stuck at the level you left them at?
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Everytime i see a discussion about keyfiles, DX bindings, etc…i think i missed something because it doesn´t appear to be as complicated as discussions imply… I have an X52 non-pro. I used to use Kesmonkey´s awesome profile back in the days of 4.32…even helped him tweak it and fix some bugs. Since 4.33 came out, i gave up using SST and new drivers/software from Saitek because they mess everything up with each update (detailed explanation found in Saitek thread unde Joystick and Input Devices). I took the excel spreadsheet available under Docs, started to work with it until it made sense, created an all DX keyfile using defaults for X52 and it is PERFECT. I only use SST for the Radar Cursors. That´s the only mapping still in there.
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MiG-21 guy seems enjoyed learning avionics of F-16, He was tweeting about it, after I adviced him on TS to look for TQS and STICK section at SETUP page. He said he surprised that western bloc fighter F-16 has much more advanced avionics than his soviet russian MIG, which was his humor of cource;)
B747 guy have just learned and understood RAMP, he said he don’t have trackIR and good HOTAS joystick so I simply suggested him to look for any presets on this forum. Seems someones setup helped him.
for Last A-10C guy I don’t know his current status. In his case he already completed BMS setup, he said he is interested in Block52 avionics. Few days ago he lost his setup. He said he feel losing his motivation as it happened. I told him that there is DeviceSorting.txt in current version so You only have to run BMS with same device setup everytime. He said thanks.
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Everytime i see a discussion about keyfiles, DX bindings, etc…i think i missed something because it doesn´t appear to be as complicated as discussions imply… I have an X52 non-pro. I used to use Kesmonkey´s awesome profile back in the days of 4.32…even helped him tweak it and fix some bugs. Since 4.33 came out, i gave up using SST and new drivers/software from Saitek because they mess everything up with each update (detailed explanation found in Saitek thread unde Joystick and Input Devices). I took the excel spreadsheet available under Docs, started to work with it until it made sense, created an all DX keyfile using defaults for X52 and it is PERFECT. I only use SST for the Radar Cursors. That´s the only mapping still in there.
You know, you can get away from using the SST for the cursors, also - but you have to make some registry changes, as well as effectively making your twist rudder not work.
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What I am saying is that in that case the user shall modify the joystick DX binding rather than the keystroke . This is why joystick softwares are designed and provided with the stick
PROGRAM theJOYSTICK to match the KEYFILE , NOT the opposite!
Is that more clear ?
Yes and with other later posts, even better. I understand and agree. Thanks.
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I am talking DX binding only , all the rest would be identical
I don’t think it would be difficult…how many joysticks commonly on the market , 10 maybe ?
…. It wouldn’t be practical to issue simple DX bound key files even if you wanted to. … Perhaps this is a good time to construct some pre-mades to be included in he next release. …
Kolbe’s excellent keyfile spreadsheet is about 95% of the way there for common HOTAS/Sticks. He includes default DX binds, reasonably laid out given any limitations of a particular HOTAS, that can be easily appended to any of the default keyfiles (Full, Basic, PitBuilder, Minimum, etc.).
…. What I have found however is that universal solutions aren’t universal. I’ve helped enough people with 0 hours flying that INSISTED on specific control features for their setup. Sometimes they have a good reason but sometimes it’s just because their mind is made up. Some people have TrackIR, some don’t. Some have pedals, some don’t. Some will scream bloody murder if they don’t have some obscure cockpit clickable command on HOTAS. Some want TeamSpeak PTT keys. Some have no interest in multiplayer-oriented controls like UHF/VHF transmit. Some just want “chaff n’ flare” keys and won’t listen to what CMS is. It’s a minefield.
:rofl: Ain’t that the truth.
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What I am saying is that in that case the user shall modify the joystick DX binding rather than the keystroke . This is why joystick softwares are designed and provided with the stick
PROGRAM theJOYSTICK to match the KEYFILE , NOT the opposite!
Is that more clear ?
EDIT:17th November 2016
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You know, you can get away from using the SST for the cursors, also - but you have to make some registry changes, as well as effectively making your twist rudder not work.
I do know…but i wanna keep the twist
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ready, fire, aim
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