Hi,
sorry, but after a few attempts I decided to go ahead with my own setup throught the TARGET software… viewing around with SHIFT plus castle hat is about the least intuitive thing I can think of, and getting the throttle out of the idle detent worked at the FIFTH (!) attempt only. No offence, but this is not the way to operate an airplane (and I have 700+ hrs of real-life stick time). If you can’t even operate it, how do you expect to fight in it?! Thanks for your efforts, but I shall have to make my own to make this work.
EDIT: Enough valuable time wasted on this. Signing off.
Sigmar
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RE: Yet Another T.16000M FCS HOTAS Review and Setup
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RE: Yet Another T.16000M FCS HOTAS Review and Setup
Hi, Logic and fellow pilots,
I am not entirely new to Falcon BMS but only completed a couple of training missions (with very basic hardware only) and did not use it for quite some time. I just re-installed the sim and shall use the Thrustmaster T.16000M joystick together with TWCS throttle and Saitek rudder pedals (which I use when flying XPlane11 because I am used to rudder pedals from real life general aviation flying). When following your installation guide I noticed two things I do not fully understand:
1. DeviceSorting.txt: Since I use rudder pedals too, they do show up in my existing (yet unedited) DeviceSorting.txt So I suppose I cannot just copy the one provided by you in your ZIP package but rather have to modify mine to read “Thrustmaster Virtual Game Controller” instead of “TWCS Throttle” in the appropriate line. What should the sequence be – T.16000M, virtual controller, rudder pedals?
2. Editing the key file in the user\config directory: I do not see a key file specific to the two pilots I have in my logbook (the default Viper and my own Lawyer – guess what my profession is…:) ) but rather several key files (see attached screenshot). Which file should be modified by adding the HOTAS bindings? All except the blank one?
Disregard … just entered the first modifications manually and created a user-specific one.Update
Figured out most of these issues, rearranged the DeviceSorting.txt (detected entry of the device after runnung the script in TARGET script editor reads “Thrustmaster combined”). Upon lauching BMS and trying to assign the axes, TWCS Throttle reappeared among the options presented in the UI (as last entry). – I am thinking of leaving the second coolie hat alone (that was the only reason for creating this combined device, right?), forgetting the script and all related modifications, and just manually assigning the rest as needed.Happy New Year, and thanks for this great piece of work!
Sigmar
(home base LOWL = Linz, Austria, combined civ/mil airport) -
RE: X-55 programming
Thank you, Fox-3, that hint was extremely helpful. Couldn’t properly assign the throttle axis before; got all primary flight controls working now. This should be made a separate thread in the X55 section, as other users installing the X55 will have the same problem.
Sigmar