anyway to use the mouse wheel to control prop pitch?

[raaaid]

is there any software that makes my mouse wheel a slider?

[Extreme_One]

Yeah I want to use my mouse wheel for elevator trim.

[MadBlaster]

yes. first...did u try to map it in game yet? I would be surprised if you couldn't do it directly. go to controls/aircraft/axis, find prop pitch axis...etc.

If that doesn't work you can follow this thread http://forum.1cpublishing.eu/showthread.php?p=271200#post271200, then write a script to do it, or I will give you one to do it. but u will have to do all that stuff in the thread (i.e. get glovpie, ppjoy...etc).

the script would be something like this (not tested):

//proppitch for mousewheel

if mouse.wheelup=true then
var.proppitch=var.proppitch+.2
elseif mouse.wheeldown=true then
var.proppitch-.2
endif

if var.proppitch>1 then
var.proppitch=1
elseif var.proppitch<-1 then
var.proppitch=-1
endif

//.2 will give you 10% change on the axis.

//map the variable "var.proppitch" to a PPJOY virtual axis. like below

ppjoy1.analog0=var.proppitch

//happy days:grin:

[Oldschool61]

Yeah I want to use my mouse wheel for elevator trim.

I would rather use mouse wheel for zoom/fov!!

[MadBlaster]

hi again.

yes, that script up there should work for elevator trim on mouse wheel too. the variable name is just that, a name. so if you want to call it var.elevatortrim or var.et or whatever, that will work.

also, somwhere around here I posted a fov/zoom script-- because the cLOD took away the past IL-2 keyboard functionality where you could zoom in/out incrementally. instead, clod uses the mouse to do that now

anyway you could substitute mouse.wheelup=true or mouse.wheeldown=true in that script for joystick1.pov1=90 and joystick1.pov1=270 and it should work. it is clunky because there is a "gate" at 30 fov. in other words, you have to enter the gate by tapping delete button, then you can zoom further. so there is a few microsecond delay in that script. i think at some point, they will probably patch back old il-2 functionality for the keyboard to make it smooth and can dump this script (fingers crossed).

here it is again, you have to measure your monitor in the vertical in mickeys to make it work (i.e.,where I have 870). you do that in glovepie.:

*GLOBAL
var.mcx=640/2 //game resolutions
var.mcy=480/2//game resolutions

if var.mcy=480/2 then //changes zoom variable when game resolution changes
var.mckmstr=480
elseif var.mcy=600/2 then
var.mckmstr=600
elseif var.mcy=768/2 then
var.mckmstr=768
elseif var.mcy=864/2 then
var.mckmstr=864
endif

*ZOOM [HotKey viewset]
if (joystick1.pov1=90.00 and var.a=0) then
key.PageDown=true //FOV to 90
key.PageDown=false
mouse.cursorposx=var.mcx //initilze cursor, var.mcx and var.mcy equal to game resolution divided by 2 so that mouse cursor is centered.
mouse.cursorposy=var.mcy
mouse.cursorposy=0 //intialize mickey count
var.mick=mouse.DirectInputY //initialize mickey count
var.a=1 //start action
endif
if (joystick1.pov1=90.00 and var.a=1) or (joystick1.pov1=90.00 and var.a=2) then //action
key.Alt=true //"hold to adjust field of view" mapped to Alt-Z
key.Z=true
mouse.DirectInputY=mouse.DirectInputY+20 //cursor moves -y direction, sensitivity set here
endif
if (abs(mouse.DirectInputY)-abs(var.mick) > var.mckmstr) and var.a=1 then //first stage ends
key.Delete=true //opens the door to further zoom
key.Delete=false
mouse.cursorposx=var.mcx //initilze cursor, var.mcx and var.mcy equal to game resolution divided by 2 so that mouse cursor is centered.
mouse.cursorposy=var.mcy
mouse.cursorposy=0 //initialize mickey count
var.mick=mouse.DirectInputY //initialize mickey count
var.a=2 //kick back to action
endif
if (abs(mouse.DirectInputY)-abs(var.mick) > var.mckmstr) and var.a=2 then //second stage ends
var.a=3
key.Alt=false //job done, turn off now
key.Z=false
endif
if released(joystick1.pov1=90.00) then
var.a=0 //reinitialize variables to do it again
var.mick=0
mouse.DirectInputY=0
key.Alt=false
key.Z=false
mouse.cursorposx=var.mcx //initilze cursor, var.mcx and var.mcy equal to game resolution divided by 2 so that mouse cursor is centered.
mouse.cursorposy=var.mcy
endif
if (joystick1.pov1=270.00) then //snap back to FOV 90
key.PageDown=true
key.PageDown=false
endif

[MadBlaster]

paste this into glovepie and run it, then move your mouse cursor to the bottom of the screen to measure you monitor vertical distance in mickeys. the reading is in the box next to the run button.

debug = mouse.CursorPosY mickeys

Edit:
I seems mickeys and pixels are the same thing. Who knew??? So, you don't really need this tool. Just whatever our vert. resolution.