Multiple Axis Control?

Maico · #1 01-23-2012, 04:48 AM

Fellow Pilots:
My name is Maico and I am an addict. I play almost exclusively IL2 1946. Oh sure, I go into other games and spend time with them. I will allways come back to IL2. Why do I love this sim? Because it is beatiful, challenging and most of all well suported.
So on to my gripe. The one thing I have noticed that is missing on the controls is the ability to assign multiple controls to a single axis controller. I discovered this limitation by playing other sims. I beleive it was COD where I first discovered the joy of multiple assingments. i.e. I can asign a trim wheel to say... Rudder. Now here is the part that is missing in IL2 I cant assign the same Wheel+Shift to Aileron. In COD I had the same wheel to Rudder trim(normal) Aileron trim(Wheel+Shift) Fuel Mix(Wheel+Ctrl).
My question is, can this be implemented? While we are here, can we address the 4 input source limitation? I would like to add several pieces of hardware to this sim but cant. I hear this a lot from other simmers. I beleive that many would benefit if we could get rid of this in the sim..
Sorry about the long post and thanks for your support.

Artist · #2 01-23-2012, 07:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Maico

While we are here, can we address the 4 input source limitation? I would like to add several pieces of hardware to this sim but cant. I hear this a lot from other simmers. I beleive that many would benefit if we could get rid of this in the sim..

+1

In the mean time you might find YaDeLi useful for the axes of devices beyond the first 4 and Autohotkey for their buttons.

Artist

Maico · #3 01-23-2012, 11:00 AM

Hey thanks.
Can I use Autohotkey to assign buttons to a Microsoft Force Feedback stick?

Artist · #4 01-23-2012, 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by Maico

Can I use Autohotkey to assign buttons to a Microsoft Force Feedback stick?

Sure: you can use Autohotkey to define what will happen when you press a button of a Microsoft Force Feedback stick. The most simple example would be: assign something like Ctrl+Alt+Shift+'b' to a function in IL-2 (e.g. "Flaps down"). Then write a Autohotkey-script in which you send Ctrl+Alt+Shift+'b' whenever you press button #8 on your stick (see This Post for an example). It can get much more sophisticated once you've worked yourself into Autohotkey.

Artist

Maico · #5 01-24-2012, 06:11 AM

This could be the answer to all my needs. Let me just say that the best joystick in the world is the Microsoft Force Feedback 2 USB. The late king was put to rest when the creator decided they would no longer update the software. No software update was issued for Win7.
I would love to bring mine out of retirement. I am curently running a Warthog. Nice stick but the ffb is really missed.
Thanks for all this. I will be on that stuff like white on rice. I am leaving work early today to work on this.

Very exciting day!

Maico