Well, Cap, I did it. I finally did it. I bought a gaming PC, downloaded DCS, and am learning the A-10C. I'm already finding your tutorials very useful!

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

Good man!

@ricardobornman1698

3 жыл бұрын

Good man. 👍👍👍

@valuedhumanoid6574

Жыл бұрын

Good man!

@JackHowe32

Жыл бұрын

Good man!

0:58 | Settings Location and explanation ------ Joystick Setup ------ 1:40 | Axis Commands - 2:04 | Zoom View - 2:20 | Throttle Section - 2:51 | Rudder Section - 3:11 | Dead-Zone Correction (used in multiple sections however this first has explanation) - 4:06 | Roll Section - 4:25 | Pitch Section - 4:42 | Slew Section 6:23 | Search Commands - 6:28 | Flaps Section - 6:49 | Speed Brake Section - 7:23 | CMS Section - 8:19 | China-Hat Section - 8:49 | Auto Start/Finish Section ------ Throttle Setup ------ 9:25 | Search Commands - 9:26 | Trigger Section - 10:16 | Weapons Release Section - 10:26 | Trim Section - 10:59 | DMS Section - 11:24 | TMS Section - 11:57 | Wheel Brake Section - 12:31 | Master Control Section - 13:04 | Coolie switch Section - 13:26 | Boat Switch Section NOTE: by adding a modifier, you can have 1 hat switch do multiple commands dependent on what modifier button you are pressing. this will allow the user to avoid using the keyboard and continue with the HOTAS the entire time.

Pro Tip... for you guys like me, who are limited to the "cheaper" HOTAS set ups... I recently found myself needing MORE buttons with the A-10a. By accident I had left my Playstation DS4 controller connected to my PC and started DCS. Of course everything went kind of wonky, but I cleared the now "wireless controller" column under controls to get my HOTAS working back to normal. Then I started fiddling around out of curiosity, and realized I could easily use the 2 analog sticks and the additional 14 buttons on the controller. I then mounted the controller to the arm of my chair ( or just lay it it in my lap) just behind the throttle, and now when I'm using the targeting designation with Maverick missiles, it's a breeze to steer the cursor and lock using the left stick and L1 shoulder button to lock. Another example, I have set the DS4 Share and Options buttons to control way point selection. I've used this set up for display only and VR DCS, and having used a DS4 controller so much already, it's muscle memory easy to find the buttons I need without peeking under the headset.

@mrpawno4955

3 жыл бұрын

even with good hotas this sounds like a great idea

@jungletroll3844

3 жыл бұрын

I might try that because i have a "cheap HOTAS" lol

@writerrhino166

Жыл бұрын

That's a brilliant accident, thanks for sharing!

@snazzymcnazmy

Жыл бұрын

I'm stealing your idea

@23dunmc

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Thanks Cap, I have been hopping back into the A10C lately after a long time away...so very timely. Also good news from DCS folks that the A10C is going to be made over and updated...very nice! it's a fun plane to fly and the weapon systems are second to none.

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

Roger I find it really hard to learn. That's why I've left it till the end to re-do the A-10C vids.

@fubarace1027

5 жыл бұрын

@@grimreapers I'm finding it hard too. My hope is, once I understand the A-10C, moving over and learning the Viggen, Harrier, and Hornet will be easy. And maybe Heatblur will have the English cockpit made for the Viggen and released by then. I know there's a mod available for this, but an official English translation will likely come with English voice-overs where needed.

Thank you, very helpful!

Just got my winwing Orion 2 setup, I have the f16 with shaker kit stick so this is helping alot, still brand new to this game

Thank you very much for this CAP.

As a Rhino x56 owner, THANK YOU!

This guy tutorials are the best

Adding curvature makes the controls less responsive early in the range of movement. If you look at the curves, it’s flattening out the line in the first part of the range of movement of the control, similar to how a dead zone flattens out the line. Only a dead zone flattens out the line completely. The line is completely horizontal for however large you have the dead zone set. When you had a curvature, the part of the line that represents the first part of the range of movement starts to flatten out and shift towards horizontal, but it doesn’t go all the way horizontal unless you addd a ton of curvature. The more curvature that you add, the more the line shifts toward horizontal similar to a dead zone. So adding curvature is deadening the control response early in the range of movement and the more curvature you add, the greater the degree of deadening. An axis with no curvature will have the same degree of response throughout the entire range of movement of the stick, throttle, or rudder. An axis with a curvature of 25 will have approximately 25% less control response early in the range of movement. A curve of 75 will have approximately 75% less response in the early range of movement, compared to end of the range of movement of the control. A curve of 75 will significantly deaden the control response in the aircraft for the fist part of the range of movement of the control. For example this would make a stick so that the first inch of movement only give 25% of the control response compared to the last inch of movement of the control.

DCS allows to use button modifiers on your controller to assign more functions for each button. E.g. I am using the same buttons for flaps and speedbrakes but with different modifiers.

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

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Thanks for this, it's a great starting point. I've got a similar stick (the Logitech branded X56, which as far as I can tell is the same) and I notice you've bound controls to View up, down and so forth but I'm struggling a bit to figure out where JOY_BTN_POV1 is on the throttle. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks for the video, I know it's old, but it helped me to set up something on my Virpil. Still need to test it, though.

top tutorial really appreciate it

Do you have any tutorials for the X52 Pro? I am trying to figure out how to use the different modes, such as mode 1 for flight, mode for combat, etc. Thanks

A very helpful video but I am still not having any success binding my flight controls/throttle. I have a TM Warthog HOTAS and throttles plus TFRP pedals. I have finally managed to get the rudders to work but nothing else does. I have watched, re-watched many videos and read the various topics in the ED forums but still no joy. I have no issues with other planes except this one. Which is a shame but hey-ho I will keep trying. Once again thank you for your very informative and helpful content.

Twist it! Test it! Tune it! B O P I T ! B R R R R R R R R R R R R

this works for all aircraft. in Microsoft apps a program called antimicro (its free) bind right shift and right control to a hotas button in antimicro.. then for example make weapons release shift and trigger. so you would click the hotas button assigned to shift then pull trigger and you get weapons release while also getting just the gun trigger when not pressing the button assigned for trigger. i also do this for trim. so i have trim set with the shift modifier and top hat on my stick, while with out the shift modifier my top hat changes SOI.

Another good video! With you running out of keys, have you considered using a modifier key on a key on one of your controllers? I used a key setup from someone who posted to DCS files. It allowed me to double up Trim and CMS on the same hat, Coolie and Boat on the same 4 way, and China and brakes on the same 2 way, and Trigger first stage and CMS Z axis on the same key. I'm using a TM T16k FCS HOTAS setup for reference. I did have a question, you mentioned that first stage trigger button needed to be pressed at the same time you use the main trigger to use your gun. I've had the gun fire without. Will I get more consistent results if I use the stage one trigger? I'm still learning and figuring things out, so I often fumble with my commands.

@meteorcrafters3277

5 жыл бұрын

Your plane will be stabilized so your gun always stays on target. Much more brrreeee on target. :)

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

Oh shit I didn;t realise you could. Yes will def do that now.

@fubarace1027

5 жыл бұрын

@@meteorcrafters3277 I was reading the manual last night after an evening of DCS failure =/. In my reading I read a suggestion that said if you have a stick that doesn't have a two stage trigger, go ahead and bind both stages to your main trigger. Can you think of a reason not to?

Mine won’t let me assign certain features to my stick or keyboard. Incredibly frustrating.

Has anyone had the issue to where the R Throttle doesn't function independently from the L Throttle? It doesn't do anything even with the Logitech Software. The L Throttle on the other hand makes both L & R Throttles Flicker in the Logitech Software. Should I RMA this while I still can?

Can I do all this with the ThrustMaster HOTAS 4? I setup the basics

is the NWS always active in the A10?

great video pal. question... i have a Saitek x55 too but I can't get the mouse on the throttle to be recognised in DCS a10 c... any clues?

@grimreapers

4 жыл бұрын

It has to set in the "axis commands" otherwise not sure

@northernlad52

4 жыл бұрын

@@grimreapers ok will troll the internet again...still haven't found the answer. Thanks for the reply.

@chillicothewarrior

4 жыл бұрын

@@northernlad52 Hey in case you're still looking check this post www.reddit.com/r/hotas/comments/2rs6un/how_to_turn_x55_mouse_ministick_into_joystick_axes/

is this identical to the a-10c ii ??

Anyone to please tell me all the controls and i can set with my logitech extreme 3d pro, keyboard and mouse because im kinda confused on how i can set them

Warthog users don’t have to do anything ;)

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

lol gits

@bludprty4712

4 жыл бұрын

[GR]DoveEnigma13 Fr?

@NeoMorphUK

4 жыл бұрын

Warthog users don’t have to do anything??? Unless you love sticktion you do. You have to disassemble the base, remove the crap grease, gently sand down the flash marks and replace the grease with some good quality stuff. Alternatively you can buy a VirPil WarBRD gimbal base (which I’m probably going to do some time in the future).

@FreeRangeLemon

4 жыл бұрын

@@NeoMorphUK wow talk about taking something wayyyy out of context

What does HOTAS slew actually do? What do you use it for? Thanks, Cap.

@grimreapers

4 жыл бұрын

Long time since I looked at this but isn't that the Axis bind for TDC slew? To move your cursor in TPOD etc?

@Fedexkinkos1991

4 жыл бұрын

@@grimreapers correct

What if your HOTAS only has one throttle stick instead of 2?

so many things you assigned i have no idea what they do or what they are for.

Is there anywhere you can just download a setup profile, then just tweak it?

@grimreapers

4 жыл бұрын

Yup: kzread.info/dash/bejne/dmqJpMxwZa-7Yag.html

@Torsade101

4 жыл бұрын

Brilliant, except I have a logitech G940 setup :(

You uploaded four videos a day!! lol

@grimreapers

5 жыл бұрын

5 actually, but not all of them give notifications.

@mingg.__.u

5 жыл бұрын

@@grimreapers love ya!! cap

My t flight Hotas one doesn’t have anywhere near enough buttons

ran out out of buttons half way through that lol! ffs! in VR too so its hard work!

@Timelessplays

4 жыл бұрын

How do you toggle like all the little buttons in vr like you can just look and click on pc but I'm playing in vr as well

@riggs3.036

4 жыл бұрын

@@Timelessplays Iv bought the x56 rhino now which is a HOTAS with enough buttons on to map everything and then just remembering by feel which is which, tricky at first but once you are used to it its another level :)

I'm really not sure why people don't use modifier keys. I literally have my logitech extreme bound to every control i need in the aircraft by just pressing alt and using the same command, you can get quadruple the amount of realestate if you can just remember "oh shift+alt and my stick makes it control my weapons pod" giving you the incredible accuracy to do.. whatever you want with. Same with every other button on your joystick.

@Rookblunder

Жыл бұрын

Dang I went and bought four Hotas Throttles to give me more buttons......

@Smashachu

Жыл бұрын

@@Rookblunder I realize your likely being a smart ass, but you can remap keys on your hotos to activate control modifers aswell. My thumb button on both my flight stick active control or alt doubling my functionality. Your sarcastic point of buying 4 hotas is clearly a Appeal to Extremes logical fallacy.

Why not simply use one dedicated hotas button as a modifier key? This would double your available button bindings.

@johnson6048

10 ай бұрын

Is it possible to set the Hotas buttons as a modifier? when looking at the modifiers, only keyboard keys are selectable options.

Looks like you have the main joystick roll and pitch logged with throttle unit, and not with the actual joystick hotas!!

you forgot landing gear /

this is destroying my brain

Cap, there is no such thing as a left HOTAS or right HOTAS... not unless you have two sets of throttle and stick. Grammar Police Out!