Author Topic: Trottle button anomoly (Read 323 times)

Dennis · « **on:** July 05, 2004, 11:20:43 AM »

This began with patch 5. Had not been a problem before that, but that just might be a coincidence.

I have my rpm + and - mapped to one of the hats on my CH Pro Throttle. (it's the up and down positions of the lower 4-way -- designated Hat 3 in the CH control mgr ... forward is wep; back is engine on/off)

Suddenly now, the up/down positions have no affect on my rpms until I open the stick map screen and press the bottons. Then all is well.

No other buttons on my hotas lose their 'memory' like this. I'd be tempted to say it's a faulty button, but it works without fail in IL-2, where it serves the same function. And opening the stick map and pressing the buttons always cures the lapse.

The buttons correspond to 25 and 23 in the stick map.

Using CH Control Manager v2.20, as I was before the problem began.

Anyone else have a similar problem?

Splash1

hitech · « **Reply #1 on:** July 05, 2004, 11:56:27 AM »

How are they mapped, as buttons or key strokes?

What do you do exactly to fix the problem?

HiTech

Dennis · « **Reply #2 on:** July 05, 2004, 02:14:33 PM »

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Originally posted by hitech
How are they mapped, as buttons or key strokes?

As buttons using in-game mapping. RPM Increase under Flight Controls is button 25. RPM Decrease is button 23.

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What do you do exactly to fix the problem?

I open the stick map setup screen and press each of the two buttons on my throttle (buttons 16 and 14 in my CH profile). Their corresponding squares -- 25 and 23 -- light up on the flip-out panel. Voila! I now have RPM control again.

Complicating factor: I flew a sortie in the CT earlier today and the problem did not appear, making it possibly intermittent and harder to pin down.

Also, I was mistaken about it starting with Patch 5. We were in Patch 4 when I first noticed it ... flying A6M2 in CT last week ... but it happened with every sortie latter half of week, and with first and only sortie this week (in Seafire).

I have made no recent changes to my programming or mapping, either in CH Manager or in-game.

Splash1

hitech · « **Reply #3 on:** July 05, 2004, 02:55:47 PM »

Is it possible you hit the wep button? Even thow the E6M2 dosn't have wep, the wep function would still engage, and thus not allow you to lower rpm when the wep is engaged.

HiTech

Dennis · « **Reply #4 on:** July 05, 2004, 04:19:59 PM »

That is a possibility. I will test it further.

Although I'm reasonably certain I had not engaged wep in the Seafire when the problem occured....

If such turns out to be the case ... my humble appologies for the false alarm.

Will re-post if the problem persists.

Splash1