Author Topic: Cougar VS CH Combatstick + Throttle (Read 1790 times)

Slash27 · « **Reply #45 on:** June 15, 2005, 03:42:35 PM »

Best of luck buddy,Im sure youll have better luck than I did:D

Wilbus · « **Reply #46 on:** June 16, 2005, 06:03:51 AM »

Hehehe thanks, I hope I will

Reschke · « **Reply #47 on:** June 16, 2005, 01:17:35 PM »

Wilbus if you need some rudders there are several sets of RCS pedals going through the ebay circuit right now. Just do a search for Thurstmaster on eBay and you will see them.

Wilbus · « **Reply #48 on:** June 16, 2005, 02:34:31 PM »

Rgr Reschke thanks. I've got a pair of old analog CH Pro pedals already though which I've used for several years. However they don't work very well anymore. I eliminated the spiking with some 5-56 spray but the pot itself is a bit broken. 30% movement of the pedal give me a 100% response.

Got a pair of new USB CH Pro pedals otw to me right now aswell which I've longed for a long time

Although the USB peds won't be connectable with the Cougar I still consider USB far superior to gameport, and every sim/game I fly suport multiple controls.

GunnerCAF · « **Reply #49 on:** June 16, 2005, 07:57:26 PM »

Wilbus,

Looks like you made your decision

With my Cougar, I have always had the deadbands off. In the default setup (Cougar Control Pannel) it puts a little dead band, so you may want to look for this and set it to zero.

My CH pedals have to be about 8 years old. The were spikey as heck many years ago, but when run through the Cougar, they do not spike at all. I do have to use deadband for these and some dampening works for me.

On Cougar World, there are instructions by Cub Pilot for making your USB pedals plug into the cougar. If you run them through the Cougar, you can do some neat things with them. I can change my stick scaling with a flip of a switch and this includes the rudder. I have a dogfight mode that will reduce the sensitivity of the stick and rudder that gives better accuracy in aiming for the shot.

The Cougar has a long reach for normal hands. I makes a difference how high your stick sits on the table. If you set your stick lower (like it is in an F16), the top buttons are easier to reach. I just use the lower hat switch for views, and the upper buttions are for things less frequently used.

If your interested, I have my AH file here:

http://webpages.charter.net/davegun/Cougar.htm

Feel free to use it, or get some ideas on the things you can do with the Cougar. It is an older version, I just haven't got around to uploading my current setup. I have made several tweeks and additions to it. If your interested, let me know, I will update the file. (edit - file updated)

I hope you enjoy your new Couar! There isn't anything like the feel of the cold steel except maybe a real wepon

Gunner

Wilbus · « **Reply #50 on:** June 17, 2005, 03:42:11 AM »

Thanks Gunner, looking at the profile right now

The problem with my gameport pedals is not the spiking (atleast not after I sprayed it with 5-56) but rather that the pot is broken, like I wrote above, 30% left push on rudder gives a 100% response so they are about 3 times as sensitive as they should be, makes aiming very difficult.

I will check out the USB to Cougar thread on Cougar World.

I started using Track IR2 in AH last night to see how it had improved in AH and I have to say I like it, more then I thought. Always liked it for IL2 and Lo-mac but never for AH untill now. This will eliminate some of the "reaching the hat for long periods of time" worries I had about the cougar.

Thanks again

DonULFonso · « **Reply #51 on:** June 17, 2005, 02:30:41 PM »

If you should need help (or ideas) for setting up your Cougar for AH with TIR, feel free to just ask, Rasmus. No matter what you might want, EVERYTHING is possible.

Wilbus · « **Reply #52 on:** June 17, 2005, 04:04:57 PM »

Thank you very much Ulf, I am quite sure I will send you a mail or two asking about different things once I get the stick

GunnerCAF · « **Reply #53 on:** June 17, 2005, 07:56:00 PM »

ULF,

Didn't you make a Cougar joystick file for AH?

Gunner

GunnerCAF · « **Reply #54 on:** June 17, 2005, 07:57:05 PM »

ULF,

Didn't you make a Cougar joystick file for AH?

Gunner

DonULFonso · « **Reply #55 on:** June 18, 2005, 02:41:48 AM »

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Originally posted by GunnerCAF
Didn't you make a Cougar joystick file for AH?

Yes, I did, a while back - and with the 3_HCO_2004 soft- and firmware it finally worked

, too. AFAIK it's the only set-up that really allowed you to play AH without ever touching the keyboard (except for typing), and the only one that features jumping back and forth on the fleet's ships and their guns by a simple button press.

However, I wrote it for AH1, and since I don't have an AH account I didn't/couldn't test it with AH2, yet. If not too much has changed - key mapping, procedures like aiming through the Norden sight, etc. - it should work, still.

If you're interested - or at least curious

- feel free to drop me a line and I'll send you what I've got.

GunnerCAF · « **Reply #56 on:** June 18, 2005, 09:53:06 PM »

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Originally posted by DonULFonso
If you're interested - or at least curious - feel free to drop me a line and I'll send you what I've got.

I am curious

just sent you an e-mail. I have been using a similar setup since my FLCS/TQS for all my flight sims, so it wouldn't be easy to learn another. But I would be interested to see how you did it... if I can understand it

I thought about programing a way to jump to gun positions, but just haven't got around to it.

Thanks,
Gunner

GunnerCAF · « **Reply #57 on:** June 18, 2005, 09:54:19 PM »

DonULFonso · « **Reply #58 on:** June 19, 2005, 12:59:50 PM »

Hm, I haven't received anything yet...

GunnerCAF · « **Reply #59 on:** June 19, 2005, 09:32:28 PM »

ULF,

I sent the e-mail through this message board. I just sent another e-mail through the Cougar World board. Maybe that will work.

Thanks,
Gunner