HOTAS stick setups - examples

[Wizkid]

@ Drediock

... what inherent printing facility??...

Have a look in your CH-Folder:



Double click the Printing Utility (CMPrint.exe):



The settings of the little progi are selfexplanatory, I believe.

[Blagard]

Originally posted by Wizkid
Have a look in your CH-Folder

Ah! it may not be there if you have version 3.50 like me!
I see a version 4.1 and 4.2 is available and will download the 4.1 32bit example from:

CH Hanger Version 4.1 CM Software

Don't fancy testing the 4.2 version right now as it is very new!

[Blagard]

OK just Re-installed to version 4.1 including the Print facility.

Just a few comments to make about printing!
Change the default colour for mode 1 - it is far too light
Better to save as jpg and print that rather than use the print button. The Print button gives washed out button graphics. The JPG image looks fine.
Make sure you put your description in the comment box in your map setup, otherwise it prints the mapped key not the comment

Thanks for letting me know about the CH update!

[HomeBoy]

Originally posted by GunnerCAF
There are a few things I wish AH did, so I programmed them.  Auto film stop after each flight,

Gunner,
Can you show me how you programmed the film recorder to stop when you exit flight?  I don't see any such command.  All I can find is a "Film Recorder toggle" (ALT-R).  That obviously is not how you're doing it.  I found a "Film Stop" command (s) but that apparently only applies to the Film Viewer as "s" is "Rudder Center" in the game.

Thanks

[GunnerCAF]

Originally posted by HomeBoy
Gunner,
Can you show me how you programmed the film recorder to stop when you exit flight?  I don't see any such command.  All I can find is a "Film Recorder toggle" (ALT-R).  That obviously is not how you're doing it.  I found a "Film Stop" command (s) but that apparently only applies to the Film Viewer as "s" is "Rudder Center" in the game.

Thanks

I don't know anything about the CH programing, but I can tell you how I did it on the Cougar.

The Cougar has 32 physical buttons, and 48 vurtual buttons (logical flags).  

I use the button for start/stop of the engine as a test to check if the film is on.  If it's on, It gives me a visual indication by changing the text window size up and down, then shuts off the film.

-To do this I set a flag when I press the button that starts the recorder.
-When the engine start/stop is pressed, it checks to see if the recorder flag is on.
-If it off, it does nothing.
-If it is on, it sends the visual indication, then shuts the film off.

The actual code is here (X is a flag, S is a physical switch):

Rem Film Recorder Controler
DEF X3 S2 AND S3 Rem S2 /I (Film on/off) Flag
DEF X4 X3* Rem Film ON Toggle Flag
DEF X5 S2 NOT S3 Rem S2 /O (Engine on/off) Flag
DEF X6 X5 AND X4 Rem Film ON Engine ON Flag

BTN X3 Film_Rec Rem Film on/off
BTN X6 Msg_Win_Size DLY(1000) Msg_Win_Size KD(X3) KU(X3) Rem Turn Film Off

The only quirk, is if it gets out of sync, the film will not shut off.  I fix it by starting the engine once with the keyboard.  I film everything, and it works well.

Gunner

[Vulcan]

Originally posted by Mustaine
and I use the rudder rocker for moving the head back and forth in banded mode.
 

Ohhh thats a good idea I must do that.

I have an X45 setup with CH Pro pedals.

Primary fire is fire both.
Buttons A and B are primary and secondary fire.
Missile button is toggle secondary.
The button around the front of the stick is mapped to reset my view to centre on the headset
Pinkie is wheelbreaks (wheel breaks on my pro pedals are porked)
1 Hat is (clockwise) WEP/autopilot hold angle/Gear toggler/Autopilot level
2 hat is (clockwise) icon toggle/map zoom in/check 6 call/map zoom out

throttle:
rotory 1 is rpm
rotory 2 is mapped to zoom
mouse button is toggle zoom
big button is toggle clipboard
4 way hat is trim (left/right aileron, and elevator)
8way hat (mouse) is flaps up/down and rudder trim
slider switch (aux) is nothing/xmit channel/xmit range

[HomeBoy]

Originally posted by GunnerCAF
I don't know anything about the CH programing, but I can tell you how I did it on the Cougar.
....
 

Thank you Gunner.  So there is no "Film Off" command afterall so you had to resort to scripting.

This will be very easy to do in CH CM.

Thanks for taking the time to post this.
-hb

[Vulcan]

Just a thanks to Mustaine. I've got my X45 rudder mapped to move the head left/right (with the TIR Relative box thingy checked). Its awesome now when I look back I can lean left OR right and don't have to have a head preset (I found the head presets annoy they way they moved when your head got to position).

[BadJasper]

Originally posted by Mustaine
simple setup...

I use a CH stick, and x45 throttle.

stick (only changes in mode 2 is hat's 1 and 3 cycle through the gun positions) and the hat is the standard POV views, i hold down "look up" on the throttle for other views.

also on the stick I use the throttle for RPM control

This may seem like a stupid question but how did you get the X-45 throttle to work with a different stick? I wouold love to use my old Suncom F-15 with my X-45 Throttle