No throttle

[Dan(powerdive)]

Hello to all. I am brand new to this so please forgive the new guy question. After 2 days of pulling my hair out trying to set up a joystick (Saitek AV8R) I got it to work but have no throttle.    


TIA

[1701E]

Just to be sure, is it assigned correctly?

Your controls should like this for that Stick (use the same one):



The "NOT ASSIGNED" is the Rudder axis (twist stick left or right) but for people with Rudder Pedals it's assigned somewhere else.  If it is assigned correctly, there are steps to check the Axis works correctly, but one step at a time is best.

[Dan(powerdive)]

thanks for the reply. No, does not. All's I have is stick.;
Y Axis, pitch.
X Axis Roll.
Y rotation, Not assigned. (When I did swap it to throttle 2, made the trigger sound like a throttle)((I have no trigger response))
X rotation, not asigned.
Z axis, throttle 1

 

[Dan(powerdive)]

is there a way to minimize game so as to follow the instructions?

Don't ya love new folk? LOL

 

[1701E]

You can minimize with: Alt+Tab or Ctrl+Esc.

Not sure why yours is showing X/Y Rotation, but to check that everything is assigned correctly:  Move the stick forward/backwards, Whatever Axis that shows the (###) moving is what you what to Pitch, That can be repeated for all the Axis.  Move the Axis you want to be Throttle forward (as if applying full throttle) whichever Axis shows "* Axis (###)" moving is the one you want (like with mine, if Z Axis (32767) goes to Z Axis (43000) that's the one to map to throttle 1).  This also applies to buttons, tapping a button will highlight it and double tapping it will take you to the "assignment" for that button.

Make sure the stick is properly calibrated in Windows and in-game and that you have "Select Controller" set to "Saitek AV8R Joystick" and it should be working fine.

[68ZooM]

Have you Installed the drivers that came with the stick?, it seems to me that AcesHigh is not recognizing you have that stick connected or installed, If aceshigh cant recognize theres one present it wont show up, Ive used 3 different joysticks sense Ive been playing and they have always show up in the setup for AcesHigh, you might want to reinstall the joystick drivers 

[Skuzzy]

You do not need any drivers for a joystick connected to the USB port.  Also, you do not need to assign "Throttle 1" and "Throttle 2".

If you only assign "Throttle 1", all the engines of a multi-engine plane will be slaved to the one throttle.  If you assign "Throttle 1" and "Throttle 2", then you will have to control the throttle for the left engine(s) and the right engine(s) in a multi-engine fighter.

It is not unusual to have to map the "Throttle 1" command to the input of the stick which would control the throttle.  As you can see, no joystick manufacturer actually calls anything a throttle on the stick.  Finding the throttle on the stick just requires you to move the throttle and find the numbers in parantheses (next to each axis) which corresponds to your motion.

Then assign "Throttle 1" to that input. Click on the axis (or double-click), press "Modify" if the command list does nt show up, scroll down to find "Throttle 1", select it with the mouse, then hit "OK".  Hit "OK" at the "Map Controllers" panel, and as long as the stick has been properly calibrated, it will work.