Hans, I also explained this but I beleive TT and Yeager are after something else: holding the button goes to Stick Set 2, releasing the button defaults back to Stick Set 1.
Am I correct, TT and Yeager?
Personally, since I didn't use a toggle that way in WB, I can get an identical setup for the two sims. I map the "shift" key to Numpad 5 within AH and use it to get the up view -- it works like a toggle: hold it and it's up, release it and it's level. I think the reason for a forward view key is so that two types of forward view can be mapped: default and user defined. Personally I find the full pan way too slow for combat (but good for other things) so I use the snap pan view.
Regarding MS: while I love to hate huge and monopolistic enterprises, I must say I have had excellent service and reliability from their hardware. I had a MS 3d Pro for 3 years, no problem; eventually sold it when I got a MS FF Pro. A friend had a FF Pro that had one base button stuck down so he lent it to me (he had received another one for free as a replacement) to see how I liked it; I enjoyed it so I ordered one from an on-line seller. In the meantime I contacted MS Canada about possibly getting in touch with someone who could repair the base button (in case it was cheaper). I explained multiple times that
a) it wasn't my stick and
b) that it was past its warranty period so I wanted to pay for replacement parts and just needed a name where I could take it to get it serviced. The rep acknowledged both facts and took my address (I thought to send a new spring etc. for the button) and then told me that they didn't want a product that didn't work on the market and that MS would send me a new one. Wow. Sure enough, they did and it has worked very well.
The only complaint I have is that it is too "loose" in WB. When the plane is slow there is
no resistance on the stick and I would like there to still be a little. I had more control over the plane at low speeds with the non-FF stick, but now that I have stall buffeting I would never go back.
Oh yeah: it's digital... no need to worry about pots wearing out and it's always calibrated. I like it very much. The rudder on the twist handle (though unrealistic) allows for more precise inputs than I can manage with my clumsy feet on pedals and, besides which, signals from the brain are sent to the hands more quickly than the feet (the reason they are considering hand operated throttle and braking in the future of motorsports). It won't be called heel and toe (for those that didn't grow up in go karts with left foot braking) but palm and finger...
The only thing I might like to do is try and hook up a throttle and maybe pedals. What was the name of that German company again?
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Cheers,
[This message has been edited by phaetn (edited 11-05-1999).]
