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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Kronos on January 25, 2003, 07:29:48 PM
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NO ONE CAN BEAT ME!
I have an X45 saitek joystick/throttle combo. Mode 1 on the throttle for button D is brakes for the airplane. Mode 2 for button D on the throttle is primary fire button for when I fly buffs.
Well, I finally got them confused. And what a time to do so.
My wingman and I were gonna take up a flight of Me-262's. we get on the runway, and I tell him, hold brakes down when powering up engines to help out with takeoff thrust just a bit.
My throttle was set for mode 2. We get otr, I push throttle forward and hit button D (thinking it was on mode 1, which was brakes) on throttle. BANG BANG BANG BANG. KILLSHOOTER!
(shortest flight of Me-262)
'^@#%^$%#%^@^^$^$^$^##&&#&$*
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lolo done almost same thing...
After the Typical Me262 pilots first run in his 262..i lawn darted from 18k...
got rigth bak i n it to spend my last 200pts...
I just wanted to hear the cannons for a 2nd....so i squeezed trigger...My squad mate just uped...I go tkill shooter......
ahhh the memories..:)
BiGB
xoxo
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LOL, gotta love the overconfigured joystick kill! :D
SOB
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WTG Kronos :D :D
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Kronie ever heard of KISS?
KEEP IT SIMPLE STUPID! :D :D :D
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ROFL! Well, I have done similar myself with the way my Cougar is set up. Zeb thought it would be a good idea to have 3 settings for the joystick profile for taking off/landing, generally flying around and for dogfighting. In take-off/landing mode, the 'bomb' button raises and lowers the gear; in general flying mode, it drops a bomb. So, I take off in JU87 with a BFB and head to an enemy airfield.... I am flying with my squad-mates and agree to hit a SW hangar, start diving down and have a perfect angle on the hangar, hit the bomb button - and nothing! Still had the setting in take-off mode! Arrrrrrgh! :D
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Ask Drex about his overconfigured joystick problems he encountered at the con....hehehehahahhohoho
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did a similar thing messing around on a rearm pad.was tapping away on the button when it rearmed and i filled the guy next to me with cannons. POP :D
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yea i just have 1 setting for everything lol nice and simple
oh and it works 2!
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Kronos, same happened to me
We had about 5 members in the 56th up in 262's for a little fun. Well, we all made it back to base and 4 of us were on the runway waiting for the last 1 to land. For whatever reason, I decided to fire a few rounds, only thing was were we in formation OTR and I was behind sancho. Before I realized what I was doing... BOOOM. The whole squad broke out laughin thier ars's off.
I don't think i'll ever get off the hook of that one, hehe :D :D :D
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Psyco, same here. I only have combat critical stuff on the HOTAS, like guns, views and WEP. Why the *beep* do you need gear operation on your stick? The keyboard is right there, just press the G key.
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Brakes used so seldom why map 'em.
I had a similar experience though not in 262. I have a button that toggles through various salvo settings. Went through 'em too fast once and found myself silently floating towards the ground. Added a delay to it after that.
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Map right and left whel brakes instead of one key for both. You can then use the whels brakes to handle better on runway and taxi ways.
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For the sake of realism/immersion I use the joystick only for the functions you would normally have available there and views. Helps keep it simple.
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Originally posted by GScholz
Psyco, same here. I only have combat critical stuff on the HOTAS, like guns, views and WEP. Why the *beep* do you need gear operation on your stick? The keyboard is right there, just press the G key.
Gear is dive break of the F4Us.
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Originally posted by Nomde
Kronos, same happened to me
We had about 5 members in the 56th up in 262's for a little fun. Well, we all made it back to base and 4 of us were on the runway waiting for the last 1 to land. For whatever reason, I decided to fire a few rounds, only thing was were we in formation OTR and I was behind sancho. Before I realized what I was doing... BOOOM. The whole squad broke out laughin thier ars's off.
I don't think i'll ever get off the hook of that one, hehe :D :D :D
Funny stuff Nomde. :D Sounds more like something LftF00T would do tho... ;)
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I did similar thing in an Ar234 quite some time ago. Went to engage RATOs and I had bombs selected..... BOOM!!! (this was before bombs were disabled on the runway!).
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Originally posted by AKIron
Brakes used so seldom why map 'em.
I had a similar experience though not in 262. I have a button that toggles through various salvo settings. Went through 'em too fast once and found myself silently floating towards the ground. Added a delay to it after that.
I wanted variable breaking, but don't have toe brakes. I found it worked great setting both wheel brakes to one of the rotary knobs on my throttle!
SOB
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262 OVERCONFIGED WORKING JOYSTICK DWEEB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SOB
I wanted variable breaking, but don't have toe brakes. I found it worked great setting both wheel brakes to one of the rotary knobs on my throttle!
Toe brakes don't work in here anyway from what I understand.
Never thought about setting it to the rotary knobs, though.
vorticon... was the key word "working" there? :D
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toe brakes work perfectly in AH for me.
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really? I didn't know they had implemented them. Do you use Ch pro pedals for that?
*edit* LOL I really am the No1 Dweeb... just figured it out. well, no more problems like that for me. :D
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Originally posted by Replicant
I did similar thing in an Ar234 quite some time ago. Went to engage RATOs and I had bombs selected..... BOOM!!! (this was before bombs were disabled on the runway!).
I remember when HT first brought the 234 into the sim. I thought, "hey cool, something new to try out". Well, I went into the hanger and eagerly choose that puppy, then went to the runway and fired her up.
put put put
ummm, I thought jets were faster then this....end of the runway is coming up quick gents, what do I do??
"Did you fire the Rato's?"
Rato's?!? what the hell are those?!?
"You mean you didn't choose the rocket support for takeoff?"
Rockets? No, I didn't want to do a jabo mission, I just wanted to fly this puppy!
What do I do guys, I don't have that many buff perks?!
cliff edge passes, I finally reach 100ias just in time to make a nice hole in the ground. :D :D :D
moral of story: learn your plane and read pilot manual before takeoff, hehe.
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Heheh. And don't forget the guy who finds out rapid radio comms in a scenario force a bailout.
AH ergonomics:
1. Remap your bailout. I use ctrl-enter x 3.
2. If you're going to have multiple sticksets, Keep basic flight controls the same in all modes:
A. Elevators, Ailerons, Rudder and Throttle should always be accessible, and always be the same.
B. keep the weapons systems buttons the same in all of them; these are: Primary and Secondary fire buttons and weapon toggle.
C. If you've got to map your brakes or gear to your fire button, don't. Buy a stick with more buttons or something.
3. Keep you beer mug on the RIGHT side, by the joystick, and the coffee on the LEFT. If you smoke, lock down the ashtray. In combat, you don't want to be looking for a spot to park your beverage. It has to be automatic. Sure, you may think this is "over the top" now, but you'll change your mind when you're midway through a noe raid and your second six-pack, when two La-7s show up on your six. If you smoke marijuana, keep the bong away from all flight controls.
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Originally posted by Dinger
Heheh. And don't forget the guy who finds out rapid radio comms in a scenario force a bailout.
LOL... had a similar problem during an AW scenario a few years ago. I used to use a PCDash game tablet for various game commands, like jumping to different gun positions, etc. Once, I was gunning a B17 during this scenario which involved long bombing runs deep into enemy territory. We came under attack and I was jumping all around the different guns..... seeing some attackers going low, I hit a button to jump to BALL..... or so I thought until I found myself in my chute after hitting BAIL! (which was right next to it!) Of course, in AW there was no remote joining so I couldn't just hop back on..... very embarrassing. :o I reprogrammed the PCDash before the next frame..... :)