use second joystick for viviane sight

Sorry if this has been asked before. Is it possible (out-of-the-box without any software and hardware trickery) to hook up a second usb (small, cheap, compact) joystick and assign it to control the viviane sight? Don't have a second joystick, otherwise I'd try it out myself now. If yes, can anyone recommend small, cheap, compact joystick that can be ordered on line?

You can hook as many joysticks as you want and assign the viviane controls to it. (used to have up to 13 USB ones in my cockpit). At least I think Polychop added the axes for the viviane in the last patch.

If you have only keys assigned to the viviane movement, then you can also use Xpadder, a fantastic little utility that will save you from a lot of headaches.

The main joystick functions as Viviane controls when you are in autohoover and in the seat of the 'gunner'. This is a good solution. But adding a second joystick dedicated to this task is very well possible. I used the slew control of the Warthog for that. As long as Windows can recognize it as a joystick, you can pretty much use anything you want.

Allways think about such tools since flying gazelle Retro Joystick for WSO but that would Joystick Nr.4 puuhh to much cable...

yea love the accuracy of the joystick for slewing. wondering how that will work out in multiplayer with a shared cockpit?

yea love the accuracy of the joystick for slewing. wondering how that will work out in multiplayer with a shared cockpit?

but the inverted y-axis is a major headache: pulling the stick back makes the camera move up, and vice versa, opposite to the TDC in the A-10C and all other systems, and I would assume opposite to the joystick logic on the video console type control in a real Gazelle:(

I'm using the mini joystick on the CH throttle. Works fine, very precise.

Going to use my G13 for this, hope this works.

Looney, please keep us informed if it works : I have a G13 too, and for now I have no time to try ;)

but the inverted y-axis is a major headache: pulling the stick back makes the camera move up, and vice versa, opposite to the TDC in the A-10C and all other systems, and I would assume opposite to the joystick logic on the video console type control in a real Gazelle:(

i find that reasonable and must it be the same as on an other aircraft? i dont think so, maybe u can invert axis or somthin

Hi Gents

The Viviane control stick "inverted" is the way it is in real for what a real gazelle mechanics reported to me so ...

Yeah. I think it is good the way it is. As a PC aviator, I excpect things to go "up" when I pull the stick and go 'down' when you push it. And inverting an axis in DCS is extremly easy.

You do know about the little check bot that changes that if you want, don't you? Tune Axis.

Only applicable if you have it mapped to a separate joystick/axis, if you're only using a single joystick for both the cyclic and viviane, you won't want it inverted, for obvious reasons.

IMO, it's intuitive the way it actually is. In aircraft, pulling back=up.

On my X-55 throttle I use the upper grey 8-way can to slew U/D/L/R and the lower can forward to zoom in and back to zoom out. Top rotary push to switch daylight to thermal and bottom rotary push to center/reset camera to helo heading. Bottom rotary is right above the slew can so it's right there to hit to center

S/F

AldoUSMC

have any one extra joystick to control vivane? Call it something like mini Stick, most cheap arcade sticks working over micro pushbuttons not

precise enough. Small joystick with axis control? Found USB camera joystick Hall Effect 500 dollars :(, and old Atari retro looking really nice but only United States.

I have been using the mini stick on the CH Pro Throttle. Targeting and fire control are also on the left so it works similar to the actual aircraft.

Sorry if this has been asked before. Is it possible (out-of-the-box without any software and hardware trickery) to hook up a second usb (small, cheap, compact) joystick and assign it to control the viviane sight? Don't have a second joystick, otherwise I'd try it out myself now. If yes, can anyone recommend small, cheap, compact joystick that can be ordered on line?

I'm using an old sidewinder stick for that exact purpose, works perfectly plus added bonus of extra buttons for lasing etc. very cheap second stick on e-bay:pilotfly: