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Oh, my error . . . but I was mostly complaining about my pilot's voice. Plus I only really fly the A-10 (closest thing to a helo . . . which I prefer), and I've never had more than a single wingman yet, so maybe that's why I wasn't aware that Wingman 4 was a female.

There's at least one other reason . . . bad experiences with other online games. I'm a female. And one of two things happen when I have tried to play other online games: I am constantly hit upon I am shunned . . . and often accused of being a guy (because "girls don't play computer games").The other reason is that female pilots aren't even in LOMAC (neither graphically or in voice files). Why is that? I really hope that BS fixes this. Female pilots were neglected in EECH as well, but I have installed a mod that fixes this. Here's my Hokum 50 pilot:

Hi Neodark, You can buy Lock On Gold from Amazon for less than $20, and they will send it to your cousin. Here's the link: http://www.amazon.com/Take-2-Interactive-EVL-00004-Lock/dp/B00094OT4K/sr=1-8/qid=1168462062/ref=sr_1_8/102-4012135-8568155?ie=UTF8&s=videogames Edit: Oops, forgot to mention that LockOn Gold is the original Lock On, with the FC addon.

I didn't even know that I had an onscreen-keyboard, but I found it! Thanks guys . . . keyboard problem totally solved! :thumbup: I love this place! You guys always help me out, and that just isn't true with some of the other forums, where I'm just igmored or insulted for not knowing how to do everything. Thanks again! Off the try out padlock in LOMAC for the first time. :joystick:

Thanks, I didn't know that I could use another keyboard to program my Saitek . . . I might give that a try. I can access the numpad period key as well . . . is that the same thing as the numpad Delete key? If so, that will solve half of my current mapping problems.

Thanks, I do use the Fn key for the commands that I can, but I don't seem to have a way do the RWin key or the Keypad Del key.

Is there any sort of download that makes the keyboard command compatable with a laptop keyboard? Other than reassigning keys (and possibly messing up other commands), I have no way to put some of the commands into my Saitek profile, or even the option of hitting a key combination (like starting/stopping engines, or toggling padlock views). Sorry for starting a new thread, but I did do a search and can't seem to find this covered anywhere.

Thanks for the FPS update (or recap, or whatever) I bought Lock On Gold last month, after I saw the previews for Black Shark (as I love helo sims). Then I started to worry that my computer wouldn't handle the sim. I've got FC running and looking great now, but only after I've added a bunch of mods, many of which have been to improve my FPS. So I'm wondering if BS is being better optimized than the default FC was, because this sort of sounds like it . . . from your (beta testers) posts.

Thanks guys . . . I finally got my exterier view zoom working. What I ended up doing was following your advice, but in just resetting the keyboard commands back to default and then I reassigned my throttle hat to the zoom [NUM* and NUM/], while still using the slider for the cockpit zoom. And it worked!!! My cockpit view is still a bit jumpy, but it's nothing like it was earlier. Now if I could just get through some of the missions without getting shot down all the time. :(

Now I'm confused again. Am I supposed to delete the axis commands or not?:helpsmilie: I currently have no button commands assigned to my joystick in the sim's option/input area . . . just the default axis commands. And I'm still having problems . . . having the slider on my throttle joystick assigned to the zoom command causes my view to be all jumpy . . . and the slider doesn't work for the exterier view zoom.

Thanks! I'll give it a try, but I just need to make sure that I understand what I'm supposed to do first. So here's what I think I'm supposed to try: From the Lock-On option/input area, I select Seitek, and then clear all the axis commands. Then I have to somehow program the axis commands in my Saitek profile. Is this correct?

Thanks, but that is the way that I set mine up. The slider zooms works in the cockpit view, but not in outside [F2] view. And in the cockpit the view is now jumpy, like it's constantly zooming in and out a bit. I now have the rotaries set up in the game inputs, which I read somewhere was the best way to assign them as well. Not in my budget at the moment (i.e. broke college student) :(

Yeah, like THAT'S a big help! Happy New Year to you too.

Hey guys! I bought Lock-On Gold last month, but my old joystick made trying to aim at anything just way too frustrating (plus it’s really hard to aim, while constantly trying to find the right key on the keyboard). Plus this sim is HARD! You need some sort of degree in rocket science just to get through a mission. It’s really no fun getting creamed all the time just because you can’t fly (or aim) well enough . . . so I went back to MSFX (with its horrid FPS studders). But I was really good this year, so Santa put one of those sexy Saitek flight control systems under my tree. And it works sooo much better than my old Sidewinder that I decided to try flying the A-10 again. But since plugging in this gismo, I’ve been spending most of my free time just trying to program the darn thing. At first I tried using the profile that came with it, but could never figure out what button to push. So I decided to make my own profile. I really had no clue what I was getting into, nor did I know at all what I was doing at first (no blonde jokes please). I just kept trying different key combinations, and then ran the sim, only to find that it usually didn’t work like I wanted it to. But eventually I finally got things set up so that I can now control the A-10 pretty well and was actually able to hit some of the stuff that I aim at. Anyhoo, I’m still having issues with some of the twisty knobs (rotators?) and can't seem to get the zoom to work without being all jumpy and it only zooms from in the cockpit. I tried assigning zoom (NUM* and NUM/) to the throttle hat, but when I try to zoom out, I get beamed miles away from my plane, and zooming back in just slams me right into the paint.