[lesthegrngo]

So, I have been trying to get on top of DCS A-10C, and am doing the training sessions. I was finding the flying hard, struggling to keep control in what I thought was simple situations.

I have the Warthog stick and HOTAS, plus the Saitek Pro-Flight pedals, and a quick check of the controls seemed to show everything was in order. However I started doubting it when I tried using the toe brakes on the pedals, no matter how many times I tried to assign them I couldn't get them to work. I also found that using the rudder pedals seemed to give me problems, and were inconsistent

At the suggestion of one of my friends, I used exterior view to see what the control inputs were doing, and saw immediately that the toe brakes were actually operating the ailerons, but only if they were pressed together. further investigation showed that for instance no matter how many times I tried to select the right HOTAS throttle lever to control, yes the right throttle, I could not assign it.

So how come it's screwed up so badly? And why does the control assignation panel not allow me to choose the correct axis / button?

It seems that I cannot separate the controls, is there a way to redefine everything to get it back as it should be?

Cheers

Les

[feefifofum]

Delete c:/users/USERNAME/saved games/dcs.whatever/config/input/a-10c

This will restore the default settings. The open the control window, select a-10c -> axis commands, click on the column containing your rudder pedals, then click the "clear category" button to remove the default assignments which will put pitch/roll on your toe brakes.

You can then manually bind the left and right toe brakes and rudder and you'll be good to go. You may need to invert the toe brake axis, do this by selecting the toe brake axis, clicking the "axis tune" button and checking the "invert" option.

[lesthegrngo]

Thanks, will give that a go!

Cheers

Les

[lesthegrngo]

Strange, the file doesn't exist

in the /config folder, there is nothing at all. In fact, checking on the files in the USER folder, there seems to be nothing that has modified today anywhere in it

Any other potential locations?

*****EDIT*****

all the control input devices are connected via a USB hub, does this make a difference to how they are perceived by the PC?

Cheers

Les

[Greyman]

when DCS finds a new module it will often, if not always, assign multiple controller axes to the same command, so for example, your rudder, pitch, yaw and throttle controls will have the joystick, the throttle and the rudder pedals all assigned to them.

Just go into the controller setup / axis commands and clear all of the assignments that you don't need, so that you just have, for example, only the pedals controlling the rudder and only the stick controlling the roll and pitch.

The aircraft, whatever it is, should then become infinitely more easy to control

[eaglecash867]

I have the Saitek pedals too. So, you have clicked on left brake, clicked "axis assign", and then pushed on the left toe brake, and it doesn't recognize the input? If its recognizing the input for the toe brake, the next thing you'll need to do is click on "axis tune" for that axis and put a check mark in the "invert" box. If you don't have the "invert" box checked with the Saitek pedals, your toe brakes will be on all the time and only release when you press them down.

[David OC]

These days when binding my controls, I just go to the options, switch to the axis and clear the ones I don't want set.

You can move your pedals, toe brakes, joystick etc and see them moving when just looking at the menu axis page. (A little line moves under the control when you move it around)

If you see the control moving in two spots, it's not set right and just clear the one set you don't want.

[cichlidfan]

If you change the port that the controller is connected to it will change the controller ID to DCS and will mess up your settings. Also, IMHO, you should delete every setting for a new aircraft and set each and every control to you liking.

[lesthegrngo]

I cleared the controller settings for the roll, pitch, rudder and brakes, and then went back in and re entered them.

As before, when I use the toe brakes, it operates the ailerons. Doing some more diagnostics, it seems that the DCS is recognising the toe brakes on the Saitek pedals as the same controller as the Warthog roll axis, i.e. both controls are 'seen' by the PC as Joy X axis.

Windows shows each controller as a separate entity, and checking them using DIView also shows them as being recognised as different inputs. It seems it is only DCS that is getting confused!

The result is that I cannot use the pedals, which is a bit of a bummer as I bought them exactly for that. Is this specific to my installation, or am I missing some drivers or patch?

Cheers

Les

[Greyman]

Forgive me for asking, but is it the ailerons that are moving and not the speed brakes, as they are the same control surfaces on the A10?

Check that you have the toe brakes on your pedals assigned to their respective wheel brakes and not the speed brakes.