JHMCS Controller Bindings

ED apparently forgot to provide control bindings for the JHMCS. They will probably add those very soon, but I'm impatient.

I found 3 solutions that require adding one or 2 lines each to the "default.lua".

1. for use with buttons/switches:

These commands switch between OFF and 50%. Note: the max allowed value is 75%.

1.1 for use with a pair of buttons, or a rotary encoder, or an Up/Down toggle switch:

{down = hmd_commands.BrtKnob, cockpit_device_id = devices.HMD_INTERFACE, value_down =  0.5,    name = _('HMD Knob ON 50%'), category = {_('Instrument Panel')}},
{down = hmd_commands.BrtKnob, cockpit_device_id = devices.HMD_INTERFACE, value_down =  0.0,    name = _('HMD Knob OFF'), category = {_('Instrument Panel')}},

1.2 for use with a maintained ON/OFF switch, for example the EAC switch on the Warthog throttle:

{down = hmd_commands.BrtKnob, up = hmd_commands.BrtKnob, cockpit_device_id = devices.HMD_INTERFACE, value_down =  0.5, value_up =  0.0,    name = _('HMD Knob 2-Pos ON-50%/OFF'), category = {_('Instrument Panel')}},

2. for use with an axis:

{action = hmd_commands.BrtKnob, cockpit_device_id = devices.HMD_INTERFACE, name = _('HMD Knob OFF/BRT'), category = {_('Instrument Panel')}},

I tested it with the slider on my WH throttle, and it works with "slider" checked and saturation = 75%.

The lines for switch commands must be in the upper part of the file which ends somewhere near line 935, above the line containing only ")}", and the axis command must be in the lower part below this line: "join(res.axisCommands,{"

Thanks!

:thumbup::thumbup:

Thanks, where is the default.lua file located?

LeCuvier

Your axis addition works perfectly on my WH throttle. I used the same zoom axis as you did, but I added the joystick lever as a modifier so unmodified, the axis zooms and modified, the axis controls the HMD. Neat.

PS: I tried your key commands, but while I can see the commands listed in the instrument panel, after assigning keys to them, I could NOT enter a joystick button.

Thanks, where is the default.lua file located?

"...\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Input\FA-18C\joystick"

LeCuvier

PS: I tried your key commands, but while I can see the commands listed in the instrument panel, after assigning keys to them, I could NOT enter a joystick button.

Trying to understand. You bound keys (on the keyboard?) to them, and you could not bind a joystick button?

This sounds as if you had added them into the "default.lua" under "...\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Input\FA-18C\keyboard". They need to be added to the one under "...\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Input\FA-18C\joystick" of course. (or both if you want to have the option to use keyboard)

New HMD Button CW and CCW commands from ED

As expected (but sooner than I expected), ED has added 2 commands "HMD OFF/BRT Knob - CW/Increase" and "HMD OFF/BRT Knob - CCW/Decrease" which allow you to turn the knob with a pair of buttons or an Up/Down toggle switch.

So the commands I added are no longer necessary, except maybe the one for an axis control.

....except maybe the one for an axis control.

They also added an Axis command "HMD OFF/BRT Knob" :thumbup:

They also added an Axis command "HMD OFF/BRT Knob" :thumbup:

indeed! So I can discard my mods :)