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Saitek X52 pro - bugsbg - 07.03.2009
I just want to ask someone who have joystick Saitek X52 Pro how to make a mode1,2 and 3 to work in IL-2? I just wonder if is possible to be done mode1 for take off and landing, mod2 for dogfight and mod3 for bombing? The stick is just awsome but don't know how to make one button to work as diferent option in the game. Please help
Thanx in advance!
- Tommy544 - 07.03.2009
I think you are doing it the wrong way. You can't set the buttons in the Sturmovik controls menu directly to your joystick. You just have to install a program called SST. It should be on your CD bailed with your joystick( however, if you have updated your driver then this version of SST wont work. If you have updated your driver, then go here http://www.saitek.com/uk/down/drivers.php select your joystick and download new SST.) Now every controls in your Sturmovik set to keys on your keyboard like "Fire weapon 1................ ctrl+a". Open your program and create your new profile. Now for every button on your joystick assign a key which you had set in controls in Sturmovik like "Trigger 1 .......... ctrl+a". This way you can set keys to every 3 modes (there are also some advanced options for example how to set more than one key to one button like that you hold one button and it will start engine, set flaps.... I recomend to read manual included on your CD or it can be downloaded from the web page above.)
I hope this will help you
- bugsbg - 07.03.2009
Thanx a lot mate! But the think I don't understand is when start the game shure I start the SST program too or the Joy will show the options ingame? I mean ...so if I make all the options in the SST program and save the profile then I can use those options without to touch anything in the game menu, right?
- Boris The Spider - 08.03.2009
You can set the X-52 to the keyboard controls by opening the "Controls" button on the main GUI, then clicking on the default key setting and then pressing the button or moving an axis on the HOTAS that you want to operate that function. You will see something like
Flaps Down- - - - Joystick Button 23/V where 'V' is the keyboard default.
However...you cannot use the Mode funcction on the joystick. It will set just one "Mode" and others will do nothing. To get the full functionality of the X-52 you will need to download and install the SST Software as stated by Tommy544. I recommend you do that because then you can have just about every keyboard function mapped to the HOTAS and put the keyboard away.
I personally use the Modes as follows:
Mode 1- Service. All the functions necessary for taking off, landing or making engine management changes in flight.
Mode 2- Fighter. Every function needed to operate a fighter in a combat situation. Some engine management controls and radio controls are duplicated here.
Mode 3- Bomber. Every function needed to operate a bomber. Again some engine management functions, radio controls and trim functions are duplicated here as well. For level bombing this keeps all the bombsight controls at your fingertips which is very handy.
There are also some good profiles available at the Saitek site that can help get you started. You probably would want to make a few changes to suit your flying style.
As for the profile(s) you create, yes, start the SST before starting the game. You can even have different profiles for different types of planes.
Hope this helps.
- bugsbg - 08.03.2009
Yeeee thanx a lot. Now I just need a time to make an profile so i can try but seems verry dificult. Its lot of buttons can't see what I will use it for in game
lol this joystick is clever
Can someone give me an .dat file with ready options will be pleasure to see how the other manage their options. I just try to download any profiles but is impossible to open it with the SST program. I don't know why....
- Tommy544 - 08.03.2009
The problem why you cant open those profiles is, that people who were doing that profile are using a different version of SST. Did you install your SST from the CD or did you download a new one from the saitek webpage?
I was a little angry when I realised that I have to make my profile again after updating driver and SST. So if you didn't make your profile yet, then maybe it is a good idea to update first...
- Tommy544 - 08.03.2009
And also one of the main features of X52 Pro is it's MFD (multi functional display). I have downloaded that one plug-in which is on the saitek forum but it is not showing so many entrys as I'd like to.
Do anyone have a better plug-in for MFD?
- bugsbg - 08.03.2009
I did not make a profile yet and I have SST from the dvd with the joystick. I will check what version is the program and if there is any newer I sould update
Is good that you told me that cose seems dificult to make an profile twice This night will be long anyway Thanx for the info.Ok! My version of SST is 4.3.4.17 In the Saitek website there is another 4.0.100.1190. Sould I install the second one or... I hope that they put in the site the newest version , so.......
- Tommy544 - 08.03.2009
Yes install that one from their web page. Those numbers are a little strange...
And I had a little problem when I was installing that new SST so if u will have some problem feel free to ask
And don't forget that u have to install the new driver too
- Ramstein - 08.03.2009
Install the latest drivers:
http://www.saitek.com/uk/down/drivers.php
plus the SST Beta2:
http://www.saitekforum.com/showthread.p ... #post77040
I posted my profiles up there too:
http://www.saitekforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163
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- bugsbg - 08.03.2009
Thanx Ramstein. The last version of SST worx but I can't download your profile
I just register in Saitek website but there pop-up this:you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons:
1. Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system?
2. If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation.
- bugsbg - 11.03.2009
Ok, even if I make a profile this options from the SST don't work in the game
Where is the problem Any sugestions? Thanx
- Tommy544 - 11.03.2009
Hmm, have you selected your created profile in that icon in the taskbar in the right low corner of the screen? Is the name of your profile displayed on the display? And also you can try if the problem is in somewhere in sturmovik or in joystick: set to one of the buttons for example a key "a", then open a text file and try to click that button if it will write a letter "a". You also have on your throtle a little stick, which should work as a mouse, is it working?
- Elephant Rider - 12.03.2009
Thanks to all you guys helping us noobs in here!
Ramstein Wrote:Install the latest drivers:
http://www.saitek.com/uk/down/drivers.php
plus the SST Beta2:
http://www.saitekforum.com/showthread.p ... #post77040
I posted my profiles up there too:
http://www.saitekforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=163
8)
I tried registering on the Saitek sight but at first it didn't like my e-mail address. Apparently they automatically ban any addresses that use gmail. So I tried another email address and it worked but I never got a verification email to activate the account. So I still can't access anything. Hopefully customer support will help me out on that one. I'm about done with their forums and I haven't even got to log n there yet
Maybe tomorrow customer support will come through and send me an activation e-mail so I can actually get to your profile you posted. I'll probably eventually make my own, but checking someone else's profile out is a good way to start and get ideas. Profiles for the X52 Pro are hard to find anywhere but on their site. And thanks for the link to the beta software. It's way better than the other edit: I found your profile on another site. It was a good place to start, but there are some things I will do differently. Thanks for sharing that so others can check it out.
- bugsbg - 12.03.2009
Tommy544 Wrote:Hmm, have you selected your created profile in that icon in the taskbar in the right low corner of the screen? Is the name of your profile displayed on the display? And also you can try if the problem is in somewhere in sturmovik or in joystick: set to one of the buttons for example a key "a", then open a text file and try to click that button if it will write a letter "a". You also have on your throtle a little stick, which should work as a mouse, is it working?
I select my profile from the icon on the down right bar next to the clock. It was on top of the menu. Than I saw that was shown on the display of the joystick. The litle stick on the throtle worx ok but the others-no!
when i make the options in the game the joystick is ok but otherwise just nothing hapens. or make some other things that I was never program