31.03.2009, 17:20
Ok guys, you know... the X-45 is a good joystick, pretty accurate and with lots of switches that really make it a HOTAS device.
Its only fault is probably its 'hardness' to move, and the base is not always heavy enough to hold it in place! So when I need to execute some particularly accurate manoeuvers (for example while chasing an enemy plane, aiming or firing my guns), I've got to leave the throttle for a moment, grab the base of the stick with my left hand to hold it firmly in place, and move the stick with my right hand for a more precise movement.
And zoom buttons are fundamental when attacking or aiming the guns!
That's why I need to have my zoom keys on the stick rather than on the throttle.
Here's my current X-45 configuration:
![[Image: x45pair1.jpg]](http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/57/x45pair1.jpg)
Everything works ok until I'm flying a plane that only has guns (just 1 firing button).
But with planes that have both MG and cannons (2 fire buttons) the number of switches on my stick is not enough anymore!
So I'd like to substitute my 'wide view' and 'gunsight view' switches with a single 'wide/gunsight views' toggle, just like this:
![[Image: x45pair2.jpg]](http://img410.imageshack.us/img410/4982/x45pair2.jpg)
Maybe I'm too much of a perfectionist sometimes, but I would just like to know if it's possible to change the way that 'FOV toggle' works.
'Wide-gunsight' views only, WITHOUT 'normal view'. That'd be more functional IMO. That's all.
What do you think? Is it possible to change the way this toggle works? Which files need to be modified? I suspect the answer lies in those hashed files (those ones named like: AED23A24CF6...)
Its only fault is probably its 'hardness' to move, and the base is not always heavy enough to hold it in place! So when I need to execute some particularly accurate manoeuvers (for example while chasing an enemy plane, aiming or firing my guns), I've got to leave the throttle for a moment, grab the base of the stick with my left hand to hold it firmly in place, and move the stick with my right hand for a more precise movement.
And zoom buttons are fundamental when attacking or aiming the guns!
That's why I need to have my zoom keys on the stick rather than on the throttle.
Here's my current X-45 configuration:
Everything works ok until I'm flying a plane that only has guns (just 1 firing button).
But with planes that have both MG and cannons (2 fire buttons) the number of switches on my stick is not enough anymore!
So I'd like to substitute my 'wide view' and 'gunsight view' switches with a single 'wide/gunsight views' toggle, just like this:
Maybe I'm too much of a perfectionist sometimes, but I would just like to know if it's possible to change the way that 'FOV toggle' works.
'Wide-gunsight' views only, WITHOUT 'normal view'. That'd be more functional IMO. That's all.
What do you think? Is it possible to change the way this toggle works? Which files need to be modified? I suspect the answer lies in those hashed files (those ones named like: AED23A24CF6...)