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Change the controls

Postby michaleben123 » Wed Apr 03, 2019 10:38 am

Hey guys, I was just wondering, I want to change the "6" key to toggle the battery and "7" to toggle the alternator in the C172. do I need to change the controls in keyboard.xml and in c172 keyboard.xml? and how do I code it?
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Re: Change the controls

Postby wkitty42 » Wed Apr 03, 2019 6:08 pm

the keyboard 6 and 7 are the same as the keypad 6 and 7... if you have to fly with the keypad for some reason, you will have lost your roll right and pitch tuning...

aside from that, if you really want to change it, look in that keyboard.xml file and change the key assigned to that option... it isn't that difficult... remember, if you change it in the global keyboard.xml file, you will change it for all craft that do not override it... that may not be desired...
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