Updated Joystick Configuration

[jack]

I've made a new joystick configuration suited best to the Logitech Attack 3. Though it should work fine with any 11 button joystick. This configuration should work well with helicopters and planes.

If you want to try it, just replace Inputs/Joysticks/Default/joystick.xml with this new joystick.xml

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<?xml version="1.0"?>

<PropertyList>

 <name>default</name>

 <axis n="0">
  <desc>Aileron</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>property-scale</command>
   <property>/controls/flight/aileron</property>
   <squared type="bool">true</squared>
  </binding>
 </axis>

 <axis n="1">
  <desc>Elevator</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>property-scale</command>
   <property>/controls/flight/elevator</property>
   <factor type="double">-1.0</factor>
   <squared type="bool">true</squared>
  </binding>
 </axis>

 <axis n="2">
  <desc>Throttle</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>nasal</command>
   <script>controls.throttleAxis()</script>
  </binding>
 </axis>

 <button n="0">
   <desc>Trigger</desc>
   <binding>
     <command>nasal</command>
     <script>
       setprop("/controls/armament/trigger", 1);
     </script>
   </binding>
   <mod-up>
     <binding>
       <command>nasal</command>
     <script>
       setprop("/controls/armament/trigger", 0);
     </script>
     </binding>
   </mod-up>
 </button>

 <button n="1">
  <desc>Increase flaps</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>nasal</command>
   <script>controls.flapsDown(1)</script>
  </binding>
  <mod-up>
   <binding>
    <command>nasal</command>
    <script>controls.flapsDown(0)</script>
   </binding>
  </mod-up>
 </button>

 <button n="2">
  <desc>Decrease flaps</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>nasal</command>
   <script>controls.flapsDown(-1)</script>
  </binding>
  <mod-up>
   <binding>
    <command>nasal</command>
    <script>controls.flapsDown(0)</script>
   </binding>
  </mod-up>
 </button>

 <button n="3">
  <desc>Move rudder left</desc>
  <repeatable type="bool">true</repeatable>
  <binding>
   <command>property-adjust</command>
   <property>/controls/flight/rudder</property>
   <step type="double">-0.03</step>
  </binding>
 </button>

 <button n="4">
  <desc>Move rudder right</desc>
  <repeatable type="bool">true</repeatable>
  <binding>
   <command>property-adjust</command>
   <property>/controls/flight/rudder</property>
   <step type="double">0.03</step>
  </binding>
 </button>

 <button n="5">
  <desc>Increase elevator trim</desc>
  <repeatable type="bool">true</repeatable>
  <binding>
   <command>property-adjust</command>
   <property>/controls/flight/elevator-trim</property>
   <step type="double">0.01</step>
  </binding>
 </button>

 <button n="6">
  <desc>Decrease elevator trim</desc>
  <repeatable type="bool">true</repeatable>
  <binding>
   <command>property-adjust</command>
   <property>/controls/flight/elevator-trim</property>
   <step type="double">-0.01</step>
  </binding>
 </button>

 <button n="7">
  <desc>Gear Up</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>nasal</command>
   <script>controls.gearDown(-1)</script>
  </binding>
  <mod-up>
   <binding>
    <command>nasal</command>
    <script>controls.gearDown(0)</script>
   </binding>
  </mod-up>
 </button>

 <button n="8">
  <desc>Gear down</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>nasal</command>
   <script>controls.gearDown(1)</script>
  </binding>
  <mod-up>
   <binding>
    <command>nasal</command>
    <script>controls.gearDown(0)</script>
   </binding>
  </mod-up>
 </button>

 <button n="9">
  <desc>Toggle speedbrake</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>property-toggle</command>
   <property>/controls/flight/speedbrake</property>
  </binding>
 </button>

 <button n="10">
  <desc>Center aileron, elevator, and rudder</desc>
  <binding>
   <command>nasal</command>
   <script>controls.centerFlightControls()</script>
  </binding>
 </button>

</PropertyList>

Details on the configuration:

[the4thchild]

This is awesome! I've been trying to use the Logitech profiler for customizing settings, to no avail. Looking forward to trying out your new configuration. Thanks for posting!

[jack]

You're welcome. Glad somebody was able to make use of it!

[F-VEBR]

Got the same joystick but i configured it differently....

- Instead of rudder i placed the aileron trim (very useful with those powerful warbirds)
- Instead of flaps i placed the elevators trim
- instead of air brakes the gear
- Instead of Elevator the flaps
- instead of Gear the brakes i used them for Brake (Left/Righ)
- Fire for all brakes (I'm a pacific man )

BTW i'm very happy with it

[DutchPilotMitchell]

Hey, i am going to buy this one, because it is very cheap 30 euros and it looks nice And i like that new config. you have made. But where can i change this? ( I have a Mac)

[SH1973]

Where can I find the exhaustive reference of the nasal control properties for the buttons... There are explanations everywhere about how to set things up... put I haven't found the list of available properties...

[Johan G]

They're well hidden. You can find them in your installation directory: $FGROOT/data/Docs.

For the joystick configuration I would recommend that you not only look into README.joystick.html, but also some of the others. Most important is probably README.commands.

There is also an article in the FlightGear Wiki.

Of course, do have a look at the joystick configuration files in $FGROOT/data/Input/Joysticks to see what readily made ones look like.