Button mapping my Saitek X-56 Rhino H.O.T.A.S. Where to start?

[thebackgroundman]

Forgive my ignorance but I am a newbie to both hotas and DCS and am using a rift CV1. I had hoped that when I plugged my hotas into the usb ports it would automatically pick up a few basic standard controls. But all that appears to work is the joystick - not even the throttle has been auto-detected.
I worked out how to get myself in the cockpit rather than behind the plane but I am still floating about 4ft above the seat! How do I get down to where I can see the instrument panel?
Also I can't work out how to map buttons - it all seems particularly over complicated to me! How do I do this?
Any help appreciated.

[kazereal]

Binding is not too complicated: go to options -> controls, double-click on the column where you want to bind and then press the button.
You need to select correct device column so that other switches etc. are ignored (filtered) while binding that one.

It is usual to bind things first, there are so many different devices and ways to bind things.

Function keys (F1..F12) are normally different views, RShift+numpad keys can be used to move the cockpit. Numpad 5 to reset view.

There's manuals in your harddrive:
..\DCSWorld\Doc\

And for each aircraft, for example:
..\DCSWorld\Mods\aircraft\Su-25T\Doc\

[thebackgroundman]

Thank you most kindly (again) my man!

[thebackgroundman]

I worked out how to map the joystick for pitch yaw and roll which was actually straightforward as you said. However the throttle is proving more difficult. It won't assign on the same set/row of stick commands as the joystick is on. It seems almost as though because there are 2 USB inputs, the hotas are two completely different and separate controllers and won't work in unison. How do I get ariound this?

[Ufoman]

All i have is an saitek av8er joystick i am a noob owner/simmer who struggles to map his way to the local shop . Please avoid me in the air unless you want a gauranteed air to air collision. Hope that helps

[Chameleon_Silk]

Originally posted by thebackgroundman:

I worked out how to map the joystick for pitch yaw and roll which was actually straightforward as you said. However the throttle is proving more difficult. It won't assign on the same set/row of stick commands as the joystick is on. It seems almost as though because there are 2 USB inputs, the hotas are two completely different and separate controllers and won't work in unison. How do I get ariound this?

you cant click the proper column for the throttle device and then map thrust or throttle up to in in axis commands?

[thebackgroundman]

Update: previously I was trying to map the a10 and it wouldn't work. I switched to trying to map controls on the F-15 and it did map - hurray! So now I can control basic flight movements and speed.
One last major issue that is stopping me from settling down and slowly getting my dcs knowledge up to speed... I am not in the cockpit properly but about 4ft above it so my head position is half out the top of the canopy! I have tried numpad 5 key but this doesn't recentre me. I have tried the oculus remote and nor does this (unlike when playing eve Valkyrie). How do I get myself sitting in my seat? This is the last piece of my jigsaw - once this is sorted I can trial and error all the rest of my steep dcs learning curve. :-)

[Painmaker]

I had this problem with my CV1. Try resetting your default view in the oculus while standing up. I had my sensor pointing all the way up when I did it. After that it was just a matter of launching DSC and then using the number pad 5 key to center myself in the cockpit. The spatial settings in some of the aircraft are different so in some you may be too close to the front of the cockpit and some you may be sitting to far back. The solution is if you feel like you are too close, lean forward a little and press the num pad 5 key and it will adjust your position back, and do the opposite if you feel you are sitting too far away.

If it doesn’t seem to be working, make sure the num pad 5 key isn’t bound to anything other than view reset. Hope that helps some. It’s my understanding that sometime in the near future, they are adding VR option to the settings menu to help with some of the issues with VR.

Edit: I forgot to mention that I am using the version that I downloaded from Eagle Dynamics, not the steam version. I don’t know if that makes any difference at all. One other thing, if you plan on doing training on planes with clickable cockpits, the visual highlights do not show up correctly, if at all. What I mean by that is when the instructor tells you to press a particular button on a console, the box that would appear over it to show you where it is will not be there, At least on the A-10C is doesn’t. It’s probably due to the fact that most of these modules weren’t designed for VR. What I’ve been doing is to run the training missions outside of VR a few times to get the hang of them, and then doing them of the rift.

[thebackgroundman]

That is exactly how I'm doing my training - out of the rift to get the mapping sorted and familiar with the procedures, and then I'll switch to the rift once I'm confident. Which I'm really looking forward to as I'm loving this out of the rift as it is!

[Painmaker]

Originally posted by thebackgroundman:

That is exactly how I'm doing my training - out of the rift to get the mapping sorted and familiar with the procedures, and then I'll switch to the rift once I'm confident. Which I'm really looking forward to as I'm loving this out of the rift as it is!

Yeah, not being able to see the keyboard takes some getting used to. I find it funny that I can type all day without looking at my hands but have trouble pressing simple key combinations without staring at the keyboard. Having the TM Warthog helps a bunch.

I ran a combat mission last night for the first time and it was difficult to make out some of the targets initially. I would orbit the area at 10-12 thousand feet and scan with the TGP while using autopilot. After a few minute of practice, I was able to make out the different targets easier and then use the slew all commands and fire away. I was moderately successful, I had more than a few misses on bomb runs, but that’s mainly because I forgot to set stuff up in the DSMS, rookie mistakes.

It’s a great experience in VR. Hopefully VR will become more affordable to the masses. IMO, it’s the best way to play DCS.