Logitech G X52

[Stelar Seven]

Ok I'm in the HOTAS club, blue lights match my rig so now its photogenic.

Can someone who has one of these tell me a few things?

1. The dials on the throttle, are they useful?
2. There seems to be a thumb mouse on the throttle, would love to have that to navigate ingame menus with, is that a thing?
3. On the flight stick there is a 3 position switch with colored light display, does that set an alternate function for some buttons? If so which ones?
4. Is there a text file somewhere with an Elite setup? I've found a few videos but I prefer text, yes I'm old.

Anything else I ought to know?

[malorob]

dials on the throttle i use mine for the DSS detailed surface scan and advance scanner.
the slider is map zoom

the thumb i disabled it as it would be like alt+tab and in VR when you can not control your ship any more and your heading for the sun or main star could be the oh heck moment...

even the mouse wheel dose the same thing so i stay away from them

flight stick mode switch you have 3 modes meaning diff sets of binds

but for me i keep it simple

the flight stick has been mapped already for use with elite so just check in options in game

if you re having a problem with mapping the keys you can download the software

https://www.logitechg.com/en-au/products/space/x52-space-flight-simulator-controller.html#945-000025

click on link you should see flight stick the half way down the page software, then look for downloads should give you the software if you dont have it.

i dont bother with the mode switch and sum dials on throttle i dont use as they just dont do much for me.

hope this helps you get started have a great week o7

[Kekmeister]

Also got one.
1. You can use one of the large ones to give the FSS frequency an analog axis. Feels kinda cool to use the dial for frequency. Other than that, very little use for them.
2. No. People usually use one of the hats on the stick and the smaller silver 4 ways on the throttle.
3. You can make it do that i think, but it's not all that useful. I'd set up a different button as your pseudo alt key.
4. Forget it. The X52 has button ID's that will make you writhe. You'll never be able to look at your input settings ingame and remember "ahh, that's what that button does" because they're all called "Joy 1" "joy 1" " JoyX 3" "Joyx 4" "axisY" "axisY 2" and some other stuff. Your best bet is an image or a video.

[Stelar Seven]

So does the mode switch change all the buttons? Ideally I'd like a combat mode where the hats are useful stuff like flares ecm and heatsinks. Plus the default of energy transfer.

However I also want those to be menu navigation.

My goal is to get everything into the sticks so I can upgrade to VR once I'm muscle memory on all of it.

[Amon]

Mode switch is for the programming software. It allows you to map all of the x52 buttons to essentially 3 different times, and sets of functions. But it requires the programming software to be running in background, and the profile loaded. Most don't use it for this game as it already has a x52 profile that is pretty good as it is.
Most of the mode functions, and multiple key mappings is for flight simms like DCS world. Where you have a actual flight mode, combat mode, and landing mode, or setup a mode for mid air refuel.

Edit typing this on phone. It is extremely brutal. Apologies for the mess.

[PhiXX]

With the logitech software, you can actually set your thumb stick on the throttle to register as key presses, via "band" function.

[Stelar Seven]

I heard the logitech software was bad, are folks finding it's good? Inwas able to bind what I needed with key combinations.

Not sure I'll go full VR, that looks super obnoxious with the map.

[slipperyspace]

Originally posted by Stelar Seven:

I heard the logitech software was bad, are folks finding it's good? Inwas able to bind what I needed with key combinations.

Not sure I'll go full VR, that looks super obnoxious with the map.

no problems for me a few buttons need to be disabled as win 10 is a fun program
apart from that it works very well.

and i too play in VR