Action Groups & Engine Thrust Limitation Adjustments

[maddog59]

Is there a way to use an Action Group (or a KAL-1000, I'm not picky) to allow for manual adjustment of the thrust limiter values on a group of engines?

If I have multiple engines (typically Thuds) on a craft, there are times when I want to reduce the output. Right now I go to each engine and manually change the value of each one ... tedious, to say the least. Even when I make sure symmetry is enabled, it seems I have to visit each one separately. What I'd like to do is find a way of using an AG to modify the thrust limit, and have it apply to all associated engines.  

[Spricigo]

Yes. I often bind it to an axis custom group but wheel throttle and wheel steer also works just fine.

[4x4cheesecake]

You can do this by using the "Axis Groups" which work similar to action groups and can be configured in the same menu but they allow you to control "sliders" like the thrust limiter of engines.

You have to define control keys for these axis groups in the input settings first, by default they are set to "none". For example, I like to use "Page up/down" to increment/decrement my axis group 1. In the game, you can then add the "thrust limiter" of one or more engines to the axis group 1 and then use page up/down to increase or decrease the thrust of the engines all at once.

[maddog59]

Excellent ... I remember that I saw Axis Groups when I first started using AG's, but then they 'disappeared' from my attention over time. I'll give them a try. Much obliged!!