joystick question

[lammatt]

i am using an X52

- is there a way to set my stick so that when i change from mode 1 to 2, my rudder axis and my x-axis swap?

- why cant button30 (button I) be assigned?

Edited April 18, 2014 by lammatt

[diomedea]

I have a X-52 pro, and therefore had myself to try how best to make it work with KSP. About your questions:

- No way to switch axis based on mode. KSP has absolutely no knowledge of the different modes on a X-52, so the only way is to associate different actions to them with the Saitek programming software. But even with that, there is no way to switch axis (only the behaviour of each axis and button).

- KSP is based on Unity (4.3.3 in its latest 0.23.5 version). Unity only recognizes generic joysticks (see the list of Unity keycodes here) and, even if possibly it could handle up to 5 different sticks, it recognizes only buttons 0 to 19 for each of them. Therefore, KSP can't recognize (and is impossible to assign) any button beyond 19.

[lammatt]

i am currently setting

twist = yaw

x-axis = roll.

and one of the hats as the x/y-axis for RCS translation;

the big dial on the throttle as RCS foreward/backward

but this setting feels a little bit odd when it's a rocket, twisting to turn doesnt feel right...

any insight how to set the stick?

[diomedea]

I have the main axis set the same as you, just feels better flying a plane that way. As you know, KSP has no different settings for rockets; in case, it would certainly feel more natural to set the yaw with x-axis.

It helps me that a rocket doesn't need to be controlled at all times, mostly I do during ascent and landing, and often using keys instead of axis is enough. With the roll set on x-axis, I use mostly roll, then pitch during ascent (instead of a quadratic pitch/yaw control); for landing, I try to find perfect yaw alignment first, so to then need control pitch and throttle (if done right, only small yaw adjustments are needed).

For RCS, my preference is to use the slider control for forward/backward (centered), the big rotary on the throttle for left/right and the small rotary for up/down. But I use also keys quite often, and must say your RCS x/y set on a 4-way hat is a very good solution.