stay tuned...

Amos Jameson · Post by **Amos Jameson** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:35 pm

I've spent what seems to be ages in the tutorials (no bad thing, this game needs them) and I'm wondering if there's a way to assign dual button presses to use with my hotas, for example button 4 on my thrustmaster is for afterburner but pressed together with button 3 it toggles IDS on and off. Basically I'm looking for a way to avoid the keyboard as much as possible on a joystick with not so many buttons. Aside from that, this game looks like it may well be the space game I've been looking for for years.

Post by **Vice** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:38 pm

Unfortunately, no, not internally. The entire framework was designed around only ever requiring single key or button presses rather than combinations (with a few exception for alt-key combinations). However, the TM may support profiling software that allows you to assign multiple buttons for individual functions.

Post by **DaveK** » Thu Feb 04, 2016 11:56 pm

I added a pair of Thrustmaster Cougar MFD each of which has 20 buttons and 4 rocker switches - enough to group 'ship activities' and lose the keyboard (apart from chat, but if you play with voice chat then no KB required!)

Amos Jameson · Post by **Amos Jameson** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 3:52 pm

Ok. thanks for the replies, it's a shame it can't be done but it's nothing I can't work around. Those MFDs look interesting, I'd not heard of them before. Not sure where I'd be able to put them though!

Post by **DaveK** » Fri Feb 05, 2016 7:18 pm

From post: 184601, Topic: tid=12393, author=Amos Jameson wrote:Ok. thanks for the replies, it's a shame it can't be done but it's nothing I can't work around. Those MFDs look interesting, I'd not heard of them before. Not sure where I'd be able to put them though!

They're based in an F16 display- a square of (lit) buttons and rocker switches - in the central part (crt displays in real life) you can put in whatever you want; I've got a back lit map of the Evoverse in one and the plan of an asteroid cave in the other. They're not expensive, especially given the superb build quality.

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Amos Jameson · Post by **Amos Jameson** » Sat Feb 06, 2016 6:59 am

Cheers for the info, I may have to look into getting a pair at some point. It depends on how much I get into this game, at the moment it's looking really good on that front.

jflatto · Post by **jflatto** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:06 pm

I have an X52 but I also use Voice Attack for many of my commands rather than making my HOTAS setup too complicated.

You can find some Voice Attack profiles available at the SeeJay's site - http://evochron2.junholt.se/ - or easily create your own.

Voice Attack is $8.00 at http://www.voiceattack.com/

Radikal · Post by **Radikal** » Sun Feb 07, 2016 2:55 pm

I think Vice is now looking into supporting chord bindings (more then one button press for a single command).
Stay tuned to the upgrade topic for if/when this is added.