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This is a collection of helpful hints for setting up flight controls. ********************************************************************** Joysticks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mouse This is the default option. Stick inputs come from the mouse. Double-click to re-center. Generic 2-Button Joystick The Generic 2-Button Joystick can be any standard joystick device with at least 2 buttons that are not programmed to send keyboard commands. Any other buttons or switches which are programmable will work normally; any other buttons or switches which are not programmable will be ignored. Generic 4-Button Joystick The Generic 4-Button Joystick can be any standard joystick device with at least 4 buttons that are not programmed to send keyboard commands. Any other buttons or switches which are programmable will work normally; any other buttons or switches which are not programmable will be ignored. ThrustMaster XL The XL and X-Wing are functionally equivalent to the FCS. See below. ThrustMaster Flight Control Stick (FCS) or Pro Flight Control Stick (PFCS) The FCS, PFCS and Top Gun joysticks have a trigger, 3 buttons and a 4-way hat switch. Castle Switch The Castle Switch controls views. There are two sets of views, toggled from one set to the other by the pinkie switch. Set 1 Forward: up/forward view Left: left view Right: look right Back: back view Set 2 Forward: up view Left: left/back view Right: right/back view Back: back/up view Thumb Buttons The upper thumb button, near the castle switch, is your bomb release switch. The middle thumb button deploys dive brakes on planes equipped with them (P-38 Lightning, F4U Corsair, F-86, and MiG-15). Trigger Button The trigger button, as you might imagine, fires your guns. In Windows 95, the FCS hat may be treated as either a POV switch or as a third analog axis. Although the POV switch may seem to be the more obvious choice, you may find that it works better in Air Warrior as a third axis. Try this if you find that some of the views will not work. ThrustMaster FLCS The F-16 Flight Control System is a fully programmable controller with a two-stage trigger, 4, 4-way switches, and 4 buttons. Air Warrior expects that one input will be programmed as button 1, usually the fully depressed position of the trigger. The 4-way switches and all other buttons should beprogrammed for keyboard inputs. ThrustMaster F-22 Pro You can also use the FLCS selection for the ThrustMaster F-22 Pro, which has similar capabilities. CH FlightStick Pro The FlightStick Pro has a trigger, 3 buttons, and a 4-way castle switch. It is not a programmable joystick. The FlightStick also has a rotary throttle control. Select the Generic Analog Throttle Control to use it. CH Combat Stick The Combat Stick has 2, 4-way switches, 5 buttons, and a trigger. It is not a programmable joystick. The Combat Stick also has a rotary throttle control. Select the Generic Analog Throttle Control to use it. CH Fighter Stick The Fighter Stick has 4, 4-way switches, a trigger, and three buttons. The 4-way switches are programmable using the CH utilities. The Fighter Stick also has a rotary throttle control. Select the Generic Analog Throttle Control option to use it. CH Force F/X Stick This is essentially the Combat Stick with the addition of I-FORCE force feedback. NOTE: AWII does not support the discrete button mode for the CH Force F/X joystick. Configure force feedback in the AWII program from the first controller setup dialog. Serial Port: This section allows you to specify how the serial cable from your force feedback stick is connected to your PC. For most people this will be one of the standard PC serial ports, COM1 through COM4. For those with an add-on communications board can select 'other' and enterthe appropriate address and IRQ. Use the test button to verify your settings. Effects: The controls in this section allow you to set the level of each of the individual effects supported. Airspeed: This controls the resistance of the stick at increased airspeed. Set it higher if you like a stiff joystick. Stall: This controls the buffer when in or approaching a stall. Spin: This controls the wild stick movement when in a spin. Ground and Gear: This controls the effects or wheels on the ground and gear down in flight. Guns: This controls the vibration of the machine guns. It also applies to the tank cannon and bomb release. Hits and Explosions: This controls impacts on your aircraft, and the concussion of nearby explosion. Engine: This controls engine hum. Crash: This controls the wild stick movement when you are killed. Select OK to save your changes, or Cancel to discard them. Gravis Firebird/Phoenix The Phoenix and Firebird are fully programmable control systems with a joystick, throttle, and rudder, two triggers, and 22 buttons. We recommend that you start with the programming in airwar.phx . Air Warrior assumes that two controls are programmed as joystick buttons 1 and 2. Out of the box, the Phoenix has the lower and upper trigger programmed as joystick buttons 1 and 2, respectively. All other buttons should be programmed to keyboard commands. The throttle may be programmed to be analog or key mapped. Out of the box the throttle will be analog. Select the Generic Analog Throttle Control to use the analog throttle. The rudder may be programmed to be analog or key mapped. Out of the box the rudder will be analog. Select the Generic Rudder Control to use the analog rudder. SunCom Raptor This stick will operate with Air Warrior much the way the CH Pro does. SunCom Talon This joystick has 4 buttons, a 4-way castle switch, and a 4-way hat switch. The buttons may be treated as joystick buttons or mapped to the keyboard. The 4-position switches are strictly mapped to the keyboard. Air Warrior assumes that the buttons are mapped to the keyboard (not joystick mode). You should use the key mapping test rather than the button test to verify their operation. Follow the directions in the SunCom manual to program the Talon. If you prefer to use the buttons in joystick mode, select a Generic Joystick option. The SunCom joysticks are not fully compatible with the ThrustMaster WCS-II or RCS. SunCom Eagle The Eagle is similar to the Talon but has expanded programmability. Use the SunCom utilities to program the Eagle. Logitech Wingman Extreme The Wingman Extreme has 4 buttons and a 4-way hat switch. It is not programmable. Functionally, it is a clone of the ThrustMaster FCS and is compatible with the WCS-II and RCS. Logitech Wingman Extreme Digital The Wingman Extreme Digital has 6 buttons, a 4-way hat switch, and a rotary throttle control. It is programmable using the Logitech Entertainment Control Center. Select Generic Analog Throttle Control to enable the throttle. Air Warrior assumes that you are using the standard AIRWAR.LES supplied by Logitech, which passes through all button and hat inputs. If you choose to program any of the inputs to the keyboard, those buttons may appear to be stuck down in the game. Microsoft Sidewinder 3D Pro The SideWinder 3D Pro is a multi-functional controller with a joystick, view switch, throttle, rudder, eight buttons. The twist axis of the stick is the rudder control. It is not programmable. It supports three mode of operation: ThrustMaster emulation, CH FlightStick Pro emulation, and digital. When used in ThrustMaster emulation mode, select an FCS and RCS. The throttle slider and four base buttons will not function. The view switch is a 4-way 4-position hat switch. When used in CH FlightStick Pro emulation mode, select a CH FlightStick Pro, Throttle, and Pedals. The four base buttons will not function. The view switch is a 4-way switch. When used in digital mode, select a Microsoft SideWinder 3D Pro, Generic Analog Throttle Control, and Generic Rudder Control. The view switch is an 8-way hat switch and all stick and base buttons are supported. Unfortunately there are compatibility issues with many popular sound cards which can make this option unusable in Air Warrior. If you cannot get a good calibration or see random button inputs, try changing to CH FlightStick Pro emulation. There are utilities available which allow you to program the SideWinder. However, if you use one of these you may have a problem with those buttons being 'stuck down' in the game. Microsoft Sidewinder Force Feedback Pro This is essentially the 3D Pro with the addition of DirectInput force feedback but without the emulation modes. Configure force feedback in the AWII program from the first controller setup dialog. Serial Port: This section is not applicable. The FF Pro uses the MIDI port to control force feedback effects. Effects: The controls in this section allow you to set the level of each of the individual effects supported. Airspeed: This controls the resistance of the stick at increased airspeed. Set it higher if you like a stiff joystick. Stall: This controls the buffer when in or approaching a stall. Spin: This controls the wild stick movement when in a spin. Ground and Gear: This controls the effects or wheels on the ground and gear down in flight. Guns: This controls the vibration of the machine guns. It also applies to the tank cannon and bomb release. Hits and Explosions: This controls impacts on your aircraft, and the concussion of nearby explosion. Engine: This controls engine hum. Crash: This controls the wild stick movement when you are killed. Select OK to save your changes, or Cancel to discard them. Act-Labs EagleMax The EagleMax has 4 standard buttons, a programmable 3-way rocker switch, 8 programmable buttons, an 8-way view switch, and a throttle input. The throttle/view switch on the upper right of the base controls the functions of the view switch and throttle. This in turn determines how it should be configured in the game. With the throttle/view switch in the VIEW position, the EagleMax uses an analog input for the view switch and the throttle is disabled. The joystick should be set to ThrustMaster FCS. With the throttle/view switch in the THROTTLE position, the EagleMax offers a throttle input but all 8 positions of the view switch must be programmed. The joystick should be set to Generic 4-button Joystick and the throttle should be set to Generic Analog Throttle Control. For best results you may wish to modify the default joystick keymapping to use 'sticky' views. Joystick Information and Support on the Internet: ThrustMaster http://www.thrustmaster.com CH Products http://www.chproducts.com Advanced Gravis http://www.gravis.com Suncom http://www.suncominc.com Logitech http://www.logitech.com Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com Act-Labs http://www.actlab.com Immersion http://www.force-feedback.com Throttles ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Keyboard/mouse The keyboard and mouse are the default throttle control. Moving the mouse forward and back with the right button depressed will move the throttle, as will the C and V keys. Generic Throttle Control The Generic Throttle Control is any standard throttle input device. This could be a wheel or slider attached to the joystick, or a stand-alone device not discussed below. ThrustMaster WCS-I (Weapon Control System Mark I) The WCS-I is throttle designed especially for use with the FCS. This is purely a keyboard emulator and is not connected to the game port. This is not a programmable device. Since the WCS-I is not connected to the joystick or rudders, there should be no compatibility problems. NOTE - Selecting WCS-I as your throttle type will change the key mapping used by AWII. This is necessary to make the program understand the inputs from the throttle. The side effect is that many key inputs will not work as documented. ThrustMaster WCS-II (Weapon Control System Mark II) The WCS-II is a throttle designed especially for use with the FCS. It has 6 buttons and 1 rocker switch, all of which are programmable. Use the ThrustMaster utilities and the AW20WIN.ADV file distributed with Air Warrior to program your WCS-II. If the WCS-II is used with the FCS, red throttle rocker switch should be set to digital and the black hat rocker switch should be set to analog. When properly programmed, throttle movement will send keyboard commands and hat movement will be passed through normally. In this configuration the WCS-II will not show up as an analog throttle on the test and calibrate dialog, but you should see the key inputs. The WCS-II may also be used as a normal analog throttle. In this case, set the red throttle rocker to analog and the black hat rocker to digital. If your joystick is an FCS, you will have to create a new WCS-II programming file to program key commands for the hat. In this case you should select one of the generic stick types, rather than FCS, and you will not see the hat switch on the calibrate and test dialog. The WCS-II makes up to three joystick buttons programmable. The trigger will be passed through normally but the other buttons will be programmed with key commands. Only the trigger will show up as a digital input on the calibrate and test dialog. Some users prefer to cable their WCS-II to a second game port and the keyboard, so that it functions as a keymapped device but does not affect the operation of their stick and/or rudder pedals. This may be recommended if the other devices are not ThrustMaster products and may not be compatible with the throttle. In this case, you should select "keyboard/mouse" as your throttle option and program the WCS-II as you would for use with the FCS. The WCS-II may also be used with the FLCS. Trouble shooting - A common error is to use the standard ADV file which programs three of the joystick buttons but not select the WCS-II throttle option in Air Warrior. This will appear to work in that throttle inputs will be recognized, but causes those three buttons to appear to be stuck down. This often results in the brakes being locked on making it impossible to achieve takeoff speed. The WCS-II is not fully compatible with the CH Pro joystick. If the CH Pro is connected to the joystick input on the WCS-II, the buttons and 4-way switch will not function correctly. The WCS-II may be used with the CH Pro only if it is used as a purely kemapped device, as described above. WCS MkII Default Key Assignments The following are the WCS assignments. You can, of course, edit these if you wish by using the Thrustware that comes with the WCS. Three Position Switch Forward: radar view Middle: normal cockpit view Back: text buffer Buttons 1-6 Button 1: start/stop engine Button 4: raise flaps one notch Button 2: autopilot Button 5: lower flaps one notch Button 3: raise landing gear Button 6: gun camera on/off ThrustMaster TQS (Throttle Quadrant System) The TQS is a throttle designed exclusively for use with the FLCS. It has buttons, switches, and a track ball, all of which are programmable. Use the ThrustMaster utilities to program your TQS and FLCS. The TQS can only be used with the FLCS, and requires an FLCS to function. AWII assumes that if you are using the TQS, you will program all buttons forkeyboard commands. If you program the throttle to pass through the trigger, it will not work unless you change your selected throttle type to Generic Analog Throttle Control. CH Throttle The CH Throttle has a 4-position switch, a rocker switch, and 6 push buttons, all programmable. Use the CH utilities to program the Throttle. CH Pro Throttle The CH Pro Throttle has 4, 4-way switches and 4 buttons, all programmable. In addition, it makes the buttons on any CH Products joystick programmable. Use the CH utilities to program the Pro Throttle. Air Warrior assumes that if you are using the Pro Throttle, you will program all buttons for keyboard commands. If you program the throttle to pass through some buttons, these buttons will not work. You may also program the throttle to pass through all joystick buttons. In that case you should select the CH Throttle option in the game. Rudder Pedals ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Keyboard The default rudder control device is the keyboard. Generic Rudder Control The Generic Rudder Control is any standard rudder input device. This could be a wheel or slider attached to a joystick, or a stand-alone device not discussed below. ThrustMaster RCS (Rudder Control System) The RCS is a rudder pedal system designed for use with the ThrustMaster joysticks and throttles. CH Pedals The Pedals are designed for use with the CH joysticks and throttles. CH Pro Pedals The Pro Pedals differ from the standard pedals in that they have toe brakes. Air Warrior does not, at the moment, support the toe brake function of most CH pedals, mostly because the game allows you to steer on the ground with your rudder pedals rather than with differential braking. [end]