Ministick as mouse in IL2-FB??

[Fever]

Has anyone been able to get the ministick on the Pro/Throttle to act as the mouse in IL2-FB? Do you have to disable the "real" mouse in order for FB to work with the "mapped" mouse? I'd like to use the ministick for zooming which requires a left click and then mouse movement. By the way, i use Track IR2 and i believe when it's activated the game wont let you pan or use quick views (not sure if that affects the mouse stuff). Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Fever

[abe_beson]

Hi Fever!

I use the ministick as a mouse all the time in FB. I have also mapped the mouse buttons, and it all works along with the "real" mouse. However I do not use TrackIR.

I have no other help for you but perhaps it is good to know someone else got it working? B)

B.r,
Abe

[MichaelCHProd]

Do you want to click on a button and then move the mini joystick for the Zoom? i.e. use the mini as a view backup with zoom being a secondary function?


Or did you want the mini joystick to be just zoom through the mouse?

[Fever]

I'd like to use the ministick as a mouse y aixs which will be dedicated to zooming. I'll use some other button (with a smart script which activates a CMS button when its off center) for the left click action which allows that yaxis on the mouse to act as zoom. I think the TrackIR interface is affecting what i can and cant do with mapped controllers. My normal mouse works with left click/zoom but i cant get the ProTrottle ministick to mimic the mouses functionality.

Thanks for your assistance so far guys.

Fever

[MichaelCHProd]

Did you set the Y axis on the Mini Joystick to ast as a mouse in the Control Manager?

ftp://ftp.chproducts.com/pub/Postings/Mouse.jpg

[Fever]

Yes, and it actually works as a mouse in the IL2 game interface (and at the desktop) but not in game (when your flying).

[Fever]

OK, it appears TrackIR takes over view control when it picks up a signal. WIth it disabled the ministick mapped as a mouse works fine. However, im not getting the LCLICK to work the way i want it in game. It seems when i press the button i mapped the LCLICK to it sends a brief click instead of holding down the "left click" when i hold down the button. I've tried "HOLD LCLICK" but that didnt fix it. Any suggestions? I'll keep fiddling with it.

Fever

[Fever]

OK, after reading the CM manual again i found out i need to map the button in DirectX mode to get a "held" mouse click. Back to tweeking.

Edit:

It's all working now, thanks again for the help. Hope someone else can learn from all this :).

Fever

[MichaelCHProd]

No worries, everything has a learning curve. B)