Does TARGET overrule il2 keys and axis

[jozeff]

Hello all,

 

A newbie question: I'm trying to setup target software for my thrustmaster warthog throttle and stick.

 

If I tell target that joystick x movement is roll left and right and i choose a different axis in il2 which one will be the right one? I mean, does target overruled the il2 keys and axis?

 

Also for curves......I can do this in Target but also in il2 Bo's. Which one is better? What is the advantage of target anyway?

 

 

Any help would be great!

 

Thanks

 

Jozeff.

Edited September 16, 2018 by jozeff

[dburne]

Well TARGET will simply combine your throttle and stick into one combined virtual device. That virtual device will have a pitch and roll axis that is assignable in the game GUI.

Then when  assigning in game, it should detect a left and right roll , and a pitch up and pitch down. If it does not pick it up correctly, then you just invert the axis in the game GUI, or in TARGET.

Just like it will pick up both throttle axis and friction slider axis in game when you assign them.

 

Just note if you are going to be using TARGET, be sure and have your profile running so it reads the axis' properly.

 

Axis Curves - take your pick, TARGET or in game should work fine. I would not set curves in both.

 

Alternatively, you do not have to use TARGET at all in which case the game will see your throttle and stick as two separate devices, which you can then assign all your axis and buttons in the game GUI. I used to use TARGET long time ago, and got away from it for just the simplicity of assigning in game.

 

Edited September 16, 2018 by dburne

[jozeff]

Hi dburne,

 

 

 

Thanks a lot! Makes sense but i have One More question. 

 

If i assign lets say "open canopy" in TARGET to a joystick button i have to assign also a key press to it let's say key"x" .

 

So when i press that putton it translates to key "x".  Must the "x" button be assigned to " open canopy" in IL2 or can i manage that in TARGET?

 

I mean, whats the use of target if I can assign that joystick button to " open canopy" in IL2 directly? 

 

So why use TARGET? I want tomfly the YAK1 and i'm trying to set up a nice profile for it.

 

 

Thanks a lot guys!!

 

Jozeff

[dburne]

Normally there are already keys assigned to commands in the game by default.

For instance just for talking purposes as I don't know what it is by default, let's say gear toggle default keypress in the game is the G key.

So in target you would assign the gear toggle to a button, so when that button is pressed while the Target profile is running it would send a G press and release , as if you reached out to your keyboard and did the same.

 

Alternatively as you mentioned, if you assign the gear toggle directly in game to a button press, then that button will toggle the gear just like pressing and releasing the G key would.

 

The advantage of Target, is you can do more with it than you can by just assigning a button in game. For instance you could assign a button as a modifier if press and held, say you want also to assign another command to the G key toggle, you could set TARGET for another button to be a modifier, so when pressing and holding that button whilst hitting the button assigned to generate the G key, it actually generates something else, like ALT+G for instance to do something different.

Or chains, say you want to press a button that will generate say a shift + alt + G key. Things like this that can be done in TARGET versus what one can do in the game GUI.

 

For me, I am getting older and lean now more toward the KISS principle, so while I used to use TARGET for the above reasons I now much prefer the simplicity of simply assigning my commands in the game GUI. Plus I now have a different stick and just the TM throttle now.

[-TBC-AeroAce]

I use target for every thing but the axis and buttons. It is only really the switches , one or two buttons and the mouse that you NEED to program. 

[DD_Crash]

Target works well if/when windows changes the order of the controllers.

[OrLoK]

I find the curves in il2 dont do quite what I want with my Warthog.

 

I want it to be far less sensitive to smaller movements than I can seem to get it in IL2.

 

Can Target assist with this?

[DD_Crash]

If you go into the edit for your profile there is an option to set deadzones and curves. You will have to run the profile to get it to work though.