Any luck using the VKB NXT encoders in IL2?

[F19_Haddock]

I'm having trouble using the two encoders at the base of my VKB NTX as axes in Il2.

It works fine in FS2020 but in IL2 I can't get them to work. I just want to use them as Oil and Water axis for the Bf110.  Interestingly enough, I can get the game to detect them on the key bindings, but I soon as I jump back into the cockpit they stop working, even if I go back to the key bindings screen. They are dead from that moment on until I restart the game.

This is the latest setup I've tried (after following a few guides online). It just doesn't work for me...
Anyone had any luck with these?

Edited February 26, 2022 by F19_Haddock

[HankCzinaski]

Had a similar idea to use them for radiator axes but couldn't find a quick solution. I now use thumb hat for radiators and encoders just as buttons (for altimeter and radio).

 

Edit:

I forgot to mention, initially I assigned them as either axes or buttons and they were actually working. Problem was, that to move the controls just by 1% I had to scroll the encoder for each %. Obviously this was not ideal for that task. I'm sure there is a solution to it but I just can't be bothered with getting familiar with the VKB software.

Edited February 27, 2022 by HankCzinaski

[F19_Haddock]

I'm beginning to suspect it's an IL2 bug...

This is what happens:

1. Load the game
2. Go to settings > Key mapping
3. Assign the encoder wheels as Oil and Water radiators
4. Everything works fine. The game detects them and the controls move as expected on the axis tweak panel

Now, I start a mission

1. The encoder wheel don't do anything
2. Go to settings > Key mapping > Axis tweak panel
3. The game now doesn't detect the wheels. Nothing moves when I turn them. 

[Yogiflight]

On 2/26/2022 at 12:20 PM, F19_Haddock said:

I just want to use them as Oil and Water axis for the Bf110. 

The oil and water radiator flaps of the 110s are no axis. You can only asign them to buttons, then the flaps will open/close step by step. Try to use them for the oil and water radiator flaps of the Bf109 E7. Here it should work.

[F19_Haddock]

It'll give it a try when I get a chance. Thanks!

[F19_Haddock]

20 hours ago, Yogiflight said:

The oil and water radiator flaps of the 110s are no axis. You can only asign them to buttons, then the flaps will open/close step by step. Try to use them for the oil and water radiator flaps of the Bf109 E7. Here it should work.

 

It works!! ?

You were right! Both axis work fine on the 109E. I was going mad with this... Why on earth the didn't do this for the 110? Makes no sense... Many thanks anyway!

[Yogiflight]

58 minutes ago, F19_Haddock said:

Why on earth the didn't do this for the 110?

For the water radiator flaps I could imagine, that those knobs indeed were turning in steps, but for the two oil radiator flap levers, it is hard to imagine, that they didn't move free without steps.

[Leon-O]

Hello to you all,

 

I had tried the following configuration and it gives me a more smooth feel, also if you set the "action" to "1/4" it will action in every step of the encoder, and it will feel more responsitive.

 

[1Sascha]

On 2/26/2022 at 12:20 PM, F19_Haddock said:

It works fine in FS2020 but in IL2 I can't get them to work. I just want to use them as Oil and Water axis for the Bf110.  Interestingly enough, I can get the game to detect them on the key bindings, but I soon as I jump back into the cockpit they stop working, even if I go back to the key bindings screen. They are dead from that moment on until I restart the game.

In the VKB software I haven't done anything to either of the two wheels on my Evo (only one of which is an encoder wheel IIRC) and both do work for me in the 110. One is my oil-radiator- and the other is my water-radiator-shutter control. Haven't flown the 110 in a while, so I can't remember exactly which is which, but I *think* the encoder is mapped to the oil-rad.

 

 

 

S.