Why is no one talking about this...?

[Sketch]

 

 

 

 

[AndyJWest]

Where's the 'Extend refuelling probe' option? ?

[40plus]

I have spare HOTAS buttons at the ready to be assigned for this!! ?

[JimTM]

Once it's implemented, I wonder if "Switch fuel indicator" will press the button on the Spitfire fuel indicator?

Edited March 17, 2022 by JimTM

[StiIgar]

18 minutes ago, JimTM said:

Once it's implemented, I wonder if "Switch fuel indicator" will press the button on the Spitfire fuel indicator?

I sure hope so!

[Vishnu]

This is why I run engine maintenance on auto.  

[=621=Samikatz]

If I can manually trigger the fuel gauge in the Spitfire soon then I will finally be at peace

[Enceladus828]

1 hour ago, AndyJWest said:

Where's the 'Extend refuelling probe' option? ?

You must have gotten up so early in the morning that you thought you were on the DCS forum.

[TheFace]

I think with fuel management the case could be made for needing clicky cockpits (or at least partial ones).   In DCS I rarely bind any fuel management tasks to my panels, stick or throttles instead just using the click function.  With the increasing task load, at least for me, it would be worth a look into. 

[=STP=Darrylx444]

Where was this image taken from?

[=OPFR=the_rooster]

On 3/17/2022 at 11:30 AM, =621=Samikatz said:

If I can manually trigger the fuel gauge in the Spitfire soon then I will finally be at peace

What you dont like staring at it in great anticipation for the button to be pushed lol!

[Enceladus828]

On 3/17/2022 at 12:46 PM, TheFace said:

I think with fuel management the case could be made for needing clicky cockpits (or at least partial ones).   In DCS I rarely bind any fuel management tasks to my panels, stick or throttles instead just using the click function.  With the increasing task load, at least for me, it would be worth a look into. 

Not to derail this thread by advocating for clickable cockpits in this game, I do agree that adding all of this Ctrl+..., Ctrl-Shift+..., Shift+... for Fuel management on top of all the other Ctrl+..., Ctrl-Shift+..., Shift+... for many other things makes the keyboard map even bigger and far more complex for us to just do a very basic thing like turning the fuel selector to another position and the Fuel pump On and Off.

 

What we need instead is for Fuel management commands to be assigned to the Tab or Tilde key on the keyboard, let's say F4 is Fuel management and you have several numbers which have options such as turning the fuel selector to another position, Fuel pump on, switch fuel indicator, etc., etc.,. 

Much easier than all this Ctrl+..., Ctrl-Shift+..., Shift+...

[Halon]

53 minutes ago, Enceladus said:

What we need instead is for Fuel management commands to be assigned to the Tab or Tilde key on the keyboard, let's say F4 is Fuel management and you have several numbers which have options such as turning the fuel selector to another position, Fuel pump on, switch fuel indicator, etc., etc.,. 

Much easier than all this Ctrl+..., Ctrl-Shift+..., Shift+...

Great idea, the I'd imagine that way the functions available could easily be made plane specific.

[Hoss]

Voice Attack............. problem solved....................... When you run out of buttons, or worried about muscle memory in the middle of an engagement.

 

 

Edited March 19, 2022 by Hoss

[Charon]

You all are all talking about not having enough buttons, and here I am just worried that they're not giving us enough binds!

[Gambit21]

1 hour ago, Hoss said:

Voice Attack............. problem solved....................... When you run out of buttons, or worried about muscle memory in the middle of an engagement.

 

 

 

I need to get on the Voice Attack thing. 

[Irishratticus72]

10 minutes ago, Gambit21 said:

 

I need to get on the Voice Attack thing. 

I highly doubt it would ever recognise my thick accent. 

[Pikestance]

 

[fogpipe]

3 hours ago, Hoss said:

Voice Attack............. problem solved....................... When you run out of buttons, or worried about muscle memory in the middle of an engagement.

 

 

I think having an ai assistant to carry out ship maintenance commands in my 1940's era aircraft would take me out of it. Its great in Elite Dangerous, i have used it to give wing orders in il2 and start recording and center trackir.

[Hoss]

I use it in single player only, for Comms with flight, ground crew. Everything else I have on my controllers to fly the plane. TMWH 120dx script, BlackHog Explorer. and one of Vitaly's (GVL) R/P/Y trim boxes.

 

Hoss

Edit: notice I said 120dx script? That does not work in IL2. so this is for DCS only, never use VA in Il2.

Edited March 20, 2022 by Hoss

[Mewt]

6 hours ago, Hoss said:

Voice Attack............. problem solved....................... When you run out of buttons, or worried about muscle memory in the middle of an engagement.

 

 

 

Love me some Voice Attack but too immersion breaking in IL2.

 

Elite Dangerous/Star Citizen oh yeah.

[Hoss]

I don't use it at all in IL2, DCS only............. I don't see how opening my window (Mossie) and telling the ground crew to prime the engines vice pushing a button, picking up my mouse and hitting F1, F3, F2........ could be more immersive. Or then using my voice to tell them to remove chocks............ or asking the tower to start engine's, taxi, take off, etc...etc....etc....etc......