Tchail: Hey Everyone,

I just purchased a Thrustmaster HOTAS X controller and was excited to try it out with the X-Wing Collector's CD.

But I seem to be having a really weird issue with mapping the joystick.

No matter what I seem to try, Button 4 on the stick (which is recognized as Button 3 in the key mapping) seems to be permanently mapped to the "." key (pilot view with no cockpit).

Fortunately, I have enough buttons on the controller, so this is really more of an inconvenience than a big issue.

Still, I can't figure out what's going on - Which is annoying.

Has anyone run into this before? Do you have any suggestions for working around this?

-T

Det_Bullock: The button maps in X-wing are hard-coded, the only way to alter that button is to have a fully programmable stick like the thrustmaster T-16000, the Logitech Extreme 3D pro or the CH Products sticks, these sticks (with their own software) have the capacity to essentially completely subistitute the button functions with keyboard macros, when a custom map profile is loaded the button ceases to be detected as a stick button and just does work as the keyboard command attributed to it in the profile.

Tchail: Thanks for the reply!

As it turns out, the Thrustmaster HOTAS X can store a profile, but the included manual is light on details. I've contacted tech support...

Det_Bullock: I remember reading somewhere that the HOTAS X has very limited profile capabilities, it can only swap buttons.