I've been playing around with FlightGear in my spare time (what little I have) for a year or so now, and I'd like to thank all the developers on this mailing list who have put a lot of time and effort into making FlightGear a terrific sim.
When I finish school this Fall, I hope to jump in and try and contribute a bit more. In the meantime, however, I thought I'd send along a link to a joystick config file I put together for my trusty old Thrustmaster FCS joystick. I'm sure there are plenty of "old-school" flight simmers out there still using this joystick, so it might be nice to have it supported in the base package. The config file can be found at:
http://www.personal.psu.edu/elh102/FCS.xml
Note that in the config file, I have mapped the two axes on the hat switch to rudder control and elevator trim, while most joystick configs in the base package map the hat switch to changing view direction. I don't have a set of rudder pedals, so I find it convenient to use the lateral hat switch axis to control the rudder. I also have button 1 which is right next to the hat switch set to center the rudder. If the hat switch should be set to change view direction in order to maintain commonality with the other joystick setups, it is quite simple to make that change.
For convenience, here's a patch to joystick.xml to integrate this config file. I put the file in a new "Input/Joysticks/Thrustmaster" sub-directory in the base package.
---------- BEGIN PATCH ------------- --- joysticks.xml Mon Jul 7 21:23:37 2003 +++ joysticks.xml-withFCS Mon Jul 7 21:27:36 2003 @@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ <!-- Lew Engineering RCJOY device for various RC transmitters. http://www.leweng.com --> <js-named include="Input/Joysticks/LewEngineering/RC-transmitter-hitecLaser4.xml"/>
+ <!-- Thrustmaster devices --> + <js-named include="Input/Joysticks/Thrustmaster/FCS.xml"/> + </PropertyList>
<!-- end of joysticks.xml --> --------- END PATCH ----------------
If this all looks good to someone with CVS commit privileges, go ahead and add it to the base package.
Thanks, -Eric Hathaway elh102(at)psu(dot)edu
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