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jxa127 Cadet	posted 12-13- 09:32 AM I've just downloaded and installed the Openplane demo. I don't have a joystick handy, and from what I can tell the arrow keys only control the trim of the elevator and alierons. How can I change the key mapping so that the arrow keys control the actual movement of those control surfaces and not their trim? I'm mostly interested in the WWI stuff that's being done, so trim isn't that important anyway. ;-) -Drew IP: Logged
Sv Pilot	posted 12-14- 06:50 AM You need to edit the keyboard.inp file. IF you only have the OP demo, this file is probably compressed in one of the .par files. You can either uncompress these par files using the parfile tools available to download at www.openplane.org, or I can send you the one from my OP demo. You can map all of the functions there to keys and/or joystick control. Just change the main flight controls to use the keyboard instead of the joystick. If you need, I can send you an updated keyboard.inp file that does this - just let me know ------------------ -Sv =FC= WWI in SDOE! IP: Logged
jxa127 Cadet	posted 12-15- 08:03 AM Sv Thanks for your work on the WWI stuff. I think you can expect a lot of help and encouragement from the Red Baron community on this project. Anyway, the demo doesn't have a 'keyboard.inp' file, but it does have a 'mappings.inp' file. I assume they do the same things. I'm going to try editing it, but please send me the file you've got so I can compare what you've done to what I'm doing. Send it to james@gfnet.com Thanks, -Drew IP: Logged
Sv Pilot	posted 12-15- 08:49 AM Yes, you are correct! I will fool with it tonight and post the updates you need to make for it here - just in case you have any trouble getting it to work... -Sv IP: Logged
jxa127 Cadet	posted 12-15- 09:16 AM Thanks, I look forward to it. -Drew IP: Logged
Sv Pilot	posted 12-16- 05:53 AM Ok, I could not figure how to map the controls digitaly to the keyboard, but mouse control is easy and works better anyway. Do this: Near the top you will see lines like ControlStickX = JoyStickX \| MouseAxisX ControlStickY = JoyStickY \| MouseAxisY Comment these two lines out by putting a ; in front of them. Now add these two lines: ControlStickX = MouseAxisX ControlSticlY = MouseAxisY Make sure you use the correct commands, I don't have the file with me so I'm just going on my dim memory Also make sure the line that maps the mouseAxis for view panning is commented out. Mine was not, but I think I did that. Also you can use this same process to map the gun triger from the JoyButton0 to MouseButton0 Let me know if you have any trouble and I will email you my mappings.inp file... ------------------ -Sv =FC= WWI in SDOE! IP: Logged
jxa127 Cadet	posted 12-16- 07:56 AM Okay, I'll give that a shot. Thanks for your help. -Drew IP: Logged

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