I wanted to try mapping the zoom view function in both the cockpit and external views to the unused rocker axis on my throttle (the big paddle that rocks about a vertical axis), so I tried to configure it. However, it doesn’t seem like the sim will treat this input as an axis with analog control - it appears to treat it as a button (on/off). So when I press one of the sides of that rocker, it goes to max zoom, and when released, it stays zoomed and I have to press the reset view button to get out of that state.
Am I just missing something, or can’t this be done? I would like it to be a “momentary” zoom, so it zooms according to how far i push in the rocker, and returns to default when released.
It shoudl be usable as an analog axis (you can check by clicking ‘sensitivity’) - but i think this is because the zoom binding doesn’t work with axis at all. try mapping it to the dial on the left of the throttle you’ll see the same problem.
You may find this useful for air brakes instead. It works well for this. Though I can see the use. Wait I think I misunderstood. Are you talking about the a10 flap switch left of the throttle axis?
I have the dial mapped to elevator trim - but it is ridiculously sensitive - even with a lot of reduction in sensitivity in the controls settings. I do now have the zoom mapped to this rocker, but it is awkward.
This is the rocker that I was referring to - it self-centers after you release it, so it doesn’t work well for setting a value of zoom, since releasing the rocker would return the zoom level to “normal”.
I am now thinking I might try to use the throttle slider on the joystick base as a zoom axis (since it would stay where you place it. But if i remember correctly, the way that the mappings are set up, you assign something to the “zoom in” and “zoom out” separately, so analog zooming just doesn’t seem like it is possible.
What command do you have the dial bound (mapped) to for your elevator trim?
I think I’ve seen a number of threads stating that the rocker (paddle) control is only recognized as separate “contact” inputs and not an analog (linear) input. Have you tried binding each side to the separate Zoom in/out commands?
FYI always delete existing bindings before assigning new ones to the same input. MSFS wil let you stack bindings on the same input which can cause a mess.
Yes - see my comment above, posted right as you posted yours. I will go to my gaming PC and look at the way I had the elevator trim on the dial set up. I thought this was a default, but I could be wrong.
EDIT: I do have the “sides” of that rocker bound separately to ‘zoom in’ and ‘zoom out’.
The elevator trim is set to “Joystick Slider X” in my setup. I modified the sensitivity of that axis to -60% but is is still very hard to manage. I might try going with -40% instead and see if that helps. I was trying to get finer control at the “center” of the range.
I also just tried binding the zoom functions to the throttle slider on the joystick. That doesn’t work well at all. I am sticking with the rocker i was using. If I “blip” them I can get some reasonable control.
I wanted the dial on my thrustmaster for trim but it gets knocked too easily and if you have it eg centred but the AP has adjusted it away from that, it causes big jumps. So I think I’m trying the throttle on the thrustmaster stick (unused) for trim and see how that goes. It might simply be easier to have it as up/down buttons to avoid conflicting situations with where teh AP leaves it being different from your rest position.
Regardless, the game doesn’t seem to allow any axis to work as a proper zoom. Don’t know if TARGET or other software lets you simulate a mouse wheel on a dial
To add - if you need it for internal cockpit zoom for looking at instruments, can be worth having a hat set up to instrument prev/next which jumps to zoomed in views of the main clusters. I’d prefer a smooth zoom to go with mouselook on the throttle analogue stick, but this works while I wait on a fix
