I’ve been losing my mind because the Dornier X needs a new axis (and the rudders don’t seem to be the usual bind either so I need to edit that as well) but whenever I make edits, even with my Specific Do-31 controls profile, it applies to everything! What am I doing wrong?
Thank you!
Create a profile for each aircraft with the necessary custom settings.
I see you’ve created a Specific profile for the a/c but that is only for commands marked as Specific type. There are also General commands and Airplane commands. It shows in one of the columns when you have the commands visible. Depending on what is showing in that column is where you need to create a unique profile for the a/c.
In this case you’ll probably need an Airplane profile with the unique commands for this a/c.
I thought the “General Controls” profile was for all aircraft, with “Airplane controls” profile for all airplanes and “Specific” profiles were for a specific aircraft. With the Specific profile, taking precedent over any conflicts in the airplane or Genral settings? Is is incorrect? If so, what is the benefit of having this three tier system when you have to modifiy the upper layers for every aircraft? For example, I use a Bravo Throttle quadrant. I have a profile for single, multi-engine GA and airliners. I expect to use the single engine profile for a C172 and SR22T, with any minor differences addressed in the C172 or SR22 specific profiles. Is this incorrect? If not, then I think DR Rocks question remains unanswered, i.e., how can he modify a setting in the plane specific profile so that it overrides the General Aircraft profile when flying (in this case the Do-31) but does not modify the General profile for use on other aircraft (eg P51)?
Sadly you are incorrect. It doesn’t work that way. The commands each go into one of the 3 “categories” as shown in the little white box on each row when you look at the lists of possible commands.
That is the profile category that changes or new bindings will go in to, so if you have a single aircraft with unique needs, you will need to duplicate and name a new profile for it within that category.
General controls are functions to do with the sim (not aircraft type controls) like cameras, name labels, switching in/out of VR, pause etc.
Airplane controls are everything to do with the plane - axis, flaps, gear, engine and fuel management etc.
Aircraft Specific is, well, special unique commands for individual aircraft that the others don’t share or are uncommon / unusual. I’ve not really seen it used by any products yet. There was one but can’t remember what now. Maybe the ballast valves on an airship.
I think the idea of that last category is that developers can inject their own required commands for an aircraft if they are not speedy covered or available in the default middle category but as I say, it’s not really used.
Your way would have been better and is what I was expecting of 2024 too, and probably the source of confusion why most people struggle and hated this new system.
But once you get your head around it, it’s fairly OK and a powerful system. Better than 2020 at least IMO.
That’s not how I wanted it to work but understanding that helps me so much so thank you!!!
Hi there. I just modify all 3 profiles to be safe. I would have at minimum , General and Airplane controls just for the Dornier. Have never had an issue.
This is the kind of scary thing that makes me reluctant to switch to 2024!
I’ll be honest, when I swapped from 2020, I got super overwhelmed and didn’t touch 2024 for a few days. But after I sat down and got all my settings and controls set up, I’ve fallen in love with 2024 despite a few drawbacks. If you’re a bush flier, it makes a world of difference.
but 2020 is still amazing so i wouldn’t feel pressured to rush to 2024!
Thanks for your reply. I will probably make the switch sometime this year, when I can set aside a dedicated block of time.
