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games:controller_bindings:flightgear_sidewinder_joystick

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Information

Windows

  • 2024/09/11: Official bindings with auto-detection
%ProgramFiles%\FlightGear 2020.3\data\Input\Joysticks\Microsoft\sidewinder-precision-pro.xml

Axis

  • Axis 0: Aileron (stick left/right ↔)
  • Axis 1: Elevator (stick up/down ↕) (inverted)
  • Axis 2: Rudder (base wheel ◷)
  • Axis 3: Throttle (all) (stick twist left/right ↺)
  • Axis 4: Custom
  • Axis 5: Custom
  • Axis 6: Custom
  • Axis 7: None

Column 1

  • 1: Brakes (stick forward-facing trigger ◫)
  • 2: Custom (stick-face right-bottom circle button ↓◍)
  • 3: Custom (base top-left button C ▟)
  • 4-8: None

Column 2

  • 1: View Cycle Forwards (stick-face left large button ▎)
  • 2: Flaps Up (base bottom-right button A ▛)
  • 3: Custom (base bottom-left button D ▜)
  • 4-8: None

Column 3

  • 1: Custom (stick-face right-top circle button ↑◍)
  • 2: Flaps Down (base top-right button B ▙)
  • 3: Custom (base “arrow-up” large button below wheel ⇑)
  • 4-8: None

FreeBSD

  • TODO: Check how this varies between operating systems; only tested on FreeBSD 14.1 (Xfce)
  • :!: TODO: This is apparently mostly wrong compared to official bindings above :p

Axis

  • Axis 0: View (horizontal) (stick-face top-center dpad left/right)
  • Axis 1: View (vertical (stick-face top-center dpad up/down) (inverted)
  • Axis 2: Aileron (stick left/right)
  • Axis 3: Elevator (stick up/down) (inverted)
  • Axis 4: Rudder (stick twist left/right)
  • Axis 5: Throttle All Engine (base wheel)
  • Axis 6: None (unknown)
  • Axis 7: None (unknown)

Column 1

  • 1: (stick forward-facing trigger)
  • 2: Flaps Down (stick-face right-bottom circle button)
  • 3: (C, base top-left button)

Column 2

  • 1: (stick-face left large button)
  • 2: (A, base bottom-right button)
  • 3: (D, base bottom-left button)

Column 3

  • 1: Flaps Up (stick-face right-top circle button)
  • 2: (B, base top-right button)
  • 3: Total Freeze (base “arrow-up” large button below wheel) (TODO: This may either activate at random or accidental-input easily)
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