JimboG

Hi Pete, First I must apologise to you for not knowing who you were or what you've accomplished. I too-often read forums where people try to be helpful but actually do the opposite by commenting on things they don't really know about or cannot prove etc etc. I am still relatively new to FSX although I have been playing with Flight Sims since I was a kid back in the Amiga days so I wasn't even aware off the existence of FSUIPC, what it did, or that you had written it! I also didn't know (or find on my various "Google-hits") last night that there were indeed actual separate functions available for GEAR UP and GEAR DOWN, so I apologise if I was a bit bull-in-a-china-shop. I am a real-life "IT Techie" and as a result can usually find a working solution to a given problem, although as I say I am still feeling my way around FSX. Most people (including me) would start at "OK - Ultralight Trike, here we go and work up from there (with a Mouse Yoke!) gradually building up and so on. I am now at the stage of having just purchased my CH Eclipse Yoke, CH Rudder pedals, TrackIR Pro and am *trying* to learn how to perform a cold, dark start in a 737-800 / 737-300. My how time flies (mind the pun!) when you are having fun! To this end, I shall look at FSUIPC tonight to see what wonders it can bring! I think an add-on I installed the other day may have installed FSUIPC as well, I didn't know what it did at the time so I ignored it! So much to learn, so little time in between work to actually learn it! :o) Thanks Pete for your timely response, sorry I've rambled on a bit here - but it's nice to speak with someone in a "Community" who is actually helpful and friendly! Cheers James

Hello Rob, Here's what you need to do - I just read this post because I was trying to do exactly what you'd described but nobody had seemed to fully get your predicament. Basically, what you're saying is that you can't simply map "two" buttons to the Landing Gear function because it's a "toggle", not a direction - meaning that you can "only" select one button to do it, whereas a CH Yoke (for example) would consider that "two" "separate" buttons. OK - Patronisation over - Ahem! I have a CH Eclipse Yoke (lucky me!) and I wanted to "pull" the button on the far right "up" to raise the gear, and "push" the same physical button "down" to lower the gear. These should be remembered as button numbers "6" and "7" respectively for this example. Now open C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Microsoft\FSX\Controls\ Right-click Open with... the file called Standard.xml with Notepad (don't double-click it!) - AND SAVE A COPY FIRST BEFORE YOU START EDITING THIS FILE! This file is the nerve-centre control file for the mappings for all the various keyboard functions, mouse commands and "joysticks". From here scroll down until you see a section called... CH ECLIPSE YOKE{1G39087094-DSFSD-22EE-6601-2323778544444000} ..or similar. The "CH ECLIPSE YOKE" part should represent your controller name. Now the clever bit, assuming that (it might be a good idea to do first to make it easier to do!) you set in FSX the say, Landing Gear joystick button to the "down" button on the controller you should in theory already have a section that looks like this: 7 GEAR_TOGGLE Now simply "insert" a copy of this section into the document using COPY and paste directly above it that is an exact copy but substituting the "7" for a "6" - ie. the "up" button on the controller. (The same physical button but in the "up" direction) For example: 6 GEAR_TOGGLE 7 GEAR_TOGGLE Now save and close the file, launch FSX and go for it! - Job done! You'll find that either "direction" will now raise/lower the gear depending on the position it is currently in. I wold have thought that most people wouldn't ruin the immersion-factor by forgetting which way to pull/push the button - but hey that's not my problem! :o) I hope this is of some use to you chaps/chapettes, I have explained this as best I could without going too over the top but also so as to not leave any doubt as to what I mean. Safe journeys, and Happy New Year! James Gillies