HAT switch

[Anderscn]

Hi,

After I disabled my joystick in FS9, and programmed it in FSUIPC 3.98, the viewing is no longer as smooth as when it was in FS. I use the "Pan View" 0, 45, 90, 135 etc. functions for the eight positions of the switch. Now it appears more jerky than before.

Is there a way in FSUIPC to smoothen out the movements?

I have clicked the "Repeat.." box for each position.

Best Regards,

Anders

[Pete Dowson]

After I disabled my joystick in FS9, and programmed it in FSUIPC 3.98, the viewing is no longer as smooth as when it was in FS. I use the "Pan View" 0, 45, 90, 135 etc. functions for the eight positions of the switch. Now it appears more jerky than before.

Unfortunately Hat switches aren't treated like axes in FSUIPC3, which uses the old Windows "joy" API instead of DirectInput -- much as FS did before FS2004. I changed over to DirectInput in FSUIPC4, which was a complete re-write in any case, but there is no way I could do this for FSUIPC3. As an axis input, assigned in the same way as in FS, it is smoother -- depending on the polling frequency. You could try increasing that in FSUIPC3 to see if it helps, but generally, if you are using the hat for panning rather than view selection (which I prefer) you'd be better off assigning it still in FS.

Is there a way in FSUIPC to smoothen out the movements?

I have clicked the "Repeat.." box for each position.

You could try increasing the polling rate (decreasing the polling interval). See PollInterval in the FSUIPC Advanced Users guide. Don't set it to 0 as this disables button polling altogether. Too high a rate will impact FS frame rates.

Regards

Pete

[Anderscn]

Thank you Pete,

for the answer and explanation.

I have now returned the panning to FS.

Best Regards,

Anders