Disable Specific Joystick with Lua

[akis.papapantelis]

Hello,

I have 2 flight sticks (joysticks) in my sim setup. I want  to disable/enable the second of them using a button on the first. Is there a way to do this with lua? Mainly I want to disable/enable elevator and aileron input from the second joystick.

Thank you,

Akis

[John Dowson]

Hi Akis,

to do this, you would have to use your lua script to receive the axis values and send on the axis controls.

What you need is a lua script to receive your axis values and then send the controls depending upon the state of a flag, also controlled using your button. In your Axis Assignment tab, you need to assign your axis to 'Send to FS as normal axis', and then select the 'LuaValue <your script name>' option. This will send the axis value to a lua variable called ipcPARAM, which you can then optionally use to send the control to the sim, depending upon the state of your button. The lua script should be auto-started (i.e. add it to the '[Auto]' section of your ini. Check the documentation for 'event.param' on page 29 of the Lua Library documentation.

Not sure why you would want to do this though....

Cheers,

John