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I'm really confused

Postby coalpedlar » Sat Aug 29, 2015 4:52 am

I have FSX Gold and a Saitek x52 stick. In trying to program buttons, keys- do I use the Controls menu in FSX and just assign buttons to functions/
Or, do I use the Saitek Profile Editor, build a profile and program that way?
The Saitek site is very confusing and their support is a figment of my imagination.
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Re: I'm really confused

Postby Fozzer » Sat Aug 29, 2015 5:06 am

What I do with my Saitek Cyborg X Fly5 joystick...or any other one, is just program all the buttons etc, from the Flight Sim drop-down Controls menu menu.

I don't bother with the complication of using the Saitek Driver CD options.

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Re: I'm really confused

Postby Tug002 » Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:10 am

Hey there coalpedlar, I have a saitek X-52 and I do as Paul said. I just use the FXS to assign the buttons and sliders as I too find the Saitek set up too confusing. :? It may just be I'm too old and slow on the draw :doh: but I have had the stick for about 6 years now and every once and a while I take a look at the Saitek way of assigning the controls and it is more confusing to me each time that I see it. :? The FSX setup is the quickest way for a set up and gets me flying quicker. <<q

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Re: I'm really confused

Postby Shadowcaster » Sat Aug 29, 2015 7:35 am

Yep that's what I do, however I though I would be a bit clever and once I had assigned the controls I saved a copy of the
C:\Users\Rich\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\Controls standard.xml file. I though it might save a bit of time just copy the file on the next install, but it won't work, anyone any idea why. :?
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Re: I'm really confused

Postby Capt_Cronic » Sat Aug 29, 2015 9:01 am

do not save as "standard.xml". it will be re written every time you restart.
give it a new name.
for example, I use "FixedWing.xml" and "Helo.xml"
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Re: I'm really confused

Postby coalpedlar » Sat Aug 29, 2015 12:55 pm

SAVE the FILE???
How does one do that? And WHERE???
Or, am I just stupid...
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Re: I'm really confused

Postby Shadowcaster » Sat Aug 29, 2015 1:21 pm

[quote="Capt_Cronic"]do not save as "standard.xml". it will be re written every time you restart.
give it a new name.


I'm not too sure how to put this so sorry to seem a bit thick, but how do you save it as, is there a save function in FSX or is there a way of directing fsx to different xml files. Or of course I've completely lost the plot and have no idea what I doing :lol:
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Re: I'm really confused

Postby coalpedlar » Sat Aug 29, 2015 2:39 pm

Capt_Cronic wrote:do not save as "standard.xml". it will be re written every time you restart.
give it a new name.
for example, I use "FixedWing.xml" and "Helo.xml"


How in the world does one do that? Is that possible?
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