SDK Question Connect 12 small joystick to orbiter

[Didro]

Hello,

I want to connect 12 small joystick to orbiter and assign different orbiter's function to joystick. In fact I want simulate cockpit on my table

I've read API_Guide.pdf and API_Reference.pdf and it looks like Orbiter support only one joystick, and I couldn't achive my goal. Am I rigth ?
May be I could control Orbiter from other program (e.g. sending command by network) and process joysticks inputs by this program to control Orbiter ?
May be there is some more convenient way to get what I want ?


Thank you

 

[Mojave]

I know that you can use two keyboards on orbiter, and since there are people creating simpits with more than one joystick, you migt be able to do it

I think you'll just need to make sure the joysticks are the same (e.g model, make)

 

[Fabri91]

First, hello and welcome!

You could also have secondary joysticks make keypresses using software like Joy2Key, or the profiler they might come with.

 

[n72.75]

 

[Moach]

if it interests you, i have devised a directinput module for orbiter which allows a large number of joysticks (up to 128, i think) to be plugged in

and all with the full set of DI supported axes (not just the basic four) and recognizing all of 128 possible buttons, even tho there isn't t even half that many possible assignments for them...



and just now, i've fixed the space-navigator 3DoF support that operates linear RCS simultaneously while the stick controls ROT.... it was getting a lot of jitter, but now i've taken care of it :thumbup:


whadda you say? - there's really not much documentation on this thing at the moment - but it does work to most extents... so if you want i can just post it for all to try out, even if it deserves some more polish before i can dare call it "release-worthy"

btw - it's setup utility is pretty much just notepad and a .cfg file.... may take some trial-and-error to sort out your devices and axes properly :hmm:

 

[Keatah]

I know that you can use two keyboards on orbiter, and since there are people creating simpits with more than one joystick, you migt be able to do it

I think you'll just need to make sure the joysticks are the same (e.g model, make)

Whoa! 2 Keyboards? How you do that??

 

[Ripley]

...there's really not much documentation on this thing at the moment...

IRONIC mode /ON
I'm sure this sad situation is due to the fact that your sparetime is 100% devoted to writing down the G42-200 StarLiner documentation! :thumbup:
IRONIC mode /OFF

 

[Moach]

IRONIC mode /ON
I'm sure this sad situation is due to the fact that your sparetime is 100% devoted to writing down the G42-200 StarLiner documentation! :thumbup:
IRONIC mode /OFF

EVEN_MORE_IRONIC mode /ON

no doubt it is, what else could i be doing? - surely not programming any even more complex, scantly-explained features instead :shifty:


EVEN_MORE_IRONIC mode /OFF


:j/k:

i'll get to that as soon as there isn't new stuff piling on to write about every time i sit to work on that thing :hmm:

that's the deal with WIP.... i can't afford to stop everything to write on how it works when i don't even know for sure it's not gonna get changed by the next build - that'd be mighty counter-productive, would it not?

 

[Mojave]

Whoa! 2 Keyboards? How you do that??

Simple, take two, and plug them into your computer. They don't need to be of the same kind, just a normal keyboard.

Works well. I did this when I and my sister were playing orbiter together. She was the copilot, and I was teaching her how to use Orbiters keyboard interface.

I piloted the craft, while she pushed all the buttons. You might not want to be using numpad at the same time on both keyboards, however.

 

[Ripley]

...that'd be mighty counter-productive, would it not?

Of course it would, I was just kidding...