I've tried several ways but so far with no luck. I am trying to use the actual throttle action (back n forth) itself, not the buttons to use the W and S keys to move in a game that doesn't support a throttle but uses those keys to move. (world of tanks)

as it is now I have the keys mapped to one of the buttons but I'd like to use the throttle itself. I think there's a way to get it to mimic a throttle using those keys but it's stumped me so far

Thanks!!!

pre bump!

One straightforward way to achieve this is via the CMS scripting facility:

First create a map including the CMS controls.

copy this into your script editor:


You may need to adjust the joystick number if your profile has other joysticks than the Pro Throttle. You can also increase/decrease the deadzone to your liking.

To make the profile actually send the keystrokes, just program the buttons 1 and 2 of the CMS controller.

Have fun!

Thanx for the info!

Will this work if the game does not support throttles or joy sticks? WoT uses the standard shooter W A S D keys fer movement and no joystick or any kind of controller.

Certainly! Just select the CMS controls tab in your map, where you can assign joystick event or keypresses to the virtual CMS buttons and axes, just like the physical controls.

The script I posted above just presses CMS button 1 as long as the Pro Throttle is in a forward position, and CMS button 2 as long as it is in a backward position. Now you just have to define what input events these button presses generate, with the CMS buttons instead of the physical buttons.

OK um uh so uh how does one um do this

I put the CMS editor on and pasted the code there and then I blinked and went huh?

In the control manager, you have one tab for each controller device in the map. As I understand, you had previously assigned 'W' and 'S' to certain buttons on the Pro Throttle.

Now, in order to use the script, you have to do three things:

• Check at which position the Pro Throttle appears in the tab bar. For example, if the Pro Throttle is on the third tab from the left, you have to replace
  Code:

  js1

  with
  Code:

  js3

  in the script.
• Make sure your map contains a CMS controller. If it does not, just add one.
• On the tab for the CMS controller, you will see plenty of little gray boxes, representing the (virtual) buttons and axes of the CMS controller. The only difference between the CMS controller and the Pro Throttle is, that input state of the latter is read from the actual hardware, while the input state of the former is set from a script.
• By clicking on the upper left gray box, you can define the action for the CMS Button 1, exactly as you did for the buttons of the Pro Throttle.

These things are also explained excellently and in more detail in the help file which you can access from the Control Manager (and I believe it is also available somewhere on the web).

Thanx Olaf!!

It's still not clear but that's cuz I am not that bright and not because yer explanations were unclear. Thanks much for the help and time