🚀 go-pugleaf

You are right, keyboard setup is a very personal thing! Keep
you grubby hands off that!!....ummm.. never mind ;-) 

My keyboard setup:
S: forward
Z: back
A: slide left
D: slide right
E: cycle primaries
Q: cycle secondaries
F: cycle countermeasures (D3)
Space: afterburner
Rt. Shift: Headlight
capslck: Secondaries (until I did the button mod I mention
below)
I have a permanent rear view on screen in D2/D3, so no rear
view button. For D1, the spacebar is the rear view, since
there is no afterburner.

Joystick:
X and Y axis: turn right/left/up/down
Twist: Roll 
button1: primaries
button2 (on top): mines/countermesures
button3 (top side): flares
button4: secondaries (yep, that's right.. the button that
most people can't even reach on the lower side..)
I have a special modification that I do to let me use the
lowest side button with my middle finger, so I can use *3*
buttons at once + hat, instead of 2. go to
http://www.unm.edu/~dgill/sidewinder/repair.html and follow
the link for adding an extra button on how to do this.

Some general guidelines about setting up the 3D
Pro/Keyboard:

1. Don't use the hat for more that one movement axis. The
way the hat works, if you are using it for sliding
up/down/left/right, then by sliding in one direction vector
you automatically exclude the possibility of moving along
the other. Use the hat for either up/down OR right/left
sliding, but not both. (I use it for up/down)

2. If you've never used a twist for rolling before, give
yourself a LOT of time to get used to it. I recommend
getting used to the rest of the joystick first, then after
you are comfortable with it, disable auto leveling, set up
the twist for rolling and just go crazy. Of course, it might
be easier for you, since I went from total keyboard to
sidewinder + keys... the complete freedom of movement was a
big shock!

3. Do the button4 Mod I posted above. You will be glad you
did. 

4. Don't use the Sidewinder drivers. Much easier and problem
free to set up you 3d pro as a Trustmaster FCS w/ pedals
using the built-in windows drivers.

In general, the best setup will allow you to do the
following *comfortably* (no finger contortions or broken
wrists..) and simultaneously: Move in ALL THREE direction
vectors (i.e., forward, slide up and slide right) WHILE
rolling, firing primaries, secondaries and afterburning.
Dropping mines at the same time is a plus, but you wouldn't
want to do it at the same time as you are 'burning (ouch!).
Above all else, you MUST be able to tri-chord, or you will
be toast :-)

zapp

ivory wrote:
> 
> hi,
> i posted a week or so ago.....got a sidewinder 3d off ebay....
> here's the ????
> what keyboard config do you guys use?????
> ive looked around at the d3 sites and links with different responses.
> i'm guessing its a personal thing...but to ya 3d users, what do you
> use???
> thanx,
> 122