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In order for joystick auto-detection to work, a joystick bindings xml file must exist for each joystick. This file describes what axes and buttons are to be used to control which functions in FlightGear. The associations between functions and axes or buttons are called "bindings". | In order for joystick auto-detection to work, a joystick bindings xml file must exist for each joystick. This file describes what axes and buttons are to be used to control which functions in FlightGear. The associations between functions and axes or buttons are called "bindings". | ||
FlightGear includes a large number of such bindings files for a variety of manufacturers. Chances are high that your joystick will be recognised straight away, so let's try that first. You can confirm whether it was recognised by looking in the <tt> | FlightGear includes a large number of such bindings files for a variety of manufacturers. Chances are high that your joystick will be recognised straight away, so let's try that first. You can confirm whether it was recognised by looking in the <tt>File > Joystick Configuration</tt> dialog. "Used for" should contain a name/description of your joystick. It will contain "default" when FlightGear did not recognise your joystick. | ||
Most of the time when your joystick is not recognised, it is because of a missing name definition in the respective bindings file. Because FlightGear is used on all kind of operating systems, names vary a lot. You can find the files under <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]/Input/Joysticks/</tt> (despite the name, yokes and pedals are also found here!). For example, if you have a CH Products joystick, look in the folder <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]/Input/Joysticks/CH</tt> for a file that might work for your joystick. When such a file exists, do the following: | Most of the time when your joystick is not recognised, it is because of a missing name definition in the respective bindings file. Because FlightGear is used on all kind of operating systems, names vary a lot. You can find the files under <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]/Input/Joysticks/</tt> (despite the name, yokes and pedals are also found here!). For example, if you have a CH Products joystick, look in the folder <tt>[[$FG_ROOT]]/Input/Joysticks/CH</tt> for a file that might work for your joystick. When such a file exists, do the following: | ||
# Launch FlightGear with the joystick connected. | # Launch FlightGear with the joystick connected. | ||
# Look under | # Look under File > Joystick Configuration and check the name behind "Joystick #0:". | ||
# Open your joystick's bindings file in a XML editor and add the following code to the file, below the already-present <code><name></code> tags. | # Open your joystick's bindings file in a XML editor and add the following code to the file, below the already-present <code><name></code> tags. | ||
# <syntaxhighlight lang="xml"><name>The EXACT name you found under step 2; including spaces, capitals etc.</name></syntaxhighlight> | # <syntaxhighlight lang="xml"><name>The EXACT name you found under step 2; including spaces, capitals etc.</name></syntaxhighlight> | ||