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→WORK IN PROGRESS: Added a bit of text to counter Gij's claim of existing defaults.
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TODO: standardise locations most common to existing aircraft to ease transition | TODO: standardise locations most common to existing aircraft to ease transition | ||
With common aircraft properties found in uncommon locations, assigning buttons in joysticks to certain functions became mostly a hit or miss affair. | With common aircraft properties found in uncommon locations, assigning buttons in joysticks to certain functions became mostly a hit or miss affair. e.g. Speedbrakes and thrust reversers are found in different location in the property tree, even across official FlightGear planes! Without standard locations, joystick code tends to be aircraft specific. | ||
There was an [http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/detail?id=1173 attempt to unify it all with a nasal script] but after consulation and comments with others, this attempt was replaced with the solution to standardise common aircraft properties in standardised locations. | There was an [http://code.google.com/p/flightgear-bugs/issues/detail?id=1173 attempt to unify it all with a nasal script] but after consulation and comments with others, this attempt was replaced with the solution to standardise common aircraft properties in standardised locations. | ||