Improved weapon & general controls

[mattysmith22]

Aims

• Improve the realism of controls to the aircraft.
• Make the systems more intuitive to use.
• Improve support by having default values.
• Allow for power-users to better interface their complex physical controls.

How do you envision this feature being implemented?

With the new features coming in Arma V2.06, Modded Keybinding, we can make some massive improvements to how controls work.

• We can have every button in the aircraft mapped to controls, allowing for people to build custom setups.
• All buttons can be mapped to joysticks easily
• We can better set default keybindings for controls
• We can redo our controls to better represent how the controls in the aircraft work, rather than being controlled by what we can make work in ARMA

Completely new implementation of the controls on the modded keybinding system, redone to improve the

What modifications need to be made in order to provide the functionality

1. Move all current controls over to the modded keybind system
2. Discuss with SMEs and devs ways to modify the controls to more closely map to the aircraft
3. Decide on a good control layout
4. Reimplement controls according to the system.
5. Add all cockpit controls to the list - maybe a different list.

Reference material

[mattysmith22]

A meeting between @BradMick, @Ollieollieolllie and myself decided upon the following controls and keybindings:

Name	New?	Description	Keybind
		COMMON
Crosshair Interact	Yes	Interacts with the control under the cursor	\
		NAVIGATION
Next Waypoint	Yes	Sets current waypoint to the next waypoint	Shift + 5
Previous Waypoint	Yes	Sets current waypoint to the previous waypoint	Ctrl + 5
		SIGHTING/TARGETING
Sight Select HMD	Yes	Sets current sight to HMD	Ctrl + 1
Sight Select TADS	Yes	Sets current sight to TADS	Ctrl + 2
Sight LINK	Yes	Links FCR and TADS together if one is selected. NOTE Until improved targeting systems are done this will instead be sight select FXD	Ctrl + 3
Sight Select FCR	Yes	Sets current sight to FCR	Ctrl + 4
Slave	Yes	Slaves the current sight onto what is selected by the current acquisition source. NOTE Until acquisition sources are complete this will be omitted	Ctrl + G
Store / Update	Yes	Stores what is currently selected by the sight into a waypoint	Shift + G
		WEAPONS
WAS Gun	No (Weapon group 1)	Sets current selected weapon to be the gun, or if gun is selected then deselects it	1
WAS Rockets	No (Weapon group 2)	Sets current selected weapon to be the rockets, or if the rockets are already selected then deselects it	2
WAS Missiles	No (Weapon group 3)	Sets current selected weapon to be the hellfires, or if hellfire is already selected then deselects it	3
Arm / Safe	No (Weapon group 3)	Arms / Safes the entire aircraft	4
Missile Advance	Yes	Selects next missile type	Alt + F
LRFD Second Detent	Yes	Turns on the LRFD when held	G
		FCR
FCR Mode GTM	Yes	Sets FCR mode to be ground	Ctrl + H
FCR Mode ATM	Yes	Sets FCR mode to be air	Shift + H
FCR Continuous Scan	No (Toggle Radar)	Toggles the radar to continuously scan	Ctrl + R
FCR Single Scan	Yes	Performs a single sweep of the FCR	R
		TADS
Sensor Select FLIR	Yes	Sets the TADS to use FLIR (Thermals)	Alt + 1
Sensor Select DTV	Yes	Sets the TADS to use DTV (Day TV)	Alt + 2
Sensor select DVO	Yes	Sets the TADS to use DVO (Direct View Optics)	Alt+3
Boresight / Polarity switch	Yes	Swaps the polarity of the FLIR (WHOT BHOT)	Alt+4
		SYMBOLOGY
Symbology Select Up	Yes	Cycles symbology mode between Transition / Cruise	Shift+B
Symbology Select Down	Yes	Cycles symbology mode between Hover / Bobup	Ctrl+B
Symbology Select Press	Yes	Brings up the FLT page on the left MPD	B

These are a close approximation of the controls available on the flight and CPG controls that aren't clickable / should be easy to access.

This system was designed within constraints of already used vanilla keys, and uses the following systems to make it easier to use / more intuitive.

• All simulated HAT switches have their controls on the 1-4 range, unravelled in a clockwise order starting at the 12-oclock position
• If there is an up/down (symbology select), high/low (FCR modes) or a next/previous (Waypoints) then they are mapped onto Shift / Ctrl respectively. This is because Shift is directly above Ctrl on the keyboard, and therefore gives that impression intuitively.
• Similar controls are mapped onto the same key with modifiers to add the less common ones. E.g.
  • G - Weapons / Targeting
  • B - Symbology
  • H / R - FCR