Plus, i've mapped spacepilot's hardware buttons to some useful functions like wingmen attack/protect/formate/report orders, zoom, switching workstations, etc. 3dconnexion sideways and up/down knob movements were mapped to virtual joystick hat (hat set to lateral thrusters mode in game options) and forward/reverse knob movements to thrust override (a/z). Next, i used a program called glovepie to map real joystick axes and buttons 1-3 to virtual joystick axes and buttons 1-3. What is cool is that force feedback still works :) Next i used saitek profile editor to map real joystick hat and buttons from number four up (1-3 remained at default settings) to contact selection keystrokes ('.' ',' '/' and 'm' keys) plus some other functions i wanted there. First i created a virtual joystick with four buttons, four axes and one pov (more than enough for i-war) and selected this virtual joystick as default in control panel so that the game won't receive input from the real joystick. I wanted to use 3dconnexion spacepilot as lateral and forvard/reverse trusters control plus saitek cyborg evo force to control the ship's heading/throttle. That's how i got around to mapping controls problem:

That's it, now i-war will ignore actual saitek joystick, but will still receive virtual keystrokes mapped in saitek configuration panel. You don't really have to uninstall saitek drivers - just go co control panel/game controllers (where you see both the ppjoy virtual joustick and your other joysticks), press 'advanced' button and choose ppjoy as preferred device. Thanks a looooooooooooooooooot, hamsfarthing! I uninstalled some of the other saitek drivers, and I am using the one that gets installed when you plug the joystick.Īctually, I had deactivated the sliders and all in my virtual joystick but I had to reboot to see the effects, so they were still affecting the lateral thrusters before.

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