Dual Throttle Support!
I've managed to program autohotkey to support two axis as individual throttles! Took a very long, intense night trying to figure out how to do it and make it behave properly (it is so much more difficult than it sounds like). Basically it checks two axises of our choice, then when presses the appropriate keybinds (first selecting which engine - 1, 2 or both), then a power input. Like 0%, 10%, 20% etc.
But as maybe others have tried in the past, being annoyed with having just 11 positions (10% increments), I managed to make it sneak in an extra "increase power" button click, which raises and lowers the throttle setting by 5%, enabling a scale of 0-110% in 5% increments through any analogue axis (a total of 23 positions). That's not far off from the analogue typical of 2%.
I tried it with my Saitek Quadrant (3 levers) and it worked perfectly there too. So far it supports two throttles axises. There's no reason 4 shouldn't work, just need a bit of work to add the extra code.
I could not wait for Team Daidalos 4.10 patch (which may or may not bring dual throttle support). The twin engined heavy fighters were calling my name. More..engines..to..play...with...
Anyway, is there any interest in this? I could clean it up a bit and upload it, even as an .exe file that needs nothing else.
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