Keyboard modifications

[GridNorth]

I have modified a keyboard for the switch controls in a light Aircraft. It works well and is a nice cheap way of making things a little more realistic without spending a fortune. I'm now moving onto Airliners and want to do a similar thing to emulate the MCP and Overhead Panels of a 737. I think I can see how to do this but as far as I can tell it means I lose my GA config. Is there a way of saving two different keyboard layouts, one for GA and one for Airliners?

 

Also can anyone advise me what the essential keys are that I need to map in order to start up and fly a 737 from cold and dark. I have a Yoke, rudder pedals, throttle and Saitek Radio stack.

 

Alan

[il88pp]

Your keyboard presets are stored. In a file called:

standard.xml

 

it is located in folder:

C:\Users\owner\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\FSX\Controls

 

Save it a copy. (under a new name, in that same folder)

Then start fsx and start adjusting your keyboard settings for the new plane.

 

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You can also simply rename it.

When you do that there is no more file called standard.xml

The next time you start fsx a new standard.xml is created, with all the default keyboard presets.

(On starting fsx, you will get the prompt: "Do you want to accept th default keyboard settings? Yes/No". Say yes.)

 

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On a side note,

If you delete the fsx.cfg and start fsx, you will also get that prompt.

Refreshing the fsx.cfg refreshes your keyboard presets.

So when you do that it is a good idea to save a copy of the standard.xml at the same time as you are deleting the fsx.cfg file.

 

Enjoy!

[GridNorth]

Thanks for that. looks like I can go ahead and buy a couple of new keyboards.

 

Alan