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Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
Hey all, I've been a longtime lurker of the community with basically nothing to contribute but loving everything that you all put out.  Right now I'm having a blast in Blue Planet WIH, and just recently picked up an X52 Pro for this game and VR Elite Dangerous.  I was surprised however to see that there weren't any Freespace profiles for this joystick floating around, so I figured I'd upload my own after a few days of tweaking.  Someone on /r/Freespace suggested I post here too.  Hopefully I save someone a few hours.  :)

Reticle and advanced targeting, management of shields and power, and FSO additions for reverse and directional thrust are all included. Single mode w/ pinky shift.  I tried to keep everything somewhat logical, and did the hat targeting so that you're less likely to accidentally switch targets in the middle of a knife fight.

Let me know what you think!







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Offline Trivial Psychic

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Re: Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
I have and X52 but had to abandon using it as the stick-twist suddenly developed a massive right-hand yaw that I couldn't compensate for.  I'm making do with a Cyborg EVO that I picked up for $7.99 at Value Village.
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Re: Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
Okay I'm a major newb, where do I put this file in order to get it to work in game?  :nervous:

 
Re: Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
Extract to "C:\Users\Public\Documents\SmartTechnology Profiles".

 

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Re: Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
Hi,

I'd have love to see how your settings compared to mine because I'm not totally satisfied with my setup. But attachment
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Shall you put a new link for us to download from?
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Re: Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
Newer download link

To be fair I have no idea why the first attachment was taken down; never got any PMs or anything.  If I'm doing something wrong please let me know.

Update 2018-11-06
: fixed the download link again.  Please be sure to disable clutch mode by going to Start > Run > Joy.cpl [OK] > Select the X52 > Properties > MFD tab > uncheck "enable clutch mode". This way you have a working button for the afterburner.

« Last Edit: November 06, 2018, 07:34:31 am by Androktasie »

 

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Re: Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
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Re: Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
Got it, thank you for the clarification!

 

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Re: Sharing my Saitek X52 Pro joystick profile for FS2
Forum attachments are automatically deleted over time to make room for new ones; any download intended to be available on a long-term basis should never be hosted as a forum attachment.

Perhaps we should specify this when clicking to attach?

Instead of:

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Maybe:

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Allowed file types: 7z, gz, rar, zip, gif, jpg, jpeg, png, txt, tbl, tbm, fsm, fs2, fsc, fc2, log, htm, html, wav, mp3, ogg, pdf, diff, patch, cfg
Restrictions: 4 per post, maximum total size 4096KB, maximum individual size 2048KB
Please note: forum attachments are automatically deleted over time to make room for new ones; any download intended to be available on a long-term basis should never be hosted as a forum attachment.