What drove me to try is the thought that it would be nice to be able to give a simple voice command to do something important in the heat of battle instead of hunting around on a keyboard for the right key/key combination (most of those commands you save for the prime buttons on your joystick - but those buttons are limited).
Exactly. Simple commands like moving shields, reinforcements, and maybe weapons configurations.
You should also look at HID macros
http://www.hidmacros.eu/. You can use a second keyboard specifically for game functions and macros.
My end goal is to use a combination of the two to have a pretty nice cockpit. I also can't wait to have more axis so I could have two joysitcks and pedals. Right joystick for pitch/roll, pedals for yaw, and the second joystick for throttle/sidethrust. There would definitely be a learning curve to get used to it, but it is something I have always wanted since the original game came out.
I've got a copy of the profile on my home computer. I'm out of town right now but I can get it next weekend. I used game commander for a while but had some problems with it. It had a tendency to pick up background noise and interpret it as a command. It got frustrating to be in the middle of a mission and suddenly warp out or not have the program respond to commands. Part of that might have been fixed by using a head set in addition to the microphone. Anyway if you don't have the template by next week end I'll try to get it to you.
That would be amazing . Thank you very much. I doubt I will be able to build one between now an then . My free space time is limited at the moment.
