Wow, there's a subreddit for this! (also, command arguments to use a Saitek X52 with X3)
The egosoft forums have a ton of stuff but it can be a bit much sometimes. Just for the hell of it I searched for a subreddit and I'm excited you folks are here. I hope things can stay active.
I thought I'd share a tip while I'm at it. I bought an X52 just to use with X3, but it doesn't work straight out of the box. The problem is that the mode selector switch constantly spams button hits, which X3 takes as game input.
The symptom to look for is that it will seem like every time you touch a legit command it will go crazy with rapid button presses. For example, pushing esc to bring up the save/options menu will make it open and close a billion times in less than a second.
To fix this, you need to add -ignorejoy [##] to the exe command line. I believe the problem buttons on a non-pro X52 are 23-25. Here's my command line, but I don't think buttons 9-14 are related to this (I think I did that for some other reason that I can't remember). Pay attention to where you put quote marks but replace the brackets with your path:
"[Steam or whatever] \x3 terran conflict\X3TC.exe" -ignorejoy 9 -ignorejoy 10 -ignorejoy 11 -ignorejoy 12 -ignorejoy 13 -ignorejoy 14 -ignorejoy 23 -ignorejoy 24 -ignorejoy 25
Edit: I forgot to also mention that the throttle is assigned to the wrong analogue input. To fix this, make sure "Use throttle" is unchecked )look under "Input Device" on the launch screen.
There's also some in-game config to do, but that's a matter of taste.
Posted Aug 12, 2011, 5:26 AM UTC · edited
Hold up, does this mean you can't use these buttons in-game? It would suck to lose the functionality of so many buttons. Also not being able to use the throttle would be a kill-joy.
Here's to hoping I'm wrong...
Like I said, I'm not sure about 9-14; I think I disabled them for some other reason I can't remember. I think it's just the modes. That does mean only having one mode though, which kind of sucks. There may be other solutions out there, but this one works.
Also, You can use the throttle. It's counter-intuitive that you have to uncheck "use throttle" to actually use the throttle. The problem is that the game picks up the wrong slider and thinks it's the main throttle. Unchecking that option fixes it right up.
Ah right thanks for that. Been searching around on le interbutz and it seems that people are using the different modes somehow. I'll see when I get the stick and have a play around =]
Yeah, I saw someone made a 3-mode profile, but I don't know how that would work. Maybe it's the "pro" version of the X52 - they have some major differences inside I'm told. If you figure it out make sure you post it here for others!