As reccomended by John, and with required keyboard being supplied for free as its old... I am going to be trying to make something similar to what has been done here and here


im just wondering, is there a free picture pack for something similar to those buttons shown there? in particular i am looking for modern fighter/modern civilian jets (like boeing 777s or something)


or, in general, anything that comes as a sticker that i could apply to my keys. any designs welcome (either yours, or someone elses, just to make the thing look cool)

oh, and knowing how to program it would be great too... is it just PnP and then change it in the sim? (i will be using 2 keyboards as talking via chat on multiplayer is always nice)

cheers muchly.



my first sim-pit creations are underway-


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Alright, thanks to a late delivery I am able to start work on the keyboard... Stay Tuned!

yeh, i was just wondering if there is any site where i can see what the buttons might look like- so that it doesnt look out of place

and ive got GIMP and Paint.net if i need them 



can i ask what you think of the 'beta' layout?




i wasnt really sure what to put, but its mostly the things that i use most often (and importantly, the autopilot controls as whenever i lean over with my mouse, i always loose horrific control of my aircraft- so having it right there in front of me will be nicer)


cheers

you think i should sell the rubbish i make? 

i would be suprised if someone bought the sort of tacky stuff i make 

Cool! Just a thought paint the bezel to the keyboard boeing brown or airbus grey for that cockpit control effect

Thread title changed, per request of originator.

thanks john, thanks crash..

the keyboard should be here next week (friend is getting a gaming keyboard, im getting the old one) so ill revive it then... but if anyone else has any questions, suggestions or anything then please say so.

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well, actually shouldnt it just work by default? the cockpit keyboard will be programmed differently for the ingame controls... but the keys are actually the same... so a L is just doing a different function... so adding the normal keyboard shouldnt be an issue... it still gets the same keypresses but interpretes them differently

Ok, to bring this thread back to life, so to speak. Yesterday I bought myself a brandspanking new (not, it's at least 10 years old) Compaq keyboard for the enormous amount of.......... 2 Euro and 50 cents. I still had some printable stickers so I started something. It's just a test, I'm not to pleased with it yet. But it's a start...



I encountered some small problems. Most of the things work just fine except for some of the autopilot commands. IAS resets the autothrottle to the speed you're flying at that moment, ALT resets the altimetersetting to the height you're at and HDG resets your heading to the heading you are flying at that moment. Haven't figured out how to solve this yet.

Crash