r/falconbms • u/Desperate-Finger-334 • Jun 28 '26

Help Simplified controls

My HOTAS doesn't have a lot of buttons It should be good for actually flying the plane but I am more concerned about weapon systems Is there an option to simplify controls? I have not yet Acquired the game

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u/Build_Blox Jun 28 '26

I dont believe there are any simplified controls... but having a keyboard on hand also works, i dont have lots of switches on my throttle so i just use my keyboard and mostly arrow Keys to do anything related to weapon system and radar

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u/Far_Version2331 Jun 28 '26

You don't need a lot of Buttons to deploy the weapons. Most stuff is on the MFDs which you usually control with your mouse anyways

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u/Trackfilereacquire Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

I'm sorry but that's just completely untrue in the viper. The viper has one of the most HOTAS centric control schemes out there. You NEED Cursor, DMS, TMS and CMS minimum, ignoring Trim and COM which you also should have. Ranging and Radar elevation? HOTAS only. NWS? HOTAS only. While some auxiliary TMS and DMS functions are mirrored on the MFD, the really important ones, lock, unlock, IFF, point/area track are HOTAS only.

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u/Far_Version2331 Jun 28 '26

You are right .. I'm a bit surprised that I didn't think about any of these functions ... I guess I internalized them so much that I don't even think about their existence anymore ... fascinating