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Star Wars™: TIE Fighter Special EditionOptimal configuration of logitech Force 3D PRO for Tie Fighter Collectors Ed.?(10 posts)solved(10 posts)solved
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Posted June 11, 2017
Hello fellow TIE warriors,

could somebody help me with using the most of my Logitech Force3D Pro joystick with the CD collectors edition of TIE fighter?

I would like to use the throttle and map the coolie hat and all the buttons.

I'm really confused, what would be the best way to do so?

I've downloaded the "Logitech Profiler" config tool.

But I also read here in the forum, that there options like using a joy.exe file or alternate the configuration files in dosbox?

What should I do and how?

And last question:

I'm on 24" monitor in 1920x1200 native resolution, are there some tweakings I could do regarding resolution or should I leave everything vanilla?

Thanks for helping everybody!

Also:

People with the same joystick, how you mapped it?

I have found this thread:

/forum/star_wars_xwing_and_tie_fighter_series/what_functions_do_you_bind_to_the_buttons_on_logitech_extreme_3d _pro

Are those good configurations? Would it be more immersive to play with coolie hat mapped as camera view?
Post edited June 11, 2017 by proudtiger
This question / problem has been solved by Det_Bullockimage
Posted June 11, 2017
I don't have your joystick but you should be able to use the profiler software from logitech, it's fairly simple and straightforward software to use.

As for the best setup that really depends on the user, me I like to have my left hand on the keyboard and the right hand on the joystick, so I will not use the buttons on the base of the joystick.

Note that the Dos version of TIE Fighter doesn't have throttle support, at least not out of the box, though there is a thread somewhere that suggests some ancient TSR program is able to add it..
Posted June 11, 2017
If you have the Logitech profile software you don't need the joy.com file or at least you shouldn't, that file essentially does a "calibration" of sorts at the start but in the end it only maps the speed preset keys to the throttle which should be possible to do with the Logitech software without doing the "throttle calibration" every time you start the game.
It's basically for those people that have joysticks without similar software, you can ignore it.

The profiler will allow you to map all the buttons and the throttle wheel/lever/slider, essentially you have to map the speed preset keys to it.
And yes, it should allow to map the hat and the buttons, also to remap the few buttons (up to 4) that the game recognizes.

For the graphics there aren't many tweaks I can think of, though perhaps you should set "aspect=true" to avoid stretching if it isn't already set that way, this being a 3d game scalers don't.
Post edited June 11, 2017 by Det_Bullock
Posted August 05, 2017
I have the Extreme 3D Pro, not the Force 3D Pro, but here is my setup:

Button 1/Trigger: Fire Weapon
Button 2: Roll/Target the target in front of you
Button 3: "R"/Target Nearest Fighter
Button 4: "Y"/Previous Target
Button 5: "E"/Cycle through targets targeting you
Button 6: "T"/Next Target
Button 7: 1/3 Throttle
Button 8: Full Throttle
Button 9: Match target's speed
Button 10: "X"/Toggle fire mode
Button 11: "S"/Cycle Shield settings
Button 12: "W"/Cycle Weapon settings

This setup takes care of most everything I need without having to use the keyboard. But for the few things I need on the keyboard that are not taken care of by this setup, I put my keyboard off to the left of my joystick in easy reach of my left hand.
Posted December 14, 2017
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Det_Bullock: If you have the Logitech profile software you don't need the joy.com file or at least you shouldn't, that file essentially does a "calibration" of sorts at the start but in the end it only maps the speed preset keys to the throttle which should be possible to do with the Logitech software without doing the "throttle calibration" every time you start the game.
It's basically for those people that have joysticks without similar software, you can ignore it.

The profiler will allow you to map all the buttons and the throttle wheel/lever/slider, essentially you have to map the speed preset keys to it.
And yes, it should allow to map the hat and the buttons, also to remap the few buttons (up to 4) that the game recognizes.

For the graphics there aren't many tweaks I can think of, though perhaps you should set "aspect=true" to avoid stretching if it isn't already set that way, this being a 3d game scalers don't.
I just got a Logitech X3D (pretty much so I could play this game and a few other old favourites again) and have been able to get things setup mostly the way I want using the profiler, which is awesome, but the throttle is still a little off..

Do you know if there's any way to make the throttle behave like a single button press when it moves zones, rather than sending repeated commands (causing the full throttle *ding* to continuously go off) using the profiler?
Posted December 14, 2017
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Det_Bullock: If you have the Logitech profile software you don't need the joy.com file or at least you shouldn't, that file essentially does a "calibration" of sorts at the start but in the end it only maps the speed preset keys to the throttle which should be possible to do with the Logitech software without doing the "throttle calibration" every time you start the game.
It's basically for those people that have joysticks without similar software, you can ignore it.

The profiler will allow you to map all the buttons and the throttle wheel/lever/slider, essentially you have to map the speed preset keys to it.
And yes, it should allow to map the hat and the buttons, also to remap the few buttons (up to 4) that the game recognizes.

For the graphics there aren't many tweaks I can think of, though perhaps you should set "aspect=true" to avoid stretching if it isn't already set that way, this being a 3d game scalers don't.
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sonic_titan_rides: I just got a Logitech X3D (pretty much so I could play this game and a few other old favourites again) and have been able to get things setup mostly the way I want using the profiler, which is awesome, but the throttle is still a little off..

Do you know if there's any way to make the throttle behave like a single button press when it moves zones, rather than sending repeated commands (causing the full throttle *ding* to continuously go off) using the profiler?
Unfortunately not, I know the of the profiler from the last time I had to buy a joystick and had to do some research on the various models but other than that I know nothing. :(
Posted December 20, 2017
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sonic_titan_rides: I just got a Logitech X3D (pretty much so I could play this game and a few other old favourites again) and have been able to get things setup mostly the way I want using the profiler, which is awesome, but the throttle is still a little off..

Do you know if there's any way to make the throttle behave like a single button press when it moves zones, rather than sending repeated commands (causing the full throttle *ding* to continuously go off) using the profiler?
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Det_Bullock: Unfortunately not, I know the of the profiler from the last time I had to buy a joystick and had to do some research on the various models but other than that I know nothing. :(
No worries mate, thanks anyway!
Posted June 24, 2020
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Det_Bullock: If you have the Logitech profile software you don't need the joy.com file or at least you shouldn't, that file essentially does a "calibration" of sorts at the start but in the end it only maps the speed preset keys to the throttle which should be possible to do with the Logitech software without doing the "throttle calibration" every time you start the game.
It's basically for those people that have joysticks without similar software, you can ignore it.

The profiler will allow you to map all the buttons and the throttle wheel/lever/slider, essentially you have to map the speed preset keys to it.
And yes, it should allow to map the hat and the buttons, also to remap the few buttons (up to 4) that the game recognizes.

For the graphics there aren't many tweaks I can think of, though perhaps you should set "aspect=true" to avoid stretching if it isn't already set that way, this being a 3d game scalers don't.
extremely late to this, but I'm still having a hard time setting up my joystick through the profiler. could you help with that?
Posted June 24, 2020
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Det_Bullock: If you have the Logitech profile software you don't need the joy.com file or at least you shouldn't, that file essentially does a "calibration" of sorts at the start but in the end it only maps the speed preset keys to the throttle which should be possible to do with the Logitech software without doing the "throttle calibration" every time you start the game.
It's basically for those people that have joysticks without similar software, you can ignore it.

The profiler will allow you to map all the buttons and the throttle wheel/lever/slider, essentially you have to map the speed preset keys to it.
And yes, it should allow to map the hat and the buttons, also to remap the few buttons (up to 4) that the game recognizes.

For the graphics there aren't many tweaks I can think of, though perhaps you should set "aspect=true" to avoid stretching if it isn't already set that way, this being a 3d game scalers don't.
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adambomber1002: extremely late to this, but I'm still having a hard time setting up my joystick through the profiler. could you help with that?
What is the problem exactly?
Do keep in mind that as I state in a later post I know of the profiler because I did a lot of research on then available sticks before buying my current one, I know the tning only in a very broad sense but I'll asnwer to the best of my abilities.
Post edited June 24, 2020 by Det_Bullock
Posted November 25, 2022
Extremely late update to this, but I followed the Extreme 3D Pro Layout above, but with the DosBox Keymapper ([Control + F1] in Dosbox 0.74, [F11 + M] in Dosbox-X) and assigned each button on the joystick there as a loadable mapper file for the game to use inside dosbox.

It took some trial and error and sometimes spins out of control, but the few times I ran the game, it worked like expected.
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