Xbox FS2020: How to look around the Cockpit & External View Freely with the Hotas One Hat Switch!
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- čas přidán 3. 08. 2024
- 💥Note💥Because the mapping of the Hotas One, with the Xbox version of MSFS 2020, are somewhat faulty, setting both the Cockpit & External View in freelook mode with your hat switch, can sometimes cause erratic view behaviours - hopefully this will be patched soon!
⌚Timestamps⌚
Introduction: (0:00)
Cockpit Hat Switch Assignments: (1:13)
External Hat Switch Assignments: (12:22)
Conclusion: (16:56)
#MSFSXbox #MSFSHotasOneHatSwitch #HotasOneHatSwitchFreelook - Hry
i can’t explain how much this video has ended my pain of not free looking in my flights. thank you 🙏
You're most welcome.
THANK.YOU. Was legitimately considering just returning my HOTAS after setting it up and being completely disappointed in the hat switch camera movement. Now I'm doing this! Just need to pick up a mouse now for the first time in my life - trying to really use the simulator to its fullest and want to work on cockpit instruments/buttons etc. Thank you!
Good to hear you decided to keep it Nick.
Your vids are very much appreciated. Especially to someone new to this stuff. It’s very difficult to find good tip videos specifically for the Xbox this early into the release.
I really appreciate those comments - thanks.
You made things that seemed complicated quite easy,clear directions,easy to follow along..thank you
Thanks Paul.
Your instructions - and your instructions ONLY - made mapping the free view quick and simple! Thanks a lot for it!! 👍
Appreciated, thanks Tom
Outstanding! One of the best tutorials I have seen. This is a very detailed and patient explanation. Keep them coming!
Thanks Phil, much appreciated.
@@Huddison Hi Huddison. I noticed that you changed your cockpit camera settings from this video compared to the Oct 20 2021 "Xbox FS2020: My Hotas One Button Mappings & Sensitivity Settings after Sim Update 6!" video. I have followed your settings in this July 29 2021 video, but can't figure out how to pan around on the instruments. Any tips?
@@PhilRavlin Do you mean going from left and right instrument views etc?
Go down to instruments using 'previous pilot position' ( I have my hat switch down set to this);
Then assign your hat switch Left/Right for next/previous instrument view - this won't interfere with your quick views left and right, when you're in the default cockpit view.
Thank you! Unlike tons of useless FS Videos found on CZcams, yours is very useful and helped me in understanding how to assign functions to the Hotas One.
Glad it helped & much appreciated.
My Thrustmaster stick is currently in Spain on the way to the UK lol. Your videos are easing the pain of waiting, enjoying the content. Thank you.
Hopefully your Hotas will arrive safely to you soon.
Thanks heaps mate that was brilliant. Your patient approach greatly appreciated, I sat here following pausing doing etc until now the hotas acts like my pc joystick...stoked!! You're a legend
That's brilliant!
Good stuff man thank you, looking forward to the button and sensitivity vid!
Thanks for the video man, liked and subscribed, can't wait until your next video covering the sensitivity and such!
Thanks!
Invaluable video. Thanks for taking the time to put this together. 👍🏼
Thanks 😊
Yet again, bloody fantastic thank you so much.
I don't know how I missed this but had been struggling with the hat switch snapping left, right, etc yet now it's all set to panning and doing so beautifully. Thank you so much, you are my real MSFS 🌟, now I've just to fix the floppy throttle 😏
Check the Discord as DrOcculari has great tips to fix your floppiness ;)
@@Huddison It's probably my age but I really struggle with finding my way round Discord, I'm blowed if I can find my post seeking help and DrOcculari's post 🙁
@@RobinMorris-FollowMeChaps If you look at all the headings/channels to the left in Discord: the post is under 'Questions-about-flight-sim-equipment'.
Man this was so helpful, thank you. The only thing I changed is the external left and right I flipped. Don't know why but felt a bit weird otherwise.
Keep up the good work. Loving the videos.
Many thanks Simon!
Thanks for this video and the other ones - I'm new in this universe and your videos are so helpful (thx for the mapping tips - i would have never figured it out).
Welcome aboard ;)
Great video! It does take away your ability to zoom up and down from over your dash and instruments, BUT those can be mapped out separately and more efficiently using F2 + the joystick pov direction, which solves that issue. This was a great tutorial! Thanks!! Excellent work dude
More than welcome
Even better, dedicate your F1 (trigger) button as a "shift button" and you can use the hat switch for looking over the dash and quick views, as well as reassigning all your other buttons to bring up your maps, switch to IFR or other primary instrumentation views, etc
THANK YOU SOO MUCH!
This was driving me crazy lol.
I'm now a loyal follower 👍
Welcome ;)
Thanks again for a most helpful and informative video. Works like a dream!
Great to hear, thanks.
I would never have the patience to dig through these settings alone lol. Thank you so much idk how u do it
Glad to help
I’m so happy I found your post, after hours of looking around Reddit and other forums I was really starting to think I had a defective Hotas One. Glad to know it’s becoming a known mapping bug. Just wondering if anyone also has an issue with the rocker on the back of the throttle not working as well? I was really hoping to map these buttons to the trim. Can’t wait to see your mapping video.
I'll be showing you a tip on how to map the rocker.
Great advice as always🙂I'm loving Microsoft Flight Simulator on my Series X. The HOTAS certainly adds a lot of realism to the game. I just hope they can fix the button mapping problem soon
It's an amazing achievement all round, regardless of the Hotas issues.
Also, idk if this is a problem on PC also, but on Xbox the sensitivity settings don’t save, which is very annoying
Thank you so much bro. Needed this!!!! Much better. I never would have gotten this figured out smh.
Glad it helped.
Hudds … Having ordered the rudder pedals for the Thrustmaster Hotas I was intrigued by this video which is very informative. You’ve probably moved on to greater things but I’ll continue with the Hotas and these great guides for now.
I still use my older peripherals and will make future vids on them ;)
@@Huddison If you could have a look at the area of saving flights or plans I don’t seem to be able to recover them. Could be worth a look.
@@Huddison Meant to ask how you can revert to moving between nav screens using hat switch before changing to panning
@@CanaryIrish you could set up a 'shifter' button - hold a button then use the hat switch to move and switch between instruments.
@@Huddison Great suggestion as ever Hudds
A great video, after a few attempts following your examples it all makes sense. C&E views sorted. Thank you.
Glad it helped!
You sir deserve a medal, thank you
🥇😉
You my friend are a genius. Thank you soooo much. I was able to use my keyboard and mouse to run the settings and it worked out perfectly.
Most welcome
That is so much better than the default setting. Thank you
You're most welcome
Awesome, tried doing this via the input method and it didn't work. But this video showed the way. No longer need the mouse or joystick to look 45degrees. Thankyou mate
My pleasure
This is everything RIGHT NOW! Thank you very much. Subbed
Awesome, thank you!
This was extremely helpful. Thank you!
You're very welcome!
Thank you! I'm having a much better experience now! This method works on PC with the hotas stick as well.
Glad it helped.
Hello from France. Thanks for this very useful video!
Hello & most welcome!
Thank you, great clarity of explanation etc.
You are most welcome.
Absolutely fantastic video. I have been trying to figure out camera settings with no luck.
Glad it helped.
Thank you!!!! Cant wait for the button video.......
Thank you so much for this video. After having 'dealt' with MSFS for a year now -and with flight sim a lot longer -, I thought myself accomplished enough to show a couple of setup 'tricks' and teach some basic flying and navigation skills to a collegue of mine, who had eagerly awaited the xBox release, buying all recommended stuff (Hotas 1, mouse, keyboard). Boy, was I mistaken! I felt so stupid, when the assignments per scanning did not work at all, searching all fault by myself - I should've known better. At least he has guidance now to set up the hat switch properly, and the reason why it wouldn't work.
Being so used to TrackIR and/or the hat switch on my Bravo for cockpit views, I thought the xBox version was hardly flyable. I barely managed to find the runway with the default quickviews :)))
Thank you for sharing that fantastic story :) The Xbox version of MSFS needs a little more time to mature; it's slowly becoming the Sim it's meant to be.
Pro Tip: Connect a wireless USB Logitech mouse. It makes navigating the menu so much better.
Absolutely, yes.
The mouse works on and off... one day the mouse button works, the next day it’s useless... very frustrating
Hey I followed the tutorial but the views still don’t work. Am I missing something? Does the console have to be restarted? Also any luck with using the mouse to adjust the instruments? It just doesn’t seem to work!
This tip is A plus thanks.. loved this fight stick and hated the lack of free look.. just the four setting on pov work perfect for the fighters jets thanks
No problem 👍
Great tutorial, thank you. Really enjoying all your instructional videos. Great content and easy to follow. You helped me very much. Again, thank you!
Glad to be of help & thanks for the kind comment.
As always, your videos are very helpful, thank you. :-)
Appreciated thanks :)
Thank you so much for making this vid, big help.
My pleasure.
Thank you so much you've been extremely helpful awesome brother it's helped me out in a simulator to it's been a while since it took in the sky but thank you so much with these tutorials awesome
So very much appreciated - thank you brother ;)
Thanks for the great video! Very helpful!
You're very welcome!
IT WORK!!! It WORKS!!!! THank you Mr. Huddison...Im a little slow but kept at it without me glasses on yet got it right this time, tickeld pink I am! Well, now, I suppose I might learn how to actually operate the controls myself now! Ta!
Excellent Steve ;)
@@Huddison Almost excellent. While taxing back to the ramp, I dont seem to have proper turning ability, now a 4th time Ive taxied right into a stationary building on site! ??
@@Huddison it's all messed up...ivthink I forgot to save at the end...s I g h
@@ellonysman oh no :(
Newbie to flight sims checking in. Very helpful video. Subscribed and thanks.
Welcome aboard and thanks :)
Very nice instructions. Thanks!
You are welcome!
Great video, really helpful, thanks!!
Glad it was helpful! ;)
thanks so much for this video!!
hey, just FYI.. you can plug a mouse into your USB port and you'll get a standard cursor you can use with the UI.. it's so much easier than trying to use the controller!
cheers.
Yes my latest video covers this ;)
Great stuff, but I’m probably going to wait until they figure out this HOTAS One mapping mess. I wasted a lot of time last night! I’m getting by with a combination of HOTAS, keyboard and mouse, but I’d much rather have a properly mapped HOTAS!
Absolutely agree. Microsoft banging on about the Hotas support, when actually it's a total farce. Really embarrassing for them. I've given up with it until it's sorted. Really spoiled the experience for me, this is fundamental stuff they should've addressed before the launch. CZcamsrs with preview copies were warning about this a week ago and still no fix. I'm not wasting more of my rare days off on this.
It is embarrassing and frustrating re the Hotas mapping mess - ensuing that supported flight controllers actually are fully compatible and working correctly, should be fundamental.
@@Huddison Hey Huddison :) I spent a significant amount of launch day wondering if it was me being obtuse. So, after having purposely booked a precious day off, trawling the internet to get a Hotas One in time, it's just such a disappointment! You'd think for them (Microsoft/Asobo) this would be a quick hot-fix and sorted. Not Thrustmaster's fault and they've been quick to comment and try to help, but it's really poor from the publisher and dev's to ignore this.
@@Huddison I mentally prepared myself for some bugs, this game is a massive undertaking. That being said, you guys are right. This is fundamental. It’s not like a light switch not working on the dash. Also, there is only one HOTAS supported, haha! Not like there are 10 they are trying get right. Hopefully it gets fixed soon!
You summed it up perfectly. I had exactly the same experience as you.
excellent vid, thanks for your time much appreciated MMDogs
Most welcome Micky.
Thanks for the latest 2 videos. I’ve configured most of my buttons now seeing as I did a 2 hour flight from Darwin on Friday night and when I went to press the left thumbstick to bring up the atc landing announcement I crashed on the end leg.......made sure active pause is now Y on the throttle 😂 I just set up the drone camera using the pov hat switch for left,right,up,down, yaw using the rudder twist along with backwards/forwards using the axis 5 trim buttons........now if only I knew how to take a picture or where they might save to in game (I defaulted a button, but no clue if it did anything)? Guess I can just stick with capture and share button on the regular controller for now. Thanks again, enjoying this tons.
Wow Chris, it sounds like you are having quite the adventure there - and enjoying it at the same time 👍😎
@@Huddison yep, doing america flights in the morning and australia flights when i get home from work at midnight. The mapping and sensitivity issues are a pain, but at least you showed us the work arounds. Appreciate it.
@@chrisbird6996 Sounds like you'd enjoy flying with a few chaps on the Discord discord.gg/3kra6JfHZT
Real international gathering of peeps there and they pretty much fly every day.
wow! that was so easy! MS is amazing, what’s next? a button that says „free moving camera“ and it set‘s this all up by itself? that‘s crazy, just kidding:) keep up the good work MS! thanks to you for the good video, seriously!
No worries ;)
Thanks for the explanatory video...
My pleasure
Very helpful, many thanks!
You're welcome!
Soooo usefull! Thanks a lot dude!👍🏼
Most welcome!
Thank you , I’ve just got my t hotas and followed your video .
You should be a teacher.
Appreciated
Very nice. Thank you!
Glad you liked it!
Ur a lifesaver man
thank you love❤️🔥
Thanks for this! very helpful! :)
No worries :)
Super super helpful
Thank you...the quick look was really bugging me and I was trying to use the 'Input' feature to remap....it's perfect now.
Great to hear.
Very helpful, thank you 👍
Most welcome
Fantastic video! I was hoping someone would cover button mapping for the Hotas One. Any chance you will be doing a Keyboard key shortcut video. Or at least the most popular key bindings? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Keep up the great content!!
Thanks. I have a video out tomorrow with tips and tricks and some bindings in there.
I'm also planning a couple of videos on full flights for the Xbox; one will be with keyboard and perhaps a mouse.
Clear, concise and effective as usual, thank you for that .... Can Hat Switch also be suitable for activating the buttons and potentiometers of the cockpit ? (without having to use the stick of the Xbox controller)
I believe that's possible; although we're best waiting for the mapping issues to be sorted.
Absolutely brilliant thank you. Subscribed.
Many thanks.
@@Huddison Hi. Could you please explain how to steer on the ground while taxiing. I use the Hotas joystick by twisting it but I find it a little hit and miss sometimes. Many thanks in advance.
@@littlenemo14 This video explains how to tame the rudder a little czcams.com/video/Lf4y_Ke_iKo/video.html
Great instructions thanks a lot
Glad it was helpful!
Just like everyone else here, i plugged my HOTAS in and tried to set up to no avail...packed the sucker in a box and made do with the controller til I found this! You're a gentleman and a scholar. I can now do carrier landings with a stick and throttle as it should be. Any advice from anyone how I could then bind my trim axis by activating a button and using the hat switch? Same with zoom axis. If I can bind those, I'll never fly with a controller again!
You should be able to choose that combination of hat switch & buttons via the control's binding screen.
Our Discord server might also be a great source of help, if you get stuck.
@@Huddison Appreciate that! But whenever I try to detect input, it automatically detects another axis. Is there any way to select bindings the way you've done here, but to assign an activator button? Ie. Using the trigger to activate trim and then using the hat to adjust, or using a throttle button to activate zoom and using the hat the same way?
@@cplshujumi Yes, you can assign a button to act like a shifter button.
Maybe I'll revisit that in an upcoming video.
@@Huddison You're a gem, sir. I'd love that.
Thank you again. 👌🏻
Always welcome
Thankfully very good job 💪🏼✈️👍🧑✈️
Most welcome 😎👍
Thank you ever so much.
Most welcome.
Life saver 🙏🏻
🙏😊
Thank you!
You're welcome!
Thank you, got it working.
But personally I've reversed the horizontal on Exterior view so the is the same motion to look left inside & out.
Might reverse the vertical axis too, I'll see how i get along
Super tip - thanks.
Legend
Huddison thank you so much for taking the time to help us. My Hotas is a million times better now.
Can I ask a huge favour please.
What button on the ‘select an input’ drop down list is the black no.6 button on the throttle control.
Im trying to assign something on there but it’s mapped wrong when I used the ‘start scanning’ option
Thanks in advance
I'll check this for you when I next get my Xbox Series S setup (i've Been rearranging my setups ;).
Awesome! Thanks for this (again!) Did you have any issues with the thrustmaster one being mapped incorrectly on xbox?
Most of us do, unfortunately. My next video will cover this.
@@Huddison you're a diamond, videos are perfect for someone new to simmjng like myself
This is great. Now I just need to figure out why I cannot trim and my aircraft keeps nosing down !
Thanks man
No problem
Thank you for this amazing video, from Spain!! There's someway to use the panel control (every button and handle) with the Hotas one?? I didn't find how to do it with the Xbox!!
Thanks. You'll either need the gamepad or mouse to access every control.
Great Video! As I am pretty new to Flight Simulator 2020 on Xbox Series S and the Hoyas One I watched already several videos you made. I discovered myself the mess with the setup of the Hotas One and beside the settings described here I decided to stay on the default for now.
Unfortunately I did not get done like in the video and have now explanation for it.
Here is what I did: Deleted everything from the camera settings beside the reset to default view and the F1 smart camera. Then I added the POV axis to let, right, up, down, down-right and so on external and internal.
This work as expected but even if I haven't touched anything with the A-Key when I release my parking break the pilot start viewing up-right. When I delete the profile everything is OK. But creating again the profile result in the same behaviour (even if I choose default profile again).
So I am on default again waiting for a fix. Where would I see such a fix is available?
The behaviours of the Hotas One is very erratic on the Xbox consoles currently; the next patch is looking like it will sort this mess out - coming this week I believe.
Just ordered this for my XboxSeriesX.
Nice ;)
Quick tip, you can plug a mouse to your xbox, makes it way more smoother to navigate the menus.
I bought this because the normal controller was confusing to use. I guess it was a waste of money since this seems more confusing than just learning the normal controller. I do not want to do all this if it won’t even save when I am done. You say “hat switch” but I am not sure what button that is and how you can have so many things on one button. Please understand I do not think this is your problem. This is my first joystick and I am new to flight sim and Xbox so I am just way behind! I subbed so maybe when they fix the issues and you redo the video it will make more sense and not be so frustrating. Looking for a relaxing hobby not something frustrating and more work! Lol
Wait out for the inevitable patch. The Hat Switch is the prominent, pyramid type knob on the top of the joystick ;)
Thank you, thank you, ta
You are very welcome
Just bought the T.Flight HOTAS one and I'm watching your videos to get it programed with MSFS. When I to the cockpit view and select input I have all the "joystick POV" settings but also have "POV" with just an arrow up-right-left-and down. Does it make a difference which one I use. Thanks. Great videos.
It should work fine either way.
After day 1 and looking at the button mapping for the hotas one and finding out on the controls settings that some of the buttons come up the same as F2. After spending most of day 1 trying to figure it out i just went and fly and all the controls are the same as my Hotas T Flight X for ps3/pc what i used for MSFS2020 on PC so all was fine and i did not have to change any button mapping. One problem we have though is that Sensitivity settings on the Hotas One do not save once you quit and reopen the game again as they reset back to default. The other thing i'm a bit annoyed at is when using a mouse, you cannot interact with the instrument panel when in cockpit, have to use the xbox controller mouse which when moving the cursor with the left stick on the controller also moves your airelons on your plane, so i have had to delete the xbox steering with controller button mapping as i use the Hotas for flight, and now the mouse move with controller does not effect your planes movement. Great video, keep up the good work.
Thanks for those fantastic comments and your own research. It's a shame that the sensitivity settings don't save for the Hotas One currently; it kind of makes my upcoming settings video slightly redundant, but I'll go ahead and keep to a promise and post it at the weekend.
Should be getting mine Sunday.
If possible, I'll change the hat switch to trim and rudder.
Yes that should be possible, let me know how you get along with those settings.
@@Huddison Will do!
Good afternoon. Thank you for your very well structured and detailed video. I made the setups for the views as you said, but there is one issue: After i look at the different directions, both in cockpit & external, when i stop pressing the POV key on my joystick, the view comes again in the start position. I would like to stop in the position -view- i want.
thank you in advance!
In General options/Camera select 'Toggle' instead of 'Hold', for your respective views.
Thanks for the video. I hope MSF and Thrustmaster sort out the hotas it's been a bit of a headache. I was wondering how do you do the first VFR navigation tutorial? It tells me to take off, and as soon as I do, it restarts. What I'm I doing wrong? Thanks
I'll have to take a look at that specific tutorial - I'll get back to you when I do.
@@Huddison Thanks, mate.
Don't know if it's means but seems like all the tutorials are messed up
Great video. I have a question: How can I manipulate the cockpit instruments using the T. Flight Hotas? Thank you very much and sorry for my English, I am Spanish
The Hotas One needs a major fix/patch before trying anything like that currently - I'll maybe cover this in the future.
I ended up buying a $20 mini keyboard w/touchpad to augment my Xbox setup. Especially after I heard about the issues with the stick
Awesome video been hoping you would do this. One thing that seems to be bugged trying to get a button to reset cockpit view, the mapping doesn’t seem to work. Maybe you can address in another video. Thanks
I'll show you something similar in my upcoming settings video for the Hotas One.
I've not changed any button mapping on the Hotas One and the reset cockpit position is the black/white striped button on the top of the joystick.
@@MrDeanooo I changed my trigger to smart camera and I think it messed up the f2 button you’re talking about. If anyone can help it’s huddison. It’s my last button to program and I’m set, maybe
@@scottsomnia the trigger button on the Hotas One is the smart camera on mine. I have not changed any key mapping. Just use the default profile. Every button does the same function as my old Thrustmaster Hotas T Flight X does on the pc version of msfs2020.
Thank you for that much needed... I have anotherquestion for you & my biggest issue. I'm on Xbox, obviously using the flight stick but having an issue interacting with instruments in my cockpit especially on flights I need to navigate using my menu.. my question/ problem (for example) interacting with with my flight timer & menu forces me to switch to my controller just to move my curser around in rhe cockpit.. while im doung all this i have no control of rhe aircraft.. I feel like I'm being an idiot & there's an easier way ? Or it is what it is bc I'm on Xbox ?I appreciate all of your videos especially this one again, thank you Sir..
You'd be best plugging in a USB mouse to interact with menus and AP functions etc on Xbox (& PC ofc)
First off thank you so much for the content,secondly both my views are same for cockpit and external view but when I hit my button to take me from cockpit to external view it doesn't work.Only when I click on external it pans around?
It is slightly bugged currently - I would advise setting one or the other view up, to look around freely: I personally like the quick view system in the cockpit and to pan in external view.
this look great but i don't want to lose the ability of moving to instruments fast with the little stick moving right and left so useful
I agree!
Bur you can have outside camera only like this
@@Denzamusic That's how I have it set up.
Scanning works. It shows the wrong input. You can just ignore the one that comes up. It's on the flight sim website under known issues.
Ok, thanks for the heads up.
forums.flightsimulator.com/t/xbox-series-x-hotas-one-issues/426441 seen on this forum.
Wondering if it's possible to select things in the cocking eg autopilot controls with the joystick alone?
I'm coming from the controller so I'll probably buy a second mouse for this function but just wondering if you can do it at all with the stick
You can set it up for a lot of AP functions: this video might give you a few tips: czcams.com/video/_CC2Zm6jtSc/video.html
@@Huddison I've used your sens settings more or less just added a tiny little bit more sensitive for my liking but they're very good, no where near as twitcy, easier to make small adjustments. (as counter intuitive as it sounds)
Another very helpful video. I'm stumped on one issue. I was able to map "toggle drone camera" and that works; however, I find myself stuck in drone mode. It doesn't seem to toggle drone mode off. When I toggle to get back into the cockpit, it defaults me to a camera on the tail looking down on the front of the aircraft. Any ideas how to solve this? I had the same issue with my controller but for some reason I was able to solve that one. Thanks in advance if you have any suggestions. Cheers, John
You'll need to bind another button to return to cockpit view - see this video: czcams.com/video/0Nny5lOUJSY/video.html
Perfect. How can i map the F1-Button? I cant find it in the drop down menu.
F1 is your Trigger button - you can Scan via Input for that one, as it seems to pick up just fine using that method.
Not sure how to toggle between cockpit/external view. On the controls option it keys to hit the "B" key on my keyboard. Funny thing is, I don't have a keyboard plugged into my xbox, only an elite controller and the Hotas 1.
Map/scan for Toggle external view - I have my 'Next' button set for it.