I recently got a second-hand Saitek x52 (non-pro) HOTAS to play Star Wars Squadrons and Elite Dangerous, but after my space binge (more on that later) I've been playing more terrestrial flight games such as DCS world, Falcon 4.0/BMS/AF, Red Baron, and many, many more just to see what games would cooperate with the x52 and let me justify keeping this thing on my desk.
Along the way, I found several profiles on the internet, and adapt the examples from Saitek's website and Logitech's website to work on other games. Below is a list of games I've managed to get working with the X52, how I did it, how to improve on the 'out-of-the-box' experience, and sometimes, profiles and key config files.
I would like to explore IL2 in the Rift but I'm struggling to get my X52 pro HOTAS set up properly. Could anyone of the IL2 aficionados here please point me towards a profile.
Teamspeak version 3.0.10.1 seems to conflict with the Smart Tech profiler tool for the Saitek x52 Pro joystick (used to select game specific profiles that assign key bindings to the stick's buttons). Once Teamspeak is running, selected profiles do not work correctly and disconnecting the joystick hangs the system (beeping on mouse clicks). Hey, I use a Saitek X52 HOTAS since Elite's release and there are a few buttons/sliders which I never found a use for. So, what functions have you applied to the following knobs and sliders? 1.) Precision Slide: it is the small slider on the upper side of your throttle; 2.) Rotary 1 and 2: the.
For some older games, I had to use Joystick Gremlin. You can learn more about Joystick Gremlin, and it's dependency vJoy here - https://whitemagic.github.io/JoystickGremlin/
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I'm no where near complete with my testing, but as I've already tested over a dozen games, I thought I'd post them here now, and fill in the details later. I will be adding links to profiles where you can download Saitek/Logitech profiles, and also my own profiles. I'm in the process of creating visual aids for my profiles before posting, so more to come.... for now, Here's what I've got.
OOTB Ready To Go (with Official Profiles, or just built-in support, sometimes both) -
- Ace Combat 7 - Works 'out of the box' but the buttons are not intuitive.
- XPlane 11 - Never easier to setup.
- Microsoft Flight SImulator X - Pretty simple to setup also
- Rise of Flight - Logitech has a profile for this on their support site! []
- IL-2:1946 -
- Falcon 4.0 -
- Falcon AT -
- Falcon -
- Falcon Gold -
- Air Conflicts - Secret Wars - if you're using vJoy, you must either use vJoy, or set the x52 as the 'default for older programs' in 'joy.cpl'
- Falcon BMS - provided profiles in the docs directory
- Wings of Prey - Logitech provides a quite comprehensive profile on their support site []
Some Assembly Required
- Star Wars: Squadrons - This game (mostly) works out of the box. You will have to disable the 'clutch' button via `joy.cpl` or remap boost if you wish to use that feature, and some of the default button positions don't fall perfectly on the x52. For the most part though, it's totally playable. I use my `DEFAULTS` profile and some custom binds in the game. You can find both here - []
- Falcon AF - Saitek actually provides a profile for Falcon 4 that works amazingly well, and BMS also ships with a great default profile, however, if you want to play Falcon Allied Forces, you won't have such luck. I've managed to piece this together from the Falcon 4 profile (which almost works...) but it's not perfect yet. []
- Elite: Dangerous - I actually found this to be the easiest to map, because I found this very early - https://github.com/X52EliteSetup If you're looking to setup your x52(pro/nonpro) on ED, this is a great starting point.
- DCS: World
- Vector Thrust
- Janes Advanced Strike Fighters
- Novalogic F-16
- Novalogic Mig-29
- Novalogic F-22
- Novalogic Comanche 4
- Sky Rogue
- Afterburner
- Freespace 2
- Wing Commander I-IV (GOG)
- Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3D
- Star Wars Episode I Racer
- Star Wars Starfighter
Joystick Gremlin Recommended or Required -
Saitek X52 Profiles Download
- Red Baron Pack (Steam GOG) (Joystick Gremlin) - This game requires joystick gremlin to work correctly
- Star Wars X-Wing Alliance (Joystick Gremlin optional) - This game works out of the box with the X52, but if you want to fix the annoying Rudder/Roll swap that drives people to fly with only 2-axes?, you can just use Joystick Gremlin and swap the axes there.
- Blazing Angels 2 (joystick Gremlin) - Required axes swap
- Blazing Angels Secrets of World War 2 - Joystick Gremlin required. Axes swap required.
TODO:
Elite Dangerous X52 Pro Mapping
- Combat Wings
- Combat Wings Battle of Britain
- Battlestations: Pacific
- Battlestations: Midway
- Air Conflicts: Pacific Carriers - Some in game settings required.
- Air Conflictrs: Vietnam
- Dogfight 1942
- Fleet Defender
- Star Trek Online
- Gunship
- FLying Tigers: Shadows Over China
- Knights of the Sky
- Air Conflicts - Secret Wars (requires to be set as default for older programs in `joy.cpl`)
