IL-2 Sturmovik HOTAS Keybinds For Dummies

[@Dolph_Vader]

I've had IL2 for over a year and never took to the time to figure this stuff out so i stuck to DCS. thank you for this, feels like i can finally jump in.

[@pppppffffffmmmmmmmnn]

Setting up controls in sim games is like grinding glass in my eyes

[@steppahouse]

I have a HOSAS setup and just got pedals. Honestly I don't think they add as much as I thought they would to Star Citizen or Elite Dangerous, so I started getting into the world of DCS and IL-2, and now I'm leaning into actual flight sims with gusto...BUT...as frustrating and seemingly overwhelming as both of those space games are in their keybinds, they absoluteyl pale in comparison to DCS and IL-2. I consider myself somewhat intelligent, or at least I have a pulse and can get food into my mouth most of the time, but phuking around with IL-2 repeatedly just pissed me off more and more :) Couldn't figure out why my Virpil rudder pedal toe breaks didn't register only to find after several sessions of troubleshooting that it's the phuking YAK that has the problem, not my hardware :)

[@Dat_Zupra_Dude]

This video helped out a lot. I needed a video that was a little more in-depth like DCS World but not 30+ minutes long and going thru EVERY single command when some are useless. Thank you !!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped you out mate 👍🏻

[@thebiggestoneyouveverhad]

You had me at "welcome back phukers"...

[@TorniQuetHD]

Haha thanks mate 🙌

[@Kraken9911]

We're on the same sine wave. When I got liberation your vids were there exactly on time. I decided to get back into IL-2 after a two year break and realized I forgot how to set it up again this video was there. Coming from DCS what I wish IL2 had was modifiers. I have two buttons right at my thumb on the throttle I use as modifiers in DCS which can turn a single hat into three. IL2 especially for VR is a nightmare trying to bind everything functional and avoiding the keyboard. With my setup I don't think it's even possible.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Yeah modifiers would be awesome, hope the keybinds helped you get the basics sorted mate 👍🏻 gotta have another few sorties in IL-2 myself

[@TheCe1ticZombie]

Thanks for the video. Just getting back into this game and this was helpful. They have added so much content since I last played that I am waiting for the dlc to go on sale again. Would really love to see the Pacific Theater in this game.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped my man o7

[@jasonbw3581]

This was brilliant, GrowlingSidewinder has me looking at IL-2 Sturmovik and your tutorial helps a LOT. Awesome way to help us.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad you’re getting into the swing of the flight sims mate! Welcome to the addiction haha

[@kstecyk1]

I'm new to flight sims, with particular focus on WW II. Definitely more informed now, compared to before watching your vid. Thank you m8!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad you got something out of it mate

[@Lagnad1]

Thanks Torny, this games always throws me around everytime I come back to it. Hopefully the custom binds that are supposed to come makes this better. We can only hope 😄

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped you out mate!

[@aleks169]

"WELCOME BACK, FUCKERS" So bold, also thanks for the tutorial lol

[@TorniQuetHD]

Hahaha thanks mate glad it helped

[@MrTolli]

Nice vid, helped me alot. Setting up the controls are usually a litte wall I need to get through to enjoy these games. Thx for this :)

[@TorniQuetHD]

I hear you mate, worst part of IL-2

[@jonesy279]

Dude, thanks for this! Made life a lot easier setting up. Cheers!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped mate!!

[@jhglaze]

Reply this game has been around a very long time I started playing this in 2004. I’m just now getting back in to it. Back then the game was on disc mapping was a lot easier. I played this till 2010 at some point after that they must have changed. I don’t like changes in general so naturally I don’t like what they’ve done back then I didn’t have go on KZbin to figure it out. I think if they kept the same format there would be a WHOLE LOT of programs to DL. The community was very good there were deep manuals to follow you could add more enemy air craft to a mission, and a lot more. It’s the reason I came back to this flight sim. Plus it’s just fun and immersive. Once you get past all this stuff.

[@rpersen]

Great sim but setting up controls is not easy for beginners, so your guide is much appreciated. Thank you.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped mate

[@toadkillerdog6009]

Thank you!!! Extremely helpful and straight to the point. Cheers!

[@TorniQuetHD]

No probs mate, glad it helped 🙏🏻

[@MisterMannIndy]

This keyboard binding experience seems SHOCKINGLY bad. My flying buddies (on DCS) talked me into picking this up for some relaxed flying when compared to DCS. I wasn't prepared for the keybind fiasco that is IL-2. Having said that, THANK YOU for taking the time to net out what's needed - especially relating it to the Warthog. While I don't have a warthog HOTAS, your usage of DMS/CMS/BOAT etc. helps me visualize the process. Is there a way to associate modifier keys with the joystick commands like we can in DCS? I have modifier keys on my HOTAS because I don't have enough buttons. Based on what I've seen, I think the answer in NO.

[@rubadubdubb]

This game really needs a feature that automatically highlights your keybind when you press the button on your hotas. It's impossible to know wtf joy0 button 8 is by memory. Can't believe they haven't added this yet.

[@CrispyStrahan]

Bc they would have to do this for all joysticks differently and it wouldn’t make sense for them even msg light sim doesn’t have them all but if they did a few that wouldn’t be too hard

[@aapje]

You should search for a keymap for your controller and then fill in your key bindings by hand.

[@pinmiklos]

Yep, agree totally. I am making key bind notes on paper for myself, not really 21th century solution, isn't it? :) On the other side: At least these are general settings for all of the planes, not like DCS, separated for every different airframes. :|

[@ericandi]

This would be super easy for them to do. Doesn’t matter how many joysticks there are. All that IL-2 needs to do is when it receives a signal from the joystick or other type of control, it highlights it in IL-2 control settings if it’s already bound to something.

[@steppahouse]

Complete newb to IL-2 and flight sims in general, but LONG time space sim player. First thing I do in any game with a buttload of keybinds is create a profile "freshstart" or something similar that makes all the basic changes to the default settings before going in and tweaking. In the case of your example, I started by deleting everything in the mouse and joystick columns before creating freshstart and then started tweaking re your guide. This is so if I get to a point where something is phuked (lol) and I can't find it, I can revert to this and star over without having to get the controls back to a starting point again. VERY glad I found this guide, btw and thanks. I was ready to find someone on one of the IL2 discords and offer to venmo them to hold my dumbass hand! I still might...

[@GUSSTASS]

oh mate thanks alot , i suppose you know how frustrating working out the meaning of everything, this helps alot!!!!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Yeah mate, the keybinds for this game are the hardest part

[@thefridge71]

Awesome video Torniquet, helpful as always. Fridge

[@TorniQuetHD]

No dramas mate 👌🏻

[@thefridge71]

@@TorniQuetHD been playing some il-2 campaigns in co op with a couple of the fellas. Great tactical game.

[@09monos]

Thank you for your time, great video mate! I was in a fence for a refund. Coming from DCS, flying in VR and having to reach the keyboard (no clickable cockpit either!) is a pain. If you say this game is worth it, I’ll stay :)

[@tabernaclejones6115]

fkn BRILLIANT ty so much friend ... .i bought ace combat7 and found out i have a love for combat flight sims....and now here i am lol months later...in 6 more months ill prob have a $500 set up maybe hopefully or not

[@theflyingfool]

Brilliant video! Just what I needed to get sorted in the game. If it wasn't for your vid, I'd be a basket case by now... Thanks a bunch!

[@jhglaze]

Just one last thing , please slow down a little more there were times I needed to ask questions you’re not here to ask so slow down just a little bit give your followers a chance to digest what you’ve said. But all n all great tutorial, I played this game from 2004 to 2010. I didnt need to ask back then how to do this. Flight simming has changed every where I suppose. Anyway you got me started I THANK YOU! Hopefully I can’t find my way from here.

[@jimmydesouza4375]

You ever considered doing a similar video to this but explaining each plane's peculiarities?

[@yurikirsanov8763]

...or just dump this shit and go back to DCS! :D Thanks mate, you really helped me out with these bloody settings!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Haha glad it helped you out mate 👌🏻

[@vinny-lp5qv]

DCS is so much easier !the only keybinds in il-2 that are the same are the obvious ones pitch ,roll ,rudder and throttle

[@TorniQuetHD]

Yeah IL-2 keybinds are a nightmare

[@Solimara]

Many thanks, I was flying without trim

[@Gainn]

They seem to have made this game as obtuse as possible. getting planes trimmed so they don't just want to roll over left all the time has probably put more people off than the complexity of DCS ever did.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Yeah I agree, the controls and binds and everything are really deterring a lot of potential new players to the sim.

[@JackManiacky]

Thanks. Very helpful

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped out mate

[@Potpie007]

I was having a hell of a time setting my radiators, watched this, went into settings and had to barely move the switch for it it register, then barely the other way(boat switch on TM Warthog throttle) I was doing it to slow to get it to register open/close

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it saved your heartache mate, very frustrating to initially setup

[@steppahouse]

One thing I've noticed about IL-2 keybinds that I haven't noticed anywhere else is that there seems to be a couple of seconds before the game registers the button/axis/whatever you want to set. For instance, if I want to set pitch, normally I'd click on the binding to set, then pull backward and push forwards. I noticed that it doesn't see the backward but it does the forward. It does this with just about anything that has a positive and negative setting. To get around this, I found that clicking on the keybind to set it, and waiting a couple of seconds after the input window comes up before moving anything works. If I do that in the above-mentioned example, it sees movements as I intend to use them. Weird...

[@acegh0st]

Jesus, I could not figure out why my trims weren't working for the life of me. Seems like such a simple thing. Nice video, mate. Thanks!

[@ericandi]

Why don’t you just unlock your 2 throttles on the Warthog and use your right throttle to control the throttle and use your left throttle to control mixture?

[@TorniQuetHD]

I’m a strange creature… I’m also left handed and use inverted mouse controls for FPS 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[@limcw6092]

im about to buy this game since im getting really tired of predatory developer tactics in Warthunder and since DSC seems way too expensive(and complicated) this guide really helps since i just want a "realistic casual" experience, thanks a lot!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Awesome mate! Glad it helped you decide on jumping into a new sim. I was a war thunder tragic for a long time but now I would never go back

[@bewell4467]

Thanks!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped you out mate

[@pinmiklos]

Great and helpful video, thank you for your time and all of the effort what you spent on it.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped you out mate 👌🏻

[@Phipanjo]

thanks!

[@TorniQuetHD]

Glad it helped mate 🙏🏻

[@pablocontreras4828]

hello, great video. ¿What tracker do you use?

[@schwarzweisshiphop4077]

Where do i close the cockpit again? I do not know how, and i'm hoping you can help me with that.

[@rdegulielmo]

Is it possible to just use TrackIR to do the zooming instead of the hotas? So moving your head forward would zoom in.

[@TorniQuetHD]

I don’t think it will be as smooth and powerful compared to trackIR but you can set it up to do that in trackIR yes. Would require a very steady head though when zoomed in by leaning forward

[@kevanhandley7521]

You spoke about the camera zoom which is usually bound to the slider on the warthog throttle. I’ve never been able to get it to work in either this game or DCS, any idea why? Is it supposed to zoom inside the cockpit or outside as well? Excuse my ignorance but I’m new to flight sim

[@TorniQuetHD]

I use the zoom in slow and zoom out slow keybind for my zoom. the zoom keybind only works for inside of the cockpit. If you want to zoom in on stuff in external view you can either mouse wheel or press and hold Right control and then press numpad / & * to zoom in and out

[@kevanhandley7521]

@@TorniQuetHD I forgot to mention I’m in VR which appears to make some of the buttons act different? I’m also getting confused with rudder trim, ailerons and elevators. I’m using Hotas warthog joystick and throttle, I’ve got the elevator and ruder trim mapped to the hat switch I think it’s called on my joystick, where do I map the ailerons??

[@ronaldwatson1951]

I'm looking forward to playing IL2 and I appreciate some of the pitfalls I'll be encountering setting up the game. Could you recommend a Rig that will handle IL2 and DCS without glitches. Thanks good video

[@alpiinoo135]

Thx.

[@FreeFragUK]

Looking for a little help on this issue I've got, so ran through the set up and every time I go to move off the aircraft pulls to the right when taxiing and it has a tendency to pull right slightly in the air too. I know my kit is fine in terms of calibration as I don't experience this issue in DCS but for whatever reason IL-2 doesn't want to play fair on this one. I'm running a TM Warthog HOTAS and TM Pedals. Part of me is wondering if I've not set something quite right on the pedals but I'm at a bit of a loss to be honest.

[@TorniQuetHD]

It could just be the torque from the engine that is causing the drift… you have to offset engine torque with rudder pedals on takeoff and in flight so that may be the issue you’re having? If the aircraft has rudder trim you can trim it out to make it fly straight and level 👍🏻

[@Runk3lsmcdougal]

Ty so much

[@jhglaze]

PLEASE DONT TELL ANYONE IN A TUTORIAL YOU’RE GOING TO GOT THROUGH IT QUICKLY. YOUR FOLLOWERS ARE NOT HERE FOR SPEED THEYRE HERE FOR UNDERSTANDING! Speed is not the issue here.

[@a.r4889]

Lol welcome back f***ers. Hilarious.

[@TorniQuetHD]

Hahaha 🤪

[@rickyray4111]

On my X56 il2 picks it up as cursor left and right for the yaw and do you make it a axis.

[@Victortafolla1]

For some reason I can’t get my hotus to be recognized … when trying to bind and the joystick icon is white meaning it recognizes a stick…. Need some help

[@misterditto2279]

I’m moving my joystick but nothings assigning

[@TorniQuetHD]

Hmmmmmmm not sure how to help you out on that one mate, maybe try unplug and re plug your joystick??

[@ninetieschild9114]

Cant get my pilot view to be center of the seat, my view is ace ventura style from the cockpit, ive set up my vr properly, works fine in other games, but i cannot for life of me get the view center for il2..

[@JSpark135]

i can't get my radiators to work in game even after turning on manual control, the mappings read my virpil knobs but in game nothings happens i cant figure out why

[@TorniQuetHD]

It is a fiddley beast mate, I hope you got it sorted in the end

[@JSpark135]

@@TorniQuetHD no because the devs made encoder dials useless in il2 because they thought it would be overpowered. Idiotic. You can only bind specific things to them that they randomly decided, and the fun thing is you have to bind it to find out if it works or not because God forbid they tell you in the UI.

[@JSpark135]

@@TorniQuetHD you can't control mixture, rads, or any other useful engine management bind to encoders. The only one I managed to get working on one is the air rad for the p51, but the other encoder bound for the oil rad won't work. So dumb.

[@kodiakk1765]

What version of IL2 is this ? I play older version and dont see anything like this.

[@mnk618]

what's the control for sirens on ju 87?

[@TorniQuetHD]

Not sure on that one mate sorry 😢

[@TazziedoesWT]

This game is absolutely infuriating me. I set an axis up, it start’s inverted, i press invert, it inverts, i then leave the menu, the axis inverts the inverted control and makes it go the opposite direction.

[@tomaszwota1465]

I much prefer the DCS way of binding stuff. In almost all aspects. But even in basic ones... IL doesn't see my joystick base. I mean, really?

[@TheCrazyCaptainJ]

Can you do a keyboarding for mouse players? I don't have a joystick.

[@Joe-sc8fu]

What joystick did you use for this video?

[@TorniQuetHD]

Thrustmaster Warthog HOTAS with the F-18 stick add on

[@Joe-sc8fu]

@@TorniQuetHD Thanks

[@fdkrill8049]

I do left and right it says axis X Instesd of Z

[@CodeRed001]

I can't believe this game has no custom profiles you can save within the game. I am so done with this garbage. With so many aircrafts, a single keybinding for all is inexcusable. If they want people to adopt the game, buy more planes, etc., it is completely counter-productive to make their life miserable when switching planes because they can't make the most of their controllers. This is a known issue that people have requested since 2017 and they don't care. They keep pumping out new planes though, like every other flight sim company. DCS world's input mapping is like a work of art compared to this, how are they not embarrassed at this? This is the kind of setup I would expect in a flight simulator from the early 2000's, not on a modern game.

[@Spyboy256]

@CodeRed001 Have a look here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eV7Hd4lsjLCnm5Y It goes a long way to explaining.

[@09monos]

Also, being able to add a modifier would be so sweet. DCS rocks in this

[@MisterMannIndy]

@@09monos 100% having a modifier to expand the HOTAS is part of any Minimum Viable Product for a flight sim. I wish I had known this before purchasing. It would have been a deal breaker. I play in VR so I am limited to just the HOTAS buttons. I can make it work, but completely unintuitive and a vast change from DCS. Bummer.

[@christianchapin7413]

i come from dcs and consider myself a dummy. So here I am. 12$ for deluxe right now.

[@filipmacak7893]

my man, or my lady

[@jhglaze]

I used to fly this game back when you buy flight sims on discs key binding and button mapping was never this difficult. Why are seemingly all the flight sims more interested in having you send time mapping than enjoying the game. How about this I give you what u want money u give me what want a flight sim I can setup without asking anyone or going to KZbin you had this before. Now people spend more money and a fucked pos Directed At the present developers at IL2 Sturmovik.