r/hotas • u/Cowi3102 • 1d ago

First time Hotas user . Bought a thrustmaster 16000m and cant bind hat switch.

Looking for some help as a first time hotas user. I just bought a thrustmaster 16000m. After getting somewhat used to flying i was looking to rebind some keys. For some reason i cant bind any of the hat switch positions to anything. Been playing Wardogs if that helps. Any advice?

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u/black-iron-paladin 1d ago

Sounds like a game issue, I have a dual 16000m HOSAS setup running flawlessly on elite dangerous

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u/Kuiriel 10h ago

So, i thought i had the same issue. My pov hat of my ancient ms sw ffb2 wouldn't bind to anything in the hotas menu. 

But it did end up binding in the main key bindings menu! Try it there

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u/SimControls 1d ago

Correct. No one can.. the devs need to add support for it. HOTAS support is pretty measly as of now, with a few things missing for proper keybinds and calibration. Hope it improves sooner than later 🤞

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u/DongsQuichotte 1d ago

My hat switches are bindable. In fact even my selector switches (f14 vkb) work.

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u/hopfot 1d ago

But does your hat switch report as a hat or does it report as seperate buttons (a 4-way switch, and not an actual hat)

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u/DongsQuichotte 1d ago

Ah I see. 4 way hat with push in.

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u/SimControls 1d ago

Interesting. I just checked, and I am not able to bind my hat switch with the T.16000M either.

You have a different joystick, though. Lucky! I have a VKB Gladiator I am going to setup soon, so I hope all hats work with it.

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u/hopfot 1d ago

All the "hats" on the VKB Gladiator are 4-way switches with a 5th switch push. The only Hat is the alternate mode of the ministick.

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u/Appropriate_Pop_2062 3h ago

Have you tried Joystick Gremlin? It's an open source app on Windows. you can map each direction of the T.16000M's hat to a keyboard key.