Quick Start Guide

Control Bindings

Single- and Multicrew Experience The OH-58D Kiowa Warrior is a two-seater aircraft where the workload is shared between Pilot and Copilot.

In order to separate and manage the inputs available to each position, we have created two separate input profiles, one for each seat. The profiles can be selected from the drop-down list of aircraft in the Controls page and are named ‘OH-58D Pilot’ and ‘OH-58D Copilot’.

In order to facilitate solo flight in DCS World, we have set up the control system in such a fashion that a solo player may control both the Pilot and Copilot inputs from a single seat.

When in a solo mission, or in a multiplayer environment where there is no second player in the aircraft, the player may switch seats at will, using the ‘Switch to Pilot Seat’ or ‘Switch to Copilot Seat’ commands. From either seat the player has access to all inputs of both Pilot and Copilot. In the event of a control binding conflict, the priority is given to the currently occupied seat.

For example, if the player binds the ‘OH-58D Pilot’ input ‘Fire Weapon [1st Detent]’ to the ‘Enter’ key, and also binds the ‘OH-58D Copilot’ input ‘Fire Laser’ to the ‘Enter’ key, then when the player sits in the Pilot seat, activation of the ‘Enter’ key will fire the weapons, but when sitting in the Copilot seat, it will fire the laser.

When a second player joins the aircraft in a multiplayer environment, the inputs are restricted to the occupied position. For example, a player in the Pilot position will no longer be able to use the ‘Fire Laser’ input.

Suggested Control Bindings The following diagrams show suggested bindings for the DCS OH-58D Kiowa Warrior. These are based on the most commonly used inputs in DCS missions, and are based on the use of standard HOTAS hardware.