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[Golden Gun]

From what I can tell, you are saying we could make this work without taking out any of the current hardware right? If so, I'm down for that!

Since the current configuration for using the SB controller on MWO only uses the trigger and the x/y axis (everything else is mapped to keys) it would be easy to use your controller board for the joystick x/y input and the rest of the controller's functions as is.

[Loc Nar]

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From what I can tell, you are saying we could make this work without taking out any of the current hardware right? If so, I'm down for that!

Umm, not exactly. What I mean is that from a mechanical standpoint of a zero-order stick, suitable elements are there that can be utilized by the guts from a Thrustmaster T16000M. This would likely entail removing the old circuit boards but might be avoidable but at minimum the wires from all the switches would be redirected to the appropriate wires on the T16000M board. There will be some light modding to do to the gimbal to mount the magnet and sensor stationary below it, and wires that need to be fed through the stem etc.

To make this as easy as possible and increase the functionality over the stock the stick, (stock SB stick grip has button deficiency syndrome) the grip from theT16000M could be grafted onto SB gimbal stem with hardly any fuss. Ideally the rest of the SB controller can function without being tied to the boards in the right stick's base (do you know?). Electronically it would be the same thing as using a T16000M stick with the center/left portions of the SB controller plugged in if you wanted to test if it could work before committing. If it's not possible to run without those sections independently(?), it still should be possible to leave them in there for circuit continuity but be relying on the T16000M's guts/sensors for actually handling any inputs (stick movements, button pressings) that MWO sees.

Either the case it's looks very doable, and well worth the effort. That's such a cool controller to not be able to be used in MWO, and there's a lot of them out there that could be rescued if a proper formula for the surgery is developed.