I tried programming the Map key ( letter M) to my joystick so I could pull up the map without looking down at the keyboard. It works fine to pull up the map, but when I hit the button again to toggle back to the regular cockpit view or whatever view I was in, nothing happens. I have to go back and press the M key on the keyboard to get the map view to toggle off. Anyone found a workaround for this?

No,same problem. Still reaching to the keyboard.

I noted the same thing when Flight first came out. I don't use the Map except to select jobs, planes and weather, so I just hit the "M" key.

The control mappings configured in MS Flight only work while you are flying. When you switch to map view you are no longer flying, thus no response from the control mapping.

 

If your joystick has software that allows you to map keyboard commands, the solution is to map an "m" to your joystick using the controller software. Then you can simply toggle back and forth between flying and the map view. Because this command is generated at the computer level, not as a program mapping, hitting the switch will always transmit an "m", even if you are in another program such as MS Excel.

 

When you map keyboard commands using the controller software, leave those commands unmapped in the MS Flight controller configuration. Also, don't use the same keyboard command for one function in your controller software and for another function in MS Flight. In other words, if "m" is mapped in the MS Flight keyboard configuration for map view, and you map "m" in your controller software, then don't map it in the MS Flight joystick configuration. In this case, the MS Flight joystick configuration would be "unmapped".

 

I have CH controls and all of my commands are mapped to the controllers using the CH manager software. Only axes and hat switches are mapped in MS Flight. I wrote a doc explaining how to map CH controls for MS Flight. The concepts in the doc should apply to a variety of controllers. The doc is available from this forum at http://forum.avsim.net/index.php?app=core&module=attach&section=attach&attach_id=42560

 

An added benefit is that I don't worry about surprise remapping of controls during program updates.

Thanks for the tip, much appreciated. Did it, and it works perfectly.

Slightly OT question here but is there any way to gain access to the map screen while on a job, can't seem to save mid flight when doing a job either?

Slightly OT question here but is there any way to gain access to the map screen while on a job, can't seem to save mid flight when doing a job either?

 

They have purposely disabled the map. You can get a sectional for Hawaii that you can use as a map.