Thumb Wheel - Saitek GM2400 User Manual

Once you've created those commands then you can assign them to the hat switch on the pad.
Bring up the 3D view of the GM2 Pad and double-click on the Hat Switch. Make sure the
action is set to 8-way rather than 4-way and then click the Unshifted Tab at the top of the
window. Set the Attributes to Actions and you can then assign the appropriate commands to
each "compass direction" on the hat switch. Below you can see what this should look like.
The hat switch will now operate movement correctly on the GM2 pad. Before we move on to
something else a common question asked by people is why we don't put the turn left and right
commands to the left and right positions of the hat switch. The answer is simple – in the
average first person shooter you've already got the turn left and right commands on your
mouse's movement so there's no need to assign them to the hat switch; besides which you
need to be able to strafe in these sorts of games as it always marks the difference between a
successful and unsuccessful gamer.
In strategy games the hat switch can be assigned to anything you want. Some games have a
scroll function where you can move the view around the map that you are looking at, so you
could assign those commands to the hat switch. Of course it is entirely up to you what you
assign but basically, anything goes.
The hat switch on the mouse can be programmed in the same way but it is limited to 4-way
movement.

Thumb Wheel

The Thumb Wheel on the pad can again be used for anything. Most commonly it is banded,
just as described in the section that deals with the Cyborg 3D stick's axes but we will go over
it again here.
In Project I.G.I. you have a Sniper Rifle and Binoculars, both of which have the ability to zoom
the view in and out and this is a perfect function to use the Thumb Wheel for.