Your aircraft, not a list someone typed
It reads DCS's own files, so every module you own appears with the commands it really has — including modules released after this app was, and the shared commands several aircraft depend on.
Build a HOTAS profile without fighting the controls menu.
DCS Binder reads your own DCS installation, shows every command your modules really have, and lets you drag them onto a picture of your stick and throttle. It writes a profile DCS loads as-is.
$3.99 once, for every module you own. No account, no subscription, nothing uploaded — your DCS folder is read on your own machine.
Only the Logitech/Saitek X-56 stick and throttle are supported at the moment. Other controllers are not yet — a device has to be mapped out properly before anything can be bound to it safely, and this app would rather support one device correctly than several by guesswork. More are coming, and the order is decided by what people ask for. Tell me which one you fly with: themaritimepilot@gmail.com.
What it does
Drag commands onto your stick
A picture of the device with a dot on every control. Drag a command onto a dot, or click a dot and pick from the list. Press the switch on the real thing and its dot lights up, so you never have to count hotspots to find one.
Axis tuning, exactly as DCS does it
Deadzone, saturation, curvature and a user curve, written into the same table DCS writes itself. A dot rides the curve as you move the axis — read from the device's own report, so the twist is the twist.
Straight into DCS
It writes the profile into your Saved Games folder under the exact name DCS expects, device id and all. Restart DCS and your bindings are there — no exporting, no copying, no Load Profile.
Carry a layout to another aircraft
Load the profile you already fly and it works out the matching commands on a different jet, keeping each one on the same button. Every proposal is yours to approve first.
A reference sheet you can print
The device, numbered, with a key beside it saying what each number does. One page per angle, ready for the desk beside you.
Download
Trial
Free, no time limit
The whole app, for one aircraft of your choosing. Build a real profile, load it in DCS, and see the thing work end to end before paying for anything.
Download the trialWindows 10 or 11 · 64-bit · about 2 MB
Full version
$3.99 · one payment, every aircraft
Unlocks every module you own. Same installer — a licence key turns the trial into the full version, so there is nothing to reinstall.
Buy a licenceSecure checkout by Stripe · your key appears immediately, and is emailed to you as well (check your spam folder the first time)
Windows will warn you about the installer
It is not signed with a certificate yet, so SmartScreen shows "Windows protected your PC". Click More info, then Run anyway. A signing certificate costs a few hundred euro a year and will be bought once the app has earned it; until then, this is the honest explanation rather than a scary dialog with no context.
It installs for your user only, so it never asks for administrator rights.
Before you buy
Try it first
The trial is the whole app for one aircraft, with no time limit. Build a real profile and load it in DCS before paying for anything.
If it does not work
Mail me and I will fix it or refund you. No form, no conditions — a tool that does not work for you is not worth your money. themaritimepilot@gmail.com
What you get
$3.99 once. Every module you own, on your own machines. No account, no subscription, and updates are free — the same installer, unlocked by your key.
Questions
Which controllers are supported?
The Logitech/Saitek X-56 stick and throttle, and at the moment nothing else. Every button and axis of a device has to be mapped out by hand before it can be offered: DCS ignores a wrong binding silently rather than complaining, so a guessed layout produces a profile that looks right and does nothing.
More are coming, and which one comes next is decided by what people ask for. Send the model — a photo, or the page of the manual naming the buttons, makes it much quicker to add. themaritimepilot@gmail.com
Does it change my DCS installation?
It reads your installation and never writes to it. When you save a profile a normal Windows save dialog opens, already pointing at DCS's own folder for that aircraft with the exact filename DCS expects — you can accept it, or save anywhere you like.
If a profile of that name is already there, the old one is kept beside it as a
.backup file. Nothing is ever overwritten without a copy surviving.
Which aircraft work?
Every module in your installation, read from DCS's own files rather than a list somebody typed out. That includes modules released after this app was.