Yes, settings stick with the device. Add/Remove the device as desired and the settings should come back even across loads.
Yes, you can duplicate the assignments between devices. If you feel like flying with a HOTAS on weekends and a Sidewinder on weekdays, you should be able to just plug it in and get back all of your settings.
Yes, you can have multiple devices plugged in at once. I’m currently testing with a Yoke, Throttle, Pedals setup. Unplugging any one of them is fine.

The basic summary is, settings are now tied the device’s unique ID. When X-Plane sees that ID, it gives you back the last thing you setup for that ID. It doesn’t care about duplications or omissions.

Yes, management is the primary driving factor for the whole rewrite. There are many more changes to Joysticks/Keys throughout the v10 run.

I tried with a single HOTAS and indeed it seems to remember the settings I have configured before (although I think they didn’t in previous beta).
Do those settings “stick” on the specific device?
In other words, if I attach something ELSE (like a… joypad or an other HOTAS), will I be able to assign other settings (in current betas) WITHOUT messing my original HOTAS settings – so that when I attach it back I get those back?

Also what happens with more than one controls? For example someone might use two controllers to reach an ammount of axis and buttons needed (after all this is the case with Warhog that you support – but I am asking for a more generic implementation). How will the program handle this situation? (for example an X45 + a joypad) Will it also handle it properly when one of those are detached? (ie. not messing the settings of any of the two -or more- devices and use the axis/buttons that remain?)

Will we at some point be able to MANAGE X-Plane profiles for controllers? (load and save them)

Thank you.

First, awesome job with 10.10. I was so disappointed with HDR on my 6790m iMac that I gave up on it. There have been a few updates since I last tried XP so I thought I’d give it another try. Beautiful! So long as I don’t use a stratus layer nothing seems to make it struggle. The new rig is also nicely done. I use a Logi G940. Of course it isn’t really intended for the Mac and I primarily use it for games on the windows side of the computer. However, it works well enough on the Mac with XP. All hats work. The two wheels on the throttle “R1” and “R2” previously were not recognized. Now they are but are on the same axis as the rudder so still not useable. “Flight” is dead! Long live X-plane!

Corrected! Thanks.