Joystick mapping in BMS is pretty easy unless you wish to use one button to shift the functionality of another. On the first screen just point the axis to your joystick. Don’t worry about any other axis yet. If the little cursor in the square moves when your stick moves, you’re golden. Then take care of a few buttons: Trim, TMS, CMS, Trigger, Weapons Release, etc. Now go to “Advance” and it is here where you map the rest. One great thing about BMS is that it loads into 3d so quickly that you can make a change and then test the change in well under a minute. If you are using a HOTAS you will have the most success if you map as closely to the F-16 as your equipment allows.