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If this all refer to my collective-mod and a lack of a twist throttle: You can easily assign a axis of the analogue Hat-switch as throttle.(That means not as axis! Read it as something like: x-axis+ means power up- and x axis - means power down. All manageable through the Saitek SST programming software. Because if you would assign them as throttle axis 1:1 you have to hold the axis in this position all the time. When you release the chosen 'value' it also would go to nominal.)

You are right- there are twist throttles on their collectives. But AFAIK are the newest upgraded versions equipped with a RPM governor. So you touch the throttles normally only twice during a flight: When you start the engines and when you shut them down. When the pilot use them under other conditions something bad happed. This is also the one of the greatest reasons for helicopter crashes - faulty power management.(edit:That means that the pilot touched the throttles without a need) So a RPM governor is todays standard when not at least a must for a save flying . A RPM governor makes piloting a helicopter half that complicated.

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Thanks- Yes - I'm working right now also on an extension for the HOTAS-Cougar. Please watch my site for news - or drop me your e-mail over my guestbook and I will inform you about availability. The Avatar: I used Doc Brown for a rather long time but my Girlfriend convinced me to use Wall-E after watching it together:).

Never had such a problem. So I suppose that the simulation starts now in SoftTh mode-right?. And you want now a proper view. - Try also to open the lua files in word or rename them as *.txt and edit them with the texteditor than give them back the *.lua ending. Or simply use my files (make a backup of your files!): View-lua.rar server-lua.rar

I was talking of modern and nowadays helicopters. -The AH-1 and UH-1 are birds of the 60ies. But AFAIK has the AH-1W "Super Cobra" all this features.

Try this 1.7 softth.cfg and delete my comments. --------------------------------------------------------------------- deviceIDLeft=auto deviceIDright=auto secondaryWidth=1024 secondaryHeight=768 (never add higher resolution as in the middle) secondaryRefresh=60 secondaryFormat=YUV12 (looks much better thanRGB16) antialiasing=2 anisotropic=0 borderSize=50 sideExtraWidth=-256 (you have to set a value when you use a different res as on the middle one!) noHotkeys=0 [Direct3D] ; ** Advanced setting for Direct3D games ** ; cylindicalCorretionAngle: Amount of cylindrical correction done, use with sideExtraWidth ; hideNondefaultDevices: Hides all but the default adapter from the game ; forceHorizontalFOV: Forces horizontal FOV to be three times as wide ; forceResolutionWidth/Height: Forces device to be created with this resolution ; force16bitDepth: Force game to use 16bit depth buffer, can improve performance and reduce memory use ; sleepBeforeRead: Time in ms to sleep before reading back buffer data from video card ; useMultihead: Uses multihead features of primary card if available, can increase performance and reduce memory use ; Set to 2 to force multihead initialization even if game doesn't create device with TH resolution ; delayedPresent: When useMultihead enabled, delay primary monitor present to sync with secondary head ; swapOrder: Swap order at which the frame contents are copied ; autoSquash: Automatically squash output to middle monitor if only pretransformed (GUI) elements are drawn ; d3d8dll: Path to D3D8.dll/D3D9.dll to use or auto for automatic (system32 dir) cylindicalCorretionAngle=0 hideNondefaultDevices=0 forceHorizontalFOV=0 forceResolutionWidth=0 forceResolutionHeight=0 force16bitDepth=0 sleepBeforeRead=1 useMultihead=1 delayedPresent=0 swapOrder=0 autoSquash=0 d3d8dll=auto [hooks] ; Win32 API hooking settings - Used for some extra compatibility and game-specific fixes ; doHooking: Enable/disable hooks in Direct3D, with OpenGL hooks are always enabled ; doScaleMouseCoordinates: Scale mouse coordinates for getCursorPos to fix games which do not handle negative screen coordinates properly ; doScaleFromLeftScreen: Spread out mouse coordinates from left screen to full width ; doScaleWindowRects: Scale game window rectangle to triplehead size ; mouseXoffset: Number of pixels to offset mouse cursor position in X axis, to fix misplaced cursor due to negative screen coordinates. auto = use X resolution doHooking=1 doScaleMouseCoordinates=0 doScaleFromLeftScreen=0 doScaleWindowRects=0 mouseXoffset=0 ; Triplehead screenmodes to add to resolutions list (width multiplied by 3 and border added) ; Must be last in this file [modes] 1280x960x60 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Set this values in in the graphics.cfg: DisplayMode { resolution = {1280, 960}; bpp = 32; fullscreen = 1; aspect = 1.3333; Interface { resolution = {1280, 960}; bpp = 32; fullscreen = 1; aspect = 1.3333; } Simulation { resolution = {3428, 960}; bpp = 32; fullscreen = 1; aspect = 4; } Now lock on should run fine. After this you should read carefully the thread I posted you in my first answer to set correct view-angel limits.

1.Yes,Software - Saitek SST Programming Software. 2.Put two of them like this together and add a small plate on it. then screw it under your chair. Tata! -ready to fly! (Thanks for this question - reminds me to put a small ´how-to´ on my site.)

Thanks for the info. I will watch your show for sure !:thumbup:

:) I will not add a twist grip to it - 1.it would raise the costs dramatically - 2.nearly all modern Helicopters have an automated RPM governor and many of them even don't have a twist throttle at the collective stick nowadays (see the KA50 for instance). Edit: But you can easily assign the analogue Hat-switch as throttle.

You can now buy my collective on ebay via my website for 85€. http://www.leftside-limited.com/collective.html I have changed the layout a little to have a greater compatibility to other helicopters as only the KA50.

You can now buy my collective on ebay via my website for 85€. http://www.leftside-limited.com/collective.html I have changed the layout a little to have a greater compatibility to other helicopters as only the KA50. A flight stick extension will follow soon. FAQ: (Taken from this thread at the DCS forum: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=27119 ) 1.Yes,Software - Saitek SST Programming Software. 2.Put two of them like this together and add a small plate on it. then screw it under your chair. Tata! -ready to fly! I will not add a twist grip to it - 1.it would raise the costs dramatically - 2.nearly all modern Helicopters have an automated RPM governor and many of them even don't have a twist throttle at the collective stick nowadays (see the KA50 for instance). But you can easily assign the analogue Hat-switch as throttle. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8150318900853973261&hl=de :)

PS.: Thank you! -If you want a similar display setting like on the LLTM video or this http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=535159&postcount=322 you have to use three Graphic cards and windows XP -AFAIK. Edit: I'm working right now on a Tutorial how to use SoftTh wit Lockon-FC and more than three screens. Beside of the text it will also contain many explaining images and some videos. But it is not ready yet.

Oh that's bad- If you would run XP you would be able to put the left 17" monitor with with a 'virtual' TV in spanned mode similar like did it with the LLTM set up. This This was necessary because the middle ones where in spanned mode and I got a very squeezed Image on the side monitors. When I get you right all monitors have the same height , right? I know that you are not able to have Spanned monitors in Vista but you could Try this (I don't now If it works on Vista but its possible on XP): Take the right and the middle 22" on your primary card. Than Force TV detection on your secondary.(this will allow you to have a TV on your system without one connected. Than assign the TV as primary monitor on your secondary card. Set it on the same resolution like your right monitor. Than 'clone' the TV Image on your 17'' monitor(atached as secondary monitor). and change the resolution to something half as wide like the TV. (yes It do not only sound like many try and errors in front of you...) Than you should be able to move the 'virtual' TV image around in your 17'' monitor with the mouse. So seeing only 'cut-out' of the Image. This should prevent you from a totally squeezed image on the left side. If that doesn't work put the 17'' monitor in the middle and use an positive sideExtraWidth value in your SoftTH.cfg. example: Used SoftTh resulution =1280x1024x60 Used secondaryWidth=1680 and secondaryHeight=1050 so your sideExtraWidth would be 1680-1280= 400 In the Lockon graphics.cfg you must use : Middlemonitor res+sidextrawidth+sideextrawidth+bordersize+bordersize(50 for instance) x Hight of the middle resolution. This would be: 1280+1680+1680+50+50= 4740x1024 (tata!) and look like that: Only change the Simulation value! That will prevent you from not working mouse pointer in the ME/menu of LockOn! It will start as usual in single screen but when you hit fly it will switch to SoftTH.

WindowsXP or Vista?

Hi Stswrebel, Read trough this thread: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=31757 It should give you helpful tips. Concerning your question: First of all: SoftTh works with all monitors - you should have at least three VGA outputs on your system ( A motherboard with build in graphics and a normal graphic card is sufficient) . You can use nearly any resolution and aspect ratio together with SoftTh. To help you more I have to now if your monitors are Normal (4:3 or 5:4) or widescreen. If you are using a 5:4 22" you could tilt both side monitors in portrait mode . And it should align with the middle one. If your middle screen is not High enough you could also try to 'squeeze' the image of the side monitors with the built in monitor options.

You can see a video of the controls in action on my website.

Maybe Off topic: MY advice - after playing with flight simulators the last 15years - :Buy the game/simulation you want to enjoy and wait 5 years to install it. :)

Sorry - not up to now (22.09.08- I have a also a g3), but it is capable to do it from the processor/hardware aspects. I'm not a programmer, but maybe someone will find a way... But in the meantime you can play X-Plane on your iPhone/iTouchPod: http://toucharcade.com/2008/09/15/flight-simulator-x-plane-9-from-laminar-research/

I'm able to take screen shots of Lockon-Fc in 5876x2100px max. If one of you skinners/moders are in need of a picture that 'says it all' to advertise your outstanding work. Just PM me.:) >Here< you can see a example picture of the vanilla SU-27 pit in 3828px × 2100px.

Camspace is now as open beta available! A good start for flight simmers is the FlightModelSimulator profile.By disabling some of the axis in your lockon profile you will get a feasible rudder paddle and many more... ;)

There is already the ability to control the Mouse pointer with TrackIR/Freetrack in game.You have to turn on the precision mode. ...But you will loose the ability to look around in the cockpit. And many switches are covered partly from other switches or devices that it will be very uncomfortable to do it in this way. But all hope isn't lost. There is a answer for using both - the ability to look around and manipulate the cockpit only by looking at it: Remote Eye Tracking in combination with a head tracker. http://www.a-s-l.com/Site/ And yes- I already did some tests with a DIY solution but It has not the needed accuracy with the software and webcam that I used, But it looked very promising.

Don't believe everything you read in the web...:) It's a 15'' touchscreen - and much,much cheaper than 1000 €. When you sit in the right distance the outer borders align with the upper 22" screen. Nice side effect: You have to readjust the focus of your eyes when switching from from the 'outside' to the 'inner cockpit' view. This adds immersion and a realistic feeling - Something you can hardly show on a video.

I'm using only my fingers on the touchscreen - no other device is used to manipulate the cockpit. Where you see a Wii controller or similar? You can use a touchscreen for every application that allows the manipulation with a mouse. There is no need of a native support. Search for 'touchscreen' or 'touchscreen overlay' in the web.

Hi Polecat, Wags ,Groove ,JimMack ,gg87 ,EagleEye and last but not least Triggerhappy! Thanx for following my invitation! Right now I'm on a polish wedding of on of my cousins near Gdansk (17th,September) but I will give you a rough/detailed draft of my tutorial about how to set up Softth up wit FC properly with your main board aspects (softth is limited through pci bandwidth of your motherboard) and your CPU in mind in the next 5 days. Once again - Thanks for joining!