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  1. I also use the scroll wheel, but in normal mode I change Shkval magnification, and use the Shift (pinkie) mode for frame size; it works pretty well. I use my mini stick on the throttle for Shkval panning, and my mini stick in Shift mode is to move my mouse cursor for operating cockpit switches.
  2. Have you tried to download a fresh set of Setup and DataCab files? I had to do a re-install and got error messages with my Datacab file, so I down loaded it again and it installed okay first time. I use XP, but my brother uses Vista and I copied my files to his PC (to save on a long download) and he had the same problem with my datacab file, so he had to download a fresh copy of it, and then his install went fine.
  3. OK, thanks for letting us know. Great work, and thanks for all your time and effort, I've been a fan of your work for some time now - Flaming Cliffs.
  4. One of those "Ah Ha" moments! Just did the bigginers 2 class and noticed afterwards that I had a new .miz.trk file - this file has been auto generated by what I have just done by loading the mission file as a multiplayer mission, playing the audio file in the background by Alt+Tabbing out and using Media Player, then Alt+Tabbing back into the game. That is why I got confused earlier, thinking I hadn't seen the .miz.trk files initially. So what we need is Shepski's trk file so we can replay that on our systems, with his voice over playing in the background so we can follow his movements "in real time".
  5. I ended up loading the begginers class 1 (the "begginers_8" version) in multiplayer, Alt+Tabbing out and playing the audio file using Media Player in the background, then Alt+Tabbing back to the game and following it through. Haven't done the second class yet. Some good stuff, picked up a few pointers, but I've also learnt a lot through "try and die"!! Good to know I'm not the only Vortex Ring State victim!
  6. Now I'm getting the trk files to load (begginers class 1) they play for a few seconds and then it exits saying ..\blackshark\modules\me_coalitions.lua:84: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value) I also noticed the trk files end in .miz.trk so I renamed without the .miz but it still crashes.
  7. just looked again and there are both trk and miz files. is there a way to play the audio file from within the cockpit?
  8. OK, just tried it as a multiplayer. you can load the mission, but there is no sound playback. Am I missing something obvious here? Do we need to install it as a Modman file or something?
  9. Same here. noticed they are .miz files, therefore need to load as a mission, i.e. not playback (.trk) and not training (as they are also .trk files). do we have to open them as multiplayer missions I wonder?
  10. I have both versions, had the Russian first, then installed the English version. My cockpit labelling is in Russian, the tooltip labels, ABRIS and Warnings are in English. I cannot change it to English either.
  11. My apologies if this has already been mentioned, but I found last night that Saitek released a new updated SST software on Dec 17. I've downloaded it and so far no problems. It has re-introduced some of the features it used to have, like the model viewer that shows what each button press does, and showing all the button press commands on the Throttle MFD (it wasn't working for the HAT switches for a while). Good to see they are still supporting us.
  12. I thought we could install both versions without any problems. I have both installed, but my English version cockpit is Russian with English ABRIS, labels and warnings. Also, I can't run my Russian version anymore, it just runs my English version when I double click the desktop icon, but I wanted to keep the Russian version as it seemed to run BS better than the English version (i.e. faster fps and it always had both CPU's selected by default when doing the "Ctrl+Alt+Del to set Affinity" trick. I was easily getting around 10fps more). But my X52Pro had "issues" with the Russian version, and works pretty good with the English version. I am using Win XP 32 bit, SP3. As I've paid for both versions, is there a way to have both installed and be able to run both versions as I want them to be (i.e. English version with Full English cockpit option, and Russian version with Russian cockpit and English ABRIS, labels and warnings).
  13. Just checked what I had in-game, it is set as Joy_RX, as an axis, vanilla flavour (no inverse axis, deadzone etc)
  14. Sorry, my mistake, I was looking at the mouse sensitivity slider in "Mode 2" which I'd previously set when I was experimenting with different setups. When set to Bands, you don't have the sensitivity slider, but when set to Mouse X/Y Axis, you have a sensitivity slider available. I set it to max to move the cursor around the cockpit at a faster rate. I use a similar setup in LockOn, but using it as the analogue type joystick so the more you press the mini stick away from "centre" the quicker the cursor would move (this worked well on the A10, and I think it was just as good on the Frog) but that was set as an in-game option and I did like it that way. Maybe a future patch will allow this to happen in DCS, but it may be that the Slew Rate is at a fixed rate which you can alter in the cockpit (as well as Auto Scanning), therefore a variable speed slew isn't how it works IRL, and ED are sticklers for "Keeping it Real".
  15. Don't program it in SST, leave it as the "Fall Back" option and then use the in game Controls Options to assign it. The levers don't move smoothly, they move up in notches.
  16. I remember something along these lines with LOMAC a few years back, where there was a significant difference to FPS between using "Software" or "Hardware" acceleration in Direct X settings with onboard sound. I can't remember the exact details, I remember it worked for me at the time but I then installed Doom 3 and had no sound, spent ages tracking it down to me changing the setting in DX.
  17. I use it as bands as well, for Mode 1, although I have 0-47%, 47-53% Deadzone, and 53-100% and it works a treat. My sensitivity is set around 25-33% on the slider. I also use Mode 1 + Pinkie as normal mouse axis (with sensitivity set to max) so I can still move the mouse cursor around to operate cockpit switches, etc, without having to use the mouse. Having Track IR4 also helps with this.
  18. I just installed the English version without uninstalling the Russian version with no problems. One thing I have found is that the unstable X52pro effects I had in the Russian version have now gone (there have been several posts about this), and I have had to modify my SST profile to the way I normally program it (ie HUD only view being "Left Alt + F1" is now "Left Alt + F1" instead of "F1 + Left Alt". If someone is wondering "why keep both" it may be worth considering that future releases may be staggered in a similar fashion to the release of Black Shark in that the Russian version is released some 6 weeks before the localised western version. If you're anything like me, you're already drooling at the prospect of the A10C being released in approx 9 months (OK, take the ERD with a pinch of salt), but is that 9 months from now or from 17 Oct? If it is staggered, then I will be getting the Russian version first, which may only be compatible with a Russian install of Black Shark. PS: Thankyou ED for this outstanding product thats sets the new standard for everyone else to strive towards, you can count on my continued support of your hard work in the future; my Christmas has come early this year!
  19. Has anyone tried the Bug Fix with an X52Pro and has it worked?
  20. Are you pressing SHKVAL centre (Ctrl I) or Target Mode Reset (Backspace). The Reset turns off the Monitor, the Centre sets the SHKVAL to Boresight (I think, will have to check)
  21. You have to re-map the command using the in-game options, use something like the "windows" key or the other side modifier ("left shift" instead of "right shift") if it isn't being used by something else.
  22. I've been having similar problems where after a while my X52Pro doesn't work properly. I'm flying along quite happily then the buttons seem to rewrite themselves and give me completely different inputs, not only that, but my keyboard also goes crazy, and the key-inputs are either different or non-functional (like I press "Esc" to leave the game, and it has no response). The only way I get out of it is to press my joystick buttons ramdomly to escape whatever is rewriting the keypresses. I haven't managed to identify the keypress that initiates it yet, nor the one that resets it.
  23. The F2 external view allows you to move around the Ka50 (or whatever object is selected) by using the mouse, keeping the Ka50 in the centre of view.
  24. The text above comes from the meOptions file (opened with Notepad). The error message I get when I try to run the game, I can hear the music playing, but I just get a small window with the error message, when I press OK it just goes back to desk top.
  25. I've just looked in the LUA file, not really sure what I'm doing, but I went to the Graphics setting section and found this }, graphics = { textures = 1, scenes = 'medium', --terrPrld = '50', civTraffic = 0, water = 1, haze = 1, lights = 2, visibRange = 'Low', effects = 2, heatBlr = 0, shadows = 2, -- Ïðè èíòåðïðåòàöèè ìèññèè/òðåêà ñèìóëÿòîð äîëæåí áðàòü ïàðàìåòðû èç -- ñîîòâåòñòâóþùåãî ðàçäåëà display_mode. resolution = '1024x768', color = '32', fullScreen = false, aspect = 1.333333333, width = 1024, height = 768, display_mode = { avi = { resolution = '640x480', full_screen = false, aspect = 1.333333333, width = 640, height = 480, bpp = 32 }, }, multiMonitorSetup = cdata.defaultMonitorProfile1, }, I see two things that confuse me: shadows = 2, -- Ïðè èíòåðïðåòàöèè ìèññèè/òðåêà ñèìóëÿòîð äîëæåí áðàòü ïàðàìåòðû èç -- ñîîòâåòñòâóþùåãî ðàçäåëà display_mode. I've seen stuff like this on other parts of the program, don't really know what it's about, but this could be my problem. A few lines further down, I'm guessing that the "display_mode = " line should have something in there (hence the nil value comment in the error message). Can someone post their text of this part of the file so I can modify mine. I've tried putting in 512, but I then get another error message.
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