crazysundog

Well I got this to work in BlackShark... not very well yet, it will take some tinkering. I unzipped into the bin/stable folder, and then had to press shift f12 in game to start it up...It is an FPS HOG!!! read: halved my FPS. Not sure its gonna be worth it, but will tinker with it more tommorrow. Thanks again for the link!! :pilotfly:

Oh, duhhhhh!!! Thanks for answering, I cant believe I missed that in the keycommands list!! :doh: Thanks Wags!!

The SST does not recognize RightShift; all the others are fine... To work around this issue, I substituted RShift for the Application (Right Windows) key in the game options... there are not that many commands to change!

I like that it simulates the G forces pulling the head the opposite direction of the chopper, but when it comes to tilting your head to match the horizon; I want to do that myself/or not do it at all depending on circumstance.... So maybe there is a way to only disable the head tilting??

I would like to tone down the Natural head movement to about 60% of what it is now... Can anybody offer any help as to how I can do this??

Personally I use the SST software; I have a lot of things mapped. I use the clutch button as a second shiftstate, like the pinkie button, so that I have 3 modes; each with 2 shiftstates...for a total of 9 options for (almost) every button. For example; my C button is mapped to Trim (press button), Cancel Trim (hold pinkie trigger and press button), and Emergency AutoPilot Off (hold clutch and button). I have the the Fire key mapped to Uncage Shkval (press fire button), Laze Target (pinkie and fire button), and Reset Targeting (clutch button and fire button). So far I've only got Mode 1 (Nav) and Mode 2 (Attack) programmed; but soon I will try to finish mapping Mode 3 to be a cannon mode, or maybe a weapons control panel switchology type of mode. I do not use the slider for zoom view, I use the up and down on Hat2.

The question is a lot easier to answer if I know you've flown it! Then I can tell what to take notice of; and what not to do...

yep hitman, do that everytime i fly!!

So, where's the tab that says "I am an ED supporter and will buy everything they release; and probably more than one copy!"

My affinity setting was already set to 2 cores... I'm getting high fps with no complaints in vista.

I wouldn't worry at all sundown; centering the cyclic (and rudder pedals dont forget!) has a natural feeling, and it doesn't need to be instantaneous!! If you are a little slow, you'll just introduce a little bad input...too much forward cyclic, or too much left yaw for example... I'm getting pretty good at using the trim function now, and I can hold a decent hover (without autohover) just by using the dampeners and trim button!!

thanks man, have some rep!!

See ya later fella's; Time to RTFM!!!

ahhhhh, thanks for the info!!:pilotfly:

Well, I just tried flying without disabling the heading dampener like GG recommends... I guess you have to hit the trimmer every time you change your heading? unless im missing something else... gonna have to keep practicing before i ever show my face online!!

I had the same problem [X52 user] here's what I did to solve it: I went through my printed 'keymap' and highlighted every command I needed that had a Right Shift. Then I changed the keycommand in Black Shark and replaced every Rshift I wanted with the Rwin. (or Apps key) note: I did not do every key-just the ones I wanted to bind to the stick!! The SST software recognizes the Apps/Rwin key, this is the only change; I didnt find it necessary to remap the 'P' or whatever... kept the same keys otherwise; and I didnt run into any conflicts with other mappings!!

Hey rapid, I cannot get my Evo to work well with blackshark, you may want to look at a different force feedback stick... I was hoping to do the same thing; and I can get my Evo and my X52 working at the same time, but the FFB in that stick is horrible; more specifically- the Trim will not make the stick stay in position when I hit the trim button... I'm not going to mess with it anymore, but maybe keep my eye on e-bay for a different FFB...

and may their fingers rot and fall off their hands.... many here downloaded the russian version (it cost me the equivalent of a dozen beer in Canada) and we are having fun crashing and scratching our heads because we sleep better at night...

Trim, trim; and more trim!! Oh, and RTFM!!!

I've got the evga 750i mainboard; no complaints on that at all... but you may want to download and copy to disc the newest drivers; the drivers on the disc provided gave me issues for some reason.. wish i had the foresight to do that!

I own a GTX 260; Core 216 Superclocked edition by eVGA. It's the same as a 260 but it has 216 cores instead of 192 and is factory oc'd and costs just a little more than the regular 260...it also benched rather close to the 280. check out this video review and this benchmark review http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum/hardware-canucks-reviews/10103-evga-geforce-gtx-260-core-216-216-sp-superclocked-edition-review.html they also have a 9800 review on that site you may want to check out... I went with the C2D 8500 to run everything for now; will probably upgrade in a year

?? You know I only took the spring as low as 50; maybe I'll try that later!

I just tried my Saitek Evo Force last night, how dissapointing!! It has very unaccurate controls, and I could not get a realistic trim to happen; always too much or too little!! I tried the Saitek control panel, deadzones, spring settings, and the BS FFB tuning and I would still rather fly with my X52!! Oh well, back to the drawing board!!

personally I've [had] to reinstall this game like 5 times already; the only notice of installs remaining was on the first time... you should be ok unless you change hardware!

This is all in reference to the website exwp.com‏; writing the admin back after the rejection email...as far as I know, most North Americans have used this site and had to write the admin to get the money transferred, that admin has made a killing off the Ka50!!!