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  1. You realise that there are 2 different control configurations right? That would explain why it only works under arcade. You have to set it up for real mode also :/
  2. Did you disable UAC or do anything with your user accounts? It sounds like a virtualization issue. You may be lucky and still have a restore point from that time for system restore...if that doesnt fix it you can always revert back to your current configuration.
  3. Yep there is no conversion :/. People were really upset when they did that a few years ago. The newer software doesn't have the 3D model of the stick anymore either but after much complaining they did put a picture of the stick back in so you can actually SEE which button you press. You MIGHT be able to download the windows XP virtual machine from MS and make it work with the old software but I wouldnt get my hopes up. Honestly though you'll be better off in the long run to start from scratch or download someones profile that you like and reassign the commands to your taste.
  4. Anything ED decides to do will be top notch and you will all buy it so why fret over it anymore :)
  5. 16 characters is the exact width of the MFD display, anything longer will make it scroll across the window but sometimes it sticks and the MFD just quits working. I suspected that this was the cause but don't have many commands named longer than 16 characters, good find.
  6. I'd hold out until the A-10 stick releases and then see what reviewers think of it. No matter which way you go it's a lot of money and joysticks tend to get replaced a lot less than any other compnent so it's worth it to evaluate all your choices.
  7. Well now you come to the same realization that I did when trying and testing profiles with BS :/ One thing that DOES work good though is the mouse wheel on the throttle. You didn't use those in your NAV mode so maybee you can do the 7 and 8 keys as macro off wheel up and wheel down and the brightness off a shift starte of the mouse wheel.
  8. Let me reprhrase that: You have the right idea in your profile but it is a frustrating limitation of the software when using those bands - Every time you use the mode rotary or shift button it triggers the commands on the bands....it shouldn't but it does.
  9. The rotary will not send the command in the middle position if you don't turn it but what happens is when you press the your pinky button to shift to a different mode it will send the keys unless the rotary is in a deadzone. You can see it happen if you open the profiler and put it in test mode for your profile.
  10. Ntune is very dangerous to use, some driver versions and graphic card combinations will cause the GPU fan to stick at minimum and overheat your card. I lost one of my 8800 GTX's due to this. EVGA precision is a great utility to monitor or tweak your cards and it has a histogram to see what your temps were while you were playing the game etc. You have to register at EVGA to get it but it works on pretty much any Nvidia card and they keep it updated.
  11. I downloaded your profile and checked it out. the 7 and 8 for the abris is very flakey in the game. Even if I try to use the keyboard to rotate the dial using 7 and 8 it goes so fast in the game that it is useless. I guess I never noticed this before because I always used my mouse to operate the Abris. You may be able to get it working if you set the axis to bands and just have it press the same key several times but add delays in between your macro so that it wont go too fast. You may also try turning down the sensitivity or a combination of both. I messed with it a bit but couldn't get it to a point I was happy with it. for your second problem I noticed a problem in your profile that is causing issues. I copied a piece from the help section for the stick that explains it better than I can. "Why didn't we just create one split so that the axis area was split in half and then just assign the keystrokes to the two areas? Because we need a position where the axis is 'at rest' and isn't issuing any keyboard commands. In this example no commands are assigned to the middle position of the area. This is because no matter which controller you have or which axis you are programming, you must always have a band at the middle of the axis movement with no command assigned to it - commonly called a deadzone. " SO what is happening every time you press the pinky button it is sending the whatever is maped to your bands because there is no deadzone... To get rid of all your mistakes and unused commands, right click on an empty button and pick "delete unused commands" from the menu, then click delete all from the other box that opens. or you can pick which ones you want to delete....that box is screwy though especially if there are a lot of unused commands in there.
  12. I look forward to it as long as the maps aren't "everyone goto wpt 2 and duke it out" The helicopters wont stand a chance if the missions are like that. Also there are some very good BS pilots out there. How funny will it be when they slip past the defenses, start tearing apart the enemys airbase and vulching.
  13. 1) To use the rotary bands and not having it keep pressing the key all the time you must make each command in the band a "macro" instead of a keypress. To do this you must right click over the band and pick "new macro" then do your key command and name it as you would anything else. A macro command will only execute 1 time even if the button or band is held down continuously, it will not repeat. I learned this the hard way when I was trying to program it to press a button when I used the mode rotary on the joystick and it was flooding the input and making my CPU usage go through the roof and crash the computer....lol but anyways if you use a command on that or on a band it must be a macro or the same wil happen to you. 2) Not sure what to say on the trigger issue I can't seem to replicate your problem. It seems to work fine for me but honestly in DCS or LOFC2 I couldnt find a use for the 2nd stage of the trigger. The only place I ever used it was in IL-2 so that first stage was machine gun and second stage was cannons. 3) The advanced commands in DCS must be entered in reverse of what is shown in the game menu so if it says F + RALT, you would press RALT+F in the saitek programing software, the modifier keys always must be pressed first. I made a test file so you can see in the rotary, use the rotary around the E button to test it in the profiler "test mode"( click that little gear in the upper right of prfile software) to see what it does. [ATTACH]38334[/ATTACH]
  14. The SU27 video lessons for the Radar and IRST are the exact same thing....they both are the radar lesson....someone screwed up. If I go to your website and look the Youtube video for the IRST it shows the proper one. Downloaded the training video install package again but it's still the same. Can you patch the training video download please?
  15. VLC which you mention plays the training videos just fine on my machine. I would try to reinstall it and try again. Not sure what to use to convert since .ogg is a "container" meaning the files in it could be alot of different things.
  16. I see this on the mainpage at thebattlesim.com DCS:AC-130 Gunship
  17. Just a question in regards to your setup, did you make sure you have the "use these options for all missions" button checked? Might be why you aren't seeing a difference? Use right control + enter so you can see the position of your stick on the indicator to see what it's doing Also I think the big difference between the 2 methods is that one holds the rudder position while the other doesn't, so if you're not using the rudder in your test you might not notice the difference? Upload us a mission track and maybee someone here can help you better, there is one always generated
  18. Did you disable Catalyst AI?
  19. Why do I have the feeling I'm going to have to miss a day of work to be able to order this before it sells out in 5 minutes.....
  20. Did you install the 1.12 patch? The game wouldn't run under Vista or Windows 7 without that. After the patch you probably still have to update the starforce driver again.
  21. I just bought one myself. Great manual and way cheaper on Amazon then ordering from overseas.
  22. As is typical with store bought PC's his computer is loaded to the gills with bloatware/shovelware. Wildtangent, Mcaffe, video zooming software etc etc all make me cringe. Even if junkware like this isn't running it often installs stuff like codec's, on screen displays and other stuff that is loaded regardless if the program is running or not. As EtherealN pointed out I am also suspicious of the codecs. I know for a fact that some codec packs will make it so BS can't run, just do a forum search. K-lite for instance has a little utility you need to run to make an exception list so that games don't try to use the codecs. I have dealt with so many problems like this that are unsolvable on family and friends computers I have lost track. Usually the only fix is a clean format and ONLY use the OS install CD and get the latest drivers. Then make a restore point and a back up of your clean configuration so you always have something to fall back on. I know you probably don't want to hear that but I'd bet money that it would fix your problems..
  23. BS is supposedly getting the new sound system from FC 2 in a patch. I hope this annoying bug goes away also as it is hard to get your voice comms and in game sound set right when it always changes....
  24. Fog in the mountains is definately a scary thing....Don't forget your deicing and trust your instruments. I remember that from when I first purchased DCS:BS , the disorientation and crashing and not having enough power to get over the hill in zero visibility....definately some white knuckle sim fun.
  25. Not really.....my favorite aircraft sim was the Eurofighter stuff from DiD but I know its a pipedream to wish for another great EF sim.... I agree though ED does lack a bit in their selection of euorpean aircrafts...
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