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    Is there a Helios tutorial/video somewhere to export the MFDs and some gauges (no Fuel gauge available?) to two Lilliput 600x800 monitors with TM OSB bezels on them? I can get the MFDs and gauges positions fine, they run in Helios Control Panel w/o error, but no MFDs in-game and no data to the gauges. I've tried setting the in-game resolution to 2560x2240 (Main monitor is 2560x1440, two 8" lilliputs (portrait 600x800) and it "squashes/stretches" the main screen, makes the menus a PITA to see, and still no MFDs or gauge output. Also, there is no F-16 Interface choice, is that needed? Here is where I am --
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    Thanks Bunny, I am using a 4-way hat on my CH throttle. I swear I tried using the CW/CCW bindings but i'll take another look. I'll also do some study today on using the LUA files and Helios, if applicable. Thanks guys!
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    If there is a spot to easily find this info, please excuse the post. I have my CH HOTAS set up the same way I use it in the "other" F-16 sim, but the keys I can't seem to find are to change the radar elevation (LMFD). Range is OSB 19-20, works fine, just can't find the elv. keys. I use YAME64 to extract MFDs and gauges to my two Lilliput 8" monitors. Is there a similar "easy to use" program for DCS? Thanks for any help, looking forward to getting into this and also the F-18 module. Read that ATC and dynamic campaign are not far off, great news!
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    Yes, it is mapped as a stock throttle, as is my Fighterstick... cheers!
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    The mapping is done in MMJoy under the "Joystick buttons" tab. The pics are for my Pro Throttle. You simply hit the button and it lights up red, put that number next to the corresponding Button #, done. In your case simply copy my setup or I can send you the file to upload. Is the Fighterstick ok?
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    I can say moving to MTW's CH sensors/mainboards was the best thing i've done for this old gear. Super accurate, no more jitters/bounces, my Pro Throttle and Fighterstick reacts to the slightest pressure. Love it. Only caveat for any still using the CH Control Manager (which has long outlived its design without it going to open source) the mainboard installation will require it's removal once and for all. The sensors will work fine with it, but I had little use for it anyway. I (and MTW AFAIK) found no way for the new boards to communicate with it. I use JoyToKey for any programming I cant do in the sim itself, easy peasy..
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    Rel4y - Got a customer from the US trying to reach you for TM Cougar parts (Rich L.), he's having trouble getting accepted to this forum so I had him email you. PS - my Pro Throttle and Fighterstick with your mainboards and MRpots works perfectly, been using it more in the last months than I did for 10 years! Thanks!!
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    Ok, I must be an idiot as i've stared at this for an hour, read all the posts and DCE shows up in DCS World (with no mission) I get this error when I run FirstMission.bat - C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\luae.exe: cannot open C:\Users\xxx\Saved: No such file or directory. My FirstMission.bat file is - start "Generate First Mission" cmd /k ""C:\Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\bin\luae.exe" C:\Users\xxx\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Mods\tech\DCE\Scripts\BAT_FirstMission.lua && exit" I see the error truncates the path of Saved Games, no idea why, is that it? What the heck am I missing? The install looks fine, I made all file adjustments required.. likely something simple i've overlooked? Double checked camp_init.lua also, as i'm not 100% sure how the path should look due to the instructions in bold, this is what I have now - path = "C:\Users\xxx/Saved Games/DCS.openbeta/Mods/tech/DCE/Missions/Campaigns/FA-18C Battle Group Delta/", --path of campaign folder within USERPROFILE (use / for folder seperation as \ is an escape character in LUA) Thanks for any help.
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    Thanks, will do!
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    I only tried the Tomcat but now I have to click past about 10 registration questions for all the of the modules that were out for free trial. How can I get rid of these nags?
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    Title says it, it crys out for a Spitfire vs. 109s/190s BoB scenario! I see there are 4-5 MP servers up now (all MT), looks promising.
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    Is there a way to stop the sim from asking for a registration of all the Free Trial modules (I only tried the F14!) every time it starts? It goes through about 7 then show a list of all the others, bit of a PITA every startup...
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    Well said Jester, I would welcome the Zero! Be nice to have a Wildcat off the Carrier to get into history mode but the Corsair or Hellcat will work. I shot a LOT of superior planes down in my A6M in Aces High way back when.... real trick is sitrep and not to get Boom n Zoomed..
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    Tried to DL, got a 404 Not Found Error?
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    Thanks BIGNEWY, been holding off on trying my new F18 until it arrives, good to know it will be soon..
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    Imagine a Dynamic campaign taking us through the Korean War and beyond. Start with the F86 and Mig 15 (and some appropriate prop planes from the era) and then China and Russia get involved. C'mon, the planes are already there, let's go!
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    Yeah, I can't even respond to him, what are you 12?
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    Yes, the entire world is in a pandemic.
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    Release 13.3, and I apologize but the Alt Launcher is for BMS 4.34.2, sometimes I forget where I am!
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    By default the CH gear outputs DX button presses and HOV for the hats. I've only used JStick Gremlim for simple keymapping and had no issue, hopefully someone can read that error message for you.
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    Take a look at Joystick Gremlin and VJoy, JG is fairly user friendly but quite powerful. VJoy is required to be installed for JG to work, but it's JG that you work with.. then again, if you just do the sensors you have to change nothing..
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    Sokol1, IF CH Control Manager is installed (at least in my case) no amount of plugging/unplugging would get MMJoy or Win10 to see the USB device again. As soon as I uninstalled and rebooted, the device returned. Have an issue with Joystick Gremlin and Teamspeak 3 you may have come across. Teamspeak does not accept DX button presses as a PTT input so I needed to program the CH Throttle to output "Scrolllock" (default TS3 PTT) when DX2 was pressed. Easy as pie, great program, I press DX2 and Scrollock is pressed. Odd thing is, unless JG is an open window on the desktop (not minimized) the button press does not work in TS3. With it minimized to the system tray it works in Windows itself as witnessed by the "Scroll Lock On/Off" graphic that my system puts on the screen. Any idea of a setting I may be missing?
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    If you set the new Fighterstick and/or Throttle mainboards with the exact VID/PID/Name as the original using MMJoy2, as I did, with the CH Control Manager still installed several things happen. 1. As soon as you save the setup to the device it will disappear from the MMJoy USB list 2. It will not show up in CH Control Manger 3. It will not be able to be calibrated in Win10 The only way to get it back is to uninstall CH Control Manager and reboot, then (in my case) it shows back up in MMJoy2 and you are able to work with it once again. What this (to me anyway) seems to show is that CH Control Manager "sees" the addresses and takes command of them from MMJoy2 but doesn't actually "work" with them, but instead renders the device unusable. it's a shame Control Manager has been abandoned, it was the best gear programming software out there for many years, too bad they (or Bob Church) won't release the code so some genius out there can update it!
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    I say it's useless (to me) because it no longer will see the CH gear and it actually causes issues if you try and fool it into seeing the CH FS/PT by assigning/matching the CH Name/VID/PID during setup. If you must use Control Manger, just install the new sensors and it works fine. The microstick on the PT is just an X-Y axis (and DX Button 1), for DCS and BMS everything is assigned easily in the sim (well, for BMS I use Alternative Launcher). In fact I just set up DCS to use the PT microstick as the Radar Cursor X-Y axis 5 minutes ago! Rel4y (or someone) may come up with fix for Control Manager but I wouldn't hold my breath as even CH has totally abandoned it..
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    Before and After Pics of today's MTWSims CH Pro Throttle 12 bit Mainboard install (blue board), went without a hitch, works perfectly! We found the CH Control Manger to cause a myriad of issues with the new boards once set to the same PID as OEM CH, until some workaround is found my advice is to uninstall it completely before installing the boards. It's fairly useless at this point anyway.
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