braden

Hmmm MFP looks like way to go over DX1, having win7 support. But CH wont ship out of US it seems and oz prices for it are obscene :( Will need to look for US retailer...

can you type it for me

Light at the end of the tunnel, could be coming soon. I have one available, though extra shipping in oz could make it prohibitive http://www.vaaf.net/forum/index.php?topic=874.45

so how on earth do we get this all working? WIthout any Target s/w installed, the Hotas worked nicely in game (except the trim hat - unsure why ED didnt enable that). Obviously i want PTT and trackir reset working too so... With Target installed but profile not executing, most of the buttons on the Hotas cease to work in game. I can map them individually in game but i presume one cannot map certain functions like ALT/HDG and Flaps->Mvr since theyre the 'off' position of their corresponding switch. With Target installed with a profile executing that has Gear/TrackirReset/PTT mapped to keys only, all the other buttons arent working ni game. I can map *some* in the game options menu, but some cannot (china hat in particular). Surely we dont need to assign a keyboard key to China Hat fwd (for example), and then create a Target event generating the same key from the China Hat fwd button???

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seen this intermittantly too, in win7 32 and 64 bit, with and without target s/w installed. another USB port works, then going back to original port is ok

works out the box in a10c, plug n play

id recommend dual booting XP and whichever Windows7 you put on. the reason i have all 3 o/s on my pC is that some of my games run much better on one of the o/s's. on my machine: FSX/ARMA2/Blackshark/Flaming Cliffs2 run best under xp32 DCSA10 runs better with either win7 Crysis/BFBC2/DragonAge etc run extremely well under win7x64 Im sure every machine out there might have different results, depending on gfx settings, resolution played you prefer etc...its just nice to have the various o/s there so I can experiment whats best rather than lock myself into 1 o/s and wonder why my game isnt going as fast as others are claiming.

gaming pc (gtx295coop, i7-920@4, 6gb ram) has xp32/win7x86/win7x64 on it. both win7's play dcs-10c identically performance wise, but better than xp32 (which stuttered a little, slightly lower framerates)

i did something that looks similar to shu77s setup with softth2.0.3,except my MFDs were stuck on at top of 2nd monitor, and it worked. Win7x32 and beta2 1920x1080 main screen, 1680x1050 2nd screen. Problem with framerates still since it wants to render full width /height of both screens (depending on orientation)...prob cause its fullscreen mode. DCS needs a smarter way to render these MFDs/ABRIS etc on secondary screens, esp now offtheshelf hardware exists to support them in pits (thrustmaster frames)

shopblt and SCS have both shipped 1 to me (enroute still). V.happy with the shopblt price...could have almost got 2 from them alone and fallen under the $1000 duty limit

i only preordered mine with shopBLT last week, and got the email today too saying its ready (With the $405 price mentioned in it) also got email from SCS...when it rains it pours :) dont think i'll have too much trouble offloading one of them in oz.

how much was Stephen Hawking paid to do the voice for 'Shell' ?

its probably going to stay on 4 until they open up shop tomorrow and start processing the 100+ new orders from shopBLT 'customers'

only 70 orders, 172 incoming now... they've had some in and started shipping ? loads of people cancelled and theyve adjusted their incoming order accordingly? they've culled the $404 preorder orders ?

you push the boom back into its housing...it wont go through your a10. Boom operator will make sure its lined up once you've got it 99.9% in the correct position. http://www.vaaf.net/forum/index.php?topic=993.45 see first pic, its extended and u can see red/orange/green then the second which is a fraction of a second before i got the 'Connected' message from tanker

doesnt crash, but doesnt restore either (i.e. game still running and responds to joystick/kb input whilst im staring at my windows background). running trackir and saitek sst s/w, win7 x86 and beta2

boo hoo at least youre getting some in america, unlike many places

you make no mention of settings, screen resolution.....

NO

yeh i just plugged the MFDs in, and they worked immediately as ED say they should. some of the rocker switches are in wrong position, (since the hardware mfds are designed for f16), but they do all work...and its great using the OSBs instead of fumbling with the mouse. just hope the final game supports an intelligent way extract the in-game MFDs behind the hardware MFDs, that minimises FPS loss.

think i had this with BS or FC2 at some point. In the root directory for the game, there was a lua file with the name of the key commands profile i was using...i deleted (renaming might be safer) it then the game created a nice fresh unbroken one next time it loaded.

Result of my belly landing attempt (on grass parallel to runway, but ended up sliding onto runway, off the end of it and doing 180 at the end)

assuming you lost the wings etc in combat, i think you've done bloody marvellous

Mower - which of the 2 O/S in your sig are you having issues with ? Reason i ask: i put the beta on XP32 firstly, and had major issues with textures missing (sometimes just 1 wing of F15e, sometimes entire models missing textures), major stuttering loading textures at start of mission / pressing F2 etc on a new object and had big FPS drop around certain airfields. Nevada map was unplayable as the map would eventually disappear and all i could see was the ocean underneath it and black 'sky'. I tried XP32 first, as thats been the better performer, by far for me, for FC2/BS. I was happy to resign myself to waiting a couple of weeks for next beta to be released, but thought i would try installing a10c on win7 32bit (same PC [i7-920/gtx295] that i have xp on, same version of nvidia drivers 258.96). Wow, its been perfect ever since. No stutters (other than normal minor ones you got with BS/FC2 at start of mission), no textures missing, 60fps constant.