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These (Ebay US $1.86) 4x4 + 4xtra buttons (+8 led’s) microbutton pads are possibly suited to be made in MDI buttons (landscape 4rows x5buttons), 3 of these make 3*20=60 buttons https://alexnld.com/product/8-led-4-x-4-push-buttons-matrix-keypad-16-key-switch-keyboard-for-arduino-avr-arm-stm32 https://www.ebay.com/itm/4x4-Keypad-Matrix-Keyboard-Module-16-Buttons-Mcu-LED-For-Arduino-DIY-Smart-Car/201967003312?var=501979887449 So, I could buy 3 of these = 60 buttons (3x4*4 and 3x4), an Arduino (Mega2560R3), and with an adjusted (Linux?) “256 joystick button” Arduino sketch I can plug an Arduino USB in, and have 60 additional button in DCS? Errr, how could that be accomplished, could anyone explain this in somewhat kindergarten English? - I can solder and copy paste Arduino .ino in the IDE and made the USB interface for a Logitech race wheel shifter - I am on a Windows PC

You seem to need a better HOTAS

Test, wings folded, move throttle to a slow roll, cut throttle, NWS HI full, FA18C will do 90° turn

I had started a topic on this a while ago, it appears the the FA-18C radar is mounted on a gyroscope gimbal, bore sight will point, but short range only. Present FA-18c loses look way too easy and acquires lock way too hard, that is for sure and this is a problem, and I severely doubt R/L FA-18C acts the same way, for, that would make for a horrible platform, which apparently it is not, for R/L pilots do not complain, on the contrary, do they now. Which makes this an issue for the coders how to tweak the parameters so things 'work'.

A bug or not a bug, perhaps a script creating a bug tank-s not 100% refueled. I noticed on several PVP servers (major ones like sidewinder, buddyspike) that my F/A-18C carrying three bags will not refuel 100% after the landing. This might be a server script trying to delay refuel time to make refueling supposedly "R/L", but after three refueling orders and my three bags only filled with not 20% of capacity this gets tiring. Perhaps ED can rearrange the refueling, so scripts or a bug cannot mess this up?

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there are some restrictions like not having MSAA or something (for now, WIP) which I have not, works fine BTW I have my setting 1:1, no AF AA MSAA DOF SSAA flat shdows, on the ground seems ugly but better dog fighting.

What happened to me, red bandit, disappears, no planes around in miles, after 10 minutes loiter I lock a plane, diamond, then goes from diamond to 'bogey', fox 3, its a friendly .. pfff BTW set up a test mission, J11 coming at me from 25nm until 4 miles, unlimited weapons 120C, locking, fire 6x 120C from distance, AI J11 cranks down, then six more closing , then six more, then six more, shot at about 4 miles, of 24x 120C .. pffffffffffffffff wth

There's a VR 'zoom' mod 2x 5x 10x and it's IC friendly (its on the DCS user downloads - needs some fiddling but works - until the next update - but fixes in his weekend - he accepts Patreon)

You can post the damn JDAM / F/A-18C manual on WIKILEAKS, unless you're with the Russians then you want to trade names through US State then you can walk around free and drink coffee in public .

You need to kill the pilot first. (If it was a 27 you then do a hurried return to base to rearm through the valleys monitoring you 6 constantly because these days chances are there'll be a 14 who sensed the bloodshed in the pond and is coming after you bigly, better even, RTB your hasty retreat routing yourself through the valleys via a fresh and still fully armed 18/15 you spotted, which then has the 14 in the face)

Gen Tie message appears when Parking Brake is OFF and left engine generator is connecting to the bus spooling up. Parking Brake needs ON until left ENG(starting with R ENG) is - almost - fully spooled and connecting. Gen Tie message can be disappeared by pulling the parking brake handle ON/OFF with both ENG opeartional

BTW my batch file loading my progs for DCS simming also loads Windows Device manager, Windows Games devices and a util that shows the JoyID of loaded USB devices (and Rift and more). This checks beforehand if everything is OK to run DCS, every time, which is quite necessary (I have another batch that kills them al).

I have that when there is some - quasi? - memory corruption, in particular when I had Firefox open with a lot (40+) of tabs and in particular Youtube's open. Just crash programs 1 by 1 in task manager and see which one is the culprit? Could also be Target itself is not behaving and claiming addresses it's not supposed.

errr, the copy message is now on top of the original message, when before it was 'floating' (somewhere in the middle)? Can't see new incoming messages. Perhaps the copy should be underneath were the news ones appear, this red hue is now rather a hue layer on all text? or am I missing something?

Actually I just figured out the easiest way would be to install JoytoKey https://joytokey.net/en/download Its 7USD but I think the 'trial' never expires so just try and see. Connect your USB joystick devices, configure how many there are in setup, each gets its own tab. Push a button and it shows up in the tab/button/axis listing, assign key to button (can do a lot more), the same u define in 3dmigito *.ini, done (I think, I'm using target, but this comes in handy with all my other devices that could use SHIFT buttons, which this program also can do)

which plane? with FA18C there is problem with used keys I use TARGET programming for own keys f.i. // VR ZOOM MOD 2x 5x 10x // F22 F23 F24 = 71 72 73 // MapKey(&Throttle,BSB,DX32); MapKey(&Throttle,BSB,USB[0x73]); // BSB Boat back 5x etc learn TARGET

In this decades old docu about a FA-18 training mission on a Nimitz-class carrier in really horrendous weather, the group commander (Commander David Fravo of UFO lore) told the greenhorn girl carrier pilot 'I'll take your place in this missions, you'll understand later, for the tanker will have landed when I come in last in your stead ..'

I just assigned fake virtual key values to keys 4-E that's got rid of the error messages. Should have thought pf that before, took a while to just think of that. Solved. Great mod.

What happens now is, Ins Home PgUp for instance are Throttle keys for the FA-18C, PgUp will trigger FA-18C full throttle, and I change these to 'virtual' MS F22-F24 keys, but I cannot calibrate with these. So, I calibrate(d) with Ins Home PgUp, then edit the ini, change to F22-F24 and ;comment out all other key definitions needed for calibration and binocular mask etc. I tried several ;commenting out and deleting lines, but I end up now when starting DCS with error messages 'cannot find key = definition Key4 - E' or something (which did not happen in the previous version 2.6.2 I think to remember when I commented out lines?). Not a real problem for these error listings disappear entering another screen. VR Zoom works GREAT.

ok After calibrating zooms, I edit the ini and I assign F22 F23 F24 to zoom modes and comment out all calibration keys perhaps you can move the (3) 'basic' zoom/ function keys from within the \bin *.ini files to ..\d3dx.ini or a whatever 3Dmigoto_keydef.ini or something, so parameter changes can be made by u, but the user keeps his function keys (which are defined in my Thrustmaster TARGET software for my TMWH) would that possibly work?

GRT! n.b. if ever possible, my user_keymapping_zoom.ini gets overwritten in an update / JSGME which somewhat defeats the purpose of JSGME

You practice to anticipate pitch and spool effects AND for the correction needed to counteract these. F.i. a slight or jerky increase of the throttle will - in the FA18C - also spool up the engine which will give a lag effect in speed increase AND will slightly pitch up, where cutting throttle to stop the effects will result in the opposites. What I do is always watch the VVS compared to the HUD neutral pitch bar, which is your main anchor in what state of movement your aircraft is. F.i. if the VVS is slightly up and you need to decrease distance that needs to be level by eye sight, it's a bad idea to just increase throttle. And so forth.

something happens but not a zoom .. yours working today update?

I think something broke in my VR Rift zoom OB 2.5.5.35461 Not working now