Mi-8 complication?

[Tjlawrentz]

Hey guys, I'm completely new here, but I've searched everywhere for an answer to my question and CANNOT find it.. So I figured I'd sign up here and ask.

 

I'm having a bit of an issue with piloting the Mi-8. I follow the cold start tutorial word by word and everything goes great. But then the tutorial asks me to activate the pitch/roll auto pilot. This is where I'm hitting the brick wall. When I push the button, it doesn't do anything. No green light. No tutorial advance. I just sit there with the heli running with a tutorial telling me to push it. Am I doing something wrong that the tutorial did not specify?

[ericoh]

Welcome.

 

 

Temporary fix/workaround for the Autopilot from fjacobsen:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=2146237&postcount=26

 

I have looked into the Mi-8 files and found how to fix it (since the dev´s seems a bit slow to respond).

 

It took me less than 15 mins to find the culprit by comparing the files with some old ones I have in my DCS Open Beta install...

 

Find this file:

\DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\Mi-8MTV2\Cockpit\Scripts\device_init.lua

 

Open it with Notepad (I prefer Notepad++ for Lua files) and then find this line (line:118 with Notepad++):

 

creators[devices.AUTOPILOT] = {

"Mi8::avAutopilot_Mi8",

LockOn_Options.script_path.."Devices_specs/autopilot.lua",

{{"ElecInterface",devices.ELEC_INTERFACE},

{"GMC", devices.GMK1A},

{"ADI", devices.AGB_3K_RIGHT},

{"LightSystem",devices.LIGHT_SYSTEM}},

LockOn_Options.script_path.."Devices_commands/AUTOPILOT_commands.lua"}

 

And change it to read:

 

creators[devices.AUTOPILOT] = {

"Mi8::avAutopilot_Mi8",

LockOn_Options.script_path.."Devices_specs/autopilot.lua",

{{"ElecInterface",devices.ELEC_INTERFACE},

{"GMC", devices.GMK1A},

{"ADI", devices.AGB_3K_LEFT},

{"LightSystem",devices.LIGHT_SYSTEM}},

LockOn_Options.script_path.."Devices_commands/AUTOPILOT_commands.lua"}

 

 

Now save the file (better make a backup before changing it).

 

Voila - Pitch & Roll Channel works again !!

 

 

FinnJ

 

 

P.S.: This is not the right sub forum, Mi-8 things go to Belsimtek -> Mi-8.

[Tjlawrentz]

Oops sorry about that! I'm still learning the forum.. But THANK YOU. Fixed the issue

[HawgTooth]

i was just about to start learning the Mi8 ... thanks for saving me a headache of figuring out what the heck i was doing wrong !

 

:D

[ericoh]

No problem guys. :D