Tjlawrentz Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericoh Posted August 25, 2014 Share Posted August 25, 2014 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. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tjlawrentz Posted August 25, 2014 Author Share Posted August 25, 2014 Oops sorry about that! I'm still learning the forum.. But THANK YOU. Fixed the issue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawgTooth Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 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 [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericoh Posted August 26, 2014 Share Posted August 26, 2014 No problem guys. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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