Not flown since 1.2.7: HELP with P51 Berofre I go from 1.2.8

[woodsglen]

Hello. I need some advise before I go crazy....

 

So far - Ive only really flown ( or worked with) the P51D with a hotus thrustmaster

 

I was using 1.2.7 and just about had my Thrustmaster Hotus Profile ready for my P51D.

 

Then I added track IR5 - this added more learning curves and experimenting and my graphics card ( a gt640 ) - 128 bit card not a GTX suffered big time when i added track IR. ( running 3 monitors was OK until I added track Ir and then everything went soutrh)

 

The next week my system upgraded to 1.2.8 and all of my flight controls for my TM - everything was gone.

 

I am not sure where i put my LUA files for my P 51 - i was working on training and opened the editor prior to running anything and entered my controls and then stored my profiles ( somewhere - will explain).

 

It was not worth the time and frustration to reconfigure this and fight my graphics problem so I just waited until I could get a new card.

 

Now i have a GTX 780 FTW Dual ( 3GB ) with still my quad core and 16 gigs of ram and a SSD. I put my money in a better graphics card , ss drive, ( and power supply). Eventually I will be ready to upgrade to a better MB and CPU when ( if) finances allow.

 

So now i understand that 1.2.10 will make more ( but improved ? future changes ).

 

 

SO ... what should I do with 1.2.8 should I set everything up and get it all working now and then update or update now and rebuild from the config. menu in the new version?... and where exactly should i save my profiles for any given aircraft ( using a hotus warthog so i leave the A10 alone - i know.

 

( if i could get a proper directory path that would help.. I was in so deep before I could not find anything )

In reading I see it mentioned to save to a games folder? will the aircraft find the file there even with training, etc?... I only used the program for several weeks before I had to give up and wait.

 

If I can just get started with my profiles to work on 1.2.8 and have them in the proper directory ( - have not moved beyond training so far)

so I can transition to 1.2.10 ( unless you all think I should stay where I am until any bugs are fixed.)

 

I'll try to figure out track IR after I get my controls to work.

 

Thanks for the help. ( bear with me - I'm in the AARP club and computers have outsmarted me in recent years!)

 

RWG

[AtaliaA1]

yes adding/installing the Sim. to Games will allow the software to see the files u mentioned.

 

I would in your situation download and install the newest ver. prior to setting up my configs. LUAs. once done save to what ever media u prefer and never look back.

 

As far as where to save the configs. after U create them that should be done on an external HDD. or in the "Cloud". External have saved me many times over the yrs. lost about 230 Full CDs that I had on my HDD. once, when it died it took those down with it. Purchased an External and have never had to deal with such again.

 

 

If memory serves I believe there was a problem with TrackiR and 1.2.7 or 8. That was resolved in a later update.

Edited September 29, 2014 by AtaliaA1