ctguy1955 Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 When I ask to have ground power, its granted, and I can start up just fine, but when I try to hit F8 again to have it shut off, the F8 does nothing. If I hit F2 it shows me a outside view. If I try to just move, they ask "What are you doing" and if I ask for taxi permissions, nothing is said. I have a X52 hotas and just need some advice to overcome this problem please ?
golani79 Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 Maybe you are in another sub menu of the communication - might be that you have to get a step back with F11 first. >> DCS liveries by golani79 <<
ctguy1955 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 I have tried that over and over. Sometimes the crew is ghosted, but that may be in Mustang, rather then F-86. Im 60 and having a hard time remembering everything. Things will work in single player like rockets, but then when I go to Multi, they dont. So much to learn !!!! But I love the game and spent money on TIR5 and pedals and X52 and many mods. I love the Sim !!!!!!!!!!!
ctguy1955 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 track of what Im doing I made a track........I uploaded it so you can see what Im doing.... The problem was in F86 only, not Mustang. I had to double check to make sure.ground power off wont work.trk
ctguy1955 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Posted February 28, 2015 I dont know why there is no sound and sorry about my track ir5 jumping around. Most of the time when I turn to the right, Im looking at my right hand screen at the communications commands and the ground crew is black and when I hit F8 .......... Nothing happens. I cant turn ground power off. When I go forward, the tower or the ground crew asks """ What are you doing""" The top says auto, but I cant hit F2 to turn ground power off. Im lost
ctguy1955 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 using a keyboard tester, I found out my TrackIR5 software is blocking my F7 F8 and F9 keys. When I turn off the software, the keys work again. I think the TIR5 software senses the DCS keys and so Im not sure where to start with this
golani79 Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 (edited) I think all of those are bound to a function in the TrackIR software by default - you might wanna try to change them to different buttons which aren´t needed in DCS. However - F7 and F8 are bound in the TrackIR software for me too but it´s working fine for me. Gonna take a look at your track now. edit: Just tried your track - at the point where you were going to push the throttle forward after starting up I took control - F8 just worked fine for me. Edited March 1, 2015 by golani79 >> DCS liveries by golani79 <<
ctguy1955 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 Thank You golani79, I can press F8 sometimes to get ground power for F86, but NEVER for when I need to turn ground power off. I appreciate your help.
ctguy1955 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 I read this in SIM HQ a few minutes ago: The only comm key in Controls for both F-96 Easy and Real is "Communication Menu" which is the back slash key. When slash key is used, menu appears with F8 for Ground Crew and when F8 key is used.......no new menu appears. BadBud Have you got any applications running in the background that use the F8 key? I know that if I'm running TrackIR with it's default profile, F8, F7, F9 & F12 will have no effect in DCS because TrackIR is using them. Read more: http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/4009445#ixzz3T9e2gX3V Follow us: @SimHQ on Twitter | SimHQ on Facebook
ctguy1955 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 So I just was in my F86 and started her up with ground power. F8 is used by TIR5 and wont work after that, so I hit my alt/tab and got to main and turned off my TIR5 and then went back into DCS. NOW the F8 worked and I was able to turn off ground power, but now the Track IR5 does not see the game and so Im not able to use it, but the DCS is functioning fine. I do not see any commands where I can change the ground power on and off anywhere and so I am now quite stuck as to where to move forward with this.
golani79 Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 You could try changing the F8 shortcut in the TrackIR software - where I marked it red. If you click on the dropdown menu and choose "Profile" it then says F8 in the button next to it. Click on the F8 and choose another button to test if F8 works ingame then. Or you could try pausing your TrackIR while using comms menu - there is also a function for it in the dropdown menu. But as I said it´s working fine for me with the same settings. >> DCS liveries by golani79 <<
ctguy1955 Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 I found out how to disable the F8 key in TIR5 and now things are ok with Ground Power. Thanks for your help !!! http://www.naturalpoint.com/trackir/support/TrackIR-manual-v5.0/tir5-Chapter_5.html in F.8.1.2 it tells you how to disable key
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