Helios help requested...

[Joe Lighty]

Hi there - I posted in the Helios sticky in the "Home Cockpits" sub-forum but posting here in the hope someone can steer me in the right direction.

 

I did this after following Capt Zeen's "Helios Beginner's" video after an unsuccessful first test:

To get the Helios Hornet UFC working you need to install Helios's exports.lua from the "DCS F/A-18C" interface tab in the Helios profile editor. Pressing the button "Setup DCS F/A-18C" button at the bottom right side of the screen will write the correct export.lua file into the saved games scripts directory. If this works correctly, you will see a pop-up box saying "DCS F/A-18C has been configured".

Now if I try to run the profile in the Helios Control Centre (with either DCS running or not running), then the Helios Control Centre crashes instantly. This didn’t happen prior to following the above quoted section - though DCS was not connecting to Helios either - but at least it didn’t crash and the pretty panels showed up!

I’m a super newb at this, would appreciate your recommendation.

More info:

Running Win 10 64

Tried deleting HeliosSettings.xml as per another thread - no joy. Saw something about enabling "Aero" but not sure this is a Win 10 thing - and, it did run the profile originally...

Also tried uninstalling Helios and re-installing - when I run the Profile Editor the option to select the F/A-18C interface is no longer an option (all the other aircraft appear) - it's simply not in the list.

I have recently been fortunate to acquire a second hand Dell 2418HT touch screen, which is awesome - I'd be pretty stoked to be able to use Helios with this as my second monitor.

The main screen is a 46 inch TV - both "monitors" are running at 1920x1080 and when I was initially able to load the profile (without it crashing) it looked awesome - very keen to get this working and would appreciate some recommendations.

Many thanks.

[Capt Zeen]

Hello Joe.

 

First of all, we need to know what profile do you want to install, or if you are creating a new one.

 

If you want to use one of my already made profiles, you dont need to do nothing on the the interface tab, just install the profile in your helios folder and use my latest export files from my site.

Actually, if you do the interface tab "Setup DCS F/A-18C" or any other, you'll broke my exports, so is not a good idea!

 

If you are creating a completly new F18C profile, then probably you need to do the "Setup DCS F/A-18C", because you'll need the new export.lua for that.

 

 

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[Joe Lighty]

Many thanks for your response, Capt Zeen - I'll continue this discussion in the "Open Source Helios" sticky in the "Home Cockpits" sub forum for continuity.

I'll respond to your queries there.

Edited May 14, 2019 by Joe Lighty