AH-64D - Button Information - StreamDeck XL

[Toni Carrera]

Hi All,

With the arrival of the AH-64D around the corner, I just wanted to get a jump on the button designs for this beautiful baby

I know I can't actually program the buttons themselves with the StreamDeck XL with the great Charles Tytler SD Interface, but I can start to play with some of the replicating of the various mechanical switches and buttons. Does anyone know of a detail image, or set of images that will allow me to start this creation, graphically at least

Just hoping someone out there might know of the best layout of physical buttons and switches, that I can get a high level of detail on

Thank you in advance

Toni 

[abs0lutzer0]

Hey @Toni Carrera

What do you think of this ?

https://gameglass.gg/

I think this can be done in so many different ways maybe this can achieve what you want?

 

[Toni Carrera]

Hi

I am happy with my StreamDeck. All I am looking for is a good quality set of images, hopefully with descriptions, so that I can start to create the button images for the StreamDeck

Thanks

 

[Remco]

I'd be happy to help but I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, you're going to have to be more specific, which buttons are you trying to map?

Also I have a sneaking suspicion this thread ought to be moved to the controllers and profiles subsection.

[Bailey]

I have started making the keypad buttons, some buttons that would better be served on the SD rather than the HOTAS (like the HUD modes and almost everything on the lower left collective), and others around the cockpit. I have also started to design what will be some Tiles for the live data that will stream to the SD via the ah-64d.lua file via DCS-ExportScripts. I find that using some time to lay things out before the module is released gives me a better understanding of how I want things, how things should be, and more time enjoying the module!

For the front seat, I have considered just making the SD the controller itself  jkjk

I have been using the Wags videos and the ED preview pics to get a sense of the switches and buttons in the cockpit.
You can check out a great HOTAS pic here: 

This is a nice cockpit overview video: 

 

Edited November 9, 2021 by Bailey

[Toni Carrera]

4 hours ago, Remco said:

I'd be happy to help but I'm not entirely sure what you're asking, you're going to have to be more specific, which buttons are you trying to map?

Also I have a sneaking suspicion this thread ought to be moved to the controllers and profiles subsection.

Hi Remco,

All I was asking for was a literal image of the buttons and switches that are around the Pilot's and CPG's cockpits. I am not looking to map anything yet, I just want to start creating the displayed images of individual switches etc. If you take the F/A-18C as an example, you have the parking brake, the Jettison Buttons, Master Caution, Station Selector switches, LO,LI,CTR,RI & RO, all of which have their own non standard look to them

I am literally only looking to create the graphical element of how the switch 'looks' not functions

Does that make more sense? 

This is why I did not put this thread in the other subsection, because it is not about Input / Output, it is more like getting high quality images of the cockpit layout etc

@Bailey Thank you, I will go and take a look at those you have provided

[kgillers3]

If you go into the controller sections a lot of that has been posted