Kneeboard Builder

[tuffysdad]

Just started using Kneeboard Builder (ver. 1.9.0.0) for openbeta DCS to get my custom pages into missions, and would love some advice from those more experienced.  So far, I created several groups of kneeboard pages for my F-18.  I clicked the button to create custom kneeboard for F-18C and a window popped up saying it was done.  The manual says I am to create a profile and shows an options menu selection as "keyboard settings" and discusses how to create a profile from that point.  My version of the software only has a "keyboard profiles" option which is greyed out.  I don't know how to proceed to make the profile and load it into a .miz file (also greyed out).  Thanks very much.

Edit:  Figured out there is a taskbar icon for profiles, and I noticed the .miz button available only if I don't click the build kneeboard button.  Still, even when I clicked on .miz button, got the confirmation the kneeboard was applied to the .miz file, when I got into the mission, no custom kneeboard.  Not quite getting this application... 

Yet another edit:  got the F-18 custom pages loaded into the .miz file successfully with KneeboardBuilder.  But when I open the mission in DCS my F-18 cockpit view is a mess -- half of it missing.  Arggh

Edited December 28, 2022 by tuffysdad

[Mackson]

On 12/28/2022 at 5:26 AM, tuffysdad said:

Just started using Kneeboard Builder (ver. 1.9.0.0) for openbeta DCS to get my custom pages into missions, and would love some advice from those more experienced.  So far, I created several groups of kneeboard pages for my F-18.  I clicked the button to create custom kneeboard for F-18C and a window popped up saying it was done.  The manual says I am to create a profile and shows an options menu selection as "keyboard settings" and discusses how to create a profile from that point.  My version of the software only has a "keyboard profiles" option which is greyed out.  I don't know how to proceed to make the profile and load it into a .miz file (also greyed out).  Thanks very much.

Edit:  Figured out there is a taskbar icon for profiles, and I noticed the .miz button available only if I don't click the build kneeboard button.  Still, even when I clicked on .miz button, got the confirmation the kneeboard was applied to the .miz file, when I got into the mission, no custom kneeboard.  Not quite getting this application... 

Yet another edit:  got the F-18 custom pages loaded into the .miz file successfully with KneeboardBuilder.  But when I open the mission in DCS my F-18 cockpit view is a mess -- half of it missing.  Arggh

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Has this problem been fixed yet?

[tuffysdad]

Sadly, the problem still exists!  And, the F-18 is so complex that I really need those custom HOTAS pages.  I presently can only get a single empty kneeboard page.  If I use Kneeboard Builder it screws up the cockpit completely.  I've tried everything I can think of.  I'm itching to fly her too. 

[Rudel_chw]

On 12/27/2022 at 6:26 PM, tuffysdad said:

I don't know how to proceed to make the profile and load it into a .miz file (also greyed out). 

 

I never used that Profile functionality ... keep in mind that this is an older utility but nowadays DCS natively allows you to move and resize the Kneeboard, so that functionality of KB is not really needed.

I use KB as sort of a librarian, to maintain my collection of PDF documents. It separates the documents per airframe, and each document is stored as what KB calls "Groups", already converted from PDF into PNG. The folder structure that KB uses to store the Groups looks like this:

 

 

There after, you can ask KB to generate Custom Kneeboards either for an airframe (they get created at /Saved Games/DCs/Kneeboard/airframe), or for an individual Mission (then it gets created inside a MIZ file).

 

Never used that profile thing, nor the Status Bar utility.

[tuffysdad]

This is interesting and may be a clue. The utility apparently saves the custom KB in the same location that I save my custom KBs.  Since there is only one name that can be used for the KB folder, I wonder if there is a conflict?  I will try a few things...

[tuffysdad]

Oh, I got it wrong.  After creating a new custom KB for Hornet, the new groups are saved in the Kneeboard Builder/Kneeboard Groups/FA-18C folder.  I made a group for the F-18 and it appears like your Procedures folder.  Still screws up the DCS cockpit.  Oh well, sorry for taking up your time on this.  And thanks again for your effort.

[bones1014]

Kneeboard builder is now violating the integrity check. ED changed something and now all kinds of additional things trigger it. Multi-monitors for one.