Lights on Takeoff Panel?

[AlphaDecay]

The F-4 is only my second plane (F-18 the first) and I have all of the WinWing F-18 panels. Will it be possible to have the landing gear light, station lights, and master caution light connect with the F-4 or is it locked to the F-18?

[Q3ark]

Of course, you just need to set the control bindings up 

[AlphaDecay]

For example, I've bound the station arm buttons (Center Station Status - [Toggle]) and pressing it shows the light in the cockpit but not on the panel. Lowering the landing gear, the light in the game goes on but not on the panel.

[Czar66]

24 minutes ago, AlphaDecay said:

The F-4 is only my second plane (F-18 the first) and I have all of the WinWing F-18 panels. Will it be possible to have the landing gear light, station lights, and master caution light connect with the F-4 or is it locked to the F-18?

On the F-4 I believe the lights are individually set on different switches without a master switch like the Hornet. Unless I'm missing the swtich. https://f4.manuals.heatblur.se/systems/lighting.html

14 minutes ago, Q3ark said:

Of course, you just need to set the control bindings up 

But the F-4 doesn't have the throttle light switch OP is reffering to, right?

[AlphaDecay]

I don't mean the exterior lights of the plane - but LED lights on a physical panel I have. I've attached a picture of it.

[Wostg]

I have tried unsuccessfully to entice Winwing to enable this for other modules, the help ticket staff tried to be helpful but we ended talking around in circles, that it was not a bug but a feature request. They are usually actually pretty good and have introduced some quick fixes when bugs were raised, but not this time.

So basically they need a way to activate different DCS 'argument' numbers based on module, which are never the same. I think the F18 big red gear light corresponds to "left generator off" in the F4, for example - same number, different module. 

So please do ask Winwing about a custom argument system, maybe someone else will get through

 

 

[AlphaDecay]

10 minutes ago, Wostg said:

I have tried unsuccessfully to entice Winwing to enable this for other modules, the help ticket staff tried to be helpful but we ended talking around in circles, that it was not a bug but a feature request. They are usually actually pretty good and have introduced some quick fixes when bugs were raised, but not this time.

So basically they need a way to activate different DCS 'argument' numbers based on module, which are never the same. I think the F18 big red gear light corresponds to "left generator off" in the F4, for example - same number, different module. 

So please do ask Winwing about a custom argument system, maybe someone else will get through

 

 

Yeah this seems to be the case. Really unfortunate for such a general use panel. I'm thinking of doing a Phantom II cockpit - so the panel will only be in use until I get that sorted. I guess I'll just turn on the lights in the software to have them all on and be easier to see.