Harley Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 I see that winwing is creating new updates constantly for other Sims, and it seems that they are busy lately. I am hoping someone from winwing support actually looks at this and fixes it. Over a year now. I enjoy the equipment quite a lot, but the support is hit and miss sometimes. The response to these forums is non-existent, from what I've seen. I have the top gun MIP, and all other panels offered for the F/A-18C, and most of the point to doing that is to eliminate the virtual cockpit. If a person does all these panels, the virtual cockpit really isn't needed anymore. So, the alt+F1 view, or HUD only view, would be preferred. When switching to that view, the display for the UFC stops updating. If a pilot can remember the navigation menus that appear with each button press, it still accepts data, but the display doesn't update as you enter data. There is no way to know what is being selected or input without the display being updated while using that view. Is there a plan to address this? Is there already a fix for that and I missed it somewhere?
rob10 Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 You're probably better off submitting a support request direct to WW on this. I don't believe they watch this forum at all and some changes have occurred after people submitted support requests. They might occasionally respond, but almost all posts here are users, not WW. 1 1
Wostg Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 Pretty sure this is a dcs-wide issue not a winwing one. Except for a few universal variables outside of the fa18 specifics, exported data can only repeat what's presently on screen. This affects the mip, Helios, and other programmes. I can think of nothing heavier than an airplane I can think of no greater conglomerate of steel and metal I can think of nothing less likely to fly
Harley Posted September 18, 2024 Author Posted September 18, 2024 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Wostg said: Pretty sure this is a dcs-wide issue not a winwing one. Except for a few universal variables outside of the fa18 specifics, exported data can only repeat what's presently on screen. This affects the mip, Helios, and other programmes. All the other panels are still active. The three displays and MFD controllers still update, it's only the display for the UFC that doesn't update from that view. Also, thank you for responding. I'm not frustrated or angry, just wondering if there is a plan to address that. It's the last part of anything really that doesn't work correctly. Initially, there was an issue where after being splashed and respawning, the combat ready panel and takeoff panel lighting stopped updating. One simple entry into a file somewhere fixed that. It almost seems like this issue could just as easily be addressed. Hoping some clever code minded person can figure that out. Edited September 18, 2024 by Harley Additional text. 1
Wostg Posted September 18, 2024 Posted September 18, 2024 (edited) The screens can be exported.. You can configure them to be displayed in your main window if you like. (winwing turns your main monitor and the displays into one massive monitor and puts the displays into the right places, ie within your mfds). The ufc, steam gauges and other widgets are different however and can't be exported when they aren't on screen unfortunately. e: if its any consolation check this out for using the ufc in other modules: Edited September 18, 2024 by Wostg I can think of nothing heavier than an airplane I can think of no greater conglomerate of steel and metal I can think of nothing less likely to fly
Harley Posted September 18, 2024 Author Posted September 18, 2024 1 hour ago, Wostg said: The screens can be exported.. You can configure them to be displayed in your main window if you like. (winwing turns your main monitor and the displays into one massive monitor and puts the displays into the right places, ie within your mfds). The ufc, steam gauges and other widgets are different however and can't be exported when they aren't on screen unfortunately. e: if its any consolation check this out for using the ufc in other modules: Oh no. How prohibitive is this to building a sim pit, with thie intent of having all that realistically displayed in other screens? Is it something that perhaps DCS BIOS could do? I need to learn more about DCS BIOS, because the plan overall is to eliminate the whole VC. I think I have some more omework to do.
Wostg Posted September 19, 2024 Posted September 19, 2024 (edited) I'm pretty sure Helios / dcs bios can do it for exporting data (check out the amazing Warthog Project) but it might not be possible for the WW Ufc which is tied to SimAppPro. Definitely check on their discord etc for more expert advice though, I hope you can get it sorted and hope I haven't steered you wrong / can be proven wrong! E:see https://github.com/DCS-Skunkworks/dcs-bios/issues/413 Ee: I was going to link you to other things but I saw you were already in there re editing all the various lua files, definitely get into that Edited September 19, 2024 by Wostg I can think of nothing heavier than an airplane I can think of no greater conglomerate of steel and metal I can think of nothing less likely to fly
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