G3 Posted June 9, 2011 Posted June 9, 2011 (edited) As it says I finally got these 2 great apps playing nicely with FC2 Combining the modified export.lua files had been suggested so I gave it a go. (Reminds me a lot of Rugg's f15 profile for the earlier tb) So what is it: Basically a combined helios and leavu2 export lua Setting up a second screen on better still a second pc on your lan, then Having leavu2 display the rwr, pacs and tews. and using helios for all the buttons and other instruments like Hsi, adi, alt etc. How do they do it: All that's required was to setup leavu2 first, Keeping a copy of the leavu2 export.lua. After that install and setup helios, make a profile and add the helios interface, Now you have a new export.lua created by helios for FC2, But now leavu is no longer working, no major problem. Now copy all the "do file" lines from the saved leavu2 export.lua and attach them to the end of the new export.lua created by helios, job done. Me no understand: The above is a fairly simple explanation, not going into the setup of the apps used to make this work as they are both already well documented and beyond the scope of this thread. What to try next: Now I just need to map the desired buttons in helios to the leavu2 keybinds and It should be fully operational and totally network- able for minimal performance hit And no overhead like the shark's abris that require you to use window mode etc, same pc. Hope that makes some sense to those still enjoying FC2 Cheers. Much thanks to Yoda and Gadroc. These apps are wonderful Edited June 10, 2011 by G3
flyICE Posted July 4, 2011 Posted July 4, 2011 Hi, I'm looking for Helios profiles for FC2: http://forum.lockon.ru/showthread.php?t=76509 In your case, did you make it by yourself or you get it somewhere online? By all means, will it be possible for you to share it? That'll be fantastic.
G3 Posted September 5, 2011 Author Posted September 5, 2011 (edited) my profile is being built from scratch using just the default bits and pieces and very close to completion. It's constantly improving and now almost everything works, say 99%. (some hsi functions) once i tidy things up a bit and finish testing i fully intend to post the profile over @ scsimulations Provided you already have helios and leavu2 installed it's all fairly straight forward. From me you would need 3 things: the latest helios profile the leavu key bindings and the combined export.lua Edited September 16, 2011 by G3
G3 Posted September 11, 2011 Author Posted September 11, 2011 (edited) progressing nicely The latest files are fresh out of the profile editor, available over @ http://www.scsimulations.com/ Listed as "FC2 F-15c Eagle Pit" (located in the downloads/Helios user files/other section) Edited September 16, 2011 by G3
OverDhill Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 G3 I am playing with your eagle pit profile. I am running Helios on a second PC with a 24" touchscreen. I followed your install instructions and have the LEAVU MFD's working from FC2. However on page two at the bottom you state to start a new profile and add a FC2 interface. Since there is no local install of FC2 I am not sure how to do the "setup Flaming Cliffs" Also in step 3 you say to open the supplied profile called "eagle pit v2.x" When I do that it will ask to save the new profile I just started. No matter if I save it or not when the eagle pit profile is loaded there is no longer a FC2 interface tab. Also under add interface there is no FC2 option. Needless to say I could use your help in getting this to work for FC2 on a networked PC. I have Falcon BMS working fine on this networked touchscreen and have created my own profile so I think I have a decent grasp of Helios for the most part. Thanks OverDhill
OverDhill Posted January 7, 2013 Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Well persistence paid off and I now have LEAVU and Helios running on the networked machine. I created a very simple profile with just a couple gauges and buttons. The gauges work fine but the buttons don't. With Falcon BMS I used GPT keysender to get past that but not sure how they are handled in FC2. Does LEAVU send keys back to FC2? My biggest issue at the moment is that the MFD screens are flashing terribly. I am not sure why. At times when I run LEAVU the MFD will show the radar then part of another app that was on the desktop (such as the Helios control panel). Weird... but makes it unusable at the moment. Any ideas? OverDhill Edited January 7, 2013 by OverDhill
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