Can you hot swap profiles in Helios

[Cowboy10uk]

Hi all,

 

Slowly getting my home cockpit together now, my plan as you all know is a simple 3 screen system for view, with a touchscreen below displaying Helios. Yesterday I was messing around flying on my server and jumping from different aircraft, A10, BS and P51 just to practice my startups etc. I was wondering if it is possible to hot swap profiles in Helios for the different aircraft.

 

So I can swap the cockpits as I jump into different aircraft on the server. Since Im the one with the good connection Im the one who hosts, and it may upset the others if I have to end the server everytime I want to change aircraft.

 

As I've not got Helios up and playing yet, I can't check myself.

 

Thanks

 

Cowboy10uk

[JG14_Smil]

I think you can if you have the Helios app showing. You just use the Start/Stop/Reset buttons and drop down list while as a spectator. I only fly the KA-50 so I can't tell you more than that.

[airdog]

You can swap profiles but not everything will work. Each individual profile modifies the Export.lua by way of the interface tab in Helios.

With DCS:World there is only 1 export.lua for all the aircraft, previously A10 and BS had their own export.lua....but obviously World changed that.

Having said that...in order for Helios to work for a particular aircraft you have to write to the Export.Lua using the Helios interface tab and that will preclude your other Helios files from working with the Black Shark.

I would do this as a test...

Start a server with your A10 profile working properly in the A10.

Now exit to the aircraft selection menu...alt tab out and fire up the Helios profile editor.

Open you black shark profile go to the interface tab and select the "setup" button that writes to the export.lua.

Now that should have modified the export.lua for the BS

Go back into the sim select a BS and see if your profile is working properly.

 

hope this gets you going in the right direction.

[Loophole]

I have posted a combined A-10 and Ka-50 Export.lua file for Helios, if that is of any assistance. See this post: http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=97222

[Cowboy10uk]

Chees Loophole, that works a treat.

 

Got all the exports setup for A10, now to start on BS, but at least both profiles now play, without the need to exit.

 

Cowboy10uk

[TomDK]

@loophole:

 

I tried your export.lua and it is a great idea !

But I use helios and ivibe, therefor I cannot use this file.

Would you be willing to have a look on my exports and maybe try to merge a "ka-50 / a-10 / helios / ivibe - export" ?!

 

The monitor.lua works with the export for both. But I have always to swap the export. In A-10 I have ivibe and helios working, for the ka-50 i have only helios working.

 

 

Cheers

Tom