Need Help With Helios and Heads Down Display F15 FC3

[UnderGod11]

Im running flaming cliffs 3 and I need help writing an lua file for this heads down display.

 

Its for the F15.

 

 

Here are my display monitor resolutions

 

 

 

Monitor 1: 1920x 1080

 

Monitor 2: 1280x 1080

(where i want the helios/heads down display)

 

Please help me I have tried so many times and so many scripts thank you!

[Gadroc]

I think that screen shot is using Helios on top of another application which drew the MFD displays themselves. Can't remember the name of the application off the top of my head right now.

[airdog]

Probably Leavu...or something like that.

[Mr_Burns]

Leavu that was it - does it work with FC3? Does helios work with FC3?

 

Undergod, with both these you dont need to mess with your lua - you only do that in Black Shark/A-10 so you can export your MFD's. Im pretty sure you cannot do this is Flaming Cliffs so leavu was a programe which exported them for you.

 

Run leavu and then you can position the mfds it creates on any of your desktop screens. Similar to helios in so much you can put that on whichever screen you want without touching the lua.

Edited November 21, 2012 by Mr_Burns

[UnderGod11]

Leavu that was it - does it work with FC3? Does helios work with FC3?

 

Undergod, with both these you dont need to mess with your lua - you only do that in Black Shark/A-10 so you can export your MFD's. Im pretty sure you cannot do this is Flaming Cliffs so leavu was a programe which exported them for you.

 

Run leavu and then you can position the mfds it creates on any of your desktop screens. Similar to helios in so much you can put that on whichever screen you want without touching the lua.

 

 

Does Leavu work on FC3? or Does Helios even work on FC3?

 

 

 

and Could this work on FC3?

 

http://www.gadrocsworkshop.com/node/15

Edited November 21, 2012 by UnderGod11

[Mr_Burns]

Checked last night and LEAVU doesnt work straight out, maybe becuase its in DCS world the export files are in a different file location to FC2.

[Sci2]

i have tried several programs to run with the scooter profile in FC3 none works with it

 

all you can show in FC3 within dcs world are the control axis and Radar by pressing Rctrl+enter

they will probably show up on your 2nd monitor

[UnderGod11]

can we still use helios on FC3?

 

and can't we just manually edit the lua to fit it in the MFD on the helios program

[Weltensegler]

I didn't have any luck yet. FC3 uses the same DSCworld path as you set for the A10(which of course works) but in an F15 no input gauges seem to listen to anything yet.

I will gonna try though to have the Radar show on a solid black instead of transparent red when i get some time.

[UnderGod11]

I didn't have any luck yet. FC3 uses the same DSCworld path as you set for the A10(which of course works) but in an F15 no input gauges seem to listen to anything yet.

I will gonna try though to have the Radar show on a solid black instead of transparent red when i get some time.

 

I have tried everything to get Helios to work with FC3 and I don't understand why you can only use two external MFD's in FC3??

[Weltensegler]

wait...TWO? you can set up hardware or Helios MFDs as many as you want but are not export from in-game or did you manage to export more than the RADAR?

[UnderGod11]

no i haven't exported more than the radar... so im guessing there is no way?

[Weltensegler]

Not yet at least and looking at how they do that I assume there won't be

[TonyZ]

I dont know if you are still monitoring this thread but I have been able to get leavu2.1 to work with dcs world flaming cliffs 3.It requires a few file copys from the leavu 2 fc2 directory and a cut and past of a few more lines in the export.lua in dcsworld.However I am as yet unable to get helios to work with flaming cliffs 3.I believe this requires a new interface from the helios developer.I can only hope that he is working on this at this time.I intend to go to his site and leave a message asking if this is indeed the case.If you would like further details i will be happy to provide them but i am at work right now and don'thave the files with me.leave a message in this thread and i will check in from time to time.

[i3dman]

I am still monitoring this, please let me know what you have found.

thanks in advance

[leonpo]

My current workaround for RWR export is to use android tablet:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=100057

 

Leon

[droz]

I dont know if you are still monitoring this thread but I have been able to get leavu2.1 to work with dcs world flaming cliffs 3.It requires a few file copys from the leavu 2 fc2 directory and a cut and past of a few more lines in the export.lua in dcsworld.However I am as yet unable to get helios to work with flaming cliffs 3.I believe this requires a new interface from the helios developer.I can only hope that he is working on this at this time.I intend to go to his site and leave a message asking if this is indeed the case.If you would like further details i will be happy to provide them but i am at work right now and don'thave the files with me.leave a message in this thread and i will check in from time to time.

 

Tony, could you post up info on how you got Leavu2 to work with FC3?

[i3dman]

yes please hook up us!!!!

[TonyZ]

Sorry i've been away so long.Here is what i did before the last update of dcs world.

 

1: first go to the leavuERI_2.1/Fc2Exports/export.lua and pull out the lines concerning the dofiles. that would be lines 21 through 31 as shown here...

 

-- We need som basic math functions

dofile("./Config/export/math_fcns.lua")

 

-- Include the data export

dofile("./Config/export/Yoda_Export.lua")

 

-- Include the LEAVU functions

dofile("./Config/export/LEAVU_fcns.lua")

 

-- Include the Eagle radar improvements

dofile("./Config/export/ERI_radar.lua")

 

2: copy these lines into your dcs world export.lua file in the users/saved games folder using a text editor such as notepad ++ or ultraedit.

 

3: copy the four files mentioned in the above text from the LeavuERI_2.1/Fc2Exports folder to the DCSworld export directory where the dcsworld export.lua is located...these files should include

 

math_fcns.lua

Yoda_Export.lua

LEAVU_fcns.lua

ERI_radar.lua

 

4:then run leavu and set up mfd's on a second monitor

 

5: lastly run dcsworld and go to display options...then set the monitor display config to "1monitor" and screen resolution to whatever your single monitor display would be for your primary monitor.eg 1920 /1080 .if you do not do this and are running multi monitor then dcs will cover up the leavu displays when it starts.

 

This worked for me before the latest updates of dcsworld when they moved the export.lua.so give it a try and let me know how you make out.

 

**AS ALWAYS ..BACKUP ALL FILES THAT YOU MODIFY JUST IN CASE!***

 

This will only activate the mfd displays but it will NOT make the instruments work in helios.that requires an updated export lua from gadroc for fc3 and helios.Good luck

Edited April 9, 2013 by TonyZ

[Weltensegler]

Good Job!

[OverDhill]

Any more on this? I am trying to get the the radar and any other display I can to display on a networked PC. I have Helios working for gauges but Helios does not do displays like MFD's or Radar or VSD.

 

What we need is for someone to write a MFDE application. That works great for Falcon BMS. Very well done.

 

Update:

 

I got the Leavu export working. Bad news is that Leavu and Helios does not play well on my client PC. Leavu displays will flash garbage on the screen when run together. It is a start at least knowing FC3 can export some of the displays.

Edited January 2, 2014 by OverDhill

[sobe]

See my post below:

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=2325147#post2325147