Is it possible to move menu,kneeboards and status to 4th monitor

[Cowboy10uk]

Hi guys, I was just wondering, if it is possible to move the kneeboards menus and the weapon and auto pilot status onto a 4th monitor, instead of their normal positions in dcs Huey.

 

Normally I fly with either Helios or a Tshape cockpit, however as Helios dosnt work as far as I'm aware with the Huey, and due to the extra windows in the Huey cockpit, the 4th monitor is slightly out of sync with the above, it is very off putting to fly with a T configuration, my 4th monitor is sat there being unused at mo.

 

I'm just wondering if I could get the radio menu, the knees board and the autopilot / weapons status to show up on the 4th monitor instead of the normal cockpit view. So at least the 4th monitor is doing something.

 

I know PeterP, has done an output file for the A10 and blackshark, which I use and love, as it works very well Indeed, but as I just copy and pasted it, I have no idea where he got the information to put into that file. I'm assuming the Huey, must have similar programming and all I need to do is find those correct lines for the output.

 

Cowboy10uk

[metalnwood]

I dont have the huey but I am interested to know if 3rd parties are implementing exportable avionics screens that can be used for things like helios.

 

At this point I could suggest two things, neither are ideal because you have to tweak for every session you run the huey and untweak for other planes.

 

One would be to create a softth profile that would take the unseen section of your 'T' arrangement with the displays and put it on the bottom screen. This would probably be best set up with JGSME as a mod so you can get it in and out fairly quickly.

 

The other is to go to screen resolution window in windows and rearrage your T to have the monitor more to the right so it displays the avionics on your screen.

 

Of course you then have to move it back afterwards.

 

 

Actually.... you may not have to move it back because if you run the a10 with helios all the time then it doesnt really matter where it lives as you wont see the wrong stuff with the a10 as helios is going.

 

 

The downside is that if in windows you dont have it set up as a T, only in your physical arrangement then you would be setting your rendering resoltion to be far more than it is now.

 

Hope I got through what I mean in a digestable form, should probably read is before I post. not time though.

[RedX]

Hi Cowboy10uk

 

I have a partial solution for you. I was able to find a way to move the WEAPON and AUTOPILOT status around to my preferred spot.

The weapon and autopilot status texts are defined in the following file:

 

...\Program Files\DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\Uh-1H\Cockpit\Scripts\PilotSight\PilotSight_page.lua

 

I just modified the values inside the file so that the texts appear where I want.

The modified file is attached below. And a photo of how it looks on my system (I have 2 monitors: main screen 1920x1200 and small one below that one 1024x768; two Cougar MFD frames are attached with velcro to the bottom corners of the small one and a small keypad is on the top edge).

The Cougar MFD keys next to the text are bound to the autopilot functions.

Trial & error with the numbers may allow you to move the status text around to the proper place on your 4th screen. Note that the x-axis numbers increase to the left.

I hope this helps.

 

 

Unfortunately, I did not find a way to properly customize the KNEEBOARD location and size. I believe the related files are located at:

 

...\Program Files\DCS World\Scripts\Aircrafts\_Common\Cockpit\KNEEBOARD

 

I tried to play around with some changes in the base_page.lua file, but I didn't quite figure out what the proper changes to scale and move the display to my left Cougar MFD would be. If anyone solves this one out, I'd appreciate it a lot!!!

Edited May 4, 2013 by RedX

[Cowboy10uk]

RedX, that's great, thankyou. That will certainly solve one problem.

 

Cowboy10uk

[RedX]

Hi again, Cowboy10uk

 

Not exactly what I wanted, but I just found a quick hack to move the kneeboards from my aux screen (with Cougar MFDs and stuff) to my main screen. My screens are side-by-side, main on the left and aux on the right. The kneeboards appear on the right edge of main screen with the following change:

 

file: ...\DCS World\Scripts\Aircrafts\_Common\Cockpit\ViewportHandling.lua

 

original line #17:

local default_x = LockOn_Options.screen.width - default_width

is changed to:

local default_x = LockOn_Options.screen.height * 1.6 - default_width

where 1.6 is the aspect ratio of my main display (1920/1200=1.6).

 

You may want to try to change the default_x and default_y values around to get them to point on your 4th screen.

The line belongs to the function update_screenspace_diplacement(), which is used by the kneeboards' "init.lua" file. Weird stuff can be expected if that function is used by other scripts, too. So far didn't notice anything, but I only did a quick test to see if everything looks ok.

 

There may be a more sophisticated method to change the kneeboards location, but I'll let someone else find it. Hope this helps.