OMG!! I was getting the popcorn ready and you guys all have to spoil it by acting all mature and responsible!! How dare you!! I just wasted all this perfectly good popcorn!!.. Who is taking responsibility for THAT???
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RE: Rypley's Hangar
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OpenKneeboard Tutorial and Tips
Iāve just spent the last two days testing for VR performance and have to wrap up soon. Up to now, I was using Helios when flying on a monitor and was checking out @linknetās work for the kneeboards, however, I am definitely struggling to read the text on the kneeboards no matter what I do to the settings for VR (5900X, 3080, 32GB RAM, Reverb G2). I looked at EZboards and looks like Iāll be having the same readability issue.
Iāve heard other people mention OpenKneeboard so tried it out for a moment this evening and it seems to be able to fit my needs even without the zoom/pop-up feature.
Does anyone have a tutorial for getting this to work in BMS?
Specifically for loading up kneeboard info from a mission briefing screen?
Also looking to be able to upload the charts and other info to be able to do approaches/departures easily.Any help appreciated and I will edit this first post to include any useful info for any new OpenKneeboard user.
TIA!
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RE: Is Steam absolutely necessary?
@Burger Any reason you donāt want to install Steam? If youāre willing to put up with EDās shenanigans with regards to DCS, surely installing Steam to get VR in BMS is no big deal?
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RE: what's everyone's FPS on Campaigns for those who are on a RTX 40 series card?
@john1974
So you want to know numbers but not bothered to know the settings around those numbers or how those numbers were achieved? Then what good are those numbers? How would any of it help you or anyone?I could tell you I have 200 fpsā¦ no waitā¦ itās actually 40 fps.
Both numbers could be totally legit, one is clear sky starting off from Kadena AFB with no other flights within 60nm and the other is solid cloud layer in Gunsan sitting behind 6 packages on a taxiway while 4 other packages are forming up overhead and Iām here fiddling with my TGP/Mav boresighting. So whatās the point of the exercise of asking about FPS numbers?Let me give you another example = on one test, I went from 95fps to 269fps to 88fps.
Hereās a little snippet for you
Can you appreciate those numbers without me telling you how those numbers were achieved?
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RE: Viper TQS selectable in Setting -> Controllers
@greatcouloir @Savage
To clarify what @airtex2019 said, basically, there are now three ways to start BMS:- directly by linking a shortcut to the .exe file
- AL allowing it to overwrite any settings
- AL but not allowing it to overwrite any settings
If you set up your controls in the in-game 2D Setup UI, then you will want an AL-no-overwrite start. If you set up your controls via the AL, then you will want to start via AL allowing it to overwrite or a direct-.exe shortcut.
As someone who used to configure controls directly to my .key file, I must say that Iām now an AL convert as itās so much easier to map my controls ā and this is coming from someone who is currently setting up a replica cockpit.
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RE: Voice Attack PTT, UHF/VHF ?
@Sabre Iāve mapped mine to both UHF and VHF so I can use either one to talk to the AI. Iām using @SemlerPDXās profile.
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RE: How to bind ATC menu "T" to HOTAS?
@cebraasesina Bind it to a DirectX button on the .key file
Works for me!
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RE: Re-installing falcon 4
@JaRski-S60R Falcon Collection from GoG comes with Art of the Kill PDF too, a very good read IMHO!
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RE: VR Hand Tracking
When we get hand tracking working in the game, can we make it so that we can use hand signals with wingmen? Would be super cool even if just for MP flightsā¦
Latest posts made by Atlas
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RE: my bms 4.37 launcher does not work
@Drumer said in my bms 4.37 launcher does not work:
@Atlas https://ibb.co/J2H5vBq
kindly click on the link to see the screenshot of what i have attached . and kindly give me a reply on this again.Looks like the shortcut is pointing to an .exe that is no longer there. This is a broken shortcut, not a broken Launcher.
Maybe go into your BMS folder, locate the launcher (\Falcon BMS 4.37.3\Launcher), and then make a new shortcut to it.Hope that helps!
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RE: Spec out my new HOTAS, please.
@Buzzbomb
The gimbals and pots were a known issue, hence there are many mods for it.
Pair the grip with an FSSB, FCC, or VFS-WE and you have an excellent force-sensing setup.
Pair the throttle with a throttle arm (maybe one from Martin/Pegasus) and stick a quality pot in and you have a correct throttle.My WH grip is almost 15 years old and I just had some wobble issues ā easily fixed by a piece of thin card installed in the grip housing.
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RE: my bms 4.37 launcher does not work
@Drumer
You donāt install the launcher. You install BMS, and the Launcher comes with it.
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RE: Virtual hand controllers for VR
@scubapics
Oh, this is your work? Any chance I can get/buy the internals from you? I have PointCTRL but I would like to try your design (5 inputs per side vs. 3 on PointCTRL) ā but I would like to try and design a different housing.Please DM me if this is at all possible! Thanks!
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RE: Spec out my new HOTAS, please.
@Buzzbomb said in Spec out my new HOTAS, please.:
and retire my old but ever more flaky Thrustmaster Hotas Cougar.
I use a WH grip just coz I like having the CMS PUSH function. Iām using a FCC3 base connected to the Cougar stick PCB. Iām also using Martinās throttle arm with the Cougar throttle grip connected to the Cougar throttle PCB and a TUSBA. So Iām not sure what you mean by āflakyā
You can get a FSSB or a VFS-WE for your stick base. Having a correct throttle for the F-16 basically rules out any 2-engine throttle options especially if you want correct placement of other switches. A lot of people seem to be happy with the TM Viper TQS.
MFDs - either Cougar MFDs and source your own screens or WinWing
ICP - Simgears
Controllers - I use PoKeys and BBI-64. A lot of people seem to be using Arduinos, but thatās above my skill level. I just want a working cockpit, no backlights or displays. If you want working gauges, backlights, displays, etc., it gets exponentially more complex. I believe DCS has different requirements too so apologies but I canāt help you there as BMS is the only sim I fly at the moment.shameless plug of my for sale thread
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RE: Bad performance near airports
@polewhoflies
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RE: Can't engage Autopilot
@VIPER-0
I wonder if it is a keyboard issue?
I flew the AAR TE, engaged, AP, then pulled into vertical. No FLCS issues or faults in the PFL. -
RE: Bad performance near airports
@polewhoflies
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RE: Can't engage Autopilot
@CriticalMass @VIPER-0
Problem solved. PICNIC.
Thanks for your help!
I knew it was not the fuel door as I would notice the indexer light.
Definitely wasnāt the control input or aircraft attitude as I was trying to engage AP without control input and at level flight.@Abe
Thanks! The switch was in the ācorrectā position, but Iāve wired it the wrong way 'round. Fixed now! -
Can't engage Autopilot
Iāve tested this on the Navigation TE, Landing TE, and both F-16 packages in the AAR TE. I can flip the ROLL toggle switch fine, but I canāt move the PITCH toggle, or if I can, itāll come up with a FLCS fail.
Iām not sure if Iām doing something wrong and thatās why the PITCH wonāt engage or if I have a switch set up wrong in my physical cockpit that is messing with the AP so much that the PITCH wonāt engage. Please let me know what Iām missing here?
Thanks!