X55 worth getting?
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That’s the same story with HUD Brightness set to axis. The clickable cockpit commands are disabled (or overridden) when the axis is set to anything but “keyboard” in setup.
Ahh right, but what you’re saying is i cant use a rotary to adjust HMCS brightness then? like mastersetter said i have to program the rotary as an axis in the HUD software first…i’m gona set HMCS brightness in advanced settings to keyboard then and see if i can click and adjust the knob in the pit after…at least then i can still use it.
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Bingo thanks guys! i set it to keyboard in advanced settings and i tried binding my silver rotary on top left of my throttle to HMCS brightness up/down in the keyfile and it works like a dream…glad thats sorted (the silver rotary on top left of throttle isnt recognized as a rotary in setup, but just as buttons so rotating it away is, for me at least, button 62 and rotating towards myself button 63 so button 62 is HMCS brightness up, 63 is down) .
Has anyone had that before when they’ve gone to start a flight in a campaign or TE (or instant action, anything) and they’ve not been able to operate anything except for their stick and throttle axis? (pitch/roll and throttle increase/decrease)
Thinking about it maybe it was my repeated (and frustrated) clicks on the HMCS knob that caused the game to crash…
EDIT: Just went to do the ramp start TE and couldnt click any controls. Exited it, restarted and that time was able to click everything. Seems this is a bug but isnt a major problem as long as this doesnt happen after 5 mins or at any point during a flight, and that it only happens at the start so you can simply exit and restart. Would be a bigger headache in a campaign though as you would have to exit the mission and then quit and reload the campaign.
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In case you ever want to use the real axis for HMCS brightness you need to bind the callbacks SimHmsOn and SimHmsOff to turn on and off the HMCS brightness knob into the adjustable axis range.
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I actually prefer what i’ve now got it binded to, and i just ramp started my plane in the ramp start TE, removed chocks and got cleared to taxi, but i got a bit lost in taxiing…managed to find the runway in the end but i was told to hold short…and never got cleared to take off, waited a long time and didnt see any other aircraft waiting to take off by this point, just a few were coming in to land but i’m sure there was time for me to get airborne and like i said was waiting a long time…any ideas why?
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Possibly holding in the wrong place would be my guess?
Or not close enough to the active?
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The last time i tried tower said i was number 8 for departure then a few mins later i requested take off and they said i was number 9 for departure…weird. They told me runway 36, at Kunsan AB where you go left from where i do my ramp start and i could see 36 numbered on runway. In the end i just took off anyway, despite their calls to clear runway…and once i got airborne i tracked an F-15 and shot it down with my gun. Fired a few rounds and they missed, he asked if i’d lost it and that my career was over…next burst hit home and he exploded. All good fun, good practice as it was only training.
Was getting some lag at times, was a bit choppy…odd as my pc can easily run BMS on max settings.
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What is your fps (frame rate)?
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Possibly holding in the wrong place would be my guess?
Or not close enough to the active?
Gary, how close do i need to be? wherabouts? i thought i was close enough but maybe not.
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What is your fps (frame rate)?
I didnt see it in game, how can i find out? i’ll have to try it tomorrow now guys i need my bed. Catch you later man.
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I actually prefer what i’ve now got it binded to, and i just ramp started my plane in the ramp start TE, removed chocks and got cleared to taxi, but i got a bit lost in taxiing…managed to find the runway in the end but i was told to hold short…and never got cleared to take off, waited a long time and didnt see any other aircraft waiting to take off by this point, just a few were coming in to land but i’m sure there was time for me to get airborne and like i said was waiting a long time…any ideas why?
Once you should take the #2 slot and just follow the AI lead once to see where he goes and when. Expect to get automated clearance to takeoff :25 prior to your waypoint #1 DTOT (aka your takeoff time). If that comes and goes (unless it’s because of traffic) then you won’t get it ever. Timing your taxi is a black art so you show up on time but don’t get in front of another flight taking off first.
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Once you should take the #2 slot and just follow the AI lead once to see where he goes and when. Expect to get automated clearance to takeoff :25 prior to your waypoint #1 DTOT (aka your takeoff time). If that comes and goes (unless it’s because of traffic) then you won’t get it ever. Timing your taxi is a black art so you show up on time but don’t get in front of another flight taking off first.
Well in this ramp start TE i was the flight lead (were 4 aircraft in a diamond shape in the mission screen….the screen with the map of korea with your steerpoints and other info and my aircraft was positioned top). I think the first time i tried i was in the wrong part, think it was a runway exit point for landing aircraft (it wasnt at either end of the runway, more around the middle). The second time i tried i taxi’d to the far left of runway so i was gona be on runway 36 which tower said i had to take off from. I got there, checked the time, still a bit early as take off time in mission screen was 8:00 and it was 7:54 something like that. Then like i said above when asking the tower for clearance at first was told i was number 8 for departure, then number 9. I looked behind my plane and saw others lining up, think they were in my flight but there was some F-117s but think they had landed…and a hawkeye. I’ll try it again its just i have 2 questions.
1. How am i supposed to know which way i go for the runway? the first time i tried i got lost
2. How do i know when i should leave the ramp area to taxi so that i’m in the correct position in order of take off with other flights? when it said i was number 9 for departure i take it that means i have to wait for 8 others to take off first? and when it said this, i was at the front of other aircraft that were behind me, in position to enter the runway…so they wouldnt have been able to take off. -
Question 1 - Using your HSI would be helpful.
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Question 1 - Using your HSI would be helpful.
Pretty sure he’s talking about while he’s still on the ground.
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That is correct…while on the ground.
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That is correct…while on the ground.
I’m not really sure how the HSI will help him locate the right taxiways to take to the right runway.
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I’m not really sure how the HSI will help him locate the right taxiways to take to the right runway.
Tune the HSI to the runway heading…that will give you the general direction of the runway (layout).
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Not the complete answer but studying and knowing where you are on the airport charts is a massive help!!..in docs folder…
Being in front of other flights who are due to take off before but stuck behind you explains your very long wait. ATC won’t clear you until they have gone!!
As someone else explained…time your arrival to the runway carefully…
Gary
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Not the complete answer but studying and knowing where you are on the airport charts is a massive help!!..in docs folder…
Being in front of other flights who are due to take off before but stuck behind you explains your very long wait. ATC won’t clear you until they have gone!!
As someone else explained…time your arrival to the runway carefully…
Gary
Ok i’ll have to work on it and see, and yea before i depart a AB i’ll check which way to go for the runways using that airport chart. So i guess if they say i’m number 6 for departure runway 14 for example….then that means i gota look see who is waiting to take off on that runway and fall in line. Thing is once i request taxi, i should be in line for departure from that point as long as they tell me to taxi. If my take off time is for 8pm, should i not request taxi until say 7.55?
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Well in this ramp start TE i was the flight lead (were 4 aircraft in a diamond shape in the mission screen….the screen with the map of korea with your steerpoints and other info and my aircraft was positioned top). I think the first time i tried i was in the wrong part, think it was a runway exit point for landing aircraft (it wasnt at either end of the runway, more around the middle). The second time i tried i taxi’d to the far left of runway so i was gona be on runway 36 which tower said i had to take off from. I got there, checked the time, still a bit early as take off time in mission screen was 8:00 and it was 7:54 something like that. Then like i said above when asking the tower for clearance at first was told i was number 8 for departure, then number 9. I looked behind my plane and saw others lining up, think they were in my flight but there was some F-117s but think they had landed…and a hawkeye. I’ll try it again its just i have 2 questions.
1. How am i supposed to know which way i go for the runway? the first time i tried i got lost
2. How do i know when i should leave the ramp area to taxi so that i’m in the correct position in order of take off with other flights? when it said i was number 9 for departure i take it that means i have to wait for 8 others to take off first? and when it said this, i was at the front of other aircraft that were behind me, in position to enter the runway…so they wouldnt have been able to take off.- There are lots of great Docs in your install. Dig up your airbase’s diagram, the once on the Ramp go to Satellite view and zoom out if needed
- It’s never taken me more then 5 minutes to get from Ramp to the runway, so I finish of my preflight and taxi 5 minutes before my flight time
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- There are lots of great Docs in your install. Dig up your airbase’s diagram, the once on the Ramp go to Satellite view and zoom out if needed
- It’s never taken me more then 5 minutes to get from Ramp to the runway, so I finish of my preflight and taxi 5 minutes before my flight time
Ok yea so thats it, like i said above if my take off is 8, then taxi at 7.55….unless i dont get clearance to taxi but that wouldnt happen as they should know im due to depart at 8.
So to get clearance to take off at say 8…ramp start then check time, at 7.55 get clearance to taxi…make way to runway (will study the airbase and which way to go for each runway before ramp start in the airport charts folder).
Popping out now, will try this tomorrow, cheers all.