Lightning's MFDE and 4.33
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I got this resolved by installing on the root folder instead of the default location
i think i got this fixed and i want to share my story in the hope it might help a lonely soul
first of all the above is not correct. It looked that way because in fact the options do show up, but after a long time (15-20 min).
0.6.1.0 and 0.6.1.1 versions with both the same result.My setup is windows 7 with win 10 waiting to install. (my feeling is that last point is the issue, but donât quote me on thatâŚ)
long story short: i reverted to a state of windows without any win 10 updates. Reupdated win7 with all the latest updates and installed MFD 0.6.1.1
it works like a charm now.
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To use 0.6.1.0 with both v4.32 and v4.33, I had to:
- use the v4.32 base directory in the MFDE advanced setting. It wouldnât work at all for my older v4.32 install unless I did this. However, it works for both 4.33 and 4.32 if you set it this way.
- however, live with the v4.32 MFDs not working.
- use the v4.32âs MFD internal extraction for the left and right MFDs since MFDE wouldnât work for the MFDs.
This seems to get me ops with 4.33 and keep me running in 4.32.
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I had 0.5.7.0 MFDE MFDâs working in fullscreen mode in 4.32. I cannot do that with 4.33. I must check the display extraction in configuration to get the MFDâs to work. 0.6.1.0 or 0.6.1.1 no luck. Anyone had better luck?
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I had 0.5.7.0 MFDE MFDâs working in fullscreen mode in 4.32. I cannot do that with 4.33. I must check the display extraction in configuration to get the MFDâs to work. 0.6.1.0 or 0.6.1.1 no luck. Anyone had better luck?
Not needed for me.
Check in MFDE options in a certain tab (not at game pc now, canât check) and check the box that allows extraction of shared memory or something. -
Yes, during testing I had full screen working with just MFDE (0.6.0.0 iirc but the minor updates since shouldnât have made any difference).
Iâve gone back to using BMS Extraction for the MFDs, DED and PFL as I want the authentic fonts for the DED and PFL and using external MFD windows in BMS will always be faster than using a 3rd-party extractor like MFDE for that purpose (though the difference is barely perceptible), not to mention I only lose 1-2 fps with an AMD card. As youâre using NVIDIA I can understand why youâd prefer to stay full screen and not have to stomach the bigger framerate hit.
Check you have changed âExport a new set of images to shared memoryâ to âevery 1 video frameâ in MFDE Options > Performance > BMS Advanced Options, and of course âEnable exportingâŚâ ticked.
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Not needed for me.
Check in MFDE options in a certain tab (not at game pc now, canât check) and check the box that allows extraction of shared memory or something.Yes, during testing I had full screen working with just MFDE (0.6.0.0 iirc but the minor updates since shouldnât have made any difference).
Iâve gone back to using BMS Extraction for the MFDs, DED and PFL as I want the authentic fonts for the DED and PFL and using external MFD windows in BMS will always be faster than using a 3rd-party extractor like MFDE for that purpose (though the difference is barely perceptible), not to mention I only lose 1-2 fps with an AMD card. As youâre using NVIDIA I can understand why youâd prefer to stay full screen and not have to stomach the bigger framerate hit.
Check you have changed âExport a new set of images to shared memoryâ to âevery 1 video frameâ in MFDE Options > Performance > BMS Advanced Options, and of course âEnable exportingâŚâ ticked.
Thanks. Did all these things. Still no MFDâs in fullscreen mode. Any more suggestions? Is there something in the callsign.ini I might have to tweak? I seem to remember something like that back in the day with 4.32.
All the gauges work in fullscreen, just not the MFDâs.
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Hmm, just went back and checked this in 0.6.1.1 just to be sure and it works fine for me.
What I did:
1. Check in Falcon BMS Config > Hardware > External Displays > Cockpit Displays to External Windows is unticked
2. Set MFDE Options as below (and move MFDs where you want them):
3. Check in falcon bms.cfg (\Falcon BMS 4.33\User\Config) in Misc Settings that:
- set g_bExportRTTTextures 1
- set g_nRTTExportBatchSize 1
Thatâs it.
Iâm not sure what else to suggest.
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I had all this and it didnât work. But now it is all of a sudden working now and I have no idea why. Time to clone my hard drive to save my setup. Thanks guys for helping.
Edit. It worked once and stopped working again.
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Shhh, donât touch anything, just back it up and fly! :mrgreen:
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i think i got this fixed and i want to share my story in the hope it might help a lonely soul
first of all the above is not correct. It looked that way because in fact the options do show up, but after a long time (15-20 min).
0.6.1.0 and 0.6.1.1 versions with both the same result.My setup is windows 7 with win 10 waiting to install. (my feeling is that last point is the issue, but donât quote me on thatâŚ)
long story short: i reverted to a state of windows without any win 10 updates. Reupdated win7 with all the latest updates and installed MFD 0.6.1.1
it works like a charm now.
Could you please tell me which version of your framework runs now ?
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Shhh, donât touch anything, just back it up and fly! :mrgreen:
I did not touch a thing and it stopped working again.
Canât even get the MFDâs to extract in standalone.
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I have a similar problem to Icarus, sometimes the MFDâs work perfectly, most of the time they donât.
The gauges work every time, using version 0.6.1.0 which works perfectly in BMS 4.32.
Itâs like the MFDâs are not getting initialized at the session start upâŚ. very frustrating.
Is it true that they are working on a version of MFDE for 4.33 ?.
Thanks.
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I have a similar problem to Icarus, sometimes the MFDâs work perfectly, most of the time they donât.
The gauges work every time, using version 0.6.1.0 which works perfectly in BMS 4.32.
Itâs like the MFDâs are not getting initialized at the session start upâŚ. very frustrating.
Is it true that they are working on a version of MFDE for 4.33 ?.
Thanks.
See post #23âŚThis is the only way I got both versions to work reliably. https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?23359-Lightning-s-MFDE-and-4-33&p=338743&viewfull=1#post338743
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I cannot even get the MFDâs to work in standalone. All the gagues work fine. Whatever the reason my MFDE server is not allowing MFD extraction seems to be bypassed by BMS config option to extract MFDâs.
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I got it working in fullscreen! MFDE.exe compatibility set to run as admin and disable visual themes and desktop composition.
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After format & reinstallation of OS, MFDE works fine if only, the mode is not in fullscreenâŚ
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See post #23âŚThis is the only way I got both versions to work reliably. https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?23359-Lightning-s-MFDE-and-4-33&p=338743&viewfull=1#post338743
Appreciate your reply dawgboy, unfortunately it didnât work for me.
I got it working in fullscreen! MFDE.exe compatibility set to run as admin and disable visual themes and desktop composition.
Nice find Icarus, just started four âdogfightâ sessions in succession and the MFDâs worked every time :).
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hi,
somebody got a link for me to DL version 0.6.1.0
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Oddly enough the same place you can get 0.6.1.1
Try reading the thread, rather than just expecting people to answer for you. Hint: Post 4 may be of particular interest to you.