-Ice's Falcon BMS Helios Profile Updated!
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What are you saving in paint? If you save them as .png files, they should be good.
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Hi Ice
I am saving front console screen after adding text to it.I don’t think paint can deal with transparencies but I have found that Paintshop Pro can, after googling it.
Do I remsmber seeing something about creating transparent sections in one of your tutorials?
I will have a search.
Thanks David
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Yep… I use Photoshop. Paint is just too… basic. Damn, I’ve not used Paintshop Pro in FOREVER!
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Do you use Photoshop to create templates with transparent hatches as in the front console
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Hi Ice
I am saving front console screen after adding text to it.I don’t think paint can deal with transparencies but I have found that Paintshop Pro can, after googling it.
Do I remsmber seeing something about creating transparent sections in one of your tutorials?
I will have a search.
Thanks David
PowerPoint also does transparencies when saving graphics as an image. It’s what I use.
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Everything is made in Photoshop and just “assembled” together in Helios.
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Ice,
I posted a thread asking if anyone had done Helios for the F-18. If not… My weak understanding of Helios tells me I could maybe use your profile and change the images around or would I need to re-make an all new key file? The common key commands are the same for each type of aircraft aren’t they?
Thanks,
Sage
PS: Thanks for your awesome F-16 profile in the first place. Great work. -
Whew. That’s what insomnia will get you. Sorry about my last couple of posts, they’re kinda ramble-y.
See if you guys can help me troubleshoot.
From here: http://ihpff4bms.blogspot.co.uk/ I downloaded the following: -Ice’s BMS 4.33 ver1.2, Custom Images, BMS - FPM by -Ice.key, Ice’s BMS WH Profile ver6
I put the profile where it needs to go and the images. I selected Ice’s key file in the game and rant his TARGET script prior to game launch. Also, prior to game launch I run Helios.
Helios, works. When I touch a switch it moves, but it is in no way registered in the game other than the mouse moving. I have set the use button 4 to 1 and the exclusive mouse thing to 0 in the cfg. Button 4 appears to do nothing still and the mouse moves all over the place in the cockpit along with no Helios touches being registered….
Have I missed a step, or downloaded the wrong version of something? What else do you need to know from me to help troubleshoot? Thanks much guys.
Sage
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Whew. That’s what insomnia will get you. Sorry about my last couple of posts, they’re kinda ramble-y.
See if you guys can help me troubleshoot.
From here: http://ihpff4bms.blogspot.co.uk/ I downloaded the following: -Ice’s BMS 4.33 ver1.2, Custom Images, BMS - FPM by -Ice.key, Ice’s BMS WH Profile ver6
I put the profile where it needs to go and the images. I selected Ice’s key file in the game and rant his TARGET script prior to game launch. Also, prior to game launch I run Helios.
Helios, works. When I touch a switch it moves, but it is in no way registered in the game other than the mouse moving. I have set the use button 4 to 1 and the exclusive mouse thing to 0 in the cfg. Button 4 appears to do nothing still and the mouse moves all over the place in the cockpit along with no Helios touches being registered….
Have I missed a step, or downloaded the wrong version of something? What else do you need to know from me to help troubleshoot? Thanks much guys.
Sage
You probably need to select the keyfile in Helios and save it
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You probably need to select the keyfile in Helios and save it
Darn it left that off the list. I have also selected it in helios…. still no joy. Thanks toto
EDIT 20 Jan: Well. I completely uninstalled Helios and scrubbed it with Revo. Reinstalled and re-put everything back in and poof it worked! Up and running. Thanks again for the hard work Ice.
Sage
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You’re welcome! Glad you’re enjoying it. As for the F-18 pit, I’d love to make one but no time at the moment. Not even a case of beer will help, unfortunately.
You can indeed just change the images for the panels and keep using my switches and .key file and everything. You might need to add switches that are exclusive to the F-18… re-map a few things, etc. So not a 100% straight-up swap, but no need to start from scratch.
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Ice
I don’t see any images for right eyebrow lights.
Does this mean they are not implemented in your profile??If not I will have a go at putting them in my version of your profile.
Regards David
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Nope, no eyebrow lights as you don’t really interact with them. Also, I think it’s easier to see the in-game lights compared to the one on the Helios as you’d need to “look down.” But feel free to add them if you wish.
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Hi Ice
Many thanks for your hard work on your latest profile, I am in the process of constructing a basic pit with 2 additional touchscreens left and right and would like to use your profile to accomplish this, is there a way to edit your profile so that the panels can be extracted to seperate monitors ? any help would be much appreciated.Reagards
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You are free to copy-paste the left and right profiles to fit onto your side monitors. They obviously won’t be identical to the real aircraft’s layout but if you’re adventurous, you can cut up the panels as well to “fit.” I don’t think that’ll be a good way to use up your monitor’s real estate though. IIRC, one of the other posters here is doing the same thing (side panels on side monitors), but can’t remember who as of now.
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This looks great.
Excuse my ignorence but the profiles are HTML files. How do I save these as a proper Helios Profile ?
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Nope, no eyebrow lights as you don’t really interact with them. Also, I think it’s easier to see the in-game lights compared to the one on the Helios as you’d need to “look down.” But feel free to add them if you wish.
Can be useful if you want to fly in view “1” or in empty cockpit shell.
I have added them to my profile, copied from Rogues BMSv2.01 on the helios downloads section,
Just needed to alter the angle by 3 degrees to fit the slightly different slope in your profile.While in Rouges profile I was impressed by his landing gear lever which is a much more accurate copy of the in game one,
warning lights fully functional ,so I copied and installed that too. Thank you Rogue.
Worth a look Ice???Regards David
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i’d be interested in seeing the lights as well, as a lot of the time i fly out of the virtual cockpit.
weepop can you send me what you’ve done/ -
i’d be interested in seeing the lights as well, as a lot of the time i fly out of the virtual cockpit.
weepop can you send me what you’ve done/Hi i3dman
See mediafire link to my profile.(I think, new to file sharing)Ice feel free to take a look, I think you might like my additions to charts, still wip.
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/jdkdjzbnhs4m8/My_Helios_Profile
See post 220 for new link
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Weepop
Is your key file the same as Ice’s key file?
Thanks