Weepops Helios profile
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Ice and weepop….
Enjoy your profile. Got mine working and changed a bunch of things to suit my preference…namely that since I am a f16 maintainer I wanted the left and right console panels to be aligned how they are in the jet…so took some time and changed the panel layout and the switches. Hats off to you guys a great profile. Thanks for your hard work. I can finally enjoy a full pit experience at a fraction of the cost.
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Thanks eclipsejpw! Any chance of showing us what you ended up with? While I wanted the L and R panels to be as they are, the horizontal orientation of the monitor obviously did not make this ideal.
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Certainly. I am away from home for a few days but when I return I will def show you guys what I came up with
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Ice & Weepop,
Love the profiles… I am trying to get sound feedback from the ICP & switches etc…
No joy. Did a lot of reading. Still No joy.
Any ideas what I should check or can do?
Thanks for any help.
(EDIT)
AHHHH! I looked & just needed to assign the new sound numbers to the callbacks in Weepops .key file - All switches and knobs with sound now!
(I copied Ace’s sound numbers from his updated .key file - “BMS - FPM by -Ice.key”)
Weepop, I haven’t tweaked anything else yet, just let me know if you would like me to send you the updated “weepop BMS4.key” file.
Also, for members still looking for the 5 degree HSI fix, just add
set g_nKnobAccelerationDelta 0
to your falcon bms.cfg file and you’ll be all set.
(thought I would save someone else some reading if they are still looking for that one…)Cheers!
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I don’t believe you can get any noises out of the profiles, (correct me if I’m wrong Ice). What I did keep hearing was the window system sounds when I would press any of the switches. I suppose you can assign a click in the Windows system noises but then you would only have one sound for every switch.
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Ajax, sound was working for my profile in 4.32…. MAYBE in 4.33 as well. I’ll have to check that.
Basically, all sounds were off different sound files and 4.33 standardized the format somewhat so I had to re-do my .key file for it.
EDIT: Yeah, checking my latest .key file, I have standardized my 4.33 .key file to conform to the new numbers.
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Ice & Weepop,
Weepop, I haven’t tweaked anything else yet, just let me know if you would like me to send you the updated “weepop BMS4.key” file.
Cheers!
Yes Please AJAX then I might know what you are talking about!!!
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It’s the 3-digit (or 4-digit on some old ones) numbers after the callback that tells the sim which sound file to play once the switch/button is manipulated.
AFGearToggle 119 0 0XFFFFFFFF 0 0 0 1 “GEAR: LG Handle - Toggle”
Check out p.38-39 of the BMS Key File Manual.pdf.
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Yes Ice, thanks for checking.
Your latest .key file is what I copied the sound file numbers from.
It works great now!
Thanks for all your work!
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Ok, weepop. I updated all the sound numbers in it to those used by Ice’s last .key file.
Sound feedback for each switch and knob is great now!
Let me know how to send it to you… I’m a noob to the forum, but an IT professional for 30+ years.
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Ajax sent PM
Ice thank you for that info, all news to me.
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Sorry Ajax!
Talking out of turn here :uham:
You meant in flight sounds! That’s why I refer back to the Helios Masters Ice and Weepop -
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Glad to have helped!
eclipsejpw, while that is indeed how the panels are laid out in the aircraft, I’m sure you know that the forward half was meant to work with the pilot just looking down and the rear half was meant to work with the pilot turning his head. That’s why I aligned mine to be all upright. But now worries, if you like to work that way… :headb:
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Sorry Ajax!
Talking out of turn here :uham:
You meant in flight sounds! That’s why I refer back to the Helios Masters Ice and WeepopNice to be called Helios Master Pikachu , but that title belongs to Ice only . I’m just one of his pupils ,a senior pupil possibly seeing as I am approaching 75.
Thanks anyway
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Hi eclipsejpw
I notice you are not showing the canopy open/close spider switch in the bottom left of your front console.
It is included in my latest Weepop-Ice.hpf file on Mediafire!!
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Moved it to the lt console
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Yeah, the spider is now on the left console.
Thanks for the title of “Helios Master,” but even I don’t think I am one. I’m just a guy that’s fiddled with it more than most other people here and I’m just “paying it forward” by helping where I can. Do you know why I made those Helios tutorial videos? So that I don’t forget stuff!!
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Hi Ajax
Thanks for updated weepop-BMS4.key file with sounds, I will change the one on my Mediafire page if anyone else wants to download it.
I would recommend turning up the cockpit sounds in the UI controller page from the suggested norm of three to eight so you can really here them.
I have also improved the MFD buttons to give a visual indication of operating as well as the sound indication, I think you will like it. Again I am uploading a new Weepop-Ice.hpf file to include this.
Whilst experimenting I noticed an error in my key file, there is a duplication of SHF/ALT F7 (0x41 5) for flcs test pwr and Master fuel on.
The Master fuel should be SHF/CTL F7 (0x41 3) You can correct yours Ajax and anyone downloading new key file with sounds will get corrected version.weepop
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I’m surprised you were working without sounds…. IMHO it’s one of the most important feedback you can get. You may “miss” the “pressed” image of a button but hearing a confirmatory “click” means you have indeed pressed it.