Rybo's Profile - Never disappearing, No shifted layer, Easily customized
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Hi there!
Thanks much for sharing your profile. Really enjoying it so far, but only have one quick question. If I wanted to use the throttle slider for a zoom as opposed to FOV Control, would that simply be a process of changing the DeviceDefaults.txt or would I need to also monkey with TARGET black magicks?
Thanks for any input.
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Just an easy change in DeviceDefaults and then ensuring that you assign the axis properly the next time you start BMS. Your DeviceDefaults should look like this:
Thrustmaster Combined
GUID = {FFFF044F-0000-0000-0000-504944564944}
AXIS_PITCH = Y
AXIS_ROLL = X
AXIS_THROTTLE = RZ
AXIS_ANT_ELEV = SLIDER1
AXIS_RANGE_KNOB = SLIDER0
AXIS_CURSOR_X = RX
AXIS_CURSOR_Y = RY
AXIS_ZOOM = Z -
Hello your profile works for me except the coolie hat. Not sure why it is not bount go anything. Can you help me out?
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Have you tested it in sim? The coolie hat is used as a set of virtual DX axes that control antenna elevation and the manual range knob. As such it won’t show it when you push it in the BMS Controller Setup UI.
If it doesn’t work in sim, it’s most likely just that the axes are mapped incorrectly in BMS. I’ve seen this happen before when switching profiles. The solution is to simply map them appropriately. In the Controller Setup -> Advanced window set the MAN RANGE KNOB axis to SLIDER0 and set the ANT ELEV to SLIDER1.
If that doesn’t work I won’t be able to help much further without screenshots of your Controller Setup pages.
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Since U3 update new preset for TM Combined has been added to DeviceDefaults.
If you simply add axes presets to DeviceDefaults there would be 2 codes for TM combined and might cause issues. -
Oh I forgot about that. Thanks chihirobelmo!
Aarenas52 what chihirobelmo described is most likely the issue. Remove the default Thrustmaster Combined and replace it with mine in the first post and you should be all set. If you have issues beyond that feel free to let me know and I’ll do my best to get you sorted.
Cheers!
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Updated the first post to reflect the correct way to modfiy DeviceDefaults.txt.
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Have you tested it in sim? The coolie hat is used as a set of virtual DX axes that control antenna elevation and the manual range knob. As such it won’t show it when you push it in the BMS Controller Setup UI.
If it doesn’t work in sim, it’s most likely just that the axes are mapped incorrectly in BMS. I’ve seen this happen before when switching profiles. The solution is to simply map them appropriately. In the Controller Setup -> Advanced window set the MAN RANGE KNOB axis to SLIDER0 and set the ANT ELEV to SLIDER1.
If that doesn’t work I won’t be able to help much further without screenshots of your Controller Setup pages.
I have not tired the sim i will do though! See how it goes. Lastly i am not sure how the idle cut off is supposed to work. I followed your instructions and when its time to move the throttle over the indent, instead of just going over the indent like in DCS with the A-10C, here in BMS is voes to about 50% throttle.
Ill take screenshots of my contoller UI but ill test in game first. If i do decide to set the antena up/down with the UI i should delete the code from your profile is thag correct? I know which one it is!
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No, you shouldn’t have to alter the code at all. It’s simply a matter of ensuring the axes are assigned properly in BMS.
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Rybo,
Thanks for all your work.
I’m getting a warthog in a few days. With your profile, will my cougar mfds, thrustmaster pedals, and track ir work? And is the zoom thing working? I really like using a slider on my X52 to zoom, and I hope to have that same function on the warthog.
One more question, which version do you use Rybo: 2.0 or 2.5? The both look good.
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Hey Scotters! I don’t have MFD’s so I can’t say for certain, but I think they should be fine. No one has reported otherwise anyway. You should also be able to use the pedals but it might require a very minor copy - paste code change as I can’t recall if I wrote in an exclude in the latest version (I can’t download the file at work to check). I can easily explain that change via PM if needed. TrackIR will work just fine and yes, both V2 and V2-5 use the slider to control FOV.
V2-5 was made because I received a lot of PMs requesting previous and next steerpoint on the China Hat. I have a dedicated ICP and have no need for those commands on my HOTAS, therefore I use V2
If you have any more questions just let me know. Cheers!
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Rybo Thanks. I will probably use V2-5 then.
Anyone use Rybo’s profile with MFDs? Any issues? Do i just program them within the game, like I have done when using them with my X52 Hotas?
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Rybo’s profile is fantastic. Having fun! Thanks Rybo for all the help!
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No problem, and thanks for the kind words. Glad I could help get you squared away.
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Is there anything mapped to switch from AA to AG mode, or do you just use the mouse to switch back and forth in the cockpit? I can easily map that to one of the unused buttons on my thrustmaster MFD panels if I need to, I just wanted to make sure that I wasn’t missing anything.
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No there isn’t anything to specifically switch between AA and AG. However, general technique is to set up your AG stuff during ingress and then select MRM.
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Hi Rybo thanks for this profile.
Been using MUD’s profile since forever but am liking some of the layout from yours, but…
I can’t get the coolie hat working for the range/antenna knob. Well the antenna function works but not the range. Further to this I also only have the option to select Slide 0 in BMS’s setup page.
Any ideas on what I may be doing wrong? Pretty sure I followed your instructions to the letter.
Furthermore, whats the TPG zoom function mapped to? I know MUD had his mapped to the Throttle’s slider.
Thanks again!
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I also only have the option to select Slide 0 in BMS’s setup page
Hey Tofu, could you clarify that statement for me? Slider 0 should indeed be the axis selected for range control. Slider 1 is used for Antenna Elevation.
To me it sounds like you may be getting some things mixed up. The Man Range control doesn’t actually control the range of your FCR, if that’ what you’re expecting. There are only two ways to do that: via the range control OSBs on the MFD, or by “cursor bumping” (sometimes just referred to as “bumping”) the range up or down.
So here’s what the Man Range control DOES do in general terms:
In AG mode with the FCR as SOI: Controls FCR gain
In any master mode with TGP as SOI: Controls TGP zoom
IIRC there aren’t any other functions of the Man Range control (excluding functions of the Man Range Z-Axis).
Hope that clears it up and I suspect will get you squared away. If you are still having issues let me know and I’ll do my best to help resolve them.
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There are only two ways to do that…
LOL!
OK i think i know where I went wrong. As I’ve only ever BMS’ed with MUD’s profile, the coolie hat is mapped for tilt radar up/down and radar range up/down, which was extremely convenient. I therefore thought that the real F-16’s Throttle was mapped like this too.
So I guess the question is, do I sacrifice losing that function for better ‘realism’ or keep MUD’s profile for ease of use?
… But yes, as you’ve clarified - it does work as you intended
Edit: I guess my only other question is - how do you zoom in/out with the TPG (not cycling POV)?
Thanks again
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So I guess the question is, do I sacrifice losing that function for better ‘realism’ or keep MUD’s profile for ease of use?
That’s up to you. I personally don’t see a need to have duplicate functionality but it’s about what you find most comfortable and fun to use.
Edit: I guess my only other question is - how do you zoom in/out with the TPG (not cycling POV)
So here’s what the Man Range control DOES do in general terms:
In AG mode with the FCR as SOI: Controls FCR gain
In any master mode with TGP as SOI: Controls TGP zoom