Falcon BMS Alternative Launcher (Easy Setup, Keep Joystick Assignments)
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You can just overwrite Hub.exe and other stuffs from v1.51 for update.
v1.40 had issues with overwrite check option, it is solved now.
….Sorry If only now I replay, but last question on the update from 1.4 to 1.51: does this update overwrite all settings I have done with the old key mapping for which I must to reset what I had set?
I don’t suppose because every change should be save into a key file, don’t you? -
Every joystick setup will be saved in xml files so you can simply update AL to 1.51
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Do you intend on adding 1.51 to the first post?
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Made my own map in the AL. Everything works perfectly including the pinky shift. So glad I can fly around now. Just need to learn a lot about the weapons systems (Dash-34) Appreciate all of your work chihirobelmo!!
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Hey there @Chihirobelmo.
I need to ask you for some help. I’m using the current launcher v1.51 with the up to date BMS version. Did a clean installation.
Now I do own the complete Thrustmaster FCS Hotas system with pedals and TrackIR and I can not manage to get the throttle pov hat to work.
I can bind them in the launcher config and everything there shows correctly and seems to be working, but inside the game the throttle’s pov hat is without function.
Really can’t figure out what I’m missing or doing wrong. I’ve seen other people’s FCS profiles here that use both pov hats without any problem even without the T.A.R.G.E.T. software.
Even when I tried using their profiles the throttle’s hat is not working. Is there a specific option I need to set to get it to work?Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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I just updated my BMS to 4.34 U4, and I updated my Alternative Launcher to 1.51.
So far, almost everything seems to work great. My axes are still assigned like they were before I updated BMS to 4.34 U4, my shifted functions still work, it’s great!
When I start the Alternative Launcher, I see icons for Weapon Delivery Planner, Weather Commander, etc…
However, I don’t any longer see the icons for TrackIR and VoiceAttack.
I still have those applications, and I haven’t moved them. They still work, and if I start them before starting the Alternative Launcher, they work with BMS as usual.
I just don’t see their icons in the initial “Launcher” screen of the Alternative Launcher.
Does anyone know how to get them back?
Thanks for a great program, and thanks for updating it to 1.51. I’m sure I’m just missing something small that’s causing those icons to disappear.
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I just updated my BMS to 4.34 U4, and I updated my Alternative Launcher to 1.51.
So far, almost everything seems to work great. My axes are still assigned like they were before I updated BMS to 4.34 U4, my shifted functions still work, it’s great!
When I start the Alternative Launcher, I see icons for Weapon Delivery Planner, Weather Commander, etc…
However, I don’t any longer see the icons for TrackIR and VoiceAttack.
I still have those applications, and I haven’t moved them. They still work, and if I start them before starting the Alternative Launcher, they work with BMS as usual.
I just don’t see their icons in the initial “Launcher” screen of the Alternative Launcher.
Does anyone know how to get them back?
Thanks for a great program, and thanks for updating it to 1.51. I’m sure I’m just missing something small that’s causing those icons to disappear.
You can’t, it’s just the hardcoded ones you see that are available. You’ll just have to launch them yourself.
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Hey there @Chihirobelmo.
I need to ask you for some help. I’m using the current launcher v1.51 with the up to date BMS version. Did a clean installation.
Now I do own the complete Thrustmaster FCS Hotas system with pedals and TrackIR and I can not manage to get the throttle pov hat to work.
I can bind them in the launcher config and everything there shows correctly and seems to be working, but inside the game the throttle’s pov hat is without function.
Really can’t figure out what I’m missing or doing wrong. I’ve seen other people’s FCS profiles here that use both pov hats without any problem even without the T.A.R.G.E.T. software.
Even when I tried using their profiles the throttle’s hat is not working. Is there a specific option I need to set to get it to work?Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Sounds like your in game setting is not using the bms-full keyfile. Make sure that’s the one being used in the control settings in game.
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Hey there @Chihirobelmo.
I need to ask you for some help. I’m using the current launcher v1.51 with the up to date BMS version. Did a clean installation.
Now I do own the complete Thrustmaster FCS Hotas system with pedals and TrackIR and I can not manage to get the throttle pov hat to work.
I can bind them in the launcher config and everything there shows correctly and seems to be working, but inside the game the throttle’s pov hat is without function.
Really can’t figure out what I’m missing or doing wrong. I’ve seen other people’s FCS profiles here that use both pov hats without any problem even without the T.A.R.G.E.T. software.
Even when I tried using their profiles the throttle’s hat is not working. Is there a specific option I need to set to get it to work?Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Is your BMS updated to 4.34.4?
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You can’t, it’s just the hardcoded ones you see that are available. You’ll just have to launch them yourself.
Can you explain what “hardcoded” means? I’m afraid I don’t know that term.
The previous version of the Alternative Launcher had little “launcher” icons for TrackIR and Voice Attack. Can you explain what it means that these programs are not “hardcoded”, and why that made them unavailable in the new (1.51) version of the Alternative Launcher?
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Can you explain what “hardcoded” means? I’m afraid I don’t know that term.
The previous version of the Alternative Launcher had little “launcher” icons for TrackIR and Voice Attack. Can you explain what it means that these programs are not “hardcoded”, and why that made them unavailable in the new (1.51) version of the Alternative Launcher?
There just not available and you can’t change what programs the developer has put there!
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Hi, Can you set up the LEDs on the warthog throttle through AL?
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I guess I’m doing something wrong. The launcher wont start. With or without the additional dlls. Could someone point me into the right direction please?
Hub.exe is at Falcon BMS 4.34\bin\x86, right?
How about removing .xml files in User/Config or starting the app unplugging all joysticks?I solved the issue by deleting the joystick.cal and it’s working fine
The reason for the issue was that I used to have a combined input device which is created when I launch my target profile (I use the Warthog stick and throttle).
But I wanted to get rid of that target script stuff and use your launcher instead so I didn’t load that profile and therefore the combined input device did not exist. That caused your code to run into an System.IndexOutOfRangeException in ImportStockSetup() at line 435.
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The previous version of the Alternative Launcher had little “launcher” icons for TrackIR and Voice Attack.
It did? Don’t remember that at all?
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It did? Don’t remember that at all?
When I was getting ready to update BMS from U1 to U4, and also to update the AL to 1.51, I took pictures of my screen with my iPad, in case I needed to retrieve configuration settings, key assignments, etc…
Here is a picture of the Alternative Launcher screen prior to my update to 1.51. I guess I was using 1.40.
I’ve had some difficulties attaching image files before, but just now I went to the Test forum and practiced attaching them.
If that doesn’t work correctly, here is the link that Google Photos gives for this image:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/gYyyCcYKL7XmDcCo7
The icons for TrackIR 5 and Voice Attack are in the lower-right portion of the AL window.
I figured I must have done something wrong when I updated to 1.51, in order to make them go away.
Here’s another attempt to attach the image. All image references in this post are to the same image.
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Ah, now I get it.
I had skipped a release of the Alternative Launcher. It turns out there was a 1.50 in between 1.40 and 1.51.
The changelog for 1.50 includes this line:
“- Removed several third parties launchers.”
Maybe there were problems with those launchers or something.
At any rate, it’s another lesson in “RTFM”. I’m coming to realize just how intense of a level of “due diligence” is required, down to every line in every changelog, when using BMS.
(Edit: Or any additional software, like the Alternative Launcher.)
No worries, if that’s how it is, that’s how it is. Just gotta do my due diligence better.
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This worked brilliantly for me. Thank you so much!
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Thank f*****g christmas for this!
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how do i setup toggle switches using AL 1.51. I see no invoke or keycombo options
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how do i setup toggle switches using AL 1.51. I see no invoke or keycombo options
You can just enable “release” button