Theater Maps for Helios?
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Ok, If you are only using the CPD then the keyfile shouldn’t make any difference, but you do need to completely replace the the Helios profile and the Bin and Images folders from the 4.35-5 download.
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Ok, If you are only using the CPD then the keyfile shouldn’t make any difference, but you do need to completely replace the the Helios profile and the Bin and Images folders from the 4.35-5 download.
See my “Edit” above, all is well as-is, thanks for trying!
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Not quite sure what you are doing but the DataAutoUpdate.exe resource requirement is extremely low. See image.
There is nothing whatsoever in that that would take 27GB, most of the time it sleeps.
By the way the Iberia and EMF maps are 128 segment so the aircraft position will be wrong.
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Not quite sure what you are doing but the DataAutoUpdate.exe resource requirement is extremely low. See image.
There is nothing whatsoever in that that would take 27GB, most of the time it sleeps.
By the way the Iberia and EMF maps are 128 segment so the aircraft position will be wrong.
Good to know about Iberia, think that one is only 4.34 compatible anyway, no?
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LOL, that should have been MB, not GB… good to know about Iberia, think that one is only 4.34 compatible anyway, no?
They say they are near to releasing it, the EMF theatre is definitely updated to 4.35.
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Ok, I wasn’t crazy… Pic attached and it was still climbing. Now nothing works, there is no more User\Map for me to put the correct map in and the editor is not working as it did to copy/paste the CPD and resize it easily. I finally got it moved in pieces and the “Map” selection is gone, just the screen background. Now when I run Ice’s profile untouched (just moved to my screen) The map shows but it’s Korea and I have no clue where to fix it. Oh, and DataUpdate isn’t running… I’m going to wipe all traces of Helios and start from the beginning, fingers crossed. I should have simply left well enough alone…
Gotta laugh… Fresh install of Helios and the 1st pop-up is there is a newer version (.1) out… Remove and reinstall!
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Ok, I wasn’t crazy… Pic attached and it was still climbing. Now nothing works, there is no more User\Map for me to put the correct map in and the editor is not working as it did to copy/paste the CPD and resize it easily. I finally got it moved in pieces and the “Map” selection is gone, just the screen background. Now when I run Ice’s profile untouched (just moved to my screen) The map shows but it’s Korea and I have no clue where to fix it. Oh, and DataUpdate isn’t running… I’m going to wipe all traces of Helios and start from the beginning, fingers crossed. I should have simply left well enough alone…
Something is definitely corrupt somewhere, I’m just trying to figure out what would cause the DataAutoUpdate to do that. The only thing that is open ended is when it reads the Briefing.txt file and expects to find an EOF. Try deleting the Briefing.txt file.
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Something is definitely corrupt somewhere, I’m just trying to figure out what would cause the DataAutoUpdate to do that. The only thing that is open ended is when it reads the Briefing.txt file and expects to find an EOF. Try deleting the Briefing.txt file.
I’ve uninstalled Helios, deleted the entire Helios folder in x:\Documents, deleted the C:\Bin folder and started fresh with the latest Helios 1.6.3504.0001 version. Installed the Bin folder and Images folder per the Setup readme, ran the Editor, loaded Ices profile and pointed it to the newly renamed Ice Keyfile (now BMS Full), ticked off the Run External program box. Closed, restarted and then Reset Monitors to put Ices profile on my main screen. All errors gone, moved it to the far right corner, started BMS and went to Instant Action in Kuwait. Got the Korea Map and Task Manager shows no sign of “DataAutoUpdate.exe”…. Here is a pic of what I have, all gauges functioning fine, “CPD” button gets me the CPD, just the wrong map. Can you tell me WHERE it is getting it’s map info now? I’m flummoxed. Also, if I hit the “MAP” button in his profile I get a big map of Korea…
Ok, checked Pathnames.ini and all fields were populated, CURRENT_THEATER was Kuwait 64 but MAP_FOLDER was Korea. I changed that to Kuwait and overwrote the Korea map (Map.jpg) in FalconBMSImages 4.35\CPD\Map with the Map.jpg from FalconBMSImages 4.35\CPD\MapData\Kuwait. Start BMS, all ok, start Helios Profile running and the map.jpg in FalconBMSImages 4.35\CPD\Map immediately changes back to Korea! Checked Pathnames.ini and the MAP_FOLDER was Korea again! So it’s definitely communicating, just not with me… :munch:
EDIT: Just installed Balkans and the Pathnames.ini is perfectly populated and the Balkans Map shows up in Ices profile. Could all this be from a bad Kuwait map? It worked fine before this version, just had to manually load it… I’ll build my new profile tomorrow, hopefully the issue I had trying to Copy/Paste the CPD will have rectified itself…
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I’m getting confused also, the profile should start DataAutoUpdate.exe as a process and it should remain running until 10 seconds after the Helios Control Center is closed.
The DataAutoUpdate.exe reads the registry and should then save all the pathnames required by the profile to the PathNames.ini file.
It should also then copy the correct map from:
C:\Users\User1\Documents\Helios\Images\FalconBMS Images 4.35\CPD\MapData
To:
C:\Users\User1\Documents\Helios\Images\FalconBMS Images 4.35\CPD\Map (for use by the CPD)The Profile then reads the PathNames.ini file to determine which map to display when you select the Map button on the Front Console, this is a different set of maps to the CPD maps.
To make sure Windows isn’t blocking it try this first:
Delete the Briefing.txt file located here C:\Falcon BMS 4.35\User\Briefings\Briefing.txt
Then with only the Helios Control Center running start DataAutoUpdate.exe manually. It should run and keep running until around 10s after you close the Control Center. Then check the PathNames.ini file for the correct data. -
I’m getting confused also, the profile should start DataAutoUpdate.exe as a process and it should remain running until 10 seconds after the Helios Control Center is closed.
The DataAutoUpdate.exe reads the registry and should then save all the pathnames required by the profile to the PathNames.ini file.
It should also then copy the correct map from:
C:\Users\User1\Documents\Helios\Images\FalconBMS Images 4.35\CPD\MapData
To:
C:\Users\User1\Documents\Helios\Images\FalconBMS Images 4.35\CPD\Map (for use by the CPD)The Profile then reads the PathNames.ini file to determine which map to display when you select the Map button on the Front Console, this is a different set of maps to the CPD maps.
To make sure Windows isn’t blocking it try this first:
Delete the Briefing.txt file located here C:\Falcon BMS 4.35\User\Briefings\Briefing.txt
Then with only the Helios Control Center running start DataAutoUpdate.exe manually. It should run and keep running until around 10s after you close the Control Center. Then check the PathNames.ini file for the correct data.It works perfectly with the Balkans Theater, loading the map automatically, switch back to Korea, works perfectly… but no matter what I do it will not load the Kuwait map when that theater is chosen… I’m wondering if its a map issue because it defaults back to the Korea map when I load the Kuwait theater?
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It works perfectly with the Balkans Theater, loading the map automatically, switch back to Korea, works perfectly… but no matter what I do it will not load the Kuwait map when that theater is chosen… I’m wondering if its a map issue because it defaults back to the Korea map when I load the Kuwait theater?
The DataAutoUpdate may need a tweak, can you select the Kuwait theatre and then navigate to this key using Regedit and let me have the value for the “curTheater” key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.35
And also the contents of the PathNames.ini file.
If it can’t match the theatre name in the registry with it’s look up table it defaults to Korea.
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The DataAutoUpdate may need a tweak, can you select the Kuwait theatre and then navigate to this key using Regedit and let me have the value for the “curTheater” key.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Benchmark Sims\Falcon BMS 4.35
And also the contents of the PathNames.ini file.
If it can’t match the theatre name in the registry with it’s look up table it defaults to Korea.Pathnames.ini -
; Edit the Falcon BMS command line parameters if required.
; All the other settings will automatically update.; Current Falcon BMS Path.
[FALCON_BMS_PATH]
Path = “C:\Falcon BMS 4.35”
Parameters = “-ef”; Current Falcon BMS Theater.
[CURRENT_THEATER]
Theater = “Kuwait 64”; Current Map Folder.
[MAP_FOLDER]
MapFolder = “Korea”; Current Map Segment Size.
[MAP_SEGMENT_SIZE]
MapSegmentSize = “64”; Current Pilot Callsign.
[PILOT_CALLSIGN]
Callsign = “Icer”The pic of the Registry key is attached…
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This should work:
This update will be added to the main downloads shortly https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?41662-Ice’s-Falcon-BMS-Profile-Updated-for-BMS-4-35-U1
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This should work:
https://www.mediafire.com/file/oy9lgygh0bmi45f/DataAutoUpdate.exe/file
Let me know if it works.It works!!! Both the CPD Map and Large Map show up, Pathnames.ini now shows the correct “MapFolder = “Kuwait””!
Thank you!
One more thing, you mentioned that some theater maps are NG but it “looked” like they are all 4096x4096, can you tell me which to stay away from? I would like EMF and Spain but not if they will provide more headaches… -
It works!!! Both the CPD Map and Large Map show up, Pathnames.ini now shows the correct “MapFolder = “Kuwait””!
Thank you!
One more thing, you mentioned that some theater maps are NG but it “looked” like they are all 4096x4096, can you tell me which to stay away from? I would like EMF and Spain but not if they will provide more headaches…The DataAutoUpdate should take care of all of the map scaling adjustments for 64 vs 128 segment maps. The maps are all 4096x4096 but the 64 segment maps are 1024x1024 km whereas the 128 segment maps are 2048x2048 km if I remember correctly. So no maps to avoid they should all work unless I’ve missed any more entries in the look up table in which case I’ll just update it again. It’s no big deal to update it.
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The DataAutoUpdate should take care of all of the map scaling adjustments for 64 vs 128 segment maps. The maps are all 4096x4096 but the 64 segment maps are 1024x1024 km whereas the 128 segment maps are 2048x2048 km if I remember correctly. So no maps to avoid they should all work unless I’ve missed any more entries in the look up table in which case I’ll just update it again. It’s no big deal to update it.
Thanks brother, now I can get back to hacking up this Profile to create the small bit I need to project. I like that big Map that pops up with the “Map” button may try to keep that alongside the CPD on my main screen…