Ancient flyer back to noob status (again) - Warthog set-up questions for BMS 4.35
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Getting into MP with the “big guys” can be a daunting experience (and I speak from personal experience as well :)), but I agree it’s definitely the way BMS should be enjoyed.
Have a good weekend & all the best,
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Getting into MP with the “big guys” can be a daunting experience (and I speak from personal experience as well :)), but I agree it’s definitely the way BMS should be enjoyed.
Have a good weekend & all the best,
UweI see it just the other way round. When I came back to Falcon a fter years of absence I think I only spend a week just to get me back into the controls and immedialtly jumped into MP at various places such as Falcon Lounge, UOAF, Falcon-events.
Ok as a former Army officers I was quite used to overall milsim talk. But MP ramped me up way faster than spending time in SP would have done to me. -
Getting into MP with the “big guys” can be a daunting experience (and I speak from personal experience as well :)), but I agree it’s definitely the way BMS should be enjoyed.
Have a good weekend & all the best,
UweLOL… I was more or less inviting him to join me for a 2 ship MP experience against the AI to help him progress a little faster, and trust me, I am NOT one of the “Big Guys”! I’m more of a “let’s go blow some stuff up and if we both land afterwards its a win” kind of player… teach him how to use the basics of WDP and MC, that sort of thing.
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And I haven’t chickened out of Icer’s generous offer, I’m just making VERY slow progress, other stuff keeps interrupting. I’ll do better once those long dark nights draw in.
But while I’m here so to speak, I’ve finally done as you guys suggested and deployed BMS Alternate Launcher. Very happy with it, very easy to make a customised layout, thanks for the recommendation.
What I can’t figure is how to assign the centre position of the DF/MRM switch, you know, when you switch it back to the centre position to cancel what you were switched into. It’ll be another ‘easy when you know how’ things I expect.
Best wishes
Alan
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And I haven’t chickened out of Icer’s generous offer, I’m just making VERY slow progress, other stuff keeps interrupting. I’ll do better once those long dark nights draw in.
But while I’m here so to speak, I’ve finally done as you guys suggested and deployed BMS Alternate Launcher. Very happy with it, very easy to make a customised layout, thanks for the recommendation.
What I can’t figure is how to assign the centre position of the DF/MRM switch, you know, when you switch it back to the centre position to cancel what you were switched into. It’ll be another ‘easy when you know how’ things I expect.
Best wishes
AlanSo it’s;
D key - Dogfight Override
C key - MRM/DF Cancel
M key - MRM OverrideIf you want to use a hat just set it up for those 3 keys. If you want to use a 3 Position switch (like the one on bottom right of the throttle labeled Autopilot) its assigned easily, Switch Up for D (DX27) for ‘Dogfight Override’, Down for M (DX28.) for ‘MRM Override’, and for C ‘MRM\DF Cancel’ you assign the center position to BOTH DX27 RELEASE and DX28 RELEASE. This way when you come out of either Dogfight OR MRM overrides it cancels. Easy peasy, but to be honest I use the keyboard for these, old habits…
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You can set up it that way but no one does. There’s a config option for DF/MO to self cancel, meaning if neither button is being held down it will return to center. Alternate Launcher should control this. You could manually edit falcon_bms.cfg but AL will probably mess with it for you back anyway.
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Gentlemen, terrific. Frederf, that will be ‘no-one’ but Icer, it seems! I dimly recall the self-cancelling config option and never understood what it was for. Now I do! Icer, thanks for that timely reminder about keystrokes. I’m impressed at the thought of you bashing the keyboard in the heat of battle then…“Fox Three”!
Best wishes
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@bigfish said in Ancient flyer back to noob status (again) - Warthog set-up questions for BMS 4.35:
Gentlemen, terrific. Frederf, that will be ‘no-one’ but Icer, it seems! I dimly recall the self-cancelling config option and never understood what it was for. Now I do! Icer, thanks for that timely reminder about keystrokes. I’m impressed at the thought of you bashing the keyboard in the heat of battle then…“Fox Three”!
Best wishes
AlanHey Bigfish, how is your progress going?
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If you are using the AL, the simplest thing to do is select the checked box below. -
@hoover how did you program that, Throttle Lever on rt.hand side to control Zoom, ive been trying a few things and cant seem too get it. Running Full TM Warthog Hotas with two MFDS and ICS.
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@windnc60 said in Ancient flyer back to noob status (again) - Warthog set-up questions for BMS 4.35:
@hoover how did you program that, Throttle Lever on rt.hand side to control Zoom, ive been trying a few things and cant seem too get it. Running Full TM Warthog Hotas with two MFDS and ICS.
Assuming you are talking about using the INCR/DECR Axis to go from 0-4x on the MFDs? Just assign the Axis under Avionics adn Radios…
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<p>@Steve_U <br /><br />Can I ask how you use the Warthog slider for landing gear Up/ Down?</p>
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<p>@lrichings I use vjoy and Joystick Gremlin.</p>