Does anyone use Elgato Stream Deck XL Advanced Stream Control . Thinking about getting one
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I just saw this thing and looks really good to program a number of short cuts (like using it as a ICP and other functions). Does anyone have one of these devices, and if so, how hard is it to have it work with 4.35 or 4.36.
Although there are others with less button and less expensive, but I like the 32 buttons. I figure I can use this in falcon or other flight sims as well.https://www.amazon.ca/Elgato-Stream-Deck-Controller-Customizable/dp/B07RL8H55Z
I saw this one on the BMS forum. https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/17620/streamdeck-profil-falcon-bms-4-35?_=1669330833686, but don’t know what model this is. nor how old it is compared to what is new out there.
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I do…
Works great
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Me too, still getting my head around all the functions but it works really nicely. @MaxWaldorf would it be possible to share your profile?
All the best,
Uwe
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thanks guys…
When you say profile,how easy is it to program. Is just a matter of working with the falcon BMS setup screen or the alternative launcher, then pressing a corresponding button for it to be recognized, or is it more in depth than that. -
@jack72 I have it also and really like it, it’s my ICP along with other misc commands. Since you can have multiple pages under a profile, it’s still possible to use it for streaming controls and other stuff.
It programs in the Streamdeck software. Single press button toggles or dual toggles, where it does 1 function on first press and 2nd function on 2nd press.
So to program something like a gear or light button, you’ll want to create a key assignment for both the on and off switch states in BMS. Then program those into the Streamdeck software.
You can find some profiles that people have made for ICP etc through google, I used those to get the set of icons for the ICP and other stuff, some others I just made from screen captures, helios, etc…
It really not hard, just kinda time consuming depending on how many functions you want to have. -
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I don’t think the stream deck can emulate dx buttons / events (yet), so you’ll have to use a “full” key file for BMS to be able to use all the functions.
Cheers, Uwe
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@hoover …I use the vjoy Plugin to emulate DX Buttons…no problems to emulate DX Buttons for different Vjoy Devices…
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Hi,
I also received it just a few days ago, but not yet configured for BMS.I think, you can also use the icons from other profiles to show up in your BMS profile:
So you can take the icons from this DCS profile
https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3316577/
and use them for your own BMS profile.There is a trick, to get easy access to all the icons:
The profile itself is just a packed file, which can be unzipped.
You can also take the profile e.g. “F-16C stream deck XL.streamDeckProfile” and append “.rar” :
So it looks like “F-16C stream deck XL.streamDeckProfile.rar” .Then you just unpack it using Winrar and get a folder with all the icons.
If you are using only hotkeys you should be fine.
As I understand it, with the DCS Interface plugin for Stream Deck it is possible, to synchronize different states of switches and buttons between DCS sim and Stream Deck buttons.
Maybe there will be something similar for BMS in 3-4 weeks …
Have fun
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Hi,
I just saw there is a new “Stream Deck +” with 4 rotary encoders:https://www.elgato.com/en/stream-deck-plus
Cheers
Sunnny -
https://github.com/ashupp/Streamdeck-vJoy
…yes, it is a plugin…the defined vjoy device id must be exclusive for stream deck. No other program (ex. joystick gremlin) should be connected to this vjoy id…
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@Sunnny Yep and it actually works pretty well. So the switch state can also be shown on the streamdeck.
The latest version of Helios has the beginnings of a Streamdeck plugin so hopefully those devs are working on getting the plugin to read switch states.Then you just unpack it using Winrar and get a folder with all the icons.
That’s how I got most all of my icons I use. It’s easy and quick.
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Hmm, that’s not working for me… I get a ton of weirdly-named files and directories, not a single concise “Icons”-directory (I’m using 7z to extract the rar archive).
Cheers, Uwe
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@hoover I just tried it again and see how it’s changed now.
The button icons are in the folders, like 0,1 - 0,2 - etc…
Then the CustomImages under that and there will be a png file. That’s the button, and it looks like they all have the same name too. That’s painful, but still doable.Here’s a link to an ICP icon pack that is pretty good there’s several in that thread, so look and see which on you like.
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/215387-f-16-icp-stream-deck-icon/Then there’s the profiles that everyone has created:
https://forum.dcs.world/topic/198845-stream-deck-profiles-library -
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Thanks for the link!
Uwe
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Can I ask what mfg and model you guys use to get the above.
And how hard is it to program…Is it just a matter of downloading a user file on DCS or BMS (I don’t have the skill or understanding of programming to write a LUA or any type of compter script). -
@jack72 It’s just the Streamdeck XL model. Right now it’s not an interactive interface, it’s basically a fancy button box.
Hopefully in the future someone can create the interface to read from shared memory and set switch states on the box for BMS.
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@hoover said in Does anyone use Elgato Stream Deck XL Advanced Stream Control . Thinking about getting one:
Hmm, that’s not working for me… I get a ton of weirdly-named files and directories, not a single concise “Icons”-directory (I’m using 7z to extract the rar archive).
Cheers, Uwe
Hi Uwe,
you are correct. I should have been more precise in my wording.
Basically it is as TxMtb describes it:
When you unpack the profile, you get a folder structure with several subfolders and at the very bottom you will find state0.png and/or state1.png files, which are the icons.
You have to manually scroll through these icons, to find the ones you want.
But this should be much faster, than creating these icons from scratch.Have fun
Juergen