Does anyone use Elgato Stream Deck XL Advanced Stream Control . Thinking about getting one
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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
Sunnny -
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 -
@jack72 said in Does anyone use Elgato Stream Deck XL Advanced Stream Control . Thinking about getting one:
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
I’m also using Streamdeck XL .
If you are using an already available profile, then basically you just have to tell StreamDeck in the software, which profile you want to use and then it works pretty straightforward.If you want to adjust buttons to your liking or create your own profile from scratch, then you basically tell each button in the software, which function it should have (for BMS in the moment “Hotkey”), assign each button, which keyboard character to use (e.g. “K” for Wheel brakes) and select which picture should be used as icon on the button.
In order to create subpages, you define a button as “Folder” and when you click on it, you have another page with 31 buttons available. 1 button is automatically set for navigating up again.I still have to research the toggle functionality mentioned by TxMtb. (Switch states)
The link you provided in your first post shows a Streamdeck XL, which has 4x8 buttons.
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/17620/streamdeck-profil-falcon-bms-4-35?_=1669330833686Cheers
Sunnny -
@Sunnny said in Does anyone use Elgato Stream Deck XL Advanced Stream Control . Thinking about getting one:
@jack72 said in Does anyone use Elgato Stream Deck XL Advanced Stream Control . Thinking about getting one:
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
I’m also using Streamdeck XL .
If you are using an already available profile, then basically you just have to tell StreamDeck in the software, which profile you want to use and then it works pretty straightforward.If you want to adjust buttons to your liking or create your own profile from scratch, then you basically tell each button in the software, which function it should have (for BMS in the moment “Hotkey”), assign each button, which keyboard character to use (e.g. “K” for Wheel brakes) and select which picture should be used as icon on the button.
In order to create subpages, you define a button as “Folder” and when you click on it, you have another page with 31 buttons available. 1 button is automatically set for navigating up again.I still have to research the toggle functionality mentioned by TxMtb. (Switch states)
The link you provided in your first post shows a Streamdeck XL, which has 4x8 buttons.
https://forum.falcon-bms.com/topic/17620/streamdeck-profil-falcon-bms-4-35?_=1669330833686Cheers
SunnnyI forgot:
If you are using other profiles, you have to make sure the keyboard characters defined there are also defined in your BMS installation with the same functionality. -
To do the toggle function, you select System on the right, then HotKey Switch
You can define the first press and second press then, and assign an icon to each.
So first press gives G, second gives Alt G, have the mapped accordingly in my keyfile.
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@TxMtb said in Does anyone use Elgato Stream Deck XL Advanced Stream Control . Thinking about getting one:
To do the toggle function, you select System on the right, then HotKey Switch
You can define the first press and second press then, and assign an icon to each.
So first press gives G, second gives Alt G, have the mapped accordingly in my keyfile.
A picture is worth a thousand words …
Thanx TxMtb
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Would you please elaborate how to setup vjoy and Stream Deck to use DX commands? I have no experience with either one, but I have been contemplating getting a Stream Deck. A few outlined general steps would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
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@greatcouloir its vers easy and simple. You install the software plugin to stream deck software as described on the homepage. You install vjoy and setup your virtual controler (amount buttons and axes.
In the stream deck software, simply define a button for vjoy (drag and drop), set id, set DX button number and finish.
After that, when you press this button, vjoy recognizes the button press.