Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...
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Well do your guitar a favour and change the strings at least every sixth months.
Old and tired strings will not exert the same pull on your instrumentās neck so it will go all wonky and inverse banana on you over time (or so Iāve heard).
Iām always too lazy to do this on my Maton EMC 325 (Iām using Elixir nanoweb strings which last quite a long time) and I usually go like āer well, these strings still sound good (enough )ā only to be amazed by the change when I finally decide to exchange them with a new set
I usually recycle the old strings to a 2nd guitar or keep the set as an emergency spare so waste is hopefully minimized by this procedure.
All the best, Uwe
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@Icer said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Nah, simply buy a SimGears ICP and flip the switch to Drift C/O when flying and back to Norm when landing!
Or simply hit the ādivisionā key on the numeric keypad to toggle between the two states
Cheers, Uwe
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@efsixteenblock50 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
I donāt know if I deserve mad respect for sticking with AF for so long. TBH, my reasons for not making the change earlier are kind ofā¦different.
Not for sticking with AF but for flying with the Logi stick for this long!
The installation process is a bitā¦ unique for BMS but they now have an integrated one which seems to indicate itās getting easier. Iāve not tried it personally. As for changing stringsā¦ think more like getting a whole new guitar and you get to pick your strings!!
Once you get a HOTAS and want to customise it for your needs, youāll appreciate it more for sure. I personally just edit stuff on the .txt file but most people seem to use the Alternative Launcher. Again, Iāve not tried AL myself.
As for BMS taking overā¦ and???
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@Icer said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Nah, simply buy a SimGears ICP and flip the switch to Drift C/O when flying and back to Norm when landing!
@hoover said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Or simply hit the ādivisionā key on the numeric keypad to toggle between the two states
Or click on the switch on the ICP in the digital world
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@Atlas said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
@efsixteenblock50 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
I donāt know if I deserve mad respect for sticking with AF for so long. TBH, my reasons for not making the change earlier are kind ofā¦different.
Not for sticking with AF but for flying with the Logi stick for this long!
The installation process is a bitā¦ unique for BMS but they now have an integrated one which seems to indicate itās getting easier. Iāve not tried it personally. As for changing stringsā¦ think more like getting a whole new guitar and you get to pick your strings!!
Once you get a HOTAS and want to customise it for your needs, youāll appreciate it more for sure. I personally just edit stuff on the .txt file but most people seem to use the Alternative Launcher. Again, Iāve not tried AL myself.
As for BMS taking overā¦ and???
Speaking of HOTASā¦
Something Iāve been wondering about - what with the BMS culture of striving for realism, I would think that since, for example, the Warthog stick is pretty much identical to the real stick in the F-16, there wouldnāt be all this emphasis on customization - why donāt people program it to work just like it does in the real thing?Iām getting one BTW. And the throttle. And TrackIR!
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@efsixteenblock50 not sure exactly if this is what you mean, but the simulator is never real life ā¦ there are a variety of things you may want mapped to your hotas, for convenience, that in real life donāt apply or maybe would require you to take hand off stick for a brief second, things like
- raise/lower sun-visor
- night-vision
- the slap-switch
- zoom FOV in/out
- apply rudder/brakes, if you donāt have pedals
- pause/resume or recenter-TrackIR
etc
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@airtex2019 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
@efsixteenblock50 not sure exactly if this is what you mean, but the simulator is never real life ā¦ there are a variety of things you may want mapped to your hotas, for convenience, that in real life donāt apply or maybe would require you to take hand off stick for a brief second, things like
- raise/lower sun-visor
- night-vision
- the slap-switch
- zoom FOV in/out
- apply rudder/brakes, if you donāt have pedals
- pause/resume or recenter-TrackIR
etc
That make sense.
The slap switch! I noticed that when mapping - what does that do?
(I forgot)
Thatās been my biggest issue with getting up & running - the pickle button was easy, as is called the same thing in AF.
But many of the āmust have on the stickā things are refered to by names that Iād never heard of.
e.g. I was looking for the key stroke that designates or ālocksā up the target after slewing the radar cursor. So I searched for ādesignatorā, ālockā etcā¦ but no joy. Finally found it after a few hours. -
@efsixteenblock50
Get a copy of the BMS -1 in there you will find the names and functions of stick a throttle buttons for all modes. Find the 4.35 version in the download section -
@Badger said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
@efsixteenblock50
Get a copy of the BMS -1 in there you will find the names and functions of stick a throttle buttons for all modes. Find the 4.35 version in the download sectionBMS-1? Do you mean DASH 1?
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@efsixteenblock50 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
@airtex2019 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
@efsixteenblock50 not sure exactly if this is what you mean, but the simulator is never real life ā¦ there are a variety of things you may want mapped to your hotas, for convenience, that in real life donāt apply or maybe would require you to take hand off stick for a brief second, things like
- raise/lower sun-visor
- night-vision
- the slap-switch
- zoom FOV in/out
- apply rudder/brakes, if you donāt have pedals
- pause/resume or recenter-TrackIR
etc
That make sense.
The slap switch! I noticed that when mapping - what does that do?
(I forgot)
Thatās been my biggest issue with getting up & running - the pickle button was easy, as is called the same thing in AF.
But many of the āmust have on the stickā things are refered to by names that Iād never heard of.
e.g. I was looking for the key stroke that designates or ālocksā up the target after slewing the radar cursor. So I searched for ādesignatorā, ālockā etcā¦ but no joy. Finally found it after a few hours.Instead of loosing time trying to guess what about reading the manual ?
You need to understand that falcon AF is a total different game than BMS.
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@efsixteenblock50 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
The slap switch! I noticed that when mapping - what does that do?
quick answerā¦ you have 4 countermeasure programs selectable by dial. but there a 6 on your data cartridge
the slap-switch invokes #5. and CMS-left will invoke #6
typical/default for slap-switch is to dispense 1 flare + 1 chaffā¦ sort of a āmanualā fallback for countermeasures
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Before you spend (some would say āwasteā ) a few hundred hard earned bucks on a ridiculously overpriced TrackIR make sure to check out some alternatives like DelanClip / ps eye camera /opentrack which work just as well as TrackIR, are of higher build quality (esp. the DelanClip is made of sturdy metal and comes in certain varieties like wireless and so on) and will set you back far less than TIR. You can even build your own tracking clip for around $10 in parts if you know which end of the soldering iron gets hot
As a bonus, youāll be able to use the delanclip with trackir if you should decide it has to be tir after all.
All the best, Uwe
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Just invest in VR headsetā¦
It should be worth your investment soon
PS: A head tracking device is still worth though
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Talking about VR, I have a few questions:
Does one need just the headset or the whole kit ? How do you glance at the ārealā controls ( keyboard, mouse, hotas) when wearing one ?
My vision has faded significantly in recent years so I need to wear reading glasses to read the screen, does that hinder wearing a headset (not really looking forward to wear contacts + reading glasses + VR headset ) ?
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@Vyper37 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Talking about VR, I have a few questions:
Does one need just the headset ? How do you glance at the ārealā ontrols ( keyboard, mouse, hotas) when wearing one ?
My vision has faded significantly in recent years so I need to wear reading glasses to read the screen, does that hinder wearing a headset (not really looking forward to wear contacts + reading glasses + VR headset ) ?
I think Max may have been joking (?) but to answer your questions. The only way to see outside of a headset is if it has good pass-through or to lift it off. Quest 2 has it but it is grainy B&W, horrible (as is the Q2ās VR quality IMO). Maybe someone will have it in the future for a reasonable cost (Varjo VR/XR models have it but $$$$$$). As for glasses, I wear readers and bought VROptician prescription lens covers. They not only clarify vision but also protect the easiy damaged lenses in my HP G2v2ā¦
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@efsixteenblock50 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Iām getting one BTW. And the throttle. And TrackIR!
My journey to Incel-ism is nearly complete!You may want to look at the Deltasimās replacement slew sensor upgrade (though I read TM may have upgraded this part in the latest Warthog Throttles?) and consider the VPC WarBRD stick base to replace the plastic gimble/greased ball of the standard base. Easy to swap and you can set the firmware to duplicate the TM base so Target thinks its OEM, programs normallyā¦ night and day difference in quality and feel.
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Thanks Icer, not holding my breath either but I took the opportunity to ask
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@efsixteenblock50 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Speaking of HOTASā¦
Something Iāve been wondering about - what with the BMS culture of striving for realism, I would think that since, for example, the Warthog stick is pretty much identical to the real stick in the F-16, there wouldnāt be all this emphasis on customization - why donāt people program it to work just like it does in the real thing?Iām getting one BTW. And the throttle. And TrackIR!
My journey to Incel-ism is nearly complete!Because even for those that have a Cougar HOTAS or a Warthog HOTAS, we donāt have the entire cockpit to hand so we map stuff on shifted layers for easier access. I have a Warthog and most of whatās in the true HOTAS is mapped to the same way, but I have extra stuff like pausing/re-centre TrackIR, turn HMD on/off, turn NVG on/off, etc.
Obviously for those with different stick setups, the need for customisation is even greater.
@hoover said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Before you spend (some would say āwasteā ) a few hundred hard earned bucks on a ridiculously overpriced TrackIR make sure to check out some alternatives like DelanClip / ps eye camera /opentrack which work just as well as TrackIR, are of higher build quality
TrackIR just works. The software is quite easy to work with. The build quality is excellent. What you are referring to is the Track Clip Pro which is quite poorly built for the price, I will agree. But one can always use the reflective clips. Or buy a third-party LED emitter. More expensive? Maybe, but given the hours used over time (mine is 12 years old!), will you really notice a Ā£0.0021 per hour cost vs a Ā£0.0018 per hour cost?
@MaxWaldorf said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Just invest in VR headsetā¦
It should be worth your investment soon
You tease!!
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@Vyper37 said in Been Flying Allied Force for a Long Time...:
Does one need just the headset or the whole kit ? How do you glance at the ārealā controls ( keyboard, mouse, hotas) when wearing one ?
Replica pit works great! Or depending on the headset, peeking through the nose gap. Passthrough isnāt really useable at the moment. Take a look at PointCTRL though. Itās awesome!