Falcon BMS Alternative Launcher (Easy Setup, Keep Joystick Assignments)
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Hey, not sure if anyone has said this already but I can’t map any key to the hat keys on my Thrustmaster throttle. I don’t have any problems with the trim hat I have on my M5 Cobra stick but yeah idk why I can’t set them on my throttle’s POV hat
I use Xpadder for this.
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I’m interested to know how people are getting off with 4.34 and alternative launcher. For me it totally breaks my axis assignments and BMS will never remember axis assignments made from inside BMS.
I have to reinstall BMS to be able to get axis assignments to save.
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I’m interested to know how people are getting off with 4.34 and alternative launcher. For me it totally breaks my axis assignments and BMS will never remember axis assignments made from inside BMS.
I have to reinstall BMS to be able to get axis assignments to save.
Set you axis assignments in BMS after you setup all your keybindings in alternative launcher. Don’t run the alternative launcher again or it will wipe them. Run falcon bms.exe from the the <install dir=“”>/bin/x64 directory.</install>
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Set you axis assignments in BMS after you setup all your keybindings in alternative launcher. Don’t run the alternative launcher again or it will wipe them. Run falcon bms.exe from the the <install dir=“”>/bin/x64 directory.</install>
Thanks
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I’ve submitted 2 fixes for the Alternative Launcher. The first fixes the search box, and the second fixes an issue with running it on a G-Sync monitor with G-Sync enabled for windowed mode:
https://github.com/chihirobelmo/FalconBMS-Alternative-Launcher/pulls
This doesn’t do anything for 4.34 support, but hopefully chihirobelmo can include them into the next release.
Thank you for your help! Your code is much easier to read and smarter!
I just merged it and your work will be included in the next update. -
When can we expect an update so that the launcher will be fully compatible with 4.34?
Compatible in a way so that we don’t have to use workarounds like the ones above anymore.
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The latest commit on Github already supports 4.34 and I am testing it before release. So soon.
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That is great to hear! Looking forward to the new release!
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The latest commit on Github already supports 4.34 and I am testing it before release. So soon.
Is there a way to use this right now? I can see the commits but have no idea what to do with them.
Thanks,
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Just built and tested it, seems to fix the 4.34 issues! Excellent! For what it’s worth, POV hats do not appear to be working properly in the application or in the sim. They do not show up in the button assignment window, but they do show up on the bottom of the application (with assignment) when pressed. It could just be me, obviously not an actual release. I would request the addition of an axis reverse check box for the throttle (well, all the axes really.)
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POV hats will only work if they’re on the same device that you use for the primary X and Y axes (the joystick).
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My workaround for a 2nd pov hat (in my case the hat on my t16000 throttle) is to use voice attack to bind that hat presses to a key. Works well.
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That’s clever, I had forgotten that VoiceAttack can do that :). For those that don’t know, VoiceAttack has a really powerful configuration tool that not only allows you to bind voice commands, but also lets you bind joystick buttons to keyboard presses. It’s like JoyToKey, but built into VoiceAttack itself.
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https://github.com/chihirobelmo/FalconBMS-Alternative-Launcher/releases/tag/v1.30
Released latest version. Now supports BMS4.34.
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Thanks a lot!
A small request. Would it be possible to add invert options also for for the SSC axis?
Sounds kind of stupid, but going from a centermount to a sidemount (with my simpit setup) Need
to rotate my Warthog grip 90 degrees on the base.I can set pitch to X and roll to Y but then I also need to invert or I would roll in the wrong direction.
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The launcher crashes if you have something in the search field and then try to select a category.
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I’ve submitted a fix for the crash:
https://github.com/chihirobelmo/FalconBMS-Alternative-Launcher/pull/7
by disabling the category selector when a filter is active. The category selector shouldn’t be enabled when a filter is active because it will try to jump to a category that no longer exists in the list once it’s being filtered (hence why it was crashing), and the list is reduced to less than a page once you type 3 characters or more anyway, making the category selector redundant.
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This launcher should be implemented as default tool for BMS. Keyboard mapping changes from ‘developer hell’ to “walk in the park”, especially if you fly more than one A/C with more than one HOTAS setup.
Good job, mate!
Nice-to-see future improvements:
- assign button,
- clear button,
- [restore] default button (for specific callback!)
- save key file,
- load key file,
- profile button for default controllers.
I don’t understand why this topic is not marked as sticky yet
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Anyone else having an issue where the ATC menu will only display the ground page? I press T, it displays the ground page. Press T again and it just closes the whole menu instead of displaying the next page. Not sure if this is actually an Alt Launcher issue but it started right after I installed it.
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No works fine here, probably some other keypress is initiated or triggered, making the menu close up again?
Cheers Obi1