Tornado cockpit mod for 4.36

[Gadfly]

Hi everyone – @Frederf and I collaborated on giving the legendary @qawa’s awesome Tornado cockpit an overhaul for BMS 4.36 to make it ramp-startable. We’ve added missing hotspots, replaced defunct ones, and made some tweaks to cockpit textures, including an upscale to 4K.

UPDATED DOWNLOAD LINK (v1.1): https://www.dropbox.com/s/zti04o6yo5h2m41/Tornado 4.36 v1.1.zip?dl=1

The download link above contains the folders that should be dropped into your Falcon BMS 4.36/Data/ directory, or else into the subfolder of a particular theater, as well as cockpit hotspot diagrams. (And since this mod doesn’t touch any acdata files, it’s perfectly safe in both MP and SP.) Make sure you backup first… and enjoy!

Features:

• Tornado can now be ramp started
• Cockpit textures have been upscaled to 4K using Gigapixel AI and hand retouching
• Added hotspots, including: IFF Master, RWR Handoff, FLCS Reset, OBOGS, Seat Up/Down, Hook Down, HUD DED, Probe Heat, TFR Toggle, Manual TF Flyup, Thrust Reverse, Anti Ice, Brake Channel, EPU On / Norm / Off, EPU Gen Test, Auto-Throttle
• Fixed hotspots: Canopy Open/Close, JFS Start 1/2, JFS Cancel, Autopilot modes, Parking Brake, ECM Power / Operation, Throttle Idle / Cutoff
• Replaced various old “toggle” hotspots with on/off or up/down versions
• Cut off altitude tape on the HUD has been fixed
• Backwards HSI has been fixed
• Added smudges to left MFD
• Darkened smudges on both MFDs

Known issues:

• Some switches don’t animate, including EPU, Pitot Heaters, Thrust Reverse, etc.
• HDG Bug is reversed – set it to the opposite heading you want to use for the AP. (Unfortunately, there’s no easy way for us to fix this.)
• Small upscaling artifacts in the texture.
• The Auto-Throttle hotspot is enabled but it will not work until it’s enabled in the Tornado Acdata in some future release.
• Taxi lights don’t work. Landing lights are okay.
• TFR will not work if you start on the runway. Use a ramp start.
• In 4.36, the Tornado TGP viewpoint is currently in the wrong position, causing masking against the fuselage. We haven’t been able to fix that by editing .dat files — hopefully the BMS devs can take a look at this when they have a moment.

(Thanks to everyone in the BMS Mafia for their help with this project!)

Version History:
v1.1:

• revised cockpit text based on @arabianjules pics and a more careful look at the FMs
• fixed cockpit wings model definitions
• added hotspots: EPU On / Norm / Off, EPU Gen Test, Auto-Throttle
• shuffled hotspots for autopilot on left panel (please see updated PDF for reference)

[Vespa]

@Gadfly Thank you a lot !

if i understand correctly :

• Dropped the contains of Art folder into Falcon BMS 4.36>data>Art>ckptArt
• Dropped the contains of KoreaObj into Falcon BMS 4.36>data>TerrData>Objects>KoreaObj

That’s right ? (sorry, i’m totally newbie for this thing. )

[Gadfly]

@Vespa That’s basically right. The easiest thing to do is to drop the Art and TerrData folders from the download directly into Falcon BMS 4.36/Data, which will add these files to the Korea theater. Windows will prompt you to “Replace These Files” if you’ve done it correctly.

(If you’re adding it to a theater other than Korea, copy the files into Falcon BMS 4.36/Data/Add-on <Theater Name> instead.)

However, if you’re new to this, I strongly recommend backing up the files it overwrites, or else using a mod manager like JSGME , which does that for you.

[qawa]

@Gadfly said in Tornado cockpit mod for 4.36:

Hi everyone – @Frederf and I collaborated on giving the legendary @qawa’s awesome Tornado cockpit an overhaul for BMS 4.36 to make it ramp-startable. We’ve added missing hotspots, replaced defunct ones, and made some tweaks to cockpit textures, including an upscale to 4K.

Download it here (v1.0): https://www.dropbox.com/s/sk4j179r68peodn/Tornado 4.36.zip?dl=1

The download link above contains the folders that should be dropped into your Falcon BMS 4.36/Data/ directory, or else into the subfolder of a particular theater, as well as cockpit hotspot diagrams. (And since this mod doesn’t touch any acdata files, it’s perfectly safe in both MP and SP.) Make sure you backup first… and enjoy!

Changelist:

• Tornado can now be ramp started
• Cockpit textures have been upscaled to 4K using Gigapixel AI and hand retouching
• Added hotspots, including: IFF Master, RWR Handoff, FLCS Reset, OBOGS, Seat Up/Down, Hook Down, HUD DED, Probe Heat, TFR Toggle, Manual TF Flyup, Thrust Reverse, Anti Ice, Brake Channel
• Fixed hotspots: Canopy Open/Close, JFS Start 1/2, JFS Cancel, Autopilot modes, Parking Brake, ECM Power / Operation, Throttle Idle / Cutoff
• Replaced various old “toggle” hotspots with on/off or up/down versions
• Cut off altitude tape on the HUD has been fixed
• Backwards HSI has been fixed
• Added smudges to left MFD
• Darkened smudges on both MFDs

Known issues:

• Pitot Heat switch doesn’t animate.
• Small upscaling artifacts in the texture.
• We did not include functionality for the auto-throttle, because it’s currently not enabled in the Tornado Acdata (although it probably should be). If this occurs in the future, we’ll revisit.
• Taxi lights don’t work because they’re not currently specified in the Acdata (although, again, they should be). Landing lights are okay.
• In 4.36, the Tornado TGP viewpoint is currently in the wrong position, causing masking against the fuselage. We haven’t been able to fix that by editing .dat files — hopefully the BMS devs can take a look at this when they have a moment.

(Thanks to everyone in the BMS Mafia for their help with this project!)

Thanks you all !!! I really appreciate your improvement

[Jackal]

@Gadfly and @Frederf
What have you done?

Have you made my dreams come true? Seriously?
A huge lot of thanks!

With best compliments and regards.

[dema]

Congratulations for this beautiful work

[roy35150]

@Gadfly
Thanks for this…

My buddy is a retired tornado pilot and hes amazed at the realism and detail.

Kudos to you.

[drtbkj]

@Jackal said in Tornado cockpit mod for 4.36:

@Gadfly and @Frederf
What have you done?

Have you made my dreams come true? Seriously?
A huge lot of thanks!

With best compliments and regards.

I knew you’d like this !

[arabianjules]

my Tornado…

GR1P

so if you ever need any help, let me know?

John.

[drtbkj]

@Vespa said in Tornado cockpit mod for 4.36:

@Gadfly Thank you a lot !

if i understand correctly :

• Dropped the contains of Art folder into Falcon BMS 4.36>data>Art>ckptArt
• Dropped the contains of KoreaObj into Falcon BMS 4.36>data>TerrData>Objects>KoreaObj

That’s right ? (sorry, i’m totally newbie for this thing. )

Vespa, perhaps this will help… https://www.mediafire.com/file/quomfbxikivqoxx/BMSOFM_Database_Installation_Guide.txt/file

[DrJester]

@Gadfly said in Tornado cockpit mod for 4.36:

@Vespa That’s basically right. The easiest thing to do is to drop the Art and TerrData folders from the download directly into Falcon BMS 4.36/Data, which will add these files to the Korea theater. Windows will prompt you to “Replace These Files” if you’ve done it correctly.

(If you’re adding it to a theater other than Korea, copy the files into Falcon BMS 4.36/Data/Add-on <Theater Name> instead.)

However, if you’re new to this, I strongly recommend backing up the files it overwrites, or else using a mod manager like JSGME , which does that for you.

For a mod manager, I highly recommend this: https://github.com/sedenion/OpenModMan

Made by Sedenion from DCS forums, and a continuation of the “OvGME”
Seems quite powerful too. I have been using it for a few months and I like it.

[Seifer]

@Gadfly awesome. Can we add this to the official installer?

[Gadfly]

UPDATED to v1.1. Please see download link in first post.

@Seifer Yes, absolutely! Please use this latest version.

[drtbkj]

@Gadfly said in Tornado cockpit mod for 4.36:

UPDATED to v1.1. Please see download link in first post.

@Seifer Yes, absolutely! Please use this latest version.

Ver.1.1 is now in the Mafia Files. as well.

[Vespa]

@Gadfly thank you

[Vespa]

@drtbkj tanks a lot !

[Jackal]

@drtbkj said in Tornado cockpit mod for 4.36:

I knew you’d like this !

And I knew that you knew that… you know, fra’
(ah, well done with Mafia’s support to these good guys)

With best regards.

[Jackal]

@Gadfly said in Tornado cockpit mod for 4.36:

UPDATED to v1.1. Please see download link in first post.

@Seifer Yes, absolutely! Please use this latest version.

Thanks a huge lot for your constant attention to the details, dear mates.

With best regards.