-Ice's Falcon BMS Helios Profile
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I gave this a test today and found an odd behavior of Helios… but should be a decent and simple workaround.
1. Open your profile in the Helios Profile Editor
2. Go to Panel Decorations -> Rectangle and put one on your profile.
3. Rename that something else, like “Protector” or something so that you’ll know/remember what it’s there for
4. On the Properties tap, set it to Left = 0, Top = 0, and set the Width and Height to whatever your monitor res size is. What this is basically doing is making it fill your entire screen
5. Under the Appearance tap, click the Fill Color and enter this value under Hexadecimal Notation = #01000000
6. Move this “Protector” to the bottom of your layersDone! What this basically does is put an almost-transparent (minimum opacity, but not zero) layer at the very bottom of you Helios profile, but will be on top of your MFDE gauges if your Helios is set to be Always On Top. With this “fix,” I have found out that tapping on the MFDE gauges still seems to “select” the gauge as the green box will appear over the gauge, but it is now impossible to drag-and-move the gauge with a finger swipe.
So why not zero opacity? Oddly, when set to zero, I guess Helios removes the layer. With opacity set to zero, the “fix” doesn’t do its job and it is still possible to select and drag the MFDE gauges with a finger swipe.
Hope that helps!
Just in case somebody has the same problem I had with Helios transparency not working. I had to adjust my fill color to #04000000, or use transparency slider to set the ‘A’ level to 4, OR type in 4 for ‘A’ value.
Helios, MFDE, GPT,on second slave pc.
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Hi Ice,
Seem to have a strange problem, whenever i load up your profile it just HELIOS control centre ‘stops working’ according to windows and it has to close.
I have been playing around with it today to try and get it o work but im struggling.
I have tried creating a new profile and copying across the layout and this works but of course i lose all the mappings.
Have you come across this crashing issue? If so would you mind telling me how you fixed it.
Thanks
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No idea there. Have you tried re-downloading the profile? Or opening the profile in the Profile Editor and saving it under another name and loading THAT one?
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Seem to have fixed it…… I added the falcon interface to a new profile before copying across the layout from you profile and it kept the mappings.
Thanks again
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Glad to have helped!
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Hi Ice,
Seem to have a strange problem, whenever i load up your profile it just HELIOS control centre ‘stops working’ according to windows and it has to close.
I have been playing around with it today to try and get it o work but im struggling.
I have tried creating a new profile and copying across the layout and this works but of course i lose all the mappings.
Have you come across this crashing issue? If so would you mind telling me how you fixed it.
Thanks
i have the same problem but the solution you posted not works for me.
i have an idea, i think the problem is the images default
for example:
<topleftcorner>{Helios}/Images/Panels/panel-top-left.png</topleftcorner>
if i create a new project, i haven’t this image
can the Helios.dll be the problem? I installed HeliosSetup-Stable-1.2.176
regards
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Are you able to make anything with Helios at all? If not, then you may have a corrupt Helios install.
I have no idea re: panel images, I don’t think that is part of my profile at all.
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i have the same problem but the solution you posted not works for me.
i have an idea, i think the problem is the images default
for example:
<topleftcorner>{Helios}/Images/Panels/panel-top-left.png</topleftcorner>
if i create a new project, i haven’t this image
can the Helios.dll be the problem? I installed HeliosSetup-Stable-1.2.176
regards
I am having the same problem. Helios would “stop working”. I am running windows 8 by the way. Appreciate it if anyone can throw me some ideas how to get this work.
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Appreciate some info regarding your PC. And what you’ve done to “fix” it. Like I said before, it may be a corrupt install of Helios. Or from a corrupt installer.
Try making your own profile with just a switch and button or whatever, see if that will run alongside the sim. If it doesn’t, then I would definitely say something is wrong with Helios itself.
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Appreciate some info regarding your PC. And what you’ve done to “fix” it. Like I said before, it may be a corrupt install of Helios. Or from a corrupt installer.
Try making your own profile with just a switch and button or whatever, see if that will run alongside the sim. If it doesn’t, then I would definitely say something is wrong with Helios itself.
Update:
I was able to run scooternutz’s profile without any problem. Not sure why your profile didn’t work. Maybe the files got corrupted–downloaded the files twice already. Will play around more to see if it will work. Thanks. -
Dont know if this will help anyone, but I had this problem when I first tried to open Ices profile.
I found that deleting the entry for EOSBus (Direct Serial) using the profile explorer allowed me to then start profile OKJust a thought
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Dont know if this will help anyone, but I had this problem when I first tried to open Ices profile.
I found that deleting the entry for EOSBus (Direct Serial) using the profile explorer allowed me to then start profile OKJust a thought
Thank you so much. This fixed my problem.
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Hi -Ice
Can you tell me if you have managed to script the autopilot switch to stay in sync now that the new update as been released for Helios.
I can manage to sync it to either Pitch ALT HOLD or to Pitch ATT HOLD but not to both at once.I think we need a little tweak to the LUA script because it is a three position switch not just two as in the handbrake!!!
Regards weepop -
Dont know if this will help anyone, but I had this problem when I first tried to open Ices profile.
I found that deleting the entry for EOSBus (Direct Serial) using the profile explorer allowed me to then start profile OKJust a thought
Yea, I confirm that this solved the problem also for me.
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Can you tell me if you have managed to script the autopilot switch to stay in sync now that the new update as been released for Helios.
I can manage to sync it to either Pitch ALT HOLD or to Pitch ATT HOLD but not to both at once.I think we need a little tweak to the LUA script because it is a three position switch not just two as in the handbrake!!!
Regards weepopGot it (almost) working.
Use the following LUA-code for the right AP-switch:
if (TriggerValue == false) then return 2; end
The “almost” is referred to the situation when you are currently out of the parameters to engage the AP, but you engage it anyway: The switch then changes nevertheless to position 1 or 3.
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Hi ICE,
Wow, compliments for your virtual pit! Looks fantastic!!!
As a newbie flightsimmer I have my own very little (compaired to yours…) W.I.P. project and that’s the iViper for iPAD that was posted here on the forum.
I came across this great thread with all your (even better) looking graphics. I wonder if I can use your MFD, ICP, RWR and DED graphics in my own setup. I’m using the TouchControl app for iOS i.c.m. the TouchControlServer in my Windows 8 PROx64 bootcamp setup. Great application to start with the “build your own virtual pit!” Before posting and asking questions while WIP I think it’s common sense to ask your permission first!
Hope you’ll agree for me to use your graphics. That would be awesome!Cheers and have a great TweakEnd! :drink:
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Hi Ice,
Completed my iViper ‘project’ and now moving on to Helios!
Love your panel profile. Thanks for sharing!
[EDIT] going thru all related posts and -Ice’s video’s I managed to get back ‘in the air’!
[but it keeps crashing on me in Helios 1.3.190 stable version. What are the before-open-profile requirements / settings for Helios? It seems there is an issue with monitor config. Before opening your profile I set my config to my own 4 monitor setup of with one is a virtual one. I set my TS to monitor 3.
Hope you can help me out with this!
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Sorry for the late reply, busy RL.
The graphics for the MFD, ICP, RWR and DED are not my own but rather from MFDE or BMS extraction. I had an old project as well using TouchControl and it was called iFlyBMS. However, I’ve since gone back to Helios and purchased a touchscreen. I have a 2nd profile set up that is a bit better laid out but is not ready for the public yet… and at this rate, might not be for a good while. PM me if you want to try it out, but for now, my first profile is a bit more “complete.”
As for crashing, I’ve been told of problems with my profile and 1.3. Try getting 1.2 version of Helios and it should run okay with that. I suspect this is simply an incompatible version issue.
Hope that helps!
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Hi -Ice,
No problem, I understand. Thanks very much for reading and your time to reply!
After re-installing Helios 1.3.190 and some newbie trial-and-error, your profile is working fine now. Had some trouble configuring MFD Extractor V0.5.7.0, but after installing and using it in Windows 7 compt-mode it works oke now. Really excited about using this.
Have a lot of learning an practicing to do, so for now I’ll stick to this profile. I surely hope to be able to try/download your finished new version of your profile in the near future.
Cheers.
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I just tried the new version of Helios and my profile, both worked with no problems and BMS was fine. So if anyone is having problems using my profile with the newest version of Helios, try downloading a fresh copy of my profile.
Thanks!