Helios help please
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Having a heck of a time getting Helios working on my new 1080p touchscreen second monitor. My main monitor is 4K. I’ve made some progress, but am stuck now. I’m using Rogue’s v3 profile, but I have the same issues with Ice’s profile, so I know profiles have nothing to do with it.
It’s two problems, really, though maybe they are connected.
PROBLEM THE FIRST
This takes some explaining. When I start the Helios cockpit on my touchscreen before launching BMS, its behavior is strange. I can manipulate switches and knobs with the mouse no problem, but not by touch. Windows feedback confirms my touches are being detected in the right place, but they aren’t aligned with the cockpit switches. For example, clicking the IFF IDENT button brings up the map. Touching right above LMFD OSB 3 manipulates the heading bug on the HSI. The misalignment is consistent.
I notice in Windows 10 that the touch cursor and mouse cursor are different. Could that be a clue?
I have tried both the Acer driver for my monitor and the default Windows generic touchscreen drivers. It makes no difference.
When I started up Helios for the first time last week, before doing anything else with it, I tried flicking switches by touch and it worked perfectly! So I don’t know how I messed up the alignment.
SECOND
When I launch into the 3D world, the BMS window is misaligned and I can’t move it. Picture below. The pic is cut off on the right side, but you get the idea. How do I get the BMS monitor to fill my 4K screen and not extend beyond it?
I have read Ice’s PSA on Windows 10 Creators Update and Helios, but it seems that subsequent Windows updates have solved that. Many people in forums report Win10 CU + Helios working fine.
The Helios cockpit doesn’t have any impact in the sim, either, but one thing at a time…
I’ve never done any kind of cockpit extraction with BMS (or anything) before. Please help!
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First Problem - did you “calibrate the screen for pen and touch input” for your touch screen ?
Second Problem - no idea But I am sure someone on the forum will help you out - Probably ICE.
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Yep, it’s definitely calibrated.
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Getting a lot closer now. Rogue’s cockpit is properly aligned to my monitor’s upper-left corner and I can move switches by touching, but the cockpit still doesn’t take up the whole 1080p touchscreen. Why not?