???

VR

PS: shadows still overkill FPS unproportional wild . from 35 to 92 fps in the benchmark TE just by shadows on/off is a bit much difference, lol

Great job the rest

@mrkline:

Tired of staring at a black screen for minutes while BMS writes out your flight recording after a mission? I’m happy to announce a beta of flt2vhs, a replay converter that does the job in seconds.

Those familiar with Loitho’s ACMI Compiler will wonder how this tool differs:

Nothing to run in the background: Instead of running a background program to steal FLT files from BMS, flt2vhs ships with a tool that just disables BMS’s slow conversion.

It merges flight files: BMS chunks recordings into multiple files if they were larger than 1 GB, and Tacview (as of 1.8.6) sometimes has trouble merging these, leaving “ghost” planes hanging in the air where one file ended and the next began. flt2vhs can merge consecutive FLT files into a single VHS. This feature is still in the experimental stage but seems to work well so far, even in 20+ player events with hundreds of units moving around.

It’s even faster: about twice as fast according to rough benchmarks. By organizing data more efficiently and handling files directly through your operating system’s page cache, flt2vhs minimizes the time you wait to start your debrief.

Just:

1. Extract the 7zip archive into BMS/User/Acmi.
2. Run patch-bms-novhs.exe to disable BMS’s (slow) FLT to VHS conversion. You only need to do this once.
3. Record BMS flights normally with the AVTR switch in the cockpit, or by running BMS with -acmi. BMS should no longer pause to convert recordings when you exit 3D.
4. Run convert-all-flts.exe to convert all FLT files to VHS, with names based on the times they were created. Or drag a FLT file file onto flt2vhs.exe to convert one at a time.

Special thanks to Loitho for making this project possible with the power of open source! Their code was instrumental to my understanding of both file formats, as were their many kind answers to my many silly questions. Thanks also to Streak for testing out an earlier build.

Download here: https://github.com/mrkline/flt2vhs/releases/latest
Project and README here: https://github.com/mrkline/flt2vhs#readme

Feel free to post any issues you have here, or create a ticket on the project: https://github.com/mrkline/flt2vhs/issues/new

https://i.imgur.com/KBTsDS0.png

Should be intergrated into the sim if possible. Great Stuff solving an ancient problem.

@seifer

Little TIP:

Let´s presume you have set-up your favorite natural FOV already:

• as example “set g_fDefaultFOV 85” (for me more than 80 cuz of screen-size)

But sometimes, if you want to rotate a button in the pit with your mouse-wheel and “miss” with the cursor in the heat of the action, instead your mouse-wheel now is changing the general FOV accidently - then add this to Falcon BMS.cfg

set g_fMaximumFOV 85 // Limits the maximum amount that the FOV can be increased
set g_fMinimumFOV 85 // Limits the minimum amount that the FOV can be decreased

both values same as neutral FOV.

This way you prevent this from happening and you can still use the TrackIR Vector “Z Axis Control” in your game-setting to zoom the PIT ONLY.

WARNING: IF you do this, there will be NO external world FOV zooming !!

Link doesnt work, but the pak map (or the pak areas) are defined by the parent-links (green ones) in tacedit.
A primary objective (with more than 81 priority values) has to be connected (webed) to surrounding objectives to define one pak area.
Any objective not parent-linked does not “exist” in the theater.

VR

PS: shadows still overkill FPS unproportional wild . from 35 to 92 fps in the benchmark TE just by shadows on/off is a bit much difference, lol

Great job the rest

<p>I skipped BMS forums for a while… but this thread is hard-warmingly good :)</p>

@seifer

???

@Gattsu:

Hello folks,

I just upgraded my PC. It’s formated with a new installation of Falcon Bms 4.35 with the U1 and U2 updated.
I only copy pasted my User.lbk, installed the BMS alternative launcher and edited the max FOV on Falcon BMS.cfg.

When I try to enter my friend PC (he is the host) I get the error “ERROR: WRONG ACDATA files”.
Whe checked the configuration boxes but he has to desactivate the box “same acdate files required” to let me enter. Another friend can enter without a problem and I could on BMS 4.35 U1…

I don’t know if I’m doing something wrong.
Thanks!

https://www.benchmarksims.org/forum/showthread.php?40874-4-35-ACP-connection-error-and-questions&p=559433&viewfull=1#post559433

make sure, that is also the same

just a guts feeling… a little more than 2560 i believe.

I remember older versions of DCS (long time ago) also had bullet-velocity issues. It resulted in “pull pull” all E off and still snipe someone down from +1,5nm, while “AoA hovering” with stable nose. Not the “wisest” BFM expirience hehe.

LITTLE DETAILS and their HUUGE IMPACT on realism.

@Icer:

Unfortunately it’s not how many buttons it supports across virtual or physical devices (I have 5 32 button devices working in BMS), it’s BMS’s DirectInput not supporting DX33-128 that is the issue.

i see.

@mrkline:

Tired of staring at a black screen for minutes while BMS writes out your flight recording after a mission? I’m happy to announce a beta of flt2vhs, a replay converter that does the job in seconds.

Those familiar with Loitho’s ACMI Compiler will wonder how this tool differs:

Nothing to run in the background: Instead of running a background program to steal FLT files from BMS, flt2vhs ships with a tool that just disables BMS’s slow conversion.

It merges flight files: BMS chunks recordings into multiple files if they were larger than 1 GB, and Tacview (as of 1.8.6) sometimes has trouble merging these, leaving “ghost” planes hanging in the air where one file ended and the next began. flt2vhs can merge consecutive FLT files into a single VHS. This feature is still in the experimental stage but seems to work well so far, even in 20+ player events with hundreds of units moving around.

It’s even faster: about twice as fast according to rough benchmarks. By organizing data more efficiently and handling files directly through your operating system’s page cache, flt2vhs minimizes the time you wait to start your debrief.

Just:

1. Extract the 7zip archive into BMS/User/Acmi.
2. Run patch-bms-novhs.exe to disable BMS’s (slow) FLT to VHS conversion. You only need to do this once.
3. Record BMS flights normally with the AVTR switch in the cockpit, or by running BMS with -acmi. BMS should no longer pause to convert recordings when you exit 3D.
4. Run convert-all-flts.exe to convert all FLT files to VHS, with names based on the times they were created. Or drag a FLT file file onto flt2vhs.exe to convert one at a time.

Special thanks to Loitho for making this project possible with the power of open source! Their code was instrumental to my understanding of both file formats, as were their many kind answers to my many silly questions. Thanks also to Streak for testing out an earlier build.

Download here: https://github.com/mrkline/flt2vhs/releases/latest
Project and README here: https://github.com/mrkline/flt2vhs#readme

Feel free to post any issues you have here, or create a ticket on the project: https://github.com/mrkline/flt2vhs/issues/new

https://i.imgur.com/KBTsDS0.png

Should be intergrated into the sim if possible. Great Stuff solving an ancient problem.

@Icer:

New knowledge (to me) is that Direct X now supports 128 DX assignments now (since what version, no idea), but BMS seems limited to 32. I can run a Target script to give my Warthog throttle full use (on/off/middle) of all 2 and 3 way switches with +32 buttons but BMS does not see them, is this a limitation of the software or something that can be changed? I currently use the “Release” function to get the same functionality but would “like” to run the same controller in all sims…

Can BMS support/see more than 32 DX buttons?

To my knowledge - and as i am using it YES. (Virpil Stick and Throttle, which is split by hardware-software into 4x 32DX devices).