Hi - I am very confused here. I downloaded Kolbes keyfile but it doesnt seem to do much for me.
What exactly is it supposed to do once I load it? And I apologize for the stupid question, but I have gone thru the manual, as well as tried various keyfiles and Foxy profiles, and cant get anything to work correctly.
First thing - I dont know how to program the Cougar.
But reading thru the BMS manual, it made it sound like programming the Cougar was a thing of the past….that BMS was designed to do complex things with the Cougar without having to use Foxy. But how do I do this???
I have tried Duncs profile - and to its credit, it works - the throttle cursor works and everything - but it causes BMS to crash every time I use it…either during a mission or when I end a mission.
I just want my Cougar to work…I dont need a super complex setup where there are double shifted functions. To start, I would like every button to work, and the throttle cursor. How to I accomplish this???
I posted a similar question on the General forum and even though I mentioned that duncs profile caused crashes, people told me to use duncs profile…and someone even suggested selling my Cougar.
Is there anyone here that can take pity on me and explain how to get this to work in laymans terms? This is about to turn into a tragedy - I drove 100 miles on the day F4 was released in 1988 to buy my copy…and although I have used it here and there since…I finally have a PC powerful enough to run it properly. But I am about to get rid of it and throw the cougar and my 2 throttles away out of frustration. I just dont know what to do.
So here are my questions:
In order to use the buttons and the throttle cursor on the Cougar…do I need to use Foxy? Or can I just use a keyfile?
I was under the impression that one of the included keyfiles allowed the Cougar to work without any more additional work…is that correct? If so, is it BMS.key? If so, what do I have to do to get it to work? Do I have to run any Thrustmaster software in addition to BMS?
How do I modify a keyfile? Do I load it in a text editor, and then paste values created via the keyfile generator Excel spreadsheet? Or do I assign keys from within Falcons controller section?
And is there anyone that could please gently walk me thru getting my cougar to work without having to use duncs profile?
Sorry for my frustration - I just cant get this to work and it is really frustrating me.
Mike