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  5. Sid's Day Out

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    I received a phone call from an aquaintance that flys a Vans RV-6 yesterday asking if I wanted to go flying today (Sunday) - naturally I said yes!!

    Weather at Staverton, Gloucestershire, was gorgeous Saturday, was nice today but was gusting up to 24 knots northerly crosswind at some of the fields we were looking to fly into -

  9. Screen Help

    in Jim's Place

    Posted

    Try this in the conf.ini file found in the IL2 main folder - it's near the top of the list (opens in notepad....just in case ;)). The width and height refer to whatever the resolution is:

    [window]

    width=1680

    height=1050

    ColourBits=32

    DepthBits=24

    StencilBits=8

    ChangeScreenRes=1

    FullScreen=1

    DrawIfNotFocused=0

    EnableResize=0

    EnableClose=0

    SaveAspect=0

    Use3Renders=0

  11. IL2 control input management

    in Gamers Hell

    Posted

    Sid, would it be possible on the x52 to map the three modes to takeoff/general/landing? If so, presumably you would be able to give yourself a suite of general settings for each part of the flight, which could then be modified if necessary?

    ~S~ Jabo

    It is, yes. That is similar to how I had my X45 set up before replacing it with the X52. Mode 1 was for takeoff and landing as the control use was similar, Mode 2 was for flying (general and combat) and Mode 3 was for level bombing (when I used it!!) and special things like the guided rockets. I used that setup for ages. With the X52 I use mode 1 for pretty much everything and use the other modes for things that require guaranteed separation ie bailout.

  13. IL2 control input management

    in Gamers Hell

    Posted

    On a slightly cautionary note - don't expect too much from the Belkin's scroll-wheel. I had one and was disappointed to find that the rotary potentiometer it uses is rather cheap & nasty. I had wanted to use it for setting prop-pitch but I found it prone to drifting off setting. After 3 months' use it was starting to spike alarmingly so I went back to using the key-press method.

    B

    Cheers for that Brando, I imagine that would have got frustrating as prop pitch is something you need to behave. I did contemplate using the Belkin scroll wheel but I've had pitch mapped to the slider on the X52 throttle for some time and am used to it being there - it allows me to alter throttle and pitch at the same time.

    However, after having it on the slider I have come to the conclusion that in general I use 3 settings, 100% (takeoff and landing), 90% (general use) and 50% (preventing overspeed in dives). I do use other settings occaisionally when I can be bothered to monitor the RPM and balance the pitch in the 'green' zone but in a swift moving environment this isn't easy. The throttle slider is good because it is handy but it isn't easy to select a setting first time and I find myself needing to check it has been set after moving the slider. To get over this I am looking to use a key for each of my common settings and see how that works.

    Cheerzen

  15. IL2 control input management

    in Gamers Hell

    Posted

    I bought a Belkin 'n532te' and got a bit pee'd off when I couldn't use it along with my Saitek X52 and pedals. It appears that the software it came with conflicts with the Saitek and disables the Saitek stuff....however, the profile I set up in the n52 was saved internally in the unit and after I deleted the Belkin software and plugged the n52 in to a USB all was well. I can use it along with the Saitek stuff so long as I don't have the Belkin software/driver active

  17. IL2 control input management

    in Gamers Hell

    Posted

    I bought a Belkin 'n532te' and got a bit pee'd off when I couldn't use it along with my Saitek X52 and pedals. It appears that the software it came with conflicts with the Saitek and disables the Saitek stuff....however, the profile I set up in the n52 was saved internally in the unit and after I deleted the Belkin software and plugged the n52 in to a USB all was well. I can use it along with the Saitek stuff so long as I don't have the Belkin software/driver active

  20. IL2 control input management

    in Gamers Hell

    Posted

    Am I correct in thinking that IL2 only allows 4 control/key input devices? If so, does my 4xUSB setup of mouse, keyboard, X52 and rudder pedals count as the 4? I'm assuming this because the mouse and keyboard get used aswell as the other 2.

    Cheerzen.

    Erm, how many hands do you have m8?

    Lol, it's not a case of how many...it's a case of what you do with those you've got

  23. Help - Fixed, Solution inside.

    in Gamers Hell

    Posted

    A couple of questions....

    You've swapped from an AGP card to a PCIe on the same motherboard?

    Have you tried this sequence? Remove the video drivers and 'clean up' any driver leftover files etc - Switch off and take the card out - Replace the card and reboot - Do a clean install of the drivers.

    I appreciate you are using ATI but this worked for me with Nvidia when I had niggly driver issues and particularly when I changed cards - it became standard practice for me. I found that installing a different card and expecting it to run with the previous driver settings was a source of issues. Perhaps going from AGP to PCIe is the same?

    Cheerzen 

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