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#4346764 - 03/25/17 09:42 AM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Any developers around? I'm a bit stuck with the code, trying to add an MFD. I think I've done everyone I should, but it's not showing, and crashes when I try to switch mode.

#4347346 - 03/27/17 11:31 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Perseverence has paid off, and I cracked the problem. There is now a working digital flight instrument, which is mainly what the small MFDs will be used for.

The Barometric Altitude and the Airspeed are also working, so there is almost a flyable Blackhawk - from the pilot seat at least. I'll work on adding the lower small MFD this week, and then might release an initial version for testing. I know there is a couple of bugs that I'll try to fix. I might also disable the HUD as the Blackhawk doesn't have one, or a helmet mounted sight system. So to add to the realism, it'll be instruments only.

My plan is also to use the real Apache MFDs in this cockpit, instead of the Comanche ones currently used. The real Apache ones are closer to the ones you'd find in this version of the Blackhawk. I think they also look a lot better. But I think this will be released in different versions, and hopefully I'll incrementally add functionality with each version.

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#4347472 - 03/28/17 05:20 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Sounds good messyhead, thanks for your efforts.

#4347612 - 03/29/17 12:58 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Excellent work messyhead thumbsup

#4347672 - 03/29/17 03:23 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Thanks. Almost got the bottom one working now...

EDIT: Working now...

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I'm going to work on getting the radar altitude and VSI instruments working next.

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#4348556 - 04/02/17 03:24 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Radar altimeter is working now, up to 500ft. The HUD and flight display already show a radar altimeter scale up to 500ft, so seems like there's already this limit in game. The actual radar altimeter should work up to 1500ft. But it's working anyway, so I can change the limits later.

The altimeter works on a non-linear scale. Up to to 200ft there's a large scale, then between 200ft and 500ft the scale is smaller. After 500ft, the needle moves to a position that would move it behind a masked area, and there would also be an off flag appear. The images below show the needle in those positions.

I also changed the MFD colour to match the background of the flight display, so it blends in better. I'm going to use some of the real Apache MFDs anyway, so these will all change before the final release.

I'm going to work on the VSI next, then release this for testing while I work on some other things.

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#4357718 - 05/16/17 08:05 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Just a quick update. I'm still in code merge hell. I've merged my changes from 1.15.4 into 1.16, but it's crashing when I start it. I'm just trying to work out what's wrong, as it's not creating a crash log.

If I can't get it working soon, I think I'll just need to start from scratch in 1.16 and add my cockpit.

#4357786 - 05/17/17 09:57 AM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Good luck, you'll need it.

#4357905 - 05/17/17 07:34 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: SKIP2008]  
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Originally Posted by SKIP2008
Good luck, you'll need it.


Thanks! I think I'm going to just try and create the cockpit code in 1.16. It's proving too difficult to figure out why it's not working at the moment. And if I create it from scratch, then I'll also have a better understanding of the code.

#4358532 - 05/21/17 08:36 AM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: SKIP2008]  
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Originally Posted by SKIP2008
Good luck, you'll need it.


Did you do the Viper cockpit?

#4358663 - 05/22/17 10:15 AM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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No i didn't.

#4359061 - 05/23/17 09:12 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Good news!

Code merge is almost complete, and I've got Sockzien's Blackhawk cockpit working in 1.16.

Now just to get my one working....

#4359184 - 05/24/17 12:47 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Great messyhead. Hold on!

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#4362926 - 06/09/17 10:39 AM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Made some progress with this, and managed to get my cockpit model working in 1.16 now. There's a few bugs to iron out, as the dials aren't working, and for some reason the control stick is showing out the front window. But I'll work on them, and hopefully release it for testing next week.

#4363011 - 06/09/17 05:14 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Originally Posted by messyhead
control stick is showing out the front window. .


It's a little uncomfortable.But if you move stick behind left or right window, then in the summer will be good cooling of the hand biggrin

#4363503 - 06/12/17 08:49 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Originally Posted by blackshark
Originally Posted by messyhead
control stick is showing out the front window. .


It's a little uncomfortable.But if you move stick behind left or right window, then in the summer will be good cooling of the hand biggrin


It's still a little difficult to reach though... biggrin

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#4390697 - 11/21/17 08:13 AM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Bump, bump...


Back working on this. I'm going through the model, changing some things that I learned from working on the MI-28 instruments.

#4390702 - 11/21/17 10:16 AM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Superb! I'm really looking forward to fly it. I admire what you are able to do.

Your cockpit looks so amazing, much better than what I'm able to do.

I'm still fighting with 3D and many things I would like to implement I have no clue of how I should do it and how many hundred years it will take for me to get it working biggrin


CockpitPC1: Ryzen9 5950X|64GB DDR4|512GB M2 SSD|2TB M2 SSD|Geforce RTX3090|Reverb G2|Win11Pro
CockpitPC2: PhenomII X6 1100T|32GB DDR2|2x 2TB HDD|2x Geforce GTX660 SLI|Win7Pro64
ComUnitPC1: Ryzen9 3900XT|32GB DDR4|2x 2TB HDD|Geforce RTX2070|Win11 Pro
ComUnitPC2: PhenomII X6 1100T|16GB DDR2|2x 2TB HDD|Geforce GTX660|Win7Pro64
ComUnitPC3: AthlonII X2 250|2GB DDR2|2TB HDD|Geforce 5950Ultra|2x VoodooII SLI|WinXPPro32&WinME
ComUnitPC4: K6-2+|768MB SDR|640GB HDD|Geforce 256DDR|VoodooI|Win98SE
#4390711 - 11/21/17 11:54 AM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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Welcome back wink

#4390721 - 11/21/17 01:18 PM Re: Blackhawk project [Re: messyhead]  
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I don't think he was ever away wink

We all have a real life, sadly I just noticed it again by myself, and so we have to accomplish some irritating things besides our great determination (or is it called hobby ?) biggrin

I also have to thank him for his offered help with my project. If I'm ready with my pit he told that he will do the instruments for it.

Without Messyhead nothing would really go further at the moment.


CockpitPC1: Ryzen9 5950X|64GB DDR4|512GB M2 SSD|2TB M2 SSD|Geforce RTX3090|Reverb G2|Win11Pro
CockpitPC2: PhenomII X6 1100T|32GB DDR2|2x 2TB HDD|2x Geforce GTX660 SLI|Win7Pro64
ComUnitPC1: Ryzen9 3900XT|32GB DDR4|2x 2TB HDD|Geforce RTX2070|Win11 Pro
ComUnitPC2: PhenomII X6 1100T|16GB DDR2|2x 2TB HDD|Geforce GTX660|Win7Pro64
ComUnitPC3: AthlonII X2 250|2GB DDR2|2TB HDD|Geforce 5950Ultra|2x VoodooII SLI|WinXPPro32&WinME
ComUnitPC4: K6-2+|768MB SDR|640GB HDD|Geforce 256DDR|VoodooI|Win98SE
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