[simpits-tech] Cougar - Keystroke - DirectX

[Mark Doran]

There's nothing special about BMS 1.03 and DirectX buttons.  The *next* BMS
release (which I'm told is going to happen, just don't ask me when! ;-) will
have support for as many DirectX controllers as Windows can handle and each
of those may have 32 buttons.  Once you have that next BMS release you can
say goodbye to keystrokes (I have -- and good riddance I say!! =8^D).

I posted here about this forthcoming capability a while on the mistaken
assumption that BMS would make a release shortly thereafter...which didn't
happen.  So, I wasn't meaning to tease or anything; it's just release timing
is beyond my control (as it were).  Anyhow, multiple DirectX controller
support and all the other goodies will be along at some point in a new BMS
release.

For now under BMS 1.03 I believe you can use one DirectX controller and the
32 buttons that it can have associated with it.

Cheers,

Mark.

p.s. ...and the next release will have an incompatible flighData.h file --
the multi-engine guys added a bunch of new fields in the class...and I
haven't forgotten the list of people that asked for a copy of that file --
when the release comes so will the email with that file.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Frank Riedel [mailto:frank at rezultat.dk]
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 9:14 AM
> To: Simulator Cockpit tech list
> Subject: [simpits-tech] Cougar - Keystroke - DirectX
> 
> Hi All !
> The Keystroke file (for cougar) in the BMS103 update uses DirectX button !
> 
> Do i have to setup anything else - or is just DownLoad to my cougar and
load
> the keystrokefile in Falcon... then everythings rocks ???
> 
> All the best
> Frank