[simpits-tech] How do I create a selective start....

[Roy Coates]

On Fri, 7 Aug 2009, TerryM wrote:


I do this kinda thing with batch files.

click on icon for batch1 and it copies the necessary cfg files to where I
need them - then starts the sim.

click on icon for batch2 and it does the same for a different sim setup.


> SeanG
>
> I'm not a programmer so I can't help you but I think you have a fantastic
> idea and hope that there is a programmer among us who will take this project
> und their 'wing'.  ;-)    It would be extra nice if the USB dongle you speak
> of would also limit the processes the computer booted with to only those
> needed to run the particular program, thus increasing performance, but
> without the dongle your computer would run normal.
>
> Again, what a great idea
>
> Terry
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Galbraith" <sean.g at paradise.net.nz>
> To: "Simulator Cockpit Builder's List" <simpits-tech at simpits.org>
> Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 5:51 AM
> Subject: [simpits-tech] How do I create a selective start....
>
>
> >I have been working on making my pit work in FS2004 *and* "Wings over
> > Europe" which is cool since I can now blow stuff up ;-)
> > What I want to do is come up with some clever and sexy way of
> > deciding  which sim to start.
> > The sort of thing I am talking about is;  Imagine a USB key, with a
> > big tag that says "FS9" which you pick of a key peg.. stick into the
> > front of the panel then hit the "go" button, PC loads the selected sim....
> > Whether this is a happening thing or not, or even how to actually do
> > it, I have no idea!
> >
> > Thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
> >
> > SeanG
> >
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Roy Coates.
Dept of Engineering.
Liverpool University.
E-Mail: r.coates at liv.ac.uk
Tel: 0151 794 4862
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