My project... IL2 Wingman

[CPS_Shadow]

Euro_Snoopy pointed me to these forums. Some real cool projects going on here

Mine is an effort to combine the different information sources on the planes into a single coheisive interface. I have been working on it in my spare time since summer.

It combines the data from Hardball's, IL2Compare, PE_Mosers website and the bomb data from this site into a single interface. I have also added some info that I compiled on my own and added some users tools for notes and links. All data is used with permission of the various author's.

It also has a few utilities in it for the config file, keyboard layout view and a log viewer/parser.

It is still in Beta but at this point I am broadening the beta so feel free to take a look.

You can download it here:

http://www.speakeasy.org/~word/IL2Wb-55.exe

The beta is being run from this forum:

http://www.casualpilots.com/forum/viewf ... c270303522

I also will be mirroring the file on this site soon. Hope you enjoy

[IV/JG1_Oesau]

Shadow, like the sound of it!

Hardball viewer, have you got a update version of this? Sorry if the question is stupid, I'm in the process of downloading it now.

Oesau

[CPS_Shadow]

Harball is getting close to releasing the PF version of his viewer. He will send me the info when he has completed it.

So no PF data for hardballs yet. Soon I hope.

[IV/JG1_Oesau]

Having a look through it at the moment, really liking it!

How many beta testers you got?

Also, like the squadrons site and approach to flying online.

[CPS_Shadow]

Officially my Squad plus two others.

I'll take feed back, bug reports and sugestions from anyone who tries it.

Part of the reason I am opening up the Beta is to get more feedback and find any last bugs before I go to a release version. I am pretty close to a release.

It's a great squad we have a lot of fun

[CrazySchmidt]

Hi CPS_Shadow, welcome to the forum. Your project sounds great, always good to have all the info in one place. I'll be taking a look.

Cheers, CrazySchmidt.

[MaXMhZ]

Great Utility !

S~ MaX

[CPS_Shadow]

Thanks Max

Your Gizmo is looking great too!

We have a bit of a cross over in the config tool area. But our tools are different enough I think they each stand on thier own. I may have a question for you from time to time, from the looks of it, you are much further along than I am.

And feel free to ask me anything.

[MaXMhZ]

I like yours more

And I did a restart on mine lol - parser wasn't good enough...

You're missing a couple of things in config editor though

I'll make a list and post it here...

[MaXMhZ]

K - just some remarks



Miscelaneous Tab

Code: Select all

Graphics Settings:
-----------------
  - Make current mode an x-coord y-coord n-bits value thing
    so you could type 1080x600x32 or 1080x500x16 e.g.
    Add
      ChangeScreenRes [0|1] change the screen resolution
      FullScreen [0|1] Use the complete monitor
      SaveAspect [0|1] keep 4:3 monitor aspect ratio

    Now when setting the screen resolution to 1080x600x32
    and setting ChangeScreenRes to 0 (keeps desktop), FullScreen to 0 (plays in a window),
    and SaveAspect to 0 (now plays sort-of a widescreen view :D)

    This is a method to get rid of "black - bars" on widescreen/non standard format etc etc

displays.

  - there are settings for "Shadows", and "Effects" they are both numeric (0, 1, 2)... and may

grow in future.
  - same goes true for Water [0..3], Sky [0..2], Forest [0..3]

Miscelaneous Settings:
---------------------
  - there is a "ClearCache" [0|1] under the [game] heading which when not set (zero) will leave

the IL-2 Mat Manager skins/numbers so they don't have to be uploaded again.
  - besides a NoSubTitles [0|1] switch there is a "NoSubtitlesLines=<num>" number of subtitle

lines to display on screen.
  - a "Fix Chat Region" button ;) ppl mess up their chat a lot ...
  - also a "Fix Esc Problem" - for some reason the HoetKeyGUI command

    [HotKey gui]
    Escape=activate

    gets lost a lot by people lol


For the rest it's pretty much complete and working...

Except Sound, Joystick/HOTAS, Mouse


Here's an annotation of my conf.ini :

http://members.home.nl/maxmhz/conf.ini.txt

[CPS_Shadow]

Cool you have notes on a lot of the ones I don't. I'll get those added

Haven't decided which tab I will add next. Keyboard mouse etc. may be a seperate utility. I have a keyboard editor half written already.

[MaXMhZ]

I updated it just yet

http://members.home.nl/maxmhz/conf.ini.txt



So I'm still working at mine anyways lol
But mine is slowly progressing (not much time and just learning delphi)

Besides that - if you want to give credit - do it to

Acknowledgements go to

Grille Chompa / Dieg777 / Tully__ / Euro_Snoopy

http://www.sturmovik.de
http://www.sturmovik.de/wiki/index.php?title=Hauptseite

http://www.airwarfare.com

That's where I got most of my info

[CPS_Shadow]

Cool thanks for the info. I'll have to see what you added

I have a new build ready to upload so the Acknowledgements will go in the next version.

I'll work on some of the display stuff soon.

[jrjacobs]

kewl prog.... can't wait for it to be done (bomb data pictures etc)