Hello,

 

Let me say first that LINDA is one of the best things to come to FSX in a long time. Thanks so much for the great program. 

 

 

I am attempting to create separate modules for the Mil & Civ versions of the A2A P-51. It seems that things get really confused and start pulling from default FSX for some controls and from the civilian for other controls and from the military for other controls. I have made all the adjustments for my civilian P-51 and the module is calling to the WoP3_P51D folder but should be calling to the WoP3_P51D_civ folder. Then I used the 'copy from existing' and copied the civilian to a new module named WoP3_P51_mil.  I made sure that the aircraft search string pointed to the WoP3_P51D (which is the military version) folder and started tweaking settings to fit the military version. No joy with it. I made sure the ident.lua had the proper aircraft folder addressed as well for both versions.

 

I'm sure I'm missing a simple step or two to make this work. LINDA calles to a specific aircraft folder so I am not sure why the civilian is calling to the military folder. I am sorry if there is already a topic on this but I was unable to locate it if so.

 

 

Much obliged for any help.

 

 

FlashO  

Hello,

 

thanks for the nice words.

 

What's wrong with the existing P51 mil & civ modules?

Hi guenseli,

 

Actually there is nothing wrong with the module. I would really like to have two separate modules, one for mil and one for civ. The civilian has a lot of auto pilot things I like to set but then when I fly the military I have dead buttons that cannot be programmed separately from the civilian. Is there already separate modules? If so where do I find them? Can I copy the civilian to a new module with a special name for the military?

 

 

Thanks again for the program and for the reply!  

 

FlashO 

Ah ok,

 

choose the P51 from the LINDA gui (the drop down menue)

Click on EDIT to open the window "edit aircraft module"

 

Now change module name and aircraft search string to "WoP3_P51D civ"

 

Then click on the LINDA GUI on "new" to create a new module and select the P51 military.

Copy then the action.lua from the civ into the (new created) military (and overwrite the empty, new one)

 

 

 

Then you should have two modules

I never tried it, but it should work

Hello guenseli,

 

Ok, I've followed your suggestions. They are a little different sequence than what I did originally but the outcome is the same. Only difference is that I copied the files in ~\Modules\linda-cfg\aircrafts\WoP3 P51D Civ to the new folder ~\Modules\linda-cfg\aircrafts\WoP3 P51D Mil. Half my work is done already this way.

 

 

- All 'civ' controls work.

 

- Create new module per instructions.

 

- Edit new 'mil' controls

 

- Everything is OkeyDokey

 

- Change aircraft to 'civ' and it only uses controls from 'mil'.

 

- Linda - Joysticks is showing proper controls for synced 'civ' aircraft but controls being sent to game are 'mil' controls.

 

- Use Linda gui to delete 'mil' module and immediately the 'civ' starts to work properly.

 

- ident.lua for each is calling to the correct folder name in ~\SimObjects\Airplanes, i.e. WoP3_P51D for 'mil' and WoP3_P51D_Civ for 'civ'.

 

 

Maybe it is not possible to do this. Maybe it is an A2A coding issue.

 

 

Oh well, it would've be nice. If you have another idea I'd be glad to try it.

 

 

Thanks again!

 

FlashO

 

Hmmm....

 

seems I forgot something.

As I said, I haven't tried it myself, so I can't give you a 100% advice.

But I'm sure it is possible at least. We just shouldn't forget some files.

 

What I forgot is that you have to look into

Microsoft Flight Simulator X\Modules\linda-cfg\aircrafts\WoP3_P51D

 

This folder you have also to copy and rename it according the above system

?

Yeah, I knew enough to add the files to the linda-cfg side of the folder structure. Here are my civ and mil file/folder stucture. 

 

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/33534044/modules.rar

 

I believe it is all correct and yet does not work. Still pulls from the mil version for both even though LINDA syncs the civ automatically and the correct controls load into the Joysticks window.

 

FlashO

Hello again,

It's been a while sense we discussed this topic. I've tried the steps above but had no joy with it. I was hoping to revive this topic one last time to see if anyone has had any luck with this. 

 

Thanks again

FlashO

Hello again guenseli,

Problem solved. It seems to be an issue with the aircraft folder name. I've changed the military version folder name under simobjects\airplanes\ from WoP3_P51D to WoP3_P51D_Mil, then edited the file ident.Lua to point to new ac folder name. I'm now able to create separate controls for each version.

I've only done this a few hours ago so we'll see if it holds over time.

I've tested it several times, so far so good.

This will create issues for any updates from A2A but that is easy to work around.

FlashO