11-22-2022, 04:44 AM
So I'm curious what people are using, as I'm having problems with both on an external touch screen.
The standalone EXE works pretty well and can be launched on the 2nd screen maximized and receive touch input. The main problem here is that as soon as I interact with it, the keyboard focus is moved, so FS won't receive any commands until I manually click back to the FS window. Is this expected? Or are there any commons utilities folks are using to get the focus to switch back to FS after a second or so? Also, on the 310, there are 2 GPS panels. When I use the standalone EXE, both of them go black. Ideally there would be a way to still have one of them active in the VC while the other is external (for instance, I'm using the 650Xi external, as the aspect ratio works better for my screen), so would love to still have the 750 in the VC.
The Virtual Cockpit integration is a bit wonky (on the Cessna 310). If I move around to just the right place, I can right-alt click and snap out the TDS window. Otherwise it seems to always find the standard Asobo GPS windows - even though they are invisible. Once I have the window, I can move it to the second screen and maximize for input, but unfortunately touch doesn't seem to work correctly. I can drag the map around OK, but when I try pressing buttons, I hear an odd ding sound rather than the usual button click - and the button doesn't work. Maybe it is handling mouse vs touch differently. Also, I don't get a bezel if I use the VC integration, so that makes things harder, but workable. So the VC mode is probably the best for the 310 if I can get the mouse/touch working correctly.
Anyway, I'm interested in what works best for folks.
Thanks!
The standalone EXE works pretty well and can be launched on the 2nd screen maximized and receive touch input. The main problem here is that as soon as I interact with it, the keyboard focus is moved, so FS won't receive any commands until I manually click back to the FS window. Is this expected? Or are there any commons utilities folks are using to get the focus to switch back to FS after a second or so? Also, on the 310, there are 2 GPS panels. When I use the standalone EXE, both of them go black. Ideally there would be a way to still have one of them active in the VC while the other is external (for instance, I'm using the 650Xi external, as the aspect ratio works better for my screen), so would love to still have the 750 in the VC.
The Virtual Cockpit integration is a bit wonky (on the Cessna 310). If I move around to just the right place, I can right-alt click and snap out the TDS window. Otherwise it seems to always find the standard Asobo GPS windows - even though they are invisible. Once I have the window, I can move it to the second screen and maximize for input, but unfortunately touch doesn't seem to work correctly. I can drag the map around OK, but when I try pressing buttons, I hear an odd ding sound rather than the usual button click - and the button doesn't work. Maybe it is handling mouse vs touch differently. Also, I don't get a bezel if I use the VC integration, so that makes things harder, but workable. So the VC mode is probably the best for the 310 if I can get the mouse/touch working correctly.
Anyway, I'm interested in what works best for folks.
Thanks!