LOVP and TB integration

[touch-bu]

Hey all, you may have read of the awesome tool called LockOn Virtual Panel (LOVP), developed by Mnemonic and released on the Lockon.ru forums here:

Release of new Virtual Panel v.1.2.1! - LockOn.ru Forums

Here is a picture:



Subsequently ****Dastardly worked on integrating LOVP as a plugin for TB. He provided a working configuration guide which he posted here: Release of new Virtual Panel v.1.2.1! - Page 11 - LockOn.ru Forums

Mnemonic has joined the TB forum. Welcome to the forums Mnemonic! Keep up the great work on LOVP

Regards,
TB

[Wild.Bill.Kelso]

That looks awesome!

[DickDastardly]

Hi all,
Glad to hear people have been finding the profile useful. I'm very new to Touchbuddy -I'd seen it mentioned favourably on several different sim forums but had always dismissed it as I don't have a touch screen. I'm certainly pleased that I finally gave it a try -the active LOMAC plugins are fantastic.

I've been tinkering a bit more with my profile with the very handy toolkit (thanks Wild Bill) and I've come up with a new version. The first tab is the same as the one mentioned above i.e. payload, MCP and TEWS with a transparent background for use with Virtual Panel:


I've also added a Maps tab (a cannabilized version of the one from Zorlac's profile, redesigned for my 1280x1024 screen):


..a Keys tab which lists all the sim's key commands:


...a Manual tab which displays the FC manual:


...and a Training tab which shows TekaTeka's html version of all the training missions, along with links to movies of them:


To install the profile, download it here and unzip to your touchbuddy profiles folder. Then download TekaTeka's training stuff from here. Once you've downloaded all the training stuff and unzipped it you should have a folder called LOFC_Training (which contains a movies subfolder into which you should have placed all the movie files). Drag the entire LOFC_Training folder into your Lomac-DD-01 folder. Finally drag a copy of your Flaming Cliff's manual there too. The end result should look something like this:


Then just replace your LOVP.ini file with mine, and you should be good to go.

To use:
-Run TB in server mode on your main PC.
-Run TB in client mode on your 2nd PC and select my "Lomac-DD-01.tbc" profile.
-Run Virtual Panel on your 2nd PC, right click and select "fullscreen".
-ALT+TAB back to TB and the payload, MCP and TEWS will appear around the VP gauges. You can then click on the TB tabs to switch between the cockpit, maps, keys, manual and training.
Cheers,
DD

[Wild.Bill.Kelso]

Ah.. Very Nice ****!

Are you running this in Local or Client/Server mode? If in Local mode, when you run a movie, does it play in the webpage? Does it minimize the game?

[DickDastardly]

I'm running in client/server mode and when I click one of the movie links it brings up windows media player on top of TB. When I've finished watching the movie I just close it and I'm back in touchbuddy.
Cheers,
DD

[Dodger]

Awesome profile ****! Welcome to the forum.

[DickDastardly]

Originally Posted by Dodger

Awesome profile ****! Welcome to the forum.

Thanks m8

[JaBoG32_Exter]

I´ve got a little problem with LOVP and TB (modules) ...

I´m not able to run both parts simultaneously. Either the LOVP is working or the modules and it depends which file is in front... in the case below (end of my config.lua) all modules in TB are working, but LOVP isn´t...When I change the position of the dofiles, LOVP is working and the modules don´t get any information. What I have to do?

command = 428 -- Plane autopilot override off
command = 429 -- Plane route autopilot on/off

To be continued...
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dofile("./Config/export/touchbuddy-export.lua")

dofile("./Config/export/tacview.lua")

[Wild.Bill.Kelso]

Have you seen this thread?
. . . Get LOVP to work with Touchbuddy?

[JaBoG32_Exter]

no... thanks, I will try it...