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Anteworld - Outerra Game => Tech demo, support, updates => Topic started by: SnapperOrgan on February 21, 2021, 12:33:52 pm

Title: Help with helicopter "engine is off"
Post by: SnapperOrgan on February 21, 2021, 12:33:52 pm
Does anyone know why the changing the helicopter collective does not display anything apart from "engine is off" - even when the engine is definintely on?
Title: Re: Help with helicopter "engine is off"
Post by: fly77 on February 21, 2021, 02:02:42 pm
1) which heli ?
2) does it affect in any way the flight or is it just a curiosity ?
Title: Re: Help with helicopter "engine is off"
Post by: aWac9 on February 21, 2021, 03:59:33 pm
Do you mean that the angle of the blades of the collective / cyclic pitch is not simulated. ?
I don't quite understand the question ... sometimes the bus doesn't work, I usually mark in F12 throttle up / down for engine the inverted and Half tabs, both.
Title: Re: Help with helicopter "engine is off"
Post by: Occams Razer on February 21, 2021, 11:33:43 pm
I think I've run into this problem before, on my old PC. I never really managed to solve it, only swapping computers seemed to do the trick. Just to be clear, this is affecting both helicopters? Or just one?
Title: Re: Help with helicopter "engine is off"
Post by: SnapperOrgan on February 24, 2021, 09:39:35 am
It affects both.

does it affect in any way the flight or is it just a curiosity ?
It doesn't seem to affect flight, apart from that I cannot tell what the collective is set at.
It just keeps stating "engine is off" in the lower left whenever I press the collective + or collective - buttons.
Title: Re: Help with helicopter "engine is off"
Post by: fly77 on February 24, 2021, 10:45:10 am
It affects both.

does it affect in any way the flight or is it just a curiosity ?
It doesn't seem to affect flight, apart from that I cannot tell what the collective is set at.
It just keeps stating "engine is off" in the lower leftnwhenever I press the collective + or collective - buttons.

You can try the huey helicopter mod, which flies much better than the default heli. Also it has a much more correct way of simulating flight controls..
See this forum post for download of the huey mod
https://forum.outerra.com/index.php?topic=4976.msg48716#msg48716

Title: Re: Help with helicopter "engine is off"
Post by: SnapperOrgan on February 24, 2021, 12:27:07 pm
You can try the huey helicopter mod
Looks great, definitely will!