Using iPad as extended touchbuddy touchscreen monitor for CoD/IL2! Really Cool!!!

[FS~Phat]

Some of you guys might of heard of Touchbuddy, well I got it working on my iPad to use virtual cockpit touchscreen controls in CoD (and IL2 too!) with Air Display.

It even works with nvidia surround or AMD Eyefinity!

A nice guy called Buccaneer has already created a profile for a hurricane.
Im going to try adapt it for the spit!
You can control the following with his default profile. (room to add a lot more too!)

Controls
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Gear Up
Gear Down
PITOT Heater
Fuel on/reserve/off
magneto on/off
engine start
slow running
flaps up
flaps down
bail
pause
esc
instrument lights
reflector sight
open/close canopy
pressure head heat
nav lights
gun camera
Directional Giro Decrease
Directional Giro Increase
Course Setter Increase
Course Setter Decrease

Views
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External
Chase
Flyby

Friendly Units
Friendly Aircraft
Friendly Vehicles
Friendly Ships

Enemy Units
Enemy Aircraft
Enemy Vehicles
Enemy Ships
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Detailed Map of the Channel

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Fraps controls
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Screen shots









What you will need if you want attempt this is;

1. iPad 1 or 2 (or iphone/ipod touch too - less resolution to play with obviously and you'll need to make your own screens)

2. Air Display for iPad by Avatron from the app store. (Its a bit expensive for an iPad App at $10 but it has so many more uses than just for gaming!

3. Air Display for PC from ipad.avatron.com

4. Wireless network at home

5. Touch buddy from > http://www.touch-buddy.com/forums/lo...ks.php?catid=1

6. CoD Profile from touchbuddy forum > http://www.touch-buddy.com/forums/lo...N&pp=10&page=2

7. Optional! Touchbuddy toolkit 1.3.4 > http://www.touch-buddy.com/forums/lo...N&pp=10&page=2

A couple tips.
You'll have to map the CoD keys to match the CoD profile in the readme.
You'll also need to change mouseuse=2 to mouseuse=1 in the conf.ini in your 1C softclub directory for the touch screen to work while in the game!

Ill take a video in the next couple days of it in action.

[lensman1945]

Sweeeeeet!

At last I have a valid excuse to buy an iPad

[ATAG_knuckles]

Just bought my wife an iPad cor Christmas:

Haa its mine now Hoo Hooo Ho


Knuckles


Look forward to that video Phat

[Sokol1]

Good job.

I am curious, Navegation Lights and Gun Camera work?



Sokol1

[FS~Phat]

Originally Posted by Sokol1

Good job.

I am curious, Navegation Lights and Gun Camera work?



Sokol1

No they were just part of the panel that Buccaneer used. He must be using it for another game too.
I've already worked on the profile and scaled it from 800x600 to 1027x768 to match the iPad res and today Im going to re-task those switches and add some more!

[hc_wolf]

OMG! You are totally AWESOME!!!

I was about to buy the Asus Transformer Prime. Will this work with the Asus or do we have to use the Ipad?

Also How can we get a working app of this?

When can we get a downloadable file for us to use this with COD?

Love your work!

[Buccaneer]

Originally Posted by Sokol1

Good job.

I am curious, Navegation Lights and Gun Camera work?



Sokol1

I fitted the profile "for" but not implemented yet. If these are added, they are on the profile waiting for the key to be assigned to them. The switches can be removed/added to/name changed as required.

I built the profile from an RAF perspective, hence the reason why all enemy are German.

All the icons are included with the profile. So if you have the Touchbuddy Toolkit you can easily change the names to reflect the RAF as the enemy for example.

[zahnartz62]

I noted Touch Pilot 1 for GA panels on iPad several months ago, went to the webpage, and intended to suggest military panels and a supply of icons to make our sim specific display profiles. This thread suggests Touchbuddy but many entries are several years old which surprises me. It is a terrific idea. It didn't catch on?I would like panel (1) TO and landing, (2) combat, ground warfare variuos outside views as I use IR5, panel (3) turret, firing MG, bombing, dive brakes etc. What surprises me is no one seems to offer a package to hook up iPad to pc, choose and size many instruments and control wheels, sliders, switches, perhaps blank captions to fill in as desired, etc again sim specific. I would like to exchange iPad for keyboard since my 75 year old memory is better at touching screen images labeled than remembering key strokes..though I do get by!
Thanks for information and I would gladly pay a developer for the software and directions.

[lensman1945]

This is a good alternative App for the iPad. You can make buttons, sliders, circular controls etc.

KeyPad Plus Pro

http://keypadplus.dopplerthepom.com/Home.html

You just install a free VNC server (TightVNC) to connect the pad to PC.

Works a treat

[zahnartz62]

Thanks..I will set that up..then buy an Ipad! Are there any profiles for Rise of Flight or CoD? Any sources for buttons, switches, sliders, wheels you reccomend? The Touchbuddy site seems abandoned. I am very surprised as preping MilSim specific panels for ipad sounds like good business potential. CoD Apps?? I will sort it out, many thanks