Does anybody here use TouchBuddy?

[Wild.Bill.Kelso]

NOTE:
If you use TouchBuddy in 'Local' mode, where you have 2 monitors hooked to your game pc, you will need to change the 'mouseuse' cursor variable in the conf.ini. Otherwise, IL2 won't let the mouse cursor leave your main/game monitor. In network mode this is not an issue.

- go to the iL-2 directory
- open conf.ini
- look for the [rts] section
- change "mouseUse=2" to "mouseUse=1"
- save file

Originally Posted by Flying_Nutcase

Nice one Wild Bill,

Could I hook up my laptop to act as a second monitor?

Yes, you could. Actually Networking the game pc and another pc/laptop is the best way to go to conserve resources. Even though your laptop's screen is not a touchscreen, you can still use your mouse. So you don't need a touchscreen to test this out!

Originally Posted by JG6_Express

Could have used this alot during the past 6 years. Thanks for sharing this Wild Bill. I suppose it will also work for BoB?

~S~

Since it just sends keystrokes, it should work fine. We'll have to see what changes/additions they make, and I can update my profile, or others can create new ones.

I am hoping that BoB will export game data using LUA or something. We could write Plugins that graphiclly display that data. A plugin just has to have an interface that can be displayed in a IE Browser. If it can read the data, and display it in a IE Browser, then it can be used in TB. I have written several Plugins using VB6 ActiveX controls, which can be opened in IE.

Originally Posted by T_O_A_D

I've never even researched touch screens, This would be really easy way to setup a pit, I would think.
Does the vidcard have to support touching aswell?

No, only the screen has to be a touchscreen, or touchoverlay. Any output from a graphic adapter should work.

TouchScreens:

Touchscreens basically have wires coming out of them for the monitor, and also USB for the mouse. So a touchscreen is really 2 devices, the monitor, and a built-in glass mouse overlay. Wherever you touch, the mouse jumps to that position and does a click event on whatever is displayed at that spot.

I have an Innovatek TFT Color Touchscreen TM-868 that I got off of eBay (from MP3Car.com) shipped to me for about $165 over a year ago. It has a native resolution of 640x480. The native resolution is important because screen font's only look at the native res.

If I were to get a new one I would get an 8" - 10" with a native res of 800x600.

Touchoverlays
These are glass panels that you can get in many sizes and you put them over your monitor. They act as the mouse.