Helios 1.6.601 & F-15E Plugin

Helios Release 1.6.6010.4 and Helios F-15E Plugin

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User Notes

This release contains enablement for an optional, separately installable Helios Plugin for the DCS F-15E Strike Eagle from Razbam.
The F-15E Plugin contains the interface, as well as multiple Toolbox gauges and controls, the majority of which will auto-bind to the F-15E interface if it has previously been added to a profile. A new set of patches to support the exporting of the F-15E cockpit displays is available in the base Helios program.
The F-15E Plugin work in this Helios release benefited greatly from the assistance of @MadKreator37 who did a stellar job testing the interface and components, as well as providing graphical elements and suggestions for improvements.
Release numbering for Helios changed last release, but was not obvious. Helios releases will effectively be numbered "x.y.zzzh.r" instead of the previous "x.y.zzhh.r" (where "h" is the hotfix number and "r" is the development rebuild number). So this release is 1.6.601 in common terms.
The M-2000C Asset Pack has now been deprecated because it was causing confusion, however the images contained within the asset pack can still be accessed with the file prefix {M2000C}/Images/.

Installing the F-15E Plugin:

The F-15E plugin requires that Helios 1.6.6010 is installed first, and the plugin needs to be downloaded from the Assets below and installed in the same directory location as the Helios product.

Note:

The F-15E Strike Eagle module is still under active development by Razbam, and Razbam do not maintain backwards compatibility which means that DCS updates may require changes to the F-15E code within Helios in order to retain functionality.

Developer Notes

Unless otherwise indicated, content was created by @BlueFinBima

DCS F-15E Interface #741

• Autobinding Multi Function Displays
  

• Up Front Controllers for Pilot and WSO
  

• Fuel Monitor Panel
  

• Engine Monitor Panel

• UFC font added
  

• Gauges: Barometric Altimeter; Cabin Pressure; AoA; VVI; IAS; ADI; Hydraulics; Pitch Ratio; WSO Fuel; Oxygen Pressure and clocks
  

• Caution Panels for Pilot and WSO
  

• Viewport templates added to the Toolbox
  

• Patches added based on Razbam's changes delivered in DCS 2.8.7.42583

A-10C Interface & Gauge Changes

• Image fix for A-10C MFD SYM Rocker images being incorrect.
• The ARC-210 Exports for the A-10C II have been changed to a lower frequency

AH-64D Interface & Gauge Changes

• Change to AH-64D Exports to reduce the size of the CMWS Flare and Chaff text. This addresses a problem with the CMWS text for Flare and Chaff counts resulting in elipses.
• AH-64D CP/G Left and Right handgrip controls added to the interface.

M-2000C Interface and Components

• Visual assets and templates added to Helios so the "Helios Asset" pack for the M-2000C is no longer needed (M-2000C.V1.0.3.helios16.asset.package.zip).

MH-60R Interface

• H-60 functions added to allow the creation of an interface for the community MH-60R which is based on the community UH-60L interface. #717

Profile Editor and Control Center changes

• Viewport patches updated to 002_008_00007_42583_00000
• "The viewport '{name}' is not tracked automatically because it is contained within a gauge, control or panel." message has been downgraded to Info from Warning.
• A new "Save DCS Interface Functions to Log" Global Option allows logging of the DCS Interface dictionaries which should be beneficial for interface auditing and allowing profile creators to know which category each interface element resides within.
  
• Developer Tool "GenerateImageTemplates" added to create Helios Image templates from a directory of .png files.
• Fix to address the Exception that is thrown when the version number in the autoupdate.cfg for the DCS installation is invalid. #667
• Fix to the Custom Tape Off Flag Image being incorrectly saved and restored.

Full change notes from previous releases here: https://github.com/HeliosVirtualCockpit/Helios/wiki/Change-Log