MFD, HSI, DED, IFEI, UFC, etc. screens on second monitor

[Talvid]

Hello,

there are bits and pieces of the solution for how to get MFD and IFEI, DED, UFC windows to show up on your monitor.  They are scattered throughout threads, I'm consolidating the info here.  

 

Know the name of the [indicator ]window you want to add to your screen and search for it in your DCS directory folder:

 

1) Find the [indicator]_init.lua in the Mods\aircraft\[airframe]\cockpit\scripts folder

 

2) right click and select edit that .lua with Notepad++ so as not to corrupt it.  Only edit .lua files with Notepad++ which is an app you can download for free

 

3) under the first dofile... line at the very top, add the line:

 

    dofile(LockOn_Options.common_script_path.."ViewportHandling.lua")

 

4) press enter twice to skip to the next line and the next to leave a blank line and add the line:

 

indicator_type = indicator_types.COMMON

 

5) next  if there isn't a line starting with "purposes" add it:

 

purposes = {render_purpose.GENERAL , render_purpose.SCREENSPACE_INSIDE_COCKPIT}

(that part after the comma is crucial, here's a hint: erase render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW from here if you want your alternate F1 HUD only view to not have MFDs on it)

 

6) add this line if it isn't already there:

 

try_find_assigned_viewport("[indicator name]")

 

make sure that here you replace [indicator name] with the title of the indicator you want to show up on your screen.  For example: if I want to add the F-16C Data Entry Display

try_find_assigned_viewport("F_16C_DED") <-- make sure whatever is typed inside the quotation marks matches the item for which you enter x,y,height,width  in your monitorconfig.lua

 

example: F_16C_DED = { x = 1360, y = 1875, width = 300, height = 135 } <-- in the monitor config.lua

 

if you are trying to add an A-10 screen you might name it A_10C_RWR and make sure your monitorconfig.lua has the line

A_10C_RWR = { x = 1360, y = 1875, width = 300, height = 135 }

 

please let me know if this brings good results

Edited December 18, 2020 by Thalvid
clarifying message with improved grammar and format