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@LeCuvier, thanks to your awesome explanations and patience, I managed to wrap up a "instant zoom" mod. It's here : https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/fr/files/3311376/

@ctytler, you changed my life ! This plugin you created, along with the tutorial videos and excellent support here, makes flying my Hog so immersive I could not go back to not using a Streamdeck. I'd compare this with the TrackIR - yes, that's how much I feel my experience has changed ! Thanks a lot !

I solved my own riddle : the culprit was the Alt-J keyboard shortcut, which I used to quick-start my helicopter. Apparently it causes problems with a lot of systems (RWR in some planes, and now sling loading). So, in short, with an helicopter that is either hot or ramp-started manually, it works as expected.

Thanks Charles, your plugin and your explanations changed my pilot life !

Well, it certainly does not do that on my game. I did exactly as in cromhunt's video, no joy. I also tried the "easy" way - landing right beside the cargo. Still no joy. The rope is set at 60 feet, btw. Should be long enough ?

Hi there, I'm trying to get standard DCS sling load working in my Huey, to no avail. Here's what I do : - set up a static cargo in the mission editor (and check the "is cargo" box) - take a huey and get near the cargo - use the F6 radio menu to select my cargo (it works, I can see the red smoke and hear my copilot guide me in) Then, I either try a hovering hookup or a landed hookup : - using the cargo indicator (the red box with the cargo displayed as a dot) I hover right above the cargo, and hit the "External cargo hook" command. Nothing. - landed 1 meter away from the cargo, I hit the "External cargo hook" command. Nothing. I've seen the rope snake up to the cargo in multiple videos. I did it a few months/years ago. Now, I cannot do it for the life of me. Can anyone point out what I'm missing ? Thanks !

You're welcome ! I'm available for tasking (^^) should any need arise.

Thanks for the info, c0ff !

Here : DCS AV8B UFC.zip

First version, tell me if you want me to modify some things. https://github.com/VEAF/read-write-markers And the mission itself is attached to this post. read-write-markers_20200709.miz

I'm on it ! Interesting project btw.

Yes, I think that DCS is managing its affinity itself, in its own code, hence the failure to do what Windows wants it to do !

In the Scripts\Hooks\scratchpad-hook.lua file, add this code at line 121 : alt = mist.utils.round(mist.utils.metersToFeet(alt), 0) Should look like this :

All is in the title, actually.

Also (after having read a bit) it seems that setting affinity in DCS is not possible anymore since 2.5.6 (see https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?p=4222018)

Same question here, sorry that we don't have any answer. I'm going to ping BigNewy.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7759948/set-affinity-with-start-affinity-command-on-windows-7

Yes, I reported this but it was probably lost in the wind. What we do in my squadron is to replace the options.lua file in the mission archive with a default one (it's attached in the linked thread)

I do use the RIO seat (in fact, I only use this seat ^^) and am very interested in your work in general, and in the inclusion of the RIO cockpit in your script. Any way I can help ?

Thanks !

sure, no problem, at least I was not mistaken :D

Hi Grimes ! You didn't approve my pull request ; is there a problem with it ? We use it on our server and it's dope : I programmed a simple way to link mission code to an automatic flag and a chat command, effectively running things in mission space with chat commands !

As said in your dedicated thread, ultra impressive. Still wondering how you did this.

Yeah, but where is the code that actually does something, in the GitHub repository you linked, please ? I searched and could'nt find anything else than a basic GUI (as in not a command line app) that does nothing.

Say, I looked at the source code you provided and I cannot for the life of me understand it. Are you positive it's the correct code ? All I see is a window with a button that opens a file browser dialog, and nothing else.