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    Creating Permanent User Waypoints

    in DCS: NS 430

    Posted

    question.

     

    I did open the navaids before I export custom modified FLP made by Combatflite. I see a lot of WPT and bases cords. So after that I did my WPT to save in the navaids and when I looked again in I only saw my new WPT but all the rest were gone.

     

    I guess this get restore again right? anyway I did a backup

    CombatFlite exports the waypoints of a given flight, nav points, reference points and orbit anchors (depending on what you choose in the dialog form). It creates a new navaids.dat file containing just the items selected for export. As it is stated in the message box prior to the export itself, make a backup copy of the original file (like you did).

    Viggen and CombatFlite - need help with data cartridge and kneeboard

    in Bugs and Problems

    Posted

    Request: The map resolution isn't precise enough to target with precision (which the viggen requires). Is it difficult to incorporate higher res at higher zoom levels?

    The best solution would be to access directly the maps in DCS with all the objects etc. Not sure it's possible at the moment.

     

    The second best solution is to make very high res maps of the DCS theaters. Those would have to be loaded as tiles, since they'd be too big to load at once.

     

    The third best solution (which is currently implemented) is to use the online tiles, which give you access to much higher zoom levels. On the other hand, they are RL not DCS (the terrain features should match very well though).

     

    Long-term goal is to implement either solution 1 or 2 :)

    Viggen and CombatFlite - need help with data cartridge and kneeboard

    in Bugs and Problems

    Posted

    Do you need to reload DCS everytime to use and updated cartridge from Combat Flite.

     

     

    I wish there were step by step instructions for using this in Multiplayer.

     

     

    It's amazing but i'm spending time experimenting how it works instead of just using it.

    No, you don't have to reload DCS. Just copy the new CustomCartridge.ini to Saved Games\DCS_AJS37 and load it via REF/LOLA, IN, 9099, LS... (You have to be on the ground though.)

     

    You can do it while DCS is running and mission is up (at least in SP).

    Kneeboard - Missing Texture

    in Bugs and Problems

    Posted

    It is now fixed in the last update (CF 1.0.1) -- available for download at www.combatflite.com.

     

    You can now insert the custom kneeboard direcly into a .miz file, or have .png files generated to be placed either in Saved Games\DCS\Kneeboard or the the Viggen kneeboard folder.

     

    For more information please see https://www.combatflite.com/blog/viggenkneeboard (updated) or the User's Manual.

     

    Note: The feature was developed back when .lua files needed to be exported together with .png files to make the kneeboard work -- not the case anymore, and also fixed in CF now.

     

     

    Thanks!

    Creating Permanent User Waypoints

    in DCS: NS 430

    Posted

    Done.

     

    Added the functionality to select a route and export its waypoints, together with any nav points, reference points and orbit anchors (if desired) as a navaids.dat file. Tested in-game, and the exported waypoints show up in the NRST - INTERSECTION page of the NS430. You can make a flight plan out of them, navigate 'DIRECT TO' them etc.

     

    Will be part of the next update, together with several bug fixes.

     

    Thanks for pointing out the .dat file! :thumbup:

     

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    Viggen and CombatFlite - need help with data cartridge and kneeboard

    in Bugs and Problems

    Posted

    Maybe it is unrelated, but waypoints are marked as target points if a time-on-target is set. At least, that is how it works in the dcs mission editor. Does combatflite by any change set a TOT for the waypoint?

    You can choose whether you want to have the TOT locked for each of the waypoints when generating the cartridge.

     

    I can also confirm that even though the waypoints are marked as B-points in the CustomCartridge.ini file, they appear as M-points in the cockpit -- probably a Viggen issue?

    Viggen and CombatFlite - need help with data cartridge and kneeboard

    in Bugs and Problems

    Posted · Edited by Viper39
    Fix in CombatFlite v1.0.1

    Hi,

     

    For a long time, I've been looking for a software like CombatFlite:

     

    https://www.combatflite.com/

     

    I've been trying it today and it looks very nice except for these two issues that I can't figure out how to fix:

     

    1 - I can't seem to load the correct data cartridge

    2 - The custom-made kneeboard does not show up when pressing Right Shift - K in missions

     

    Have you been able to do this?

     

    My steps regarding data cartridge:

     

    I've placed the CustomCartridge.ini file created by CombatFlite in the following folder:

     

    C:\Users\xxxxx\Saved Games\DCS_AJS37

     

    In the sim I've started the cold start mission of the Viggen, opened the kneeboard (that it still not changed to my custom kneeboard created for the mission) and changed until the loaded cartridge say "From the Saved Games Folder" (or something similar).

     

    I insert the cartridge and select REF/LOLA IN 9099.

     

    My flight plan created in CombatFlite do not load...

     

    My steps regarding the kneeboard:

     

    I've placed the files created by CombatFlite in the following folder:

     

    C:\ProgramFiles\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AJS37\Cockpit\scripts\KNEEBOARD\indicator\CONTENT

     

    Opening any mission and pressing Right Shift - K do only open the regular kneeboard. Not my custom made one...

     

    I'm sure I must be doing something wrong... Any help would be appreciated!

     

    Thank you.

    Place the CustomCartridge.ini in the Saved Games\DCS_AJS37. In game you must first select the Custom Cartridge (it's named "7 Saved games-folder"). You cycle between cartridges by Ctrl+Shift+C and Ctrl+Alt+C. Then REF/LOLA IN 9099, press LS/SKU. When loaded, switch to UT, AKT POS (or whatever navigation mode you want) and you're good to go.

     

    For the kneeboard, you can either insert it directly into a .miz (using the appropriate button in the Kneeboard window of CF) or generate .png files. Those you can put either in your Saved Games\DCS\Kneeboard folder or to

    'DCS World\Mods\aircraft\AJS37\Cockpit\scripts\KNEEBOARD\pages’. The .png's generated by CF can be found at 'Documents\CombatFlite\Kneeboard'.

     

    Note: .lua files are not needed anymore (fixed in CF 1.0.1)

     

    Just did a quick test:

     

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    Data Cartridge

    in Wish List

    Posted

    Will the F18 have a programmable data cartridge that will include the weather and save your weapon profiles and waypoints?

    I have requested the data cartridge feature at ED. All what's needed is the capability of reading the data cartridge from an external file (already trailblazed by the Viggen). It would open up a lot of possibilities.

     

    The same goes for the A-10C and other modules that support data cartridges IRL.

     

    I'm sure if the crowd's big enough, it will be worth devs' time to make this happen. Pre-flight planning and DTCs are a crucial part of flight ops IRL for a reason.

    Editing the TAD in the pre flight phase

    in DCS: A-10C Warthog

    Posted

    I think Viper over at CombatFlite was talking about looking into implementing some TAD overlays like this as he did for the KA-50.

     

     

     

    He'd be the man to ask on how that's going.

    I have requested this to be supported by DCS, together with the loading of data cartridges from an external file for the A-10C and the upcoming F/A-18C (in a similar way to how it's done in the Viggen). We'll see what of it gets implemented by ED and when. Probably not anytime soon, if at all.

     

    There is a workaround for loading flight plans and navpoints into the CDU and for setting different systems of the A-10C prior to the mission. But only for SP, not MP. With regard to TAD overlays, there is no workaround I am aware of. (Other than drawing the overlays directly into the tiles. Which is not the course of action I am going to take.)

     

    On a bright note: CombatFlite, that's being developed, is ready to support all of that. It's just nowhere to plug the capability into on the DCS side at the moment.

    Best place to see an F-14?

    in DCS: F-14A & B

    Posted

    The National Naval Aviation Museum at NAS Pansacola, free to enter, has the last operational F-14. you can walk around and touch all her bits.

    +1. That's the one inside, plus there's an other one on a pedestal in front of the museum. And a lot of other interesting things to see. Definitely a must go. :thumbup:

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