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Not really, no. But it is hilarious to see him go downhill from Neural Networks to LOOOOL. :) Probably ran out of ammo.

Any chance we can have a look at the code for educational purposes?

Спасибо, попробую через материал.

Всё верно пишете. Справедливости ради, Warbirds первый был задолго до старичка. Летал в него по модему через терминальный (!!!) доступ в интернет ещё в 1996 году. Уже тогда там собиралось более 60 человек и действин происходило на большом участке местности с 4 доступными коалициями. К релизу WB2 (1998) там даже были русские полки с регулярными полковыми вылетами/нагибом. Великолепно было по тем временам реализовано. Но постарело и поросло мхом, увы. Хотя и по сей день живо. Aces High зовётся.

Это какой? Не припомню ММОшных флайтсимов с противостоянием и захватами до WB.

Only so much HB can do with EDs comm logic would be my guess. Unless ED develops comms further I don't think we will see any such features. Loving vaicom too, early adopter myself.

Just because someone built a mod without ED's assistance doesn't mean it is not needed.

Got it sorted. Turned out to be something like this. Fw-190A8 CB panel.

I've figured it out. Font variables had to be declared. Still not sure about how to add textures/images.

Hello everyone, I am trying to get into DCS modding and trying to make a simple mod which will display arbitrary textures/images and text strings when a player is sitting in a specific aircraft. This is handy when you have TM Cougar MFDs with displays in them. That way we can have button annotations and have a handy reference of those buttons. I've tried using "ControlsIndicator" implementation as a reference with minimal success. Got the basic grasp for drawing stuff on screen but for some reason, ceStringPoly elements aren't getting created, while ceTexPoly elements are easily created, tweaked and positioned. For some reason, I have no problems drawing ceStringPoly elements in the Mi-8 but they aren't being drawn in the Fw-190A8. What is the correct way of initializing an additional "overlay"? device_init.lua? I've just added another "indicator" reference but I am not sure this is correct. What is the correct syntax of invoking the "ceStringPoly" element?

Exactly, bugs get fixed in Beta first and then it takes ages for them to get into "Release". Which is nothing more than an outdated beta. Release dedicated server had AI unit visibility bug for months. So yeah.

I have no problems drawing "ceTexPoly" elements but for some reason, "CeStringPoly" elements aren't being created properly. Anyone can point me to the correct definition? annotation = CreateElement "ceStringPoly" annotation.name = "annotation" annotation.material = "font_hints_kneeboard_keys" annotation.init_pos = {0.0,0.1} annotation.value = "annotation" annotation.alignment = "LeftTop" annotation.stringdefs = {0.0024, 0.0024, 0.0, 0.0} annotation.parent_element = base.name AddElement(annotation)

Yes. Plenty. All over these forums. Some of us know better than to blindly trust each and every claim the devs make. Ever owned the Hawk? Prime example right there.

What makes you believe the statement is true? Assume much?

For someone who registered a couple of months ago you're all over these forums spewing a bit too much of your "wisdom". How about you tone down the smart guy rhethoric? See how things are done around here for a couple of years then start spewin'.

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'd like to do that in Lua without firing up Helios for that. Easier and more streamlined that way. Doesn't have to be a jpeg/png image, just a text annotation will do.

How do you know TWS auto is a "hard issue"? Personal experience?

We aren't going nowhere then, I'm afraid

Hello everyone, I use 3xTM MFD setup. I've been wondering if it is possible to create custom "underlays" to be displayed on non-MFD aircraft and statically display them on the MFDs when flying specific aircraft. For example, I have my MFD buttons mapped to circuit breakers on my Fw190. I would like to annotate them and have a little line next to each so I would remember what they are. Maybe a PNG image could be inserted into each of them? Anyone tried something like this? It should be possible, but I currently lack the LUA skills for this. I had successfully edited the AI helper panels for the Mi-8 and Huey and moved the text around. I just need to figure out where to start. Any pointers?

Всё ж очень просто. Нужны не только ястребы но и бобры со штурмами. Тогда и геймплей станет на порядок разнообразнее и цели с задачами можно будет интересней моделировать. Они сейчас наземку пилят управляемую, что-то намечается у них.

К слову, первоисточник - игра Warbirds.

That I understood but I don't understand how he wants ED to implement it.

I undestood NOTHING. :-(

I never doubted you guys. Thanks a lot for listening. It does not need to be a priority fix, of course. Obviously there is a lot of work to be done for 2.5.6 issues.

I disagree. Everything should be done properly and solved, not worked around. Hitting backspace on mission start is bad design when you have show pilot controls option in the base sim settings. Modules should adhere to the same design principles. Razbam think its perfectly fine to have MFD exports disabled and provide two undefined keybindings so we have to turn them on every mission. Hitting backspace is not the solution. It's also a pretty trivial programming task.