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Then install the two mods I listed and it will, it's not magic..

EDIT - I solved my problem. The text above shows only Heading and Distance on the Route Sections, if anyone else needs it..

You're such a perfectionist Bogey (2.2369362920544 lol) Thanks a lot for updating this, it's one of the best tools. Much appreciated

Never out of date and always something that I come back to for reference.

Some shots from my tireless work saving the citizens of Georgia in the default campaign. You can't imagine how happy I was to be back at base, safe and in once piece after trying the same mission about twenty times..

==================================================== UPDATE 01/09/17 - DEVRiM has kindly allowed me to share these files with you. First, make a backup of the original textures. Second, overwrite the textures with the ones included in the zip folder from this link. https://www.dropbox.com/s/k4ir00hireo10wb/Mi-8MTV2%20-%20English_Black_Cockpit_v1.6.5_DEVRiM_TOBY_EDIT.zip?dl=0 Third, this zip file is in JSGME format, if you want to just plug and play. Fourth, I cannot provide support for these files, just don't have the time at the moment, so be careful. Enjoy, Toby ==================================================== Original Post 11/08/17 I have had some time recently to get back into DCS and have spent that learning to fly the Mi-8 in the default campaign with Devrim's excellent black english cockpit mod. Thanks to the, now complete, manual and, accompanied by Chuck's guide and the information from AlphaOneSix's various posts, I have learned more about how the systems work. As a result, I have spent a lot of time improving the cockpit by correcting labels, creating new annunciator lights, rebuilding the doppler tuning panel, adjusting the gauge lighting and so on. Both Belsimtek and Devrim's original work is excellent and out of respect for that, I have only sent him these textures and will not make them available but perhaps Devrim will add these to his next patch for everyone who uses the black cockpit mod, fingers crossed... Meanwhile, some screenshots for you all to see.

Unfortunately still broken in 1.5.6.

That works exactly as I had hoped, thanks. Here's the mph section

One more question, for now... What needs to be changed in the code below to show only Heading and Altitude on the Segments?

After playing around with the editing, I have created a set to show speed in mph, for the P-51D and Spitfire, that excludes beacons. Now all that's missing is an option to show distance between waypoints for the Mi-8! Thanks again for this awesome tool.

No need to subtract the magnetic deviation, if that's what you mean. It just would be great to have heading and distance on each section instead of heading and speed, maybe even an option for all three but distance is the most important, for setting the doppler system. Thanks, this is a really fantastic tool.

Unless I missed something, I still have to manually select and load a mission every time? Yes, I can manually select a mission from the 100's that you have created but why would I want to? I would prefer to start a mission and have a different set of tasks every time. If I misunderstood your tool, then please explain to me how to get this.

This is a really great idea for pick up and play but to truly shine it needs to be automatic. I don't know how to write lua but maybe someone else who can could write a script to randomly spawn one of the 100 missions when you start a 'master' mission. I don't fancy having a 100 random missions filling my missions folder, so if there is any kind of option to keep them in a separate folder, that would be great.

I got it working, perfect for following my flightplan in the campaign. Is there a way to make it add the distances instead of the speed? HDG and Distance are more relevant for helicopter missions, not altitude or speed. To get it working in the Mi-8MTV2, I needed to use the abbreviation Mi-8M for the Kneeboard aircraft folder. Thanks a million for this tool, Toby

http://www.fsfiles.org/flightsimshotsv2/ Can you post those images?

I must be getting too old for this but I cannot make this work. I would really be happy if this created a page in the kneeboard with a simple waypoint route overview for each mission. As I can't see the briefed route on the map inside a mission, it would be great to have on the kneeboard. I've followed the instructions but nothing happens when I start a mission, do I need to download something else? Thanks, Toby

Can't get enough of the Mi8 at the moment.. Some shots from Mission 4 in the stock Campaign.. No spoilers but this was an interesting flight up until the very end.. Loving the campaign so far..

Totally missed seeing this sub-thread and posted these in the main screenshots thread by mistake.. here they are in their proper home.. Absolutely love this helo.

In Russian jets over water on a sunny day, the 'realism' settings above can be too blue, so I made another set to solve this problem, see below. Save as dcs 1-5-6 less blue.ini KeyCurves=0,0,0,0 KeyDeband=0,0,0,0 KeyDPX=0,0,0,0 KeyFXAA=0,0,0,0 KeyLumaSharpen=0,0,0,0 KeyAmbientLight=0,0,0,0 KeyVignette=0,0,0,0 KeyHDR=0,0,0,0 KeyVibrance=0,0,0,0 KeyLiftGammaGain=0,0,0,0 KeySMAA=0,0,0,0 KeyTechnicolor2=0,0,0,0 KeyTechnicolor=0,0,0,0 KeyTonemap=0,0,0,0 Techniques=Curves,Deband,DPX,Vignette,Vibrance,LiftGammaGain,FXAA,LumaSharpen [AmbientLight.fx] alDebug=0.000000 alAdaptBaseMult=0.000000 alInt=2.000000 AL_DirtTex=-1.000000 alThreshold=0.000000 AL_Adaptation=1.000000 alAdapt=0.000000 AL_Dirt=0.000000 alAdaptBaseBlackLvL=0.000000 alLensThresh=0.500000 AL_Vibrance=0.000000 AL_Adaptive=2.000000 alDirtInt=1.800000 alDirtOVInt=0.600000 alLensInt=2.000000 AL_Lens=0.000000 [Curves.fx] Mode=0.000000 Formula=4.000000 Contrast=0.150000 [FXAA.fx] Subpix=0.250000 EdgeThreshold=0.125000 EdgeThresholdMin=0.000000 [Deband.fx] Threshold=0.004000 Range=16.000000 Iterations=1.000000 Grain=0.006000 [HDR.fx] HDRPower=1.500000 radius1=0.800000 radius2=0.840000 [Vignette.fx] Type=0.000000 Ratio=1.000000 Center=0.500000,0.500000 Radius=4.000000 Amount=-1.400000 Slope=2.000000 [DPX.fx] RGB_Curve=8.000000,8.000000,8.000000 Strength=0.430000 RGB_C=0.360000,0.360000,0.360000 Contrast=0.000000 Saturation=1.200000 Colorfulness=1.780000 [LumaSharpen.fx] sharp_strength=0.350000 pattern=1.000000 sharp_clamp=0.035000 offset_bias=1.000000 show_sharpen=0.000000 [LiftGammaGain.fx] RGB_Lift=0.990000,0.990000,0.990000 RGB_Gamma=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000 RGB_Gain=1.040000,1.040000,1.040000 [sMAA.fx] EdgeDetectionType=1.000000 EdgeDetectionThreshold=0.100000 MaxSearchSteps=98.000000 MaxSearchStepsDiagonal=16.000000 CornerRounding=0.000000 DebugOutput=0.000000 [Technicolor.fx] Power=4.400000 RGBNegativeAmount=0.880000,0.880000,0.880000 Strength=0.470000 [Technicolor2.fx] ColorStrength=0.200000,0.200000,0.200000 Saturation=1.000000 Brightness=1.000000 Strength=1.000000 [Tonemap.fx] Gamma=1.000000 Bleach=0.000000 Defog=0.000000 Exposure=0.000000 Saturation=0.000000 FogColor=0.000000,0.000000,1.000000 [Vibrance.fx] Vibrance=0.060000 VibranceRGBBalance=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000

Great little app for seeing what you have and haven't got. I got an Unhandled Exception though when trying to save settings.

It will depend on your monitor, GPU and settings but here's what I use.. - PMMTC Ver2.3 - PicksKing Terrain - Reshade 3.0.6 These settings seem to work great at any time of day and any time of year. YMMV. Cut and paste the settings below into a Notepad++ document and Save to \Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\bin as dcs 1-5-6 realism.ini. Then start DCS, press CTRL+F2 to open Reshade settings window and choose these settings. KeyCurves=0,0,0,0 KeyFXAA=0,0,0,0 KeyLumaSharpen=0,0,0,0 KeyAmbientLight=0,0,0,0 KeyDPX=0,0,0,0 KeyDeband=0,0,0,0 KeyLiftGammaGain=0,0,0,0 KeyHDR=0,0,0,0 KeyVibrance=0,0,0,0 KeyVignette=0,0,0,0 KeyTechnicolor2=0,0,0,0 KeySMAA=0,0,0,0 KeyTechnicolor=0,0,0,0 KeyTonemap=0,0,0,0 Techniques=Curves,Deband,DPX,Vignette,Vibrance,LiftGammaGain,FXAA,LumaSharpen [FXAA.fx] Subpix=0.250000 EdgeThreshold=0.125000 EdgeThresholdMin=0.000000 [Curves.fx] Mode=0.000000 Formula=4.000000 Contrast=0.150000 [AmbientLight.fx] alAdaptBaseMult=1.000000 alDebug=0.000000 AL_DirtTex=-1.000000 alInt=2.600000 alThreshold=0.000000 AL_Adaptation=1.000000 AL_Dirt=0.000000 alAdapt=0.700000 alLensThresh=0.500000 alAdaptBaseBlackLvL=2.000000 AL_Vibrance=0.000000 AL_Adaptive=2.000000 alDirtInt=1.800000 alLensInt=2.000000 alDirtOVInt=0.600000 AL_Lens=0.000000 [HDR.fx] HDRPower=1.500000 radius1=0.800000 radius2=0.840000 [Deband.fx] Threshold=0.004000 Range=16.000000 Iterations=1.000000 Grain=0.006000 [LumaSharpen.fx] pattern=1.000000 sharp_strength=0.350000 sharp_clamp=0.035000 offset_bias=1.000000 show_sharpen=0.000000 [Vignette.fx] Type=0.000000 Center=0.500000,0.500000 Ratio=1.000000 Radius=4.000000 Amount=-1.400000 Slope=2.000000 [DPX.fx] Strength=0.430000 RGB_Curve=8.000000,8.000000,8.000000 RGB_C=0.360000,0.360000,0.360000 Contrast=0.000000 Saturation=1.800000 Colorfulness=1.780000 [LiftGammaGain.fx] RGB_Lift=0.990000,0.990000,0.990000 RGB_Gamma=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000 RGB_Gain=1.040000,1.040000,1.040000 [sMAA.fx] EdgeDetectionType=1.000000 EdgeDetectionThreshold=0.100000 MaxSearchSteps=98.000000 MaxSearchStepsDiagonal=16.000000 CornerRounding=0.000000 DebugOutput=0.000000 [Technicolor2.fx] Saturation=1.000000 ColorStrength=0.200000,0.200000,0.200000 Brightness=1.000000 Strength=1.000000 [Technicolor.fx] Power=4.400000 RGBNegativeAmount=0.880000,0.880000,0.880000 Strength=0.470000 [Tonemap.fx] Defog=0.000000 Bleach=0.000000 Gamma=1.000000 Exposure=0.000000 Saturation=0.000000 FogColor=0.000000,0.000000,1.000000 [Vibrance.fx] Vibrance=0.400000 VibranceRGBBalance=1.000000,1.000000,1.000000

Some custom Reshade cool aid for 1.5.6..

Great work, love it!

mistakes happen, I wrote this guide 6 years ago..

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K31_Strela-1 https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=63162 You're right that none of these include the SA-9 but if you see a 9, you'll know what it is..