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Doesnt the TDC Depress button toggle lock/unlock for radar targets?

+1 from me, I spent 5 yrs stationed out by Dhahran AFB, would be great to have them in game. (the original Dhahran AFB and the newer King Fahd international airport at Dammam just to the north.

shaderLineParamsUpdatable = true shaderLineDefaultThickness = 0.1 --was 0.8, balance between export blur and readable cockpit shaderLineDefaultFuzziness = 0.08 --was 0.4, balance between export blur and readable cockpit shaderLineDrawAsWire = false shaderLineUseSpecularPass = true This is not ideal, in-cockpit display still very faint but nice and clear on the export.

Sorted now, new panel created in photoshop, gauges just dragged around to new locations in the helios editor, even got my controls position indicator back.

I downloaded & reinstalled the script files from the FA-18c profile and its all working again now. Just juggling with the rwr lines to get something readable.

Its a nice layout. Im scratching my head at the moment as the Helios profile I was using earlier for the F-18 no longer exports the UFD, rwr or fuel stuff, only the 3 DDI's, and I have no clue why. What I'd really like as a stripped down version just showing the AMPCD and R_DDI on the secondary monitor, but with working buttons, but Im not clever enough to delve into all the scripting to get working buttons on a profile.

@Cowboy10UK : have you tried setting ShaderLineDrawAsWire to True? Then thickening up the lines a bit?

Yep all my minotorsetup lua's have a line under each unit to set aspect ratio. RIGHT_MFCD = { x = 1010; y = 530; width = 810; height = 810; aspect = 1920/1080; } CENTER_MFCD = { x = 100; y = 530; width = 810; height = 810; aspect = 1920/1080; } Sorry to ask but you're not running windowed mode are you?

Usual advice is to put them in saved games folder, Users / YourName / DCS.OpenBeta / Liveries / then they remain intact when ED rolls out updates to DCS. F14 is not an ED module though so they may have gone for different file structure for the skins, models & textures. Having said that, I dont have the F14, but the coremods path you listed is same as on my pc, and theres about 20 liveries in there. I just have no way of testing them :(

what are the resolutions of your two monitors?

Are there any resources to show how to create a working custom panel in Helios or edit the Capt Zen ones? I want to create a stripped-down version of the Huey gauges to just show 4 or 5 of the most important gauges in a strip down the side of my secondary monitor. I've worked through the youtube videos on creating the MFD's for the F-18 and it works fine, but theres nothing about the gauges?

Download here: https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3302014/

I'm using a Korg Nanokontrol2 for additional buttons & knob control in DCS. It runs fine via 2 free plugins - FreePIE and vJoy, then shows up as 2 additional control sets in DCS when you assign controls in settings. I now have 8 sliders, 8 rotary knobs, 35 additional buttons to assign as I wish, far more than I could get with an expensive joystick upgrade. Biggest problem is remembering what control I mapped where, I tend to map non-critical functions like console/instrument light levels, F2, F5, F10 views, then flaps and gear, which leaves my joystick buttons to focus on weapons control. I also use one of the sliders for zoom since my joystick rocker switch for zoom is really cranky. The midi controllers are a really cheap option for people who dont mind a bit of scripting, and when Im not flying, it controls a load of VCV Rack virtual synth settings for me.

No there's no flight controls position red box appearing on any kneeboard pages. I'm pretty convinced its still being told to start drawing box at 0,0 which is no longer visible on my secondary monitor since its 1920 x 1080 and the main monitor is 2560 x 1440. Since you have to tell DCS the new combined resolution is 4480 x 1440, on the second monitor the top row of 340 pixels is not displayed. The info will be in a lua file somewhere...

I'm running DCS most of the time using a second monitor to display MFD's (for the the F-18c) but noticed when Im flying the Huey in same screen config the top left red box showing control positions is no longer visible. I presume its mapped to 0,0 position for single monitor configurations. What I need to find is the Lua file that controls this and edit it so I can still see the control positions in the 2-monitor setup. Note: main monitor for me is on right, starting at x=1921, and is bigger res than secondary monitor on the left displaying the two MFD's I use for the Hornet. Does anyone know the location of the lua file controlling the position of the control display box?

Is it possible to trigger smoke/fire to turn off as well, when you enter or exit a trigger zone?

Its such a great plane to fly, a little lua file edit should not be a deal breaker - worth the effort while its on special offer!

So strange, I cant get my head round all the differnt file paths for differnt textures. I dont even have a DCS World\Mods\tech\WWII Units\Liveries\B-17G folder but at least you got em working.

I put em in saved games > DCS.openbeta > Liveries > B-17G If the folder does not exist, create it.

is V0.81.7z the latest? Having troube getting any showing up

Yes I get this issue with the Yak, I guess its supposed to be the re so you can trim to keep it stable at cruise power. The sllider for rudder trim in the options > special menu doesnt seem to work either. I ended up editing the planes flight lua file so it stays a lot more stable now. With only a twist-grip joystick for rudder it gets a pain on long flights. Theres a few threads in the forum here about editing the lua to improve this.

Have a look at windows sound settings > advanced, it will give you separate volume controls for each item currently running (well it does on my average pc) so you can then change master volumes of dsc, discord, srs, anything, to get the balance better.

@kevo320: revert to previous version:

I made a B-17 folder in saved games path so I get the hi res skins, Flak Eater, Mischief, D-Day - but dont get any of the olive drab ones I've seen on screenshots from friends online play. These I think are the lower res skins from maybe earlier versions? The skin packs you can download in DCS have a bunch of the lower res skins (only one dds texture file) which dont seem to show up in game now. They just default to D-Day Doll. (which is very pretty). Maybe what is needed is some new hi-res olive skins if this is a post-update issue.

well thats really interesting as on the mission editor I get none of these default skins, only the D-Day Doll. Some of the other B-17 skins I downloaded are very differnt files - single dds for whole skin but others are 4 or 5 textures with specular texture files as well.