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Ah, "Pause" worked. I would not have thought to try that, ha. Thanks a ton, cheers.

I would like to avoid having to click with a mouse the green FLY button that comes up on the screen to start an "instant action" mission. There are commands in the UI Layer to "end" and "reset" but not actually to "start" the mission. Essentially it would be the "enter" key, but it isn't mapped as far as I can find. I would like to map the "enter" button to an arduino button in my simpit so I don't have to grab the mouse everytime. thanks

Oh geeze it was that easy! I'm embarrassed now, ha. Thanks for your kind response. I had it in my head that it would be some sort of .lua editing and all that. Cheers to you.

Is there a way to have the software automatically export the MDF's, rather than me have to manually select the two key bindings? I have one computer where the MFD's "start" when the flight start automatically, and one computer where I have to hit the keys to export them - and I can't for the life of me remember how I got the screens to auto-export. thanks

...met me rephrase a bit here... So the issue that I have and I see other folks have been talking about is that in VR, there is a zone in the middle of your vision where you can see text clearly, and outside of that zone it can become very blurry. So while the IHADSS might be "correct" and match what a real pilot sees, it doesn't really work well for VR. I was wondering if someone had figured out a way to adjust where the symbology is placed, its spacing I guess, to move it towards the center so VR can see it clearly. I suppose it would be an adjustment that maybe makes the display somewhat untrue to real life, but to accommodate VR better, I'd love to see the symbology closer into the center.

I see there are several threads on the topic of the IHADSS being too "zoomed in" when in VR. It looks great in regular desktop mode, sits all right above George's head, but in VR it is too wide, making it really unusable. I'm wondering if there is a fix yet for this, I didn't see anything but wondering if I missed something. thanks

yes somehow the aircraft knows to start wings folded on the carrier, and start wings spread on the ground - wonder what's controlling that. thanks for everyone's inputs!

Thanks for the replies folks. The reason I would like to unfold the wings on land is because I use my simpit as a STEM training device at the local community college and high school, and my guest pilots are super novices that like to push all the buttons and see all the stuff move - but starting them on the ship and thinking they can taxi to the hookup is too much for these beginners. So if I could have the wings folded at a cold start, it would be another pretty cool thing for the young students to be able to do during the start up procedure. thanks

The F-18 starts wings folded when on the carrier, but always wings unfolded on land. Is there a way to have a mission start on land, but you still have to spread the wings? thanks

I'd like to just map a single button to tell the ground crew to remove chocks on my simpit instead of having to use the keyboard. Right now its the only thing I have to use a keyboard for. Like maybe a way to script the commands all together? thanks

Quick two-cents: I'm not a real Harrier pilot but I've worked around them for decades and watched thousands of landings up close. I've flown the real simulator several times and can vertical land the Harrier easy. I think I can say that the pendulum effect at low speeds that I also get into very easily flying DCS does not happen on a real jet. I don't know if its how the puffer jets (RCS) are modeled, but a real Harrier is much more stable and the pilot-induced waving is not a thing in real life. I've never seen a real just start waving side to side as it landed. It seems like DCS does not take into account the mass-inertia of the jet, I don't know. I'll talk to some Harrier pilots about it when I get a chance and let you know if I hear something different.

I must be missing something. It seems that sometimes when I start up from Cold Dark, the NWS "comes online" as it should, but sometimes it doesn't. I can't quite figure it out. Normally it shows NWS in the hud, and the front wheels steer as is proper, but sometimes the NWS never appears in the HUD and I can't seem to find a switch that will activate it. Is this a known bug? thanks

They have good adjustable seats at Staples, I use one. haha, couldn't resist, sorry. Actually try the ctrl-shift-then a keypad number, you should be able to shift around.

Ah OK, thanks. Glad to know its not something vexed on just me, ha.

one of my pictures shows both MFDs "working" fine, but if I hit the HUD button, I get a blank screen except for the edge words for the buttons. There should be a HUD shown in the blank screen on the right!

I have two external monitors that act as sim box MFD's. They work perfectly except that if I push the HUD button, nothing shows up on the MFD's. The HUD is shown on the MFD on the main display screen, but nothing is echoed to the external MFD. Is it just me, or has anyone seen this before? thanks. ps. If anyone wants info on my mostly 3D-printed Harrier sim box, I might could provide. Its a work in progress of course.

So I think I figured it out. It appears that the AFC will not engage IF you have already trimmed the aircraft past a certain limit. That the AFC worked in Open Beta for me was just due to me unwittingly not trimming the aircraft before testing the AFC. I can replicate the issue now by trimming a bit too much, AFC doesn't engage, then trim back a little, AFC engages. I can't say what the exact limit is, you have to feel for it. Interesting.

AFC with and without Altitude Hold worked fine for me just a few weeks ago in regular DCS, but now I can't get it to engage at all. Yet if I run DCS Open Beta, the AFC engages just perfectly all the time. I understand all of the conditions that must be present for it to engage as I used to use it all the time, especially when scanning for targets with the TPOD. Any ideas? I must be missing something. - thanks.

! yea it worked. I tested it by telling it to start with mission with the battery switch in the ON position instead of usual OFF, and it worked. Thanks a ton for your very kind help with this. All the best to you. -Greg

Oh wait, I found it! It's not under a specific aircraft, its just the "rules for trigger" on the right. Let me play with it a bit. thanks.

Ak OK, I got that to work. I get the info now when I hover over the binding as you say. But I still don't see how you are getting the three-pane screen with "TRIGGERS CONDITIONS ACTIONS". I think you must be in the mission editor software, but for the life of me I can't get that screen to open. I add a client aircraft, then select it, then I see TRIGGERED ACTIONS with a number of options and drop-down menus, but I don't see anything resembling your three-pane window there. thanks.

Wow thanks, that sounds like it might work. So I edited the line as you say, switching "false" for "true, but I can't seem to find where that screen actually comes up. The MissionEditor.lua file was in the main install "DCSWorld/MissionEditor" folder, not the saved games folder, but it certainly had that command set to "false" that I then edited to "true". Once I set it to true, when should I see the three-screen tool as you show? Thanks again.

Where are the switch positions defined for mission startup, like Cold and Dark? Somehow the switches know to be set differently for "Ready on the Ramp" as compared to "Cold and Dark". I'd like to edit the lua to have more switches off as default in Cold and Dark so my students can do a full start-up and touch all the switches. I can edit a lua but I can't find the one.

When mission start, like "Cold and Dark", the cockpit switches are by default in a certain setting, such as the battery switch is off. What lua can I edit to change the default positions of switches, such as make the battery default to on instead of off? I would like the aircraft to be more "off", more dark, when it starts in Cold and Dark so a user has to turn on more switches.