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Any chances of including a double kneeboard option for those that fly with the pilot body visible? 1 per leg, for example, Map/Route on your left and commo on your right. Could set each kneeboard using the current pin system. Pin 1-5 left leg, Pin 6-10 right leg. I requested a tablet but I guess that's to modern so maybe this will be more attainable.

Buenas a todos, Llevo dando muchas vueltas y no consigo solucionarlo. A ver si a alguien le ha pasado o sabe por donde andan los tiros. Pongo en antecedentes, no se trata del OpenKneeboard, sino del piernógrafo de DCS. Uso VR, las Meta Quest 3, con Virtual Desktop, y la cuestión es que cuando pulso para que me salga, me aparece una pantalla transparente a la DCHA, como si fuese el piernógrafo, con sus marcas, sus pasos de pagina, pero transparente. PERO en la pantalla SI ,me aparece perfectamente, con todas sus hojas , las puedo pasar, eso perfecto. Y cuando pongo al Piloto, también me aparece en su pierna. Y si uso Openkneeboard, me aparece perfectamente las páginas. Saludos y Muchas gracias de antemano.

I would love to have the ability to create custom checklists in-game, with the following features: per-aircraft and global are interactive in-cockpit always load regardless of mission or server i am flying on will not be clobbered by updates are easily shareable. Right now, putting together a custom kneeboard involves navigating a thoroughly byzantine directory structure, recreating that structure in the user's saved-game files, and carefully cropping images to fit the template. The major problems i have with this are: It's very user-unfriendly no cockpit interactivity I am aware of third-party applications for kneeboards which can do some of these things, but third-party overlays are unreliable and are often broken with no warning by official updates. The reason I believe this would be beneficial stems from my own real-life flying experience. I have found that one of the most effective tools for learning a new aircraft is to sit down in the cockpit with a notepad and the manual, and make myself a set of checklists for major workflows - startup, pre-taxi, pre-takeoff, initial climb, etc. etc. I believe that being able to bring this method into DCS would be helpful for learning new modules.

A kneeboard tool in ME or option to push mission info from briefing panel to kneeboard page. Option to push map drawings to kneeboard maps, for marking tgt areas in ME, pushing them to kneeboard maps. Reducing the need to go to F10 map (unrealistic) or having to build steer points in ME. Taking the fun out of building your own flight route to the tgt area from inside the cockpit. Oooooo, or even a simulated digital/tablet kneeboard for the modern airframes!

Open and plan DCS missions in your browser. Export flight paths, create nav charts, logs and more... Export kneeboard charts to PDF and PNG Export TheWay and DTC files Accurate DCS magnetic/true headings for latitude, longitude and mission time KML / KMZ support Embed in your website, i.e.https://www.v303rdfightergroup.com/index.php?pages/afghanistan_navaids/ Also checkout DCS Web Editor and DCS Web Miz DCS Web Viewer ( free edition )

Can we get a iPad/tablet kneeboard template? We have "modern" timelines which have incorporated iPads for awhile. I tried doing one myself but it's not perfect. I masked it in photoshop so only the iPad was there but the game added the dark background and the pilot body made it wavey with the way it's secured to the pilot body. And this is a big ask but this is a wish list after all.... 1) if we can get a iPad can it possibly be interactive. For example a moving F10 map export/import displayed based on your location. Or the mission makers F10 map drawings like tanker racetrack areas. 2) Would obviously need a brightness setting for different world lighting conditions I.e night time.

Instead of pressing ESC and going to the main game menu to look at the message history which freezes the game when playing in multiplayer, it would be nice if the messages were instead copied to a page on the kneeboard. This would allow you to configure your aircraft at the same time as you are reviewing the messages, for example when reviewing a 9 line or CAT 3 message. This would emulate an real kneeboard.

Hopefully the promised DTC/Mission planner will arrive in two weeks. I propose a feature that is rarely mentioned when it comes to mission planning: A proper kneeboard manager with the following features: View and organize custom pages (from user folder), select which pages (stock and custom) to take for the mission Avoid having to skip through endless pages that you don't need for that sortie Allow to mark custom pages as favorite Ability to auto-populate pages with mission data (frequencies, navigation info, briefing overview etc.) Would be huge for mission designers who can concentrate on more important things than copy/pasting frequencies Would create much more usable kneeboards and would allow to fly without F10 map even on missions without custom hand-made kneeboard pages Auto-generate airport charts of selected airports Select which parts of the map to include in which scale Option to transfer map markers from the briefing to the kneeboard maps or even include custom doodles/notes Thanks!

Hello Here is a free open source Kneeboard creator released for DCS Web Viewer Automatically reads all data from the .miz mission file, but is editable Export kneeboards as PDF or PNG Many different styles, including Night, WWII and Nam themes Bulk export for all client aircraft in coalition for multiplayer missions Howto: Open unit popup in DCS Web Viewer Click "Generate Kneeboard" Choose one of many styles and layouts Remove unwanted sections via checkboxes Click "Download PNG" or create kneeboards for all multiplayer units of a coalition Github: Contributions are welcome. You can add more styles and customize layouts etc. https://github.com/DCS-Web-Editor/dcs-web-editor-mono/tree/main/packages/kneeboard TABLE layout FLEX layout Additional Themes

Hello, I use 2 mods: the Dark cockpit MOD and the Display readability MOD (looks like the Belgian MLU cockpit). When I activated these mods my kneeboard stopped working. Disabling the mods gives no results. It keeps displaying the placeholder with 'missingtexture'. The kneeboard only works as a pop-up with al the textures. It worked before activating the MODS via OVGME. Anyone an idea where to reset this? Thanks!

as per title, would be nice to see official required docs for each module. I bought the VAICOM pro plugin, I know they have interactive kneeboard, however its not sufficient, it would be nice if ED provide a solution which we can interact with it with something like Wacom or similar H/W

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For the sake of difficulty I like to disable the marking on kneeboard in MP

Hi there, I've created a list of RWR codes, radar ranges and threat range/altitude for all Jets, Sam, AAA and Ships: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1acBsCd8hJvrrVb2SaIW4CaHbSx1JbvavbeeHVrpNJeg The numbers come from my own testing, like for instance the red numbers for the SAMs: these are the ranges/heights at which you'll be safe (although range is subject to your speed/altitude of course). Maybe someones else can use it too I have it as a 2-page PNG in my Kneeboard app on a 2nd monitor for instance, that's why it's in a "dark" design... hf!

Kneeboards on pilot model is important for successful and immersive missions. Stopping you from leaving gameplay looking for radio frequencies or waypoints. I would like to see an improved resolution mostly from a VR standpoint, and maybe more available file types. I would also like to see the kneeboard to include mouse clickable controls and option to include a kneeboard on both pilot legs for those large missions. thanks

Does someone have a kneeboard image file for DST points, including especially the DST ranges for the different points, what they're used for (which weapons and how many points are supported) and what you enter on the f10 map to have the ground crew enter them into the DTC? Maybe fill the extra space with some instructions on other navigation stuff

What DCS really lacks for VR Pilots is an update to the out-dated knee board. A real make-over! DCS needs a virtual EFB on our virtual lap. Like we do in the real world - we have an iPad on our lap. (EFB=Electronic Flight Bag). On that EFB we can run whatever apps we want. Here are some examples: Be it an aerial maps app (one that lets us slew the map around, zoom in and out, display or remove data layers such as different coordinate systems [MGRS,LAT/LONG], waypoints, terrain, Satellite imagery, terrain data, obstacles data, points of interest, Navids, routes, SAM and threat rings, weather data (dangerous thunderstorms, severe turbulence, winds aloft, etc..), and even mark something on the map freehand with an apple pen our finger, and much more. To that app you can add sensors like GPS, thus turning it into a moving map app, and even ADS-B data that turns it into a portable TCAS and updates the weather in real time. Be it a mission computer app or a portable data link app Be it a documents managing app that let us view PDF’s with our checklists, lists, aircraft manuals, mission data such as intel, objectives, coordinates, frequency lists, airport and approach charts, you name it. Be it Weight and Balance apps that would help us decide how to load the aircraft with payloads. I would suggest it to allow us to run real world apps on the virtual tablet (sort of like a virtual machine), for example ForeFlite, and be open to the public to write apps to this virtual tablet.. this could open up a market of apps for the virtual EFB, and lead to devs from the community write amazing apps for it. This EFB can also be linked to a real world iPad that would run a DCS EFB app on it that will allow us to freehand on the real life iPad with a real apple pen, and see it appear on the virtual tablet on our virtual lap in-game. Although the pilots in the 70’s didn’t have tablets and EFB’s in the cockpits, and it’s not realistic, they did have real hands and real maps and real pens and real knee boards that they could use to get all of this data that VR pilots just cannot access once the VR “helmets” goes on and limits our world to the DCS eco system. A virtual EFB could compensate all that and help us immerse into that virtual world. And of course one could limit the use of some of the EFB’s features through the mission editor, so WWII pilots won’t be able to cheat with a moving map or a portable data link app…. I also see an opportunity for Eagle Dynamics to make more income out of this - selling apps for the virtual EFB (a virtual App Store?), collaboration with real world vendors such as ForeFlite subscriptions, Navigraph subscription, and much more, even selling the real iPad app that would interface our real iPad/Tablet to the virtual EFB.. VR is the future of simming and It’s time for a makeover of that knee board. The sooner ED improves the immersion in VR - the better. The sky is the limit!

Hi All, Just joined as i am fairly new to DCS (about 3months and only a couple of hundred VR hours of playtime). I am really grateful for all the content (missions, helpful advice) on this forum and thought I would share a controller profile and accompanying kneeboard that has been working well for me in VR. This is specific to the VKB Gladiator flight stick and the Virpal CM3 Throttle. Any feedback is greatly appreciated! Many thanks for the content and very helpful instruction and advice! DCS Layout v1.pptx

DCS used to support transparent custom kneeboards, but it doesn't seem to anymore. Was this an intended change? I personally thought it was a useful feature.

Hey guys I was wondering if someone could run me through how to add Kneeboard pages to a map specifically. Everything I’ve seen or read deals with adding only to a specific aircraft but I’m looking to add some pages to the Persian gulf map Kneeboard pack with airport info and other such things. I know the general got to saved games all the way down to the last creation of the new folder with the aircraft name but I’ve tried every variation of the words Persian gulf I could think of and the pages won’t show up, is it even possible. Thanks

Hello, couldn't find something via the search. The frequency channel presets V/UHF radio in kneeboard are shown in Hz instead of MHz. So too many zeros. Version: DCS/2.5.6.59625 See Screenshot below. Regards Jens

KB Quick is an all-in-one app to quickly and easily create and edit kneeboards, organise them, associate them with aircraft, quickly select and publish them for specific training/mission requirements, and easily re-edit and re-publish them with a few clicks. I realise there are other excellent kneeboard utilities, I developed this one for my own training needs and have decided to share it here in the spirit of DCS forums. Please download from here : https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3315463/ Features All-in-one kneeboard creator/editor/manager/publisher Rich Text editor (one or two columned) Basic instant conversion to Night Operation versions Kneeboards are managed as .rtf files and can be quickly selected and re-edited Easy association of kneeboards with specific aircraft One-click selection publishes or removes kneeboard image to/from appropriate DCS kneeboard folder Snipping Tool-like, screen area capture directly into kneeboard page Import existing kneeboard images The program is easy to use but I would highly recommend that you give the pdf manual, included in the download, a once-over before you start for detailed usage and configuration information. It does NOT access any DCS World folders other than your saved games Kneeboard folders only when you choose to write kneeboard images. All of its kneeboard data and configuration files are stored in the “KBQuickFiles” folder, which it creates in your “Documents” folder. The software is and will always be free. All feedback is very welcome. Please report any bugs. *** Version 1.1 : Fixed minor bug in which the image of the message box which asks "Save changes before changing kneeboard?" gets captured into the kneeboard image. *** Version 1.2 – Improved app appearance for displays using >175% Windows Text and App scaling (typically 4K monitors and high-resolution laptops). Thanks to Backy 51 for assistance. Added Context menu Functions: Undo : Undo last editing action Colour | Choose Colour : pick any colour for selected text/insertion point Highlight Colour: Pick any colour to highlight selected text Background Colour : Pick any colour as kneeboard background Version 1.3 – Added unlimited undo/redo levels. Improved Snip! window edge visibility. Updated manual. Version 1.4 – Added basic table creation and editing Right-Click and “Insert Table” to create 2,3,4 or 5 column, single row table, sized to pane width. Tab past the last row cell to add a row Rows and columns can be resized by clicking and dragging their edges To delete a row, double click, just to the outside of row’s left or right-most cell to select the row, then cut. Updated user manual. No need to update previous version, simply run the program from the KBQuick 1.4 folder. When you're happy with it you should get rid of the old KBQuick folder if you have one

Apologies if this has been mentioned, I didn’t find it when I looked. I like that we can see message histories now, but having them in the ‘pause’ menu really doesn’t help when a) you need to input coords or b) you’re in a multiplayer mission. In VR especially this is a nightmare. Instead, can you please add them to the kneeboard as a page so we can see the jtac info, and all coalition assets freqs by default e.g. all the boat/awacs/tanker tacans and comms freqs without the mission designer having to explicitly put them in the briefing. We need to be able to access these whilst flying and interacting with the aircraft systems. And this is kind of a relatively simple thing that could be done quite quickly for a massive win. Thanks

Hello, I know there is already a wish item for having "permanent" pins on the Kneeboard: My wish is slightly different: I would like the Kneeboard to have by default a pin for every "section" of it, and by section I mean all the different parts that DCS uses to build the kneeboard: - The autogenerated Map. - The aircraft's OEM kneeboard - The User's Custom Kneeboard - The terrain's kneeboard (if it exists) - The Mission's file kneeboard It would look like this, when one showed the KB the first time after siting on the aircraft: This would be really useful as one can quickly go to every KB section and from there advance sequentially. It should be easy to implement, as it makes use of the current "pin" facility. While you are at it, if you could have the Mission's MIZ file KB to be the first section it would be swell, and probably would encourage more mission designers to make use of this feature to place the Mission Briefing there. Thanks for hearing this wish and hope it can be implemented. Cheers, Eduardo.

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