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Hi folks, What file I need to edit to change the name on ICP??? I'd like to chance the 337M... Thanks a lot.

Hi everyone, Another minor issue: the Igla-S is given the NATO designation and reporting name SA-18 Grouse, it should actually be called the SA-24 Grinch. SA-18 Grouse is the designation for the preceding 9K38 Igla (which in DCS, uses the same missile as the Igla-S, if the infobar is accurate). I'd suggest renaming the unit to "9K338 Igla-S [SA-24 Grinch] MANPADS".

Hi everyone, Minor issue - the HY-2 is incorrectly designated SS-N-2 Silkworm/Styx, when it should actually be designated CSSC-3 Seersucker. SS-N-xx is the designation for Soviet/Russian, surface-vessel/submarine launched, anti-surface (including land attack, anti-ship and anti-submarine) missiles. SS-N-2 is the designation for the ship-launched version of the P-15 Termit, which is given the NATO reporting name 'Styx'. The HY-2 originates in China (even if it's derived from the P-15). As such, it should be given a CSS designation. As we have the land-based/coastal-defence version, it should be designated CSSC-xx (meaning Chinese origin, surface-to-surface, coastal-defence). As stated above, the correct designation for the HY-2/C-201 is CSSC-3. The NATO reporting name 'Silkworm' is for the land-based (i.e coastal defence) version of the HY-1 missile, which is considerably shorter-ranged than the HY-2. The NATO reporting name for the HY-2 missile is 'Seersucker'. And the export name for the missile is C-201 (appropriate for Iran). Personally, I'd suggest renaming the launcher to "HY-2 (C-201) [CSSC-3 Seersucker]" and the radar to "Mys-M1E", as that's what they're both actually called. Source 1, source 2, source 3 (see page 2 for a distribution statement).

Hello, I have 2 questions here: One is if I can open 2 instances at the same time, different versions with a different Saved Games folder (this is what seems to cause the "one instance per write dir" but I may be wrong), I have 2 different save folders for each version separate, I rename them depending on which one I use. Having the 2 instances, it would be easier to replicate my mission, because it has more than 50 aircraft & triggers and I'd like it to be easier to "copy/paste" basically. Two is if the above is impossible or unlikely, I'd like to know if there's anything I can do to save the missions I have, deleting files, renaming, etc, which can be read below. For context, I am using 2.7 Steam Version and 2.5 Standalone and playing these missions on both (haven't seen issues with this before). However, most issues occur when editing names with 2.5. The Problem: I open a mission, edit a group name, click save, I go check and it's back to the old name. I open "Dictionary" and it's all over the place. I am aware it does not clean itself, but it is weird that it doesn't have entries shown on the mission editor. I also noticed that in the F10 menu, the button I have to stop all the sounds (includes a message) does not work for stopping and not for displaying the message, but the other buttons I set to play sounds do work fine with the corresponding message. What I Have Tried: For the missing entries in the "Dictionary", I have manually added the corresponding number, and it worked, but it's way too much to fix this way (50+ names). I deleted the "Dictionary" and renamed everything from scratch in 2.7, the file was created but without entries after saving. I have updated the names and used Save As..., same issue. Changing the "MissionEditor" folder to another name. This sounds far-fetched but I'm trying to consider everything: maybe the Config, NS430 & Scripts folders inside the .MIZ file exclusive to 2.7 conflict with 2.5, for whatever reason, and doesn't let it make editing changes, but allows new additions? Then again, the mission I edited in 2.7 with the renaming from scratch, also didn't save anything and seems to do what 2.5 does. It displays DictKey_sortie_5 (for example) instead of the text I had there. I saw someone explain here how to move triggers from file to file and I did that, worked for others but that might've messed up the dictionary names when I changed the trigger contents. I just can't understand why the editor does not create or update "DictKey...." entries unless I add something new instead of editing. I really apologize if this is super confusing. If anyone has any ideas, please let me know, I'd be interested in trying out stuff. I don't know if it's useful to attach anything (.MIZ file is above 100mb in songs but I can remove them if needed).

I'm not sure exactly when it changed, but I noticed that the AIM-120C no longer is listed as "AIM-120C-5" (which it definitely once was - see this screenshot, taken from this post from September 2022) but just "AIM-120C". So, a couple of questions: What AIM-120C variant do we actually have in DCS? Or at least, what is it supposed to be? AIM-120C-5 is from the early-ish 2000s and so is appropriate for the F-15C, F-15E, F-16CM and F/A-18C. Was the C-5 designation a mistake and that we actually had the base AIM-120C variant from the mid 1990s? If it is still supposed to be an AIM-120C-5, why the name change?