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After the last update ( DCS 2.9.7.59263 ) I noticed that this screen is present much longer than before: Near 0,4-1 minutes, before it was 5-10 seconds only so very short time. Did you notice it too?

I know maybe ED is going to further refine and tweak multi-select. But, this new feature is NICCCCEEEEE. It saves so much time in ME, especially since I use tons of statics to add depth. I love it! Thank you, ED!

Hello, i have question about mission editor, triggers and flags etc. 1- I want to play a sound file (Im defending), if SAM shoots me a missile. I did it with (missile in triggers zone) and as action (Sound at coalition). Here i have no problem. 2- But if SAM shoots me again within 120 seconds after the first shot, i want to play another sound (Im defending again!) and check for next 120 seconds too, if the third missile comes to me. If yes then then plays second sound (Im defending again), like a loop! 3- But if after the second or third shot, no SAM shoots at me for 180 seconds, the sound must go back to first sound (Im defending), if any SAM shoots me . I know to use (missile in trigger zone) or (flag on). But i dont know how to add a timer to that first shot as condition for second or third shot in the next120 seconds after first shot and make it a loop. After 180 seconds stop the loop and set the program to play that first sound (Im defending) again, like first shot from SAM. I need somehow a timer to check the condition 1 for certain time and play the second Action, if its true. After that run the second action as long as it happens within 120 seconds like a Loop. If the time out of 120 seconds, it must back to first condition and first action. I appreciate any idea and thanks in advance

1) Quitting DCS with the exit symbol [-> does restart the game, it does not quit. Something wrong? 2) Saving the .lua file for my carefully made adapted profile in options does not work always .... is that a bug? 3) i get a time left of 2 days, while i bought the licenses officially. What's up? Must i reinstall the lot and how? PS i had the 2.5 version already installed and just started it, and downloaded the updates and bought stuff via the normal procedure. It says 2.7. now somewhere. ! ADDED for point 1): i found it, EXIT at the right side works OK Thanks

I'm working on a project for Universal Apache Training mission, and I'm having issues with the following: 1. If player overloads Apache I want a message to pop-up that the Apache is too heavy 2. I have a "race" in which you have to fly as fast as possible without crashing and I want to have a pop-up message at the end which tells you how much time it took the player (and potentially read highest speed the player flew at as well as lowest altitude). Hopefully someone can help me with this as I'm really bad at coding

2nd try: some weeks ago I asked the support, how to list my flight-times. They said, look into logbook.lua. So I wrote a little script to list my flight-times descending and formatted. Maybe usefull for others, must be executed in your saved-games directory. -- personal logbook for flights DCS -- execute this file in do C:\Users\{{YOUR_USERNAME}}\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\MissionEditor -- to get the exact flight times of variant models. dofile("logbook.lua") function secToHMS(sec_o) local sec = math.floor(sec_o) local h = 0 local m = 0 while sec >= 3600 do h = h + 1 sec = sec - 3600 end while sec >= 60 do m = m + 1 sec = sec - 60 end sec = math.floor(sec) local ret = str_pad_left(h, 4, "0") .. ":" .. str_pad_left(m, 2, "0") .. ":" .. str_pad_left(sec, 2, "0") return ret end function str_pad_left(s, l, char) while string.len(s) < l do s = char .. s end return s end function compare(a, b) return a[2] > b[2] end function roundNumber(i, d) local mult = 10 ^ (d or 0) return math.floor(i * mult + 0.5) / mult end branch = logbook["players"][1]["statistics"] print() print("my flight log:") print() flights = {} total = 0 for k, v in pairs(branch) do if type(v) == 'table' then time = math.floor(v["flightHours"]) total = total + time table.insert(flights, {k, time}) end end table.sort(flights, compare) for i, e in pairs(flights) do perc = roundNumber(e[2] / (total / 100), 2) print(str_pad_left(e[1], 15, " ") .. " : " .. secToHMS(e[2]) .. " ~" .. perc .. "%") end print("") d = roundNumber(total / (24 * 60 * 60), 2) print((str_pad_left("total", 15, " ") .. " : " .. secToHMS(total)) .. " (~" .. d .. " days non-stop)")

I'm creating a mission where a radar controller is talking you into release position. I have zones worked out funneling the player into release position, but am having trouble getting the triggers to work right for the talk on. I have a repetitive trigger identifying whether you are in the "come left" "come right" or "on course zone" and turning on a flag for whichever one. I have a switched trigger telling you what you need to do depending on which zone you're in and then turning off that original flag so the switched flag will refire reminding you that you're still off or on course. Trouble I'm having, it's just rapid fire "come left come left come left come left". I set a "TIME SINCE FLAG" to 3, and they won't fire at all. I tried again with a second trigger giving that time since flag, firing a second flag which fires the audio call. That third one turns off all flags. But sadly, this one didn't work either.

Hi, actually in DCS MT there is only the start-time in the debriefing-screen displayed. Sorry I forgot to switch to English before flight. It would be nice to see the full flight-time in the marked box: start, missions end and duration. Thanks and best regards!