Keep The ME On Screen When Not The Focus

[Wrecking Crew]

v128.27203

 

I have two monitors. When the DCS World Mission Editor is on my main screen (in full screen mode) and I change the computer's focus to the second monitor, the DCS World will minimize.

 

I don't want the DCS World to minimize. I want it to stay up on the main screen. Lots of times I want to do ME work outside of DCS, like writing scripts or copying and pasting briefing information, and I need to see the appropriate content on both of my monitors at the same time. This is a big time-waster.

 

The DCS Multiplayer screen does not minimize. I can have the MP screen up on the main monitor and can switch the focus to the second monitor and the MP screen will still be there.

 

WC

[Blooze]

Have you tried it using windowed mode?

[SkateZilla]

even in windowed mode as soon as you click , say, notepad++ it will minimize DCS (even in mission editor.)

[Wrecking Crew]

Bump.

 

I'm evaluating a friend's mission and every time I switch out of the ME to write down a comment the darn DCS Window minimizes and I can't see the details anymore arrg. Back and forth, back and forth restoring DCS editor into view.

 

WC

[ajax]

There's a Lua edit to keep that from happening. I'll see if I can find it. It was a PeterP or Kuky post, I think.

 

Edit: It was PeterP. Here it is http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1373707&postcount=1

 

Look for the part at the very end of the post that starts with

This is an instruction how to run the GUI in DCS:World always windowed while the Sim starts fullscreen:

The line number now for the current version of missioneditor.lua is #245 instead of #195 specified in the instructions.

 

After you make this mod, the ME window will stay open when you click on the desktop or switch to another window.

 

Edit2: The instructions are outdated. This is what I changed in my missioneditor.lua file:

 

-- Gui.CreateWindow(width, height, fullscreen) -- find this line near #245 and comment it out

Gui.CreateWindow(1680, 1050, false) -- add this line, replacing dimensions with your desired window resolution

Edited August 8, 2014 by ajax

[Wrecking Crew]

Thanks, ajax

 

This ^^^ works, somewhat...

 

The DCS screen will stay up on the main monitor, but the Windows task bar bleeds through at the bottom, and the top of the screen has a 'Digital Combat Simulator' title bar which is showing only about the bottom third of that bar.

 

I tried a few settings but got the same result --

Gui.CreateWindow(width, height, fullscreen)

-- Gui.CreateWindow(1920, 1200, false)

-- Gui.CreateWindow(width, height, false)

-- Gui.CreateWindow(1920, 1200, true)

 

(If all lines are commented out then I get 'DCS Stopped Working'.)

 

WC

[ajax]

Try a somewhat smaller window than the screen size. I have the same screen res as you, so maybe try the same values?

[Wrecking Crew]

Thanks again, ajax

 

Your suggestion to use 1680 x 1050 did the trick.

 

I don't like modifying a 'core' lua file, but this solution gives me what I want -- the ME stays up when I switch focus to my second monitor -- DCS is in Windowed mode. And the MP side of DCS is Full Screen at 1920 x 1200.

 

 

I would still like to see DCS change the ME behavior. Maybe this MissionEditor.lua modification could be added to the \user\..DCS\Config\options.lua...

[ajax]

Glad it worked for you.

 

I don't particularly like modifying core files either, but you do what you have to do.:)

[Wrecking Crew]

This modification is so, so handy!

 

WC

[Wrecking Crew]

Please make this modification permanent.

 

WC