1.2.8 kneeboard tutorial?

[steve65]

Was just messing around with tHe new f-15c getting my x-52 setup and pulled up the kneeboard it shows my flight plan and my first waypoint but that's all I can see.can you zoom the map in or out or move it so you can see other waypoints or does it move as you fly to each waypoint? I've never used the kneeboard before so I don't know much about what it does and doesn't do.are there any tutorials about the kneeboard and the way it functions in 1.2.8?

[dooom]

you have to map the previous and next page keys... the kneeboard will only progress through waypoints set in the mission editor by the mission designer. Thus if the designer only set one waypoint , that is all that will cycle.

[steve65]

you have to map the previous and next page keys... the kneeboard will only progress through waypoints set in the mission editor by the mission designer. Thus if the designer only set one waypoint , that is all that will cycle.

 

Thanks doom I didn't know about the page keys.since I designed the mission it has 6 waypoints.

[Devrim]

Additional #1, there's a kneeboard mod (from PeterP) in DCS Mods subforum - you may want to look at it.

 

Additional #2, you can create your own "Kneeboard" folder in C:\{Username}\Saved Games\DCS\ folder, and keep your pages. You can see them by pressing prev. page key while viewing the kneeboard.

[Mowgli]

Hey Devrim

 

Additional #1, there's a kneeboard mod (from PeterP) in DCS Mods subforum - you may want to look at it.

 

Additional #2, you can create your own "Kneeboard" folder in C:\{Username}\Saved Games\DCS\ folder, and keep your pages. You can see them by pressing prev. page key while viewing the kneeboard.

 

can u explain about the procedure? just to create a folder named 'Knee board' ? what kind of file should the docs be? i want to test with RWR recon file so i can learn the signals during flight...

 

thanks

Edited May 14, 2014 by Mowgli

[Maximus_Lazarus]

Just press control + k , to see where you are ?

[Devrim]

can u explain about the procedure? just to create a folder named 'Knee board' ? what kind of file should the docs be? i want to test with RWR recon file so i can learn the signals during flight...

 

thanks

 

Hi. Yes, just create "Kneeboard" folder into {username}\Saved Games\DCS\

Kneeboard files can in bmp format and in 512x512 px resolution. If you want to get higher details, it can be 1024x1024 px. res.

 

These new pages will be displayed after DCS's own pages. But I suggest you to look for PeterP's Kneeboard mod. I think you could use customizable kneeboards for each unit in that mod. Very very useful!

[steve65]

Just a quick question.when you press k for the kneeboard is it suppose to stay visible because mine goes away when you let go of the key?

[BIGNEWY]

Just a quick question.when you press k for the kneeboard is it suppose to stay visible because mine goes away when you let go of the key?

 

I am not at my pc at the moment, but check your controls there is a on / off command and also a quick view command.

[steve65]

I am not at my pc at the moment, but check your controls there is a on / off command and also a quick view command.

 

I will check later today

[Mowgli]

Hi. Yes, just create "Kneeboard" folder into {username}\Saved Games\DCS\

Kneeboard files can in bmp format and in 512x512 px resolution. If you want to get higher details, it can be 1024x1024 px. res.

 

These new pages will be displayed after DCS's own pages. But I suggest you to look for PeterP's Kneeboard mod. I think you could use customizable kneeboards for each unit in that mod. Very very useful!

it works mate - thanks.

 

i would have try the PeterP's Kneeboard mod but it seems that there is no solution to the shaking issue and PeterP said in his post that in the near future he won't deal with this problem

[Maximus_Lazarus]

Just a quick question.when you press k for the kneeboard is it suppose to stay visible because mine goes away when you let go of the key?

 

No, but when you press SHIFT + K , it will stay visible and you can toggle it on and off with that key combo

[steve65]

No, but when you press SHIFT + K , it will stay visible and you can toggle it on and off with that key combo

 

Thanks.i was used to the old way where just k was the kneeboard.works great now that I used the right keys.:doh:

[Sarge55]

I'v done a fair amount of searching and I keep coming across the kneeboard mod. Not what I'm looking for.

 

I would like to relocate the Kneeboard but I do not want to install a mod to do that. PeterP does great work (I read he's taking a break from the mod) but I just need to simply change the location.

 

Anyone know where the file that assigns the x,y location is?

[xentxo]

I have tried the file .../mods/aircrafts/Su-25t/cockpit/scripts/device_init.lua.

But changing the sz_l, sx_l etc. values do nothing with the kneeboard location.

What is a "viewport" and where is the "viewport" located in v1.2.8?

[Crescendo]

Anyone know where the file that assigns the x,y location is?

 

I'd like to know the answer to this too.

[CoNa]

+1, having triple monitors where this goes in the far end corners, I really would like to be able to move it. The same goes for moving the coms menus.