[ANN] Web-based Lua debug console for DCS: World missions

[Wrecking Crew]

When I run Witchcraft after aircraft are added to the mission, I have seen where the weapons on the aircraft are shifted on their pylons. Here is an example from a Hawk -- that gun pod should be on the centerline.

 

 

This has also happened with A-10Cs -- weapons shifting after Witchcraft.

 

WC

[FSFIan]

When I run Witchcraft after aircraft are added to the mission, I have seen where the weapons on the aircraft are shifted on their pylons. Here is an example from a Hawk -- that gun pod should be on the centerline.

 

This has also happened with A-10Cs -- weapons shifting after Witchcraft.

 

WC

 

You mean after editing and saving a mission with witchcraft that already had client aircraft in it?

Could be a bug with how the mission data is passed around between Lua and JavaScript (the javascript side cannot deal with tables that have both numeric and string keys, so the Lua functions "witchcraft.luaMissionToJSONable" and "witchcraft.JSONableMissionToLua" deal with an edge case -- maybe I missed one). Or maybe my code breaks the mission data structure in some other way.

 

I probably won't fix this, as EDGE is right around the corner and will include a proper preview mode in the mission editor.

 

And although I do look forward to focusing on mission scripting again in the future, nowadays all of my DCS hacking time is spent on DCS-BIOS.

[Wrecking Crew]

Yes to your question. I try to do all my Witchcraft locating before adding Client aircraft, but this latest example comes from a mission that I had copied over to a new one.

 

Whenever I see this, I go back to the weapons page for each a/c and reset the loadout. All works fine after that.

 

 

I get it about waiting for EDGE. Thanks for Witchcraft.

 

WC

[0xDEADBEEF]

Hey!

I just wanted to give witchcraft a try, as I need to reposition some units placed in a mission i've been working on for a month. Unfortunately I'm getting an error:

"Missing error handler on 'socket'

TypeError: Cannot read property 'coalition' of undefined

at ...missionmodel.js:128:22"

 

Any one got an idea how to trace this one back and solve maybe?

 

thanks!

beef

[FSFIan]

It probably fails to work with the new mission file format. I never tested the Witchcraft unit move functionality with 1.5 or later.

 

Try this thing instead.

[Amarok_73]

Hello,

 

Is it something wrong with my configuration, or it's not possible to see and manipulate units on the map anymore, while Lua console is working properly?

[FSFIan]

I haven't updated this in quite a while and I guess that even if moving units still worked, saving would fail because of changes in the mission file format in 1.5.

 

You may be interested in this thread instead.

[ESAc_matador]

Hello Ian, I am interested in the console... is it working in the 1.5, 2.0? I am only interested in introduce lua snipets during game... and I cant make it work, following your video tutorial.

 

It says, waiting to connect with DCS.

[FSFIan]

The Lua Console works fine in both 1.5 and 2.0.

The mission editing part of Witchcraft has been broken ever since the mission file format was changed (and I don't plan to fix it -- I'll either remove it at some point or merge the Lua Console into DCS-BIOS 2.0).

 

The mission must be running and unpaused.

The mission has to include a current version of MiST and then call "witchcraft.start(_G)" in a DO SCRIPT action.

The MissionScripting.lua file has to be edited as shown in the README and the video.

 

If it cannot connect, you should either get an error message in a message box or in dcs.log.

[FlyMaker]

DCS Withcraft works with static objects or only with units?

[FSFIan]

The Lua console still works. The moving units around part broke when the mission file format changed.

[LowLee]

Hi Ian!

I have problems with the witchcraft.cmd, after the "" it says:

 

C:\Users\Lowlee\Desktop\dcs-witchcraft-master\src>..\windows\nodejs\node backend\server.js

C:\Users\Lowlee\Desktop\dcs-witchcraft-master\src\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\engine.io\node_modules\uws\uws.js:3
const http = require('http');
^^^^^
SyntaxError: Use of const in strict mode.
   at Module._compile (module.js:439:25)
   at Object.Module._extensions..js (module.js:474:10)
   at Module.load (module.js:356:32)
   at Function.Module._load (module.js:312:12)
   at Module.require (module.js:364:17)
   at require (module.js:380:17)
   at Server.init (C:\Users\Lowlee\Desktop\dcs-witchcraft-master\src\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\engine.io\lib\server.js:115:16)
   at new Server (C:\Users\Lowlee\Desktop\dcs-witchcraft-master\src\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\engine.io\lib\server.js:65:8)
   at Function.attach (C:\Users\Lowlee\Desktop\dcs-witchcraft-master\src\node_modules\socket.io\node_modules\engine.io\lib\engine.io.js:123:16)
   at Server.initEngine (C:\Users\Lowlee\Desktop\dcs-witchcraft-master\src\node_modules\socket.io\lib\index.js:274:21)

C:\Users\Lowlee\Desktop\dcs-witchcraft-master\src>rem start http://localhost:3000/

C:\Users\Lowlee\Desktop\dcs-witchcraft-master\src>pause
Premere un tasto per continuare . . .

 

Do you know this error?? :(

 

I need the console to try some lua code

[Roby Wolf]

Hello,

I have the same problem when I try

[MasterZelgadis]

Wow, did you see how old this thread is?

[LowLee]

Wow, did you see how old this thread is?

 

 

 

 

And??

 

Last answer of the developer is less than one year old and we are not asking for something useless, because this function is very useful when you have to try some lua code.

[spugnut]

Hi all,

 

If anyone else bumps into the problem LowLee mentions, updating the version of node that is shipped will fix it up. D/l from https://nodejs.org/en/download/ - grab the binary rather than the installer.

 

Open it up your zip handler of choice, then copy the node.exe over the top of the one in your "windows/nodejs" folder under witchcraft.

 

Hope this helps!

 

~S~