Tacview 1.2.6 is available!

[Vyrtuoz]

Tacview 1.2.6 is available!

 

http://www.strasoftware.com/download/tacview

 

This version offers a preliminary support for file merge. This is mainly useful to merge recordings coming from different planes in real life. You can also import CSV files. This format can be easier to generate than GPX files in some cases. Target hit events recognition has been improved and you can now export the flight log in a CSV file very easy to read and inject in your leaderboards.

 

The replay has been improved too: You can now display the aspect angle between selected objects. The long awaited auto scale-up option will give you both an excellent tactical view while keeping everything clear at a dog fight scale.

 

I will try to offer you constant improvements like in this release while I’m rewriting step by step Tacview to reach an awesome v1.3.

 

Any feedback is welcome!

 

Enjoy!

Vyrtuoz

 

• ADDED: Support for file merge
  
• ADDED: Option to auto scale-up distant objects
  
• ADDED: Support for flight recordings in CSV format (require at least Tacview Home)
  
• ADDED: Flight log can now be exported in CSV format
  
• ADDED: Aspect Angle can now be displayed between selected objects
  
• ADDED: Attacker is now displayed and exported for has_been_destroyed events
  
• ADDED: You can now scroll in time with left+right mouse buttons
  
• ADDED: A clear error message is now displayed in case of invalid command line
  
• ADDED: /? Command line option to display the command line help
  
• CHANGED: Improved the flight log XML export to be as easy to handle as the new CSV format
  
• CHANGED: Improved hit events detection to give more accurate results
  
• CHANGED: Falcon 4 BMS terrain is now selected by default while opening "Falcon 4.0" VHS files (instead of selecting Falcon 4 Old terrain)
  
• CHANGED: Slight improvement of objects auto-selection when opening a file
  
• FIXED: A crash when opening or merging files which are taking place over several years
  
• FIXED: XML dates more accurate than one second are now properly handled (improves GPX files support and XML debriefing export)
  

 

[uboats]

Awesome update!!

thank you

[Petrovsky]

Thanks!

[Buckeye]

Very nice, thank you!!

[GGTharos]

The auto-scale is awesome and closer to RL ACMI :)

 

I don't know if the merge function does anything nifty such as matching aircraft IDs yet, but there's a couple ways to enhance it:

 

If merging from ACMI, choose the Aircraft to merge (or even replace) - in the case of flying against AI in a COOP, we're only interested in importing some player aircraft.

 

Alternatively, allow the export of only some entities. This too gets tricky because you may or may not want the various events.

 

Finally, a time-slice function where I can say 'Give me this piece of the file' :)

 

And ... RWR representation in 3D and HUD view :)

[Snoopy]

outstanding, thanks!!

[VTJS17_Fire]

Great work, Thanks! :thumbup:

 

ADDED: Support for file merge

Q: I asked some weeks ago, if it's possible, to show diferent radar locks - but not only from the recording player. Your answer was: it's impossible due to DCS export.

 

But with the file merge, does this mean that I can now have multiple radar locks from other players, if they give me their recording (and they are able to use the radar lock function)?

 

Thanks in advance,

Fire

[JNASova]

Good job man, great thanks.

[Lt_Berkut]

Saweeeet! Cant wait till I leave work and try it out!

 

I must say that tacview has been tremendous in helping me avoid missiles and gain advantages on enemy aircraft!!!

 

Keep up the great work!!!

[HiJack]

Great updateVyrtuoz, auto scale-up works perfectly!

[FLANKERATOR]

Awesome!

[VTJS17_Fire]

First tests done ... Auto Scale-up is awesome and file merge is very nice, too. :thumbup:

 

Again: Super!

[xcom]

Thanks!

 

How does your Flight log react to planes being destroyed before their missiles/bombs hit their target?

DCS outputs hit events without the initiator at the moment when this occurs.

[Home Fries]

I agree with the reigning sentiment that Auto-scale is awesome!

 

One question though: what is the intended purpose for merging ACMI files? Does it integrate events or add more data?

[Vyrtuoz]

First, thanks for your support and feedback!

 

Please note that the merge feature is still in development and in a preliminary and experimental state. It will be improved in the coming releases. This first version is mainly supporting non overlapping data from different aircrafts. You can try to merge data from different players for the same network mission, but you may end with duplicated objects.

 

The event log will output the proper initiator for hit events, even if it has been destroyed before the conclusion of its strike.

[Buckeye]

Tacview 1.2.6 is available!

 

Any idea why after installing 1.2.6 then doing a fresh install of DCS the files from my online flights are only showing me? I'm sure I am just missing something obvious and easy but I can't seem to figure it out.

Edited July 19, 2014 by =Buckeye=
typo

[GGTharos]

The server is only allowing local exports.

 

You need global exports to be enabled to see all objects. It's controlled by the server you're playing on.

 

To get a full tacview, you need to run the track. If you're running the track and you're only getting yourself, you need to turn on global exports in your game.

[xcom]

First, thanks for your support and feedback!

 

Please note that the merge feature is still in development and in a preliminary and experimental state. It will be improved in the coming releases. This first version is mainly supporting non overlapping data from different aircrafts. You can try to merge data from different players for the same network mission, but you may end with duplicated objects.

 

The event log will output the proper initiator for hit events, even if it has been destroyed before the conclusion of its strike.

 

Thanks for the answer.

One more, are the CSV files written live as the mission is running or at the end of the mission?

[Home Fries]

Thanks for your answer, Vyrtuoz.

 

One request for future implementation: I would love to have a way to save/export just a portion of the ACMI (like a really good bombing run) so I don't need to share a 30Mb file to show a minute of good flying. Also, having an option on the File pulldown menu to open the most recently created ACMI would be an awesome feature as well.

 

Regards,

[xcom]

Thanks for your answer, Vyrtuoz.

 

One request for future implementation: I would love to have a way to save/export just a portion of the ACMI (like a really good bombing run) so I don't need to share a 30Mb file to show a minute of good flying. Also, having an option on the File pulldown menu to open the most recently created ACMI would be an awesome feature as well.

 

Regards,

 

If im not mistaken (haven't had a time to check it yet), you should be able to do it now with the CSV export, you would just need to erase the rows of the times you don't want to be seen.

 

It would be nice to have as an option in the GUI though :)