Toggling Labels On/Off during Aerial Combat

[Igor4U]

 

 

I know how to enable labels always On or always Off:

 

Options - Gameplay - Labels Checkbox

 

This Works Fine !

 

 

......... but what I'd like, is the ability to Toggle Labels On/Off as needed during Flight (Aerial Combat) without stopping and returning to the Options section.

Here was one pathway I thought might work:

 

Options - Controls - Layer/General - Category/Labels - Aircraft Labels = LShift+F2

 

 

So I tried to change the keyboard command (LShift+F2) to a simpler single key (I tried a few different ones - no conflicts), but Aircraft Labels would not toggle On/Off.

 

So I set the command back to Default (LShift+F2), and tried that; but again my Labels would not toggle On or Off.

 

 

Question: is there a way to toggle Labels On and Off during Flight ?

[ricktoberfest]

I think they have to be on in be options, and then you can turn them off in game. You can't enable them if they are off in the options menu- or on multiplayer servers that have enforced them off

[Morpheus]

Hi, I program labels On/Off in profile of my Joystick (Warthog), I set it in TARGET. If you use Saitek joystick, you can use SST. What is your joystick?

[Art-J]

^^ What ricktoberfest said. At least that's how it used to work a couple of patches ago :D.

[SharpeXB]

Yes you can assign a key for "Labels" and then switch them on and off, if they are checked in the game settings menu

[Igor4U]

Hey Fellers - Thanx 4 the Info !

 

Will give that a Try.

 

BVR

Igor4U !

 

 

PS: I'm Stick & Throttlin with a HOTAS Warthog, sure I can find a spare button tp program with the Label On/Off function

[Random]

Left Shift F10 ?

 

That does all the labels, ground and air. I can't remember the default ones to toggle air and ground seperately....

[skouras]

Left Shift F2 for air

[Igor4U]

Toggling Labels On/Off is Working (but can't change key assignment)

 

OK - I got it !

 

With Labels On (checkbox checked in GamePlay), each mission starts with Labels On; and then you can toggle Off and back On with the default Labels Key Commands.

 

My Problem is this:

 

- In the middle of an Air-to-Air Engagement, I'd like to shorten the Keyboard Key Commands from the Dual-Key Combos (the default settings) to a Single (easily reachable) Key.

 

- The Default Settings are cumbersome in that you need sequential dual key commands and the keys are not easy to reach in a quick fluid hand movement (Example: LShift + F10).

 

- I tried changing Aircraft Labels Off/On (LShift + F2) to a Single (No-Conflict) Key. It changes OK in settings - but it doesn't Function. The Change doesn't work. After changing to a single key (or a dual key sequence that is easier to reach), not only doesn't the change work - but the Default Key Commands still Work ?????

 

Has anyone had Luck changing the Label Key Commands ?

 

 

PS: This isn't the 1st time my DCS World Install wouldn't accept a Default Key Command Change. The View Frame Rate (RCtrl + Pause) would not work with any Key Changes I tried.

[Milli]

If no one comes up with an answer for you, then maybe you could use AutoHotkey to send the default key command to DCS whenever you press a single key of your own choosing.

 

I use it to send various key commands whenever i press certain joystick buttons and to control my voice activation software.

 

Regards,

Milli

[Igor4U]

Still No Joy (with modding Label Key Commands)

 

correctionThanks Milli,

 

But I'd like to see if I can modify any DCS World internal lua script before going with a 3rd Party external script-er (with which I'm not familiar).

 

I tried adding (Label On/Off) commands associated to buttons on my Joystick - but the Sim just ignored them. It's as if DCS World Label Commands are Hard-Coded in the Background and can't be changed.

 

I located some lua script that might be amenable to editing:

 

C:\DCS World\Config\Input\Aircrafts\Default\keyboard\default.lua (line 344-348)

 

-- Labels

{combos = {{key = 'F10', reformers = {'LShift'}}}, down = iCommandMarkerState, name = 'All Labels', category = 'Labels'},

{combos = {{key = 'F2', reformers = {'LShift'}}}, down = iCommandMarkerStatePlane, name = 'Aircraft Labels', category = 'Labels'},

{combos = {{key = 'F6', reformers = {'LShift'}}}, down = iCommandMarkerStateRocket, name = 'Missile Labels', category = 'Labels'},

{combos = {{key = 'F9', reformers = {'LShift'}}}, down = iCommandMarkerStateShip, name = 'Vehicle & Ship Labels', category = 'Labels'},

 

 

If editing the "All Labels" script is possible with a Single Key Command; anyone with the know-how - I'd be grateful if you re-write that line and Post it here !

 

THANX !