Tacview, the ACMI for DCS World – Official Thread

[BuzyBee]

On 9/19/2024 at 4:54 PM, Bankler said:

@Vyrtuoz

It looks like the AGM-84 SLAM-ER is not being properly recorded in multiplayer. On the server tacview it seems to just carry on forward, while on the client of whoever fired the missile, the path is properly recorded and you see the missile connecting with its target.

Hi, this kind of thing happens sometimes on a busy multiplayer server. DCS sometimes fails to correctly export all of the data related to every single thing that is happening on the server side and there may be minor discrepancies.

If you think something more serious than this is going on you can send your files to support@tacview.net and we will take a closer look.

[Vettefan]

Hey! Is it a faulty setting on my end or is Fuel weight and FF not recorded in Multiplayer (flying the F/A-18 Hornet on Caucasus)?

Also, when I put in the setting "do not switch distance to feet" it still shows the distance between the carrier and me in feet...

 

I'm using the free version of Tacview.  Anyone has any good idea? Thanks

 

Update #1: Offline, Marianas map, Hornet = also no Fuel and FF readings in Tacview

Update #2: Bought a license, still no change re. FF, Fuel weight and distance in nm

Update #3: DCS settings under “Special” seem to be correct, capturing all data for Tacview

Edited October 6, 2024 by Vettefan

[BuzyBee]

On 10/6/2024 at 6:18 AM, Vettefan said:

Hey! Is it a faulty setting on my end or is Fuel weight and FF not recorded in Multiplayer (flying the F/A-18 Hornet on Caucasus)?

Also, when I put in the setting "do not switch distance to feet" it still shows the distance between the carrier and me in feet...

 

I'm using the free version of Tacview.  Anyone has any good idea? Thanks

 

Update #1: Offline, Marianas map, Hornet = also no Fuel and FF readings in Tacview

Update #2: Bought a license, still no change re. FF, Fuel weight and distance in nm

Update #3: DCS settings under “Special” seem to be correct, capturing all data for Tacview

 

Hi,

Unfortunately fuel info is only available on certain aircraft and F/A-18 Hornet is not one of them.

Make sure you have selected Units → Imperial - Aircraft (nm) or (mi) along with Do not switch distance to feet to get the desired result. (The option Units → Imperial - Data Analysis (mi) and (nm) are always in feet.)

[Vettefan]

5 hours ago, BuzyBee said:

Hi,

Unfortunately fuel info is only available on certain aircraft and F/A-18 Hornet is not one of them.

Make sure you have selected Units → Imperial - Aircraft (nm) or (mi) along with Do not switch distance to feet to get the desired result. (The option Units → Imperial - Data Analysis (mi) and (nm) are always in feet.)

Thanks for your reply and your explanation.

[BuzyBee]

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Happy flying!

[RubberDogSh1tOutOfHKG]

In the free version you cannot zoom out that much, how much can you zoom out in the standard version?

Thank you

[BuzyBee]

On 12/25/2024 at 11:07 AM, RubberDogSh1tOutOfHKG said:

In the free version you cannot zoom out that much, how much can you zoom out in the standard version?

Thank you

In the Standard version you can zoom out the same amount as in the free version. To zoom out all the way you need Tacview Advanced. It's a feature called Strategic View. See here for the full breakdown of features per version: https://tacview.fandom.com/wiki/Features

[BuzyBee]

Check out this DCS Tacview Online Parser by Fotios Zafeiriou (aka Cosmokrator)! http://www.cosmokrator.org/online_parser.php

Edited January 10 by BuzyBee
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[blihp]

howdy all, is there a way to work out how long i have been flying in mp from scraping the data from a folder of tacview files? i can see the pilots log from within DCS but that doesnt count MP. 

[Lixma 06]

I can't get IAS to show on the selected object label.

TAS and CAS show up ok.

[Pillowcat]

Distances and bearings to objects recorded in DCS seems to calculated differently than to manually added objects (bombs in example pic):

Spoiler

pic shows: bearing from object1 to manually added object2 (bomb) is 359.9° and distance is 19969m, but bearing and distance from object1 to more closer and righter eastern trolleybus (not manually added) is somehow 354.1° and 20001m

Edited February 12 by Pillowcat

[BuzyBee]

On 2/12/2025 at 12:10 AM, Lixma 06 said:

I can't get IAS to show on the selected object label.

TAS and CAS show up ok.

Hi, IAS is read from the cockpit so it is only available for some aircraft and then only if it is the piloted aircraft.

[BuzyBee]

On 2/12/2025 at 5:06 PM, Pillowcat said:

Distances and bearings to objects recorded in DCS seems to calculated differently than to manually added objects (bombs in example pic):

pic shows: bearing from object1 to manually added object2 (bomb) is 359.9° and distance is 19969m, but bearing and distance from object1 to more closer and righter eastern trolleybus (not manually added) is somehow 354.1° and 20001m

Hi, can you please share the ACMI file? Send it to support@tacview.net for a quicker response.

[Lixma 06]

13 minutes ago, BuzyBee said:

Hi, IAS is read from the cockpit so it is only available for some aircraft and then only if it is the piloted aircraft.

Sorry if I wasn't clear - I meant my own aircraft (shown in picture).

[Pillowcat]

On 2/17/2025 at 4:55 PM, BuzyBee said:

Hi, can you please share the ACMI file? Send it to support@tacview.net for a quicker response.

Hello, here it is: Tacview-20250211-025506-DCS-tmp_edtd.zip.acmi

[BuzyBee]

On 2/17/2025 at 9:01 AM, Lixma 06 said:

Sorry if I wasn't clear - I meant my own aircraft (shown in picture).

Hi, if that's the MIG-29A from Flaming Cliffs, and you were piloting that aircraft, IAS should be available. By any chance did a server record this? The IAS would be unavailable in that case.

[BuzyBee]

On 2/18/2025 at 6:02 PM, Pillowcat said:

Hello, here it is: Tacview-20250211-025506-DCS-tmp_edtd.zip.acmi

Okay I see the issue. DCS World is a flat earth and Tacview is a spherical earth. Objects added by DCS World contain 2D coordinates which Tacview uses in priority. Objects added in Tacview use 3D coordinates. So there will be a discrepancy.

[Lixma 06]

3 hours ago, BuzyBee said:

Hi, if that's the MIG-29A from Flaming Cliffs, and you were piloting that aircraft, IAS should be available. By any chance did a server record this? The IAS would be unavailable in that case.

It was recorded on my own PC. Here's one from just now in an F-16

[L4key]

Hi, can you use Tacview to jump back into a previously failed mission at a certain point?

[Captain Orso]

5 hours ago, L4key said:

Hi, can you use Tacview to jump back into a previously failed mission at a certain point?

Only within Tacview for watching it again inside Tacview.

Absolutely nothing can allow you to start a mission from a fixed point-in-time.

What you could do--but which might go spectacularly wrong--is load a DCS Track file and replay it up to the point-in-time when you want to take control again. When at the point when you want to take over, press <Esc> and in the menu, click on [Take Control]. This will put you into the cockpit and give you control over your aircraft.

Only works with SP missions. You can only run that last mission you started, unless you save it manually at the end of the mission, or before you start a new SP mission, rename the 'LastMissionTrack.trk' file in 'c:\Users\username\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Tracks\' to some other useful name, otherwise it will be overwritten. In the main menu, select Replay and then select this file to replay.

The problem is in what track files actually record. They record every control input you make from start to end, and everything the AI did with AI units. The problem is that the calculations are so complex when flying or when running the replay, that over time it is almost certain that some minor variations slip into the way your aircraft actually reacts to inputs, and minor variations build over time into huge major variations (butterfly-affect), like instead of you pulling up in time on a bombing run, your replay aircraft instead noses straight into the ground. Been-there-done-that.

You can try it, but I make no guarantees of success.

PS When you take over, be sure to set all your controller lever and switch settings to exactly they way they were at the point-in-time when you take over, otherwise you may immediately experience catastrophic... experiences, like when at mach 1.15 your landing gear suddenly drops.

Good luck

[BuzyBee]

On 2/24/2025 at 5:11 PM, Lixma 06 said:

It was recorded on my own PC. Here's one from just now in an F-16

Hi, I just thought of something, are you using Tacview Starter? IAS is considered a part of "Advanced Telemetry" since it comes from the cockpit and is not calculated simply from the position of the plane unlike the other properties showing on your label. Advanced Telemetry is a feature of Tacview Standard and Tacview Advanced. https://tacview.fandom.com/wiki/Features

[Lixma 06]

4 hours ago, BuzyBee said:

Hi, I just thought of something, are you using Tacview Starter? IAS is considered a part of "Advanced Telemetry" since it comes from the cockpit and is not calculated simply from the position of the plane unlike the other properties showing on your label. Advanced Telemetry is a feature of Tacview Standard and Tacview Advanced. https://tacview.fandom.com/wiki/Features

That'll be it. Thanks!

[MirabelleBenou]

Hello !

Is there any way to run Tacview on Ubuntu or any linux OS ?

Thanks !

[BuzyBee]

On 4/18/2025 at 6:00 PM, MirabelleBenou said:

Hello !

Is there any way to run Tacview on Ubuntu or any linux OS ?

Thanks !

Hi, Tacview 2 will be able to run on macOS and Linux. While it is developed on Windows, its engine is fully portable and runs well on Linux, including Ubuntu, Debian, and even Raspberry Pi. https://www.tacview.net/documentation/tacview2faq/en/

[MirabelleBenou]

32 minutes ago, BuzyBee said:

Hi, Tacview 2 will be able to run on macOS and Linux. While it is developed on Windows, its engine is fully portable and runs well on Linux, including Ubuntu, Debian, and even Raspberry Pi. https://www.tacview.net/documentation/tacview2faq/en/

Hello. Yes I saw that already

My question was more related to the current release as TacView 2 is not yet available.

Thanks.