editor enhancement

[Erpe]

Hi!

 

I finally put together my little editor mod that allows you to set a placement formation for ground units.

Currently there are the following presets:

 

• Line
  
• Rectangle
  
• Circle
  
• Star
  
• Scattered (randomly place units around)
  
• Vee
  
• Echelon Left
  
• Echelon Right
  

 

The start formation placement can be chosen below the heading input in the editor to the right.

 

Download:

I put together a ovgme repository also containing the warhead mod here:

http://dcs.oldsch00l.com/mods.xml

 

Or directly download it here:

http://dcs.oldsch00l.com/erpes_editor_enhancements.zip

 

Attached are a few sample screenshots of the formations.

 

As a note ED is totally allowed to integrate my modifications in DCS World, even without giving me any credit. :smilewink:

 

Cheers

[Kippy]

Fantastic, This will make putting together missions much easier. Rep inbound!

[Rowan]

That's pretty cool, thanks for sharing.

[Erpe]

updated for 1.5.6 + headings of the current vehicle will now copied to the rest of the group

[gpelfort]

Thanks a lot, would it be possible to add a spacing value between units selection ?

[uboats]

good job

[Erpe]

Thanks a lot, would it be possible to add a spacing value between units selection ?

 

Yes it would be possible, you can already rather easily change the default value in the me_vehicles.lua, line 572.

 

The thing I didn't put it in yet is I have no clue where I should put the input field. I rather don't want to rearrange the whole dialog, as this will make maintaining the mod a lot harder. Maybe I could put it below the initial checkbox. I will have a look.

[Erpe]

I updated the mod to work with the latest versions of DCS and also added a input field to change the distance.

Edited October 2, 2017 by Erpe
typo

[Automan]

Nice addition +1

Thanks

[Erpe]

updated for DCS 1.5.8

[shaggy]

Could this mod work with aircraft formations as well?

[NRG-Vampire]

Could this mod work with aircraft formations as well?

 

would be nice but seems it's only for ground units

[Erpe]

Could this mod work with aircraft formations as well?

 

No, this is just for easier initial setup of ground unit positions, once they start to move they will follow ED's formation rules

[Erpe]

updated to 2.5

[Automan]

Thanks :thumbup:

[gpelfort]

Nice job !