SDsc0rch Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 (edited) i organize the missions i build in to folders my custom loadouts don't always appear sometimes i see all of my custom loadouts... but sometimes i see this... as you can imagine this can be frustrating to me can someone explain this to me? where should my "loadout files" be stored? (are they even a thing? how can i find them??) or should i use a better directory structure? (parent-child?) just help me work "with" the system - help me understand thx Edited March 27, 2017 by SDsc0rch i7-4790K | Asus Sabertooth Z97 MkI | 16Gb DDR3 | EVGA GTX 980 | TM Warthog | MFG Crosswind | Panasonic TC-58AX800U [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
feefifofum Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 I can't see what airframe you're using because the pictures won't show up, but: If it happens to be one of the newer, oft updated airframes I've found that prepatch custom loadouts tend to break. The M-2000C has been the main culprit on my end but I would expect to see the same from the F5, Viggen, etc. Any time there is a patch that affects the ordnance of these aircraft it's a good idea to rebuild any custom loadouts you use to jive with the new weapon tables. This is especially prevalent in missions with limited ordnance...anything that's been updated will appear as a blank space in the list and will not be accessible in the resource editor. THE GEORGIAN WAR - OFFICIAL F-15C DLC
Rudel_chw Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 i organize the missions i build in to folders my custom loadouts don't always appear sometimes i see all of my custom loadouts... ... but sometimes i see this... ... as you can imagine this can be frustrating to me can someone explain this to me? Hello, What happens is that the loadouts are classified in DCS by "role" ... so if for example you create a custom loadout for an A-10C that is set to a Role of "CAS", it will be saved for that Role only. Thus, if you then have a second A-10C unit but on the mission you set its role to "Ground Attack", the custom loadout that you created will not show on the list. where should my "loadout files" be stored? (are they even a thing? how can i find them??) The loadouts are stored in two places: 1) Within the program files, on the path \DCS World\MissionEditor\data\scripts\UnitPayloads ... there is a .lua file for each aircraft, that contains its default loadouts. 2) Within your Saved games, on the path \Saved Games\DCS World\MissionEditor\UnitPayloads ... there is a .lua file for every aircraft that you have created custom payloads for. What you see on the mission editor is the combination of these two files, but classified by the Role of the specific aircraft. or should i use a better directory structure? (parent-child?) How you store your missions have nothing to do with the loadouts at all. just help me work "with" the system - help me understand This is an old post, so the file paths are no longer valid, but it correctly describes how the payloads are stored on the lua files ... its a bit complicated but interesting reading nonetheless: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=79499 Best regards. 1 For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
SDsc0rch Posted March 27, 2017 Author Posted March 27, 2017 ohhhhhhh man i'm reading that other thread - thank you for pointing me in the right direction this kinda sucks - i don't think of loadouts as belonging to a task or mission area, i think of loadouts assigned to AIRCRAFT (sigh) nevertheless - thank you i7-4790K | Asus Sabertooth Z97 MkI | 16Gb DDR3 | EVGA GTX 980 | TM Warthog | MFG Crosswind | Panasonic TC-58AX800U [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]
Rudel_chw Posted March 27, 2017 Posted March 27, 2017 this kinda sucks - i don't think of loadouts as belonging to a task or mission area, i think of loadouts assigned to AIRCRAFT (sigh) However, you can assign to your aircraft the Task "Nothing", and this will put together all the loadouts available on one large list. I actually find this useful, since it simplifies the listing ... if I select the Task "antishipping" it will only shows those loadouts that make sense for the role, a much shorter list. Regards. For work: iMac mid-2010 of 27" - Core i7 870 - 6 GB DDR3 1333 MHz - ATI HD5670 - SSD 256 GB - HDD 2 TB - macOS High Sierra For Gaming: 34" Monitor - Ryzen 3600 - 32 GB DDR4 2400 - nVidia RTX2080 - SSD 1.25 TB - HDD 10 TB - Win10 Pro - TM HOTAS Cougar Mobile: iPad Pro 12.9" of 256 GB
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