Labels in VR.

[aceviper]

Just flew the quick start A10C CAS mission in Normandy in the rift.

The labels are a mess to be honest.

Its probably been suggested before but how about .....1(one) description for the same vehicles in a group and the rest as dots only!!......Instead of the overlapping descriptions currently.

 

Btw this mission was a staggerfest before but after putting DCS 2.1 on a brand new 480gb ssd

its at least playable in VR.

[dburne]

Ya the labels are way too big currently in VR.

[JallieFR]

is ther a way or a mod ... to minimize the font size for VR flight ?

 

Labels are too big currently in VR.

[VampireNZ]

is ther a way or a mod ... to minimize the font size for VR flight ?

 

Labels are too big currently in VR.

 

Yes there is, the labels.lua is highly editable with Notepad++ with options to remove the descriptive text, change the colour, transparency, text character, size of text, location on target, range sets etc.

 

My personal labels are a small transparent grey dot for all contacts sitting perfectly on top of the target that fades out as the range decreases. Perfect.

 

Try this for a start. Edit: Dot location should be directly over target in this version.

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3163055&postcount=12

 

Will re-post my labels when I have access to my PC, or just have a play with that one. I use grey for all targets to remove the 'cheat' element.

Edited August 3, 2017 by VampireNZ

[aceviper]

Yes there is, the labels.lua is highly editable with Notepad++ with options to remove the descriptive text, change the colour, transparency, text character, size of text, location on target, range sets etc.

 

My personal labels are a small transparent grey dot for all contacts sitting perfectly on top of the target that fades out as the range decreases. Perfect.

 

Try this for a start. You may need to tweak the location of the dot (the last number for each label) as i think it has changed since I did those labels, now use -3 for vertical I think?

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3163055&postcount=12

 

Will re-post my labels when I have access to my PC, or just have a play with that one. I use grey for all targets to remove the 'cheat' element.

 

 

:thumbup:Will give it a bash..cheers

[JallieFR]

Yes there is, the labels.lua is highly editable with Notepad++ with options to remove the descriptive text, change the colour, transparency, text character, size of text, location on target, range sets etc.

 

My personal labels are a small transparent grey dot for all contacts sitting perfectly on top of the target that fades out as the range decreases. Perfect.

 

Try this for a start. You may need to tweak the location of the dot (the last number for each label) as i think it has changed since I did those labels, now use -3 for vertical I think?

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=3163055&postcount=12

 

Will re-post my labels when I have access to my PC, or just have a play with that one. I use grey for all targets to remove the 'cheat' element.

 

 

thanks a lot

I am gonna try this today ;)

[Knock-Knock]

Can edit this in the labels.lua, if you just want a smaller font

 

font_properties =  {"DejaVuLGCSans.ttf", 9, 0, 0, 0}

The 9 here, lower that. I think 13 is default.

If you dont have it in your saved games folder, copy it from the DCS installation, then it wont get overwritten every time you update.

 

return {"","CenterCenter", blending or 1.0 , opacity  or 0.1}

In line 58 in my lua, the first "" has a ? default. I had to remove that, or I would get a ? displaying at a certain distance. Not sure why.

 

This is my 1.57 label file, it just shows a small dark dot for all targets, no matter their coalition. Works really well for VR I think, for both air and ground targets.

Might work for 2.1.1 too, havent tried.

 

But dump it in the respective C:\Users\Your name\Saved Games\DCS\Config\View

Labels.lua

[Mule]

I recently switched to the labels mod as suggested. I think it's really good. Strikes a balance between not feeling like a cheat and having a bit of situational awareness.

 

Great for dogfighting etc.

[VirusAM]

it is not working for me anymore in 2.5...do someone has thes same issue?

[ram0506]

Finding a solution to alter the labels would be very helpful. Anyone knows how to do that in 2.5 ?

[Mr_sukebe]

Running without now, but when I did have them and found them in the way, I use Voiceattack to turn them on/off. Worked a treat.

[toutenglisse]

? the labels.lua file still work with 2.5OB.

You have to put the file in : DCS.openbeta\config\view\ in your users folder (view has to be created)

Here is the file I use, it has not been altered with 2.5OB :

[ram0506]

? the labels.lua file still work with 2.5OB.

You have to put the file in : DCS.openbeta\config\view\ in your users folder (view has to be created)

Here is the file I use, it has not been altered with 2.5OB :

 

Thanks! I was aware of the labels.lua file, but I didn`t know how to change it. For VR I´m now using the " ' " symbol for all units and distances.:thumbup:

[VirusAM]

? the labels.lua file still work with 2.5OB.

You have to put the file in : DCS.openbeta\config\view\ in your users folder (view has to be created)

Here is the file I use, it has not been altered with 2.5OB :

I don't use Vr but in 1.5 and 2.2 I was using this label file which doesn't seem to work now....I don't know maybe the dots are rendered too little (I use 2560x1440 res but it was the same in 1.5) and I cannot see them....I tried to increase pixel number from 10 to 20 but I still can't see them....

 

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[toutenglisse]

VirusAM maybe you can try another symbol than the dot ? I use chevron (^) downcentered and it's also well visible with my screen (but 1080p). But I think something is not working on your side because even using dot is visible for me (VR and 1080p)

[VirusAM]

VirusAM maybe you can try another symbol than the dot ? I use chevron (^) downcentered and it's also well visible with my screen (but 1080p). But I think something is not working on your side because even using dot is visible for me (VR and 1080p)

Yes I will try and let you guys know

 

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