Can't edit labels.lua

[schurem]

Howdy y'all,

 

I fly in VR and use labels to enhance the low resolution. I have built myself a weapon training mission to get used to bombing and shooting different targets. It works nicely. However, I found the ground labels to become a bit of a clutter if there are more of them in a small space. Therefore I wanted to edit the labels file. In /DCS/Config/View there's a labels.lua and a readme.txt that tells me to make a labels.lua in /Saved Games/DCS/Config/view and edit that one.

 

So i made some simple edits (changed only distances at first). The effect was unexpected: labels could no longer be turned on! So I reverted to the unedited version. Labels worked again! HUH!

As soon as I so much as *touch* the labels.lua file, it breaks the labels system.

 

I am using windows 10 notepad to do the edits.

 

What gives? Help me obi wan keforum!

Edited November 6, 2017 by schurem

[Черный Дракул]

I use Notepad++ for the edits. Works fine.

[schurem]

thanks man, that did it. Still weird that standard regular notepad frells the file somehow.

[wrl11]

windows notepad adds hidden formatting codes, but notepad++ does not.