F/A-18C Pilot Kneeboard

[BrassEm]

G'day,

 

Many thanks to ED for including the pilot in the cockpit. I think it is vital for VR immersion.

 

The kneeboard for me came up with the default "missing texture" image on the pilots left thigh.

 

I know that the Hornet is very much a work in progress, but now that I am starting to build missions for the Hornet I wanted to put mission info on the kneeboard but couldn't in its present state. So for the missing texture... why?

 

A quick check of the .EDM did show an entry "pilot_f18_fp_kneeboard". Excellent! Check the FA-18C-CPT-TEXTURES.zip and its not there. Confirmed with the log entry from loading a mission;

 

2018-06-11 02:13:07.693 ERROR_ONCE DX11BACKEND: texture 'pilot_f18_fp_kneeboard' not found. Asked from 'NGMODEL'

 

WARNING: Use at your own discretion. The next process requires modifying a default file. Back it up before modifying it.

 

Lets add it in...

 

Created a 768x1024 .dds texture file, and added this to the FA-18C-CPT-TEXTURES.zip file.

 

Success!

 

IMPORTANT: The FA-18C-CPT-TEXTURES.zip is read on the first DCS World load. Any change to the .zip will not stick until DCS World is exited and started again. (Unless anyone knows how to force a reload of the .zip without closing DCS? Just closing Mission editor does not force a reload.)

 

(I've tried putting the .dds by itself into "saved games" and in a FA-18C-CPT-TEXTURES directory using the full pathway, but it did not find the "missing" .dds.)

Edited June 16, 2018 by BrassEm
Added info on updating a change to the kneepad.

[Pliph]

Hi BrassEm,

I basically followed your instructions by setting up a new 768x1024 in Photoshop. Into the new layer, copy across a page from a check list and save it as 'pilot_F18_FP_kneeboard.dds' which is then moved in to the main cockpit texture zip file.

'...\\DCS World OpenBeta2.5\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Cockpit\Textures'

 

 

[Ala12Rv-Muscat]

dont work here... any help? i follow the instructions but dont work

[Gizmondo]

You dont need to do all this stuff. Just put it in temptextures,

 

I've already made kneeboards for the hornet:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301647/

 

 

you can put anything you want

save it as DDS at the right size and the right name

[BrassEm]

@Gizmondo

Nice work! Do they get flushed on an update?

[Gizmondo]

@Gizmondo

Nice work! Do they get flushed on an update?

no! if you put in temptextures it will stay even with updates

[SimHog]

@Gizmondo ...

 

 

What if I wanted to have multiple pages on the kneeboard how would that work?

[Steel Jaw]

You dont need to do all this stuff. Just put it in temptextures,

 

I've already made kneeboards for the hornet:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301647/

 

 

you can put anything you want

save it as DDS at the right size and the right name

 

Cheers

[Mnemonic]

You dont need to do all this stuff. Just put it in temptextures,

 

I've already made kneeboards for the hornet:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301647/

 

 

you can put anything you want

save it as DDS at the right size and the right name

 

Thanks Gizmondo!

Very useful!

[strikerdg]

So I downloaded gizmondo’s mod.. how exactly do you install it? This stuff is slightly tough for new guys haha

[strikerdg]

Disregard figured it out.. needed to have winzip or something like it.. came compresses. Instructions work with that thanks.

[mehksauce]

You dont need to do all this stuff. Just put it in temptextures,

 

I've already made kneeboards for the hornet:

https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3301647/

 

 

you can put anything you want

save it as DDS at the right size and the right name

 

have u figure out how to put multiple pictures ?

[Razor18]

How can I have a pilots body visible in a first place?...

 

EDIT: Disregard, found it RShift P (if available for the modul)

Edited December 22, 2020 by Razor18