Can the Mission Editor remember the last folder you used?

[Snacko]

Every time I open the mission that I am working on, I have to navigate to my mission folder. The game doesn't remember the folder where I opened my last mission. Annoying.. :cry:

 

I have the Stock and OB installed, so I have my missions in a separate folder so I don't have to keep track of 2 copies of the same missions. But DCS always starts in the root Missions folder of the version I am running.. and that's NOT where I have my missions.

 

Before the 'Open' Dialog windows were updated a few months ago, DCS used to remember my last mission folder. It worked that way for many years.

 

BTW, when you just open a Mission from the 'Mission' item on the Main Menu, it does remember the last folder where you opened a mission. Thanks!

[Rudel_chw]

Every time I open the mission that I am working on, I have to navigate to my mission folder. The game doesn't remember the folder where I opened my last mission. Annoying.. :cry:

 

I have the Stock and OB installed, so I have my missions in a separate folder so I don't have to keep track of 2 copies of the same missions. But DCS always starts in the root Missions folder of the version I am running.. and that's NOT where I have my missions.

 

What I did to solve that, was to replace the Missions folder of DCS with a hard link to the folder were I really wanted to keep my Missions, using the Command:

 

MKLINK /J Missions path-to-your-real-missions-folder

 

When done it looks like this:

 

 

The small arrow on the Missions folder means that it is actually a link somewhere else, on my case I store my missions on my cloud drive, on this way I have a permanent backup and version availability .. if I badly edit a mission I can easily return it to a prior version :)

 

You can use the same command on both of your /saved games/dcs.xx folders, thus sharing a common mission location for both.

 

I apply the same technique to the Config, Kneeboard, Liveries, ScreenShots and StaticTemplates folders :D

 

Cheers

Edited February 15, 2019 by Rudel_chw