How do I include image jpegs & custom mp3 files in a mission?

[skybaby68]

Hi. As the title asks. How do I go about incorporating user jpegs into a mission via mission editor?

With the IL-2 Great Battles user missions I created some VR interactive training missions that involved many custom jpeg & mp3s at given times & triggers etc.

Is this going to be achievable with the DCS mission editor.

It's my goal to create an interactive engine start training flight etc which would need jpegs (1200x720)at given times & accompanied with simple mp3's.

 

Any help, advice or reference material would be greatly appreciated. :thumbup:

[skybaby68]

Here's a couple of examples.

example01.jpg is a plate taken from my DCS Harrier startup project.

example02.jpg is a screenshot from one of my interactive training missions from the IL-2 mission editor.

I'll try and upload an example video to better explain what I mean.

Edited December 28, 2019 by skybaby68

[skybaby68]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l10QsKHE7cE&feature=youtu.be

 

A short video example. Ideally created to help the VR user & with the detailed start up sequences in DCs, these interactive realtime training scenarios would come in very handy indeed imo.

 

Any help would be greatly welcomed.

[Rudel_chw]

Hello,

 

First of all, the DCS Mission editor doesn't have the ability to display videos inside the Sim. Showing graphics files is also limited to the mission briefing.

 

You have to realize that DCS is very different from IL-2 in its approach to simulation .. on IL-2 you press a keyboard key to interact with the sim .. on DCS you click directly over the cockpit element you want to use.

 

So, what the mission editor has, is a function for highlighting cockpit elements, and another for detecting which position of that element has the user selected, and with those elements, plus the ability to play narrative, you build your training missions.

 

I suggest that you inspect some of the built-in training missions that dcs has, load them in the ME and see how they are built .. that will show you this much better than I can explain with just text.

 

Dont try to force the IL-2 approach onto DCS, they are too different for that to work .. instead, use the native DCS approach.

 

Best regards.

[skybaby68]

Hi thanks for your reply. I've been playing both DCS & IL-2 for years and do realise that they are both different in approach.

I don't wish to add video in a mission ... just images. I would find it staggering to know that this couldn't be done, given that you have access to a kneeboard etc.

All I wish to be able to do is create a personal interactive training video using the plates I've created & it was my idea to share my work to help other VR users in a realtime scenario.

I get that the cockpit is clickable.

I'm not trying to force any approach to anywhere as my interactive training missions for Il-2 wasn't really an 'IL-2' way.

Re your suggestion of loading up a training mission, thank you I will certainly try that but really wanted something so much more and thought that images in the mission environment were achievable but thank you for your info and time in replying

[BlacleyCole]

You can convert your jpeg files to png iirc that the kneeboard uses using a tool called kneeboard builder find a link in input output or one of its sub forums or one of he mod forums. This allows you to place the files in several places each has its own kneeboard folder overall I think is under the dcs directory th mission has it own kneeboard folder but you may need to create it the maps have their kneeboard folder each as do the aircraft. So in this case I would add them into the ac kneeboard folder. Dcs doesn’t use mp3s it uses oog files iirc I think they may be a way to convert them.

[feefifofum]

Kneeboard builder isn't necessary though it is convenient for resizing images for the kneeboard.

 

All you need to do is open the .miz file with 7Zip or a similar .zip editor and place the image files. They go in whatever.miz/KNEEBOARD/IMAGES

Optionally, you can further customize which aircraft types see which kneeboards (/KNEEBOARD/A-10C/IMAGES) so that you could include multiple airframes in a single tutorial without a ton of information overlap.

 

Sounds must be in .WAV or .egg format, and can be played through the SOUND TO ALL/SOUND TO GROUP or RADIO TRANSMISSION triggers.