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F/A-18C MOD for Left DDI "ADV-" line Blanking out the whole row


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Here is how to remove the masking (the black box that extends right across the DDI).

 

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Navigate to

C:\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Cockpit\Scripts\Multipurpose_Display_Group\Common\indicator\Pages\MPD

 

open "CautAdvAndMenuPage.lua" (with Notepad++)

 

Scroll down to line 181 and edit to look like this

local AdvisoriesTotalSymbolsNum = 0

 

If the page you are on has text where the ADV- is they will both be visible and hence unreadable. Simply come back to the SUPT/TAC page to read them and clear the advisories

 

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If you want to move the "ADV-" line

Scroll down to line 14 of the same file "CautAdvAndMenuPage.lua"

 

local CautionsAdvisoriesPlaceholder = addPlaceholder("CautionsAdvisoriesPlaceholder", {-450, -412}, nil, {{"MPD_CautionsAdvisoriesVisibilityAndPos", 500}})

 

Adjust {-450, -412} values. First value is horizontal, second is vertical,from the centre of the DDI i believe.

The values I'm using at the moment (see pic) {-280, -440}

 

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Finally you may like to remove the blank spaces between different Advisories to shorten the overall length of the message (still separated by a comma)

Open "MPD_AdvisoriesDefs.lua" (with Notepad++) in the same directory listed above.

Scroll down to line 63 and comment out the lines 63 to 70 and it should look like this

--addAdvisory(" ") -- empty 2 spaces

--addAdvisory(" ") -- empty 3 spaces

--addAdvisory(" ") -- empty 4 spaces

--addAdvisory(" ") -- empty 5 spaces

--addAdvisory(" ") -- empty 6 spaces

--addAdvisory(" ") -- empty 7 spaces

--addAdvisory(" ") -- empty 8 spaces

--addAdvisory(" ") -- empty 9 spaces

 

 

I have flown a few flights and not noticed anything wrong, but if you backup the files first you have the origionals to place back in if anything does go wrong

OR

use JSGME/OvGME

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The Caution Line across the bottom of the MFD is Realistic.

I thought there was an issue with it being displayed constantly, when it should only appear under certain circumstances?

 

That's going back a while, but I don't remember seeing anything about it being changed. Happy to be corrected if I'm wrong.

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1) If you edit the core code in the game files, you will have to copy that LUA back to the folder after each DCS update unless you have a GME program to fix it.

 

2) That DDI is realistically presenting advisories and is designed the way it is in order to do just that.

 

Remember way back when, Wags suggested in one of his videos to not place the HSI (or any other important information page) on the left DDI for this reason. You can use that DDI for graphical data with minimal impact and for that, the Right DDI and Center AMPCD units for important textual display.

 

I personally use the left screen for Attack Radar only.

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Lovely thanks! Are you going to post the mod ready to instal on the user files section? If not I'll work on it a bit and publish it myself

 

Edit: thanks of the instruction too.. I made some further refining in position and removed the annoying "ADV-" and "BIT" text.. might remove the Autopilot warnings too. I'll fly a bit and see if those keeps annoying me.

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For default the line is SA page unreadable.

Using the instructions from the user LiveBait can be easily corrected, thank you very much.

 

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I made some further refining in position and removed the annoying "ADV-" and "BIT" text.. might remove the Autopilot warnings too. I'll fly a bit and see if those keeps annoying me.

 

FYI the BIT caution indicates there is something flashing on the bit page, this can be removed by pressing STOP on the BIT page. I have also heard it mentioned that the ADV- should be removed when there is no advisory along with the blanking bar.

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FYI the BIT caution indicates there is something flashing on the bit page, this can be removed by pressing STOP on the BIT page.

 

Thanks for the input, but at this point it's easier to leave it.

 

I have also heard it mentioned that the ADV- should be removed when there is no advisory along with the blanking bar.

 

Which makes perfect sense, but seems like ED is happy in it's current state sadly. Thankfully they leave us the option to fix it ourselves.

 

 

Also for anyone who's interested in the Mod I just uploaded it in the User Files and it'll be available in a couple of days. Available here now https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307951/


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Hold master caution to re-stack the caution messages. It’ll move them all to the lower right and out of the way, and get rid of the empty spaces.

 

Thanks for the info. Didn't know that about the Master Caution Button.

 

However, until ED changes the code and the Advisories and Cautions line disappears when no valid Advisories exist, this will remain a valid workaround for me.

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+1 for ED core code. Non realistic???.... this make my fly better experience. Its cool. For strange things we have RB that makes every day the experience worst.


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Thanks for the input, but at this point it's easier to leave it.

 

 

 

Which makes perfect sense, but seems like ED is happy in it's current state sadly. Thankfully they leave us the option to fix it ourselves.

 

 

Also for anyone who's interested in the Mod I just uploaded it in the User Files and it'll be available in a couple of days. Available here now https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/files/3307951/

 

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Considering this isn't realistic then no it shouldn't.

 

Realistic would be the ADV- line not showing at all if empty as per GB. But either ED refuses to change that or they simply have it so far down the prio list that it seems to take forever until it gets fixed, simply because literally everything else is more important.

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This mod must be in F18C core code. +1. Thx!!!

 

This Bar is a real life challenge that real pilots learn to overcome. Its modeled correctly.

 

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