Mission Building - Can you pre-set aircraft parameters?

[orcrist]

Hi folks.

 

As per title, is there any way to set up certain parts of the aircraft in the mission editor by a script or other mod? Specifically I am looking to turn the F18 Low Altitude warning to zero at the start of a mission, to save having to adjust it manually as I fly in VR and this mission starts at 400kn at 300ft, and I don't want it beeping the whole time.

 

Thanks

[Grimes]

Yes, but it isn't very practical if you plan on using it a lot. The gist is to use the trigger action "X: Set Command with Value" at or learn mission start. Another part of the impracticality of it is figuring out what the command Id for a given instrument should be. I recommend looking through the training missions that cover the instrument and trying to figure it out that way.

[WytchCrypt]

I do it both when I fly the Hornet and the Su33. It's a great way to initialize my aircraft to all the settings I want to begin a mission with (interior lights on high, exterior lights on, etc). In the Hornet I even use it to press the LDDI & RDDI buttons to setup waypoint mode on the left and radar mode on the right etc. Once I configure all my startup commands I set up template missions for the Caucasus, Nevada & Normandy then build my regular missions on top of them. Discovering the command ID for a given option really isn't that hard...you just change line 4 of the \Program Files\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World\MissionEditor\MissionEditor.lua file to true. Then start DCS and open the options->controls screen for your specific aircraft. Hover your mouse over any command and the popup tooltip will give you the command id...

 

Anyway, here's a thread that explains how to make it happen :smilewink:

 

https://forums.eagle.ru/forum/englis...-mission-start

[orcrist]

Great, thankyou both very much. I’m figuring this out on my personal machine prior to going with a commercial dcs license, as I can’t expect non regular players to know how to automate some of this stuff, and need to set it at mission start.

[Rudel_chw]

Great, thankyou both very much. I’m figuring this out on my personal machine prior to going with a commercial dcs license, as I can’t expect non regular players to know how to automate some of this stuff, and need to set it at mission start.

 

The cockpit triggers commands are meant for use on training missions, I’m not sure if they work the same on a Multiplayer environment. But you can certainly try them to see if they work.