db_countries.lua

[speed-of-heat]

Edits to this file are no longer possible.

 

Is there a supported way to add nationalities/factions or units to existing or correct ranks of existing factions? 

[Fisherman82]

+1 Would like to know to

The files containing the units like USA.lua are gone also.

[Ansirial]

+1

Editing that file can enable US Navy and USMC with their ranks and awards

[agamemnon_b5]

I've been wondering what the point/purpose of them changing the files like that.

[Tippis]

1 minute ago, agamemnon_b5 said:

I've been wondering what the point/purpose of them changing the files like that.

It was shown how easy it was to data-mine weapon and vehicle stats and expose how bad and simplistic they were…

[speed-of-heat]

4 hours ago, agamemnon_b5 said:

I've been wondering what the point/purpose of them changing the files like that.

You can add units to factions, you can add new factions, you can correct ranks and rewards, you can add new squadrons to existing or new factions etc...

 

[Glow]

I made a little mod for experience gaining speed, to get medals much slower and longer flight times for ranks. 

 

Something for more ambitious pilots, the leveling was imo to fast. I was about to release this mod to public after longer test. Plus new medals images, stripes and unitis for Poland, those can be mod in 2.7 but not names, witch are without polish letters in DCS currently - bug!. Polish medal pictures comparing to US are ugly, I have no idea like someone accept those.

 

If EDs is not doing anything around this, would be a good thing to leave those doors open for moders. Maybe we can come with some more creative idea that would be beneficial for all the community.  However, if there is something is in the air... well I wish to know about it, but if not - PLEEEESSE LEAVE DB_COUNTRIES ALONE!  

 

Edited April 18, 2021 by Glow

[Mistermann]

39 minutes ago, Glow said:

If EDs is not doing anything around this, would be a good thing to leave those doors open for moders. Maybe we can come with some more creative idea that would be beneficial for all the community.  However, if there is something is in the air... well I wish to know about it, but if not - PLEEEESSE LEAVE DB_COUNTRIES ALONE!  

 

@BIGNEWY - any chance for an official comment on what/why the db_countries was encrypted?  Might ED consider opening this back up for modding?  There are several nice logbook mods out there that many of us use that rely on db_countries. 

Edited April 18, 2021 by Mistermann

[BIGNEWY]

I will ask.

 

thanks

[Mistermann]

Thank you, Sir!  o7

[speed-of-heat]

Thanks @BIGNEWY. the ranks thing is a little gauling...

Edited April 18, 2021 by speed-of-heat

[BIGNEWY]

db_countries will be editable again in a future patch

 

thanks

[Mistermann]

Wow!  That was fast!  Thanks for the great news!  

[speed-of-heat]

thanks BN

[Fisherman82]

27 minutes ago, BIGNEWY said:

db_countries will be editable again in a future patch

 

thanks

They also need to make the files containing the units editable, like USA.lua, they where in scripts\database\troops

[BIGNEWY]

7 minutes ago, Fisherman82 said:

They also need to make the files containing the units editable, like USA.lua, they where in scripts\database\troops

 

We will include it also.

thanks

[Texac]

20 minutes ago, Fisherman82 said:

They also need to make the files containing the units editable, like USA.lua, they where in scripts\database\troops

There was a lot more stuff in the Scripts/Database folder to which we have no access anymore for some reason. 

[agamemnon_b5]

12 hours ago, speed-of-heat said:

You can add units to factions, you can add new factions, you can correct ranks and rewards, you can add new squadrons to existing or new factions etc...

 

 

I don't understand where you're coming from.  I'm saying it was dumb for ED to encrypt it.

[Rudel_chw]

7 minutes ago, agamemnon_b5 said:

... I'm saying it was dumb for ED to encrypt it.

 

Yep .. that's the way to get ED to correct this issue 

[agamemnon_b5]

4 minutes ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

Yep .. that's the way to get ED to correct this issue 

 

I mean, if one little post from a junior poster put a damper in their motivations to remedy alienating popular non-game breaking mods that add things that should already be in the game to begin with,, they have bigger issues.

Edited April 18, 2021 by agamemnon_b5

[speed-of-heat]

23 minutes ago, agamemnon_b5 said:

 

I don't understand where you're coming from.  I'm saying it was dumb for ED to encrypt it.

whilst your second statement is clearer; i honestly thought you were saying you didn't understand why people wanted to make changes to the db_countries.lua file, rather than why users would want to... the tone of your second statement is not cool, if you don't understand that then, understand that dev's are people with feelings too. 

 

In either case ED are reverting the change, which is great to see!

[Eight Ball]

18 hours ago, BIGNEWY said:

db_countries will be editable again in a future patch

Any chance of seeing other db's make a come back (farp.lua, db_units_ground.lua, AB-212ASW.lua, etc) ?

[western_JPN]

May I request here about adding some aircraft types to some countries in db_countries.lua ?

 

One of my request is adding IL-76MD to LIBYA.

Libyan Air Force often charter commercial fleet's IL-76T/TD/M operated by Libyan Air Cargo or former Jamahiria Air Transport.