Transfer steerpoints from the F10 map into the aircraft - DCS: The Way

[tmansteve]

What an update. Fantastic kit. Only thing I have a problem with is the Green circle. Like Malarcky, I find it too bright and I have difficulty seeing it. Apart from that, brilliant work.

 

Cheers

[Airbarba]

Bravo,greaaaaaaat job here,well done,thx!

So only F16I not other MODS in Sufa package?!

Edited April 20, 2023 by Airbarba

[DaveFlies]

Getting CDU input error in the a10c II when I transfer to DCS.

 

am I doing something wrong?

[Comrade Doge]

10 minutes ago, DaveFlies said:

Getting CDU input error in the a10c II when I transfer to DCS.

 

am I doing something wrong?

Make sure you are on the latest version, and have replaced your old TheWay.lua file with the latest one. If it still persists, PM me with a video of the behavior and I will take a look.

[DaveFlies]

7 minutes ago, Comrade Doge said:

Make sure you are on the latest version, and have replaced your old TheWay.lua file with the latest one. If it still persists, PM me with a video of the behavior and I will take a look.

Thank you for the quick reply. Everything is up to date. I actually just loaded up Caucasus to try again and it proceeded to work just fine and I didn’t get any input errors on CDU. Last time I was getting error on CDU I was on the Persian Gulf map. Not sure if that makes a difference. 
 

kids woke up from their naps so I will try again later on Persian Gulf and see if I’m getting same problem as before. If I continue to have a problem I’ll screen record and send you a video of what’s going on. 

[norman99]

Fantastic mod, absolutely love it. I only have one suggestion. Would it be possible to have the user select the first waypoint number that The Way uses to insert its waypoints?

For example, a lot of MP servers will have waypoints already setup, such as WP 1-14. It would be great if I could select WP 15 as the first place The Way starts inserting data, so I'm not overriding any mission data already present, rather just adding to the waypoint list at a selectable point?

[norman99]

Disregard the above, I've found a solution.

In the Hornet, if you create the waypoint sequence you want first, and box it, then The Way will add its data to the waypoints in the current sequence, rather than starting at waypoint 1. It does however skip the first waypoint in the sequence, so add an additional waypoint to make it work. For example, if you need 4 waypoints, make sure there's 5 in your desired sequence.

eg. 15-16-17-18-19. Then just delete waypoint 15 from the sequence to have 16-19 programed correctly.

If everyone already knows this, I apologise.

[Airbarba]

17 hours ago, Airbarba said:

Bravo,greaaaaaaat job here,well done,thx!

So only F16I not other MODS in Sufa package?!

 

Just checked ,yes only F16I Sufa ,does it depend of Sufa version 3.6?3.7?

Thx

[andyfoot]

Firstly, fantastic addon to this awesome sim. Works a treat for me now in V2, couldn't get V1 working, don't know why? Anyway, how do you get the window back after you minimize it? I can't find any instructions on what the keybind is to bring it back.

[Comrade Doge]

1 hour ago, andyfoot said:

Firstly, fantastic addon to this awesome sim. Works a treat for me now in V2, couldn't get V1 working, don't know why? Anyway, how do you get the window back after you minimize it? I can't find any instructions on what the keybind is to bring it back.

V1 will not work anymore after you've changed the .lua files for V2. They are not backwards compatible. When you minimize V2, you should see it in the taskbar again, just alt tab back in.

[andyfoot]

Thank you

[buur]

@Comrade Dogethanks for the great program it is very helpful. 

Have you ever think about a TheWayBoard? A kind of kneebord with all the Waypoints added by your program?

Also I like that we can import waypoints from other player or other sources. Very helpful. A couple of weeks ago I made an extensions with the fixes in the Marianas area. You can found it here: 

And here I have also attached a "tw" file with this fixes so you have easy access to this point and you can easily integrate them into your flight plan.

MARIANASfixes.tw

[buur]

@Comrade Doge an other question: Is it possible to get the coordinates from the IP (initial points) which we can add in the mission editor?
It would be very handy if we are possible to add them to our flight plan.

[greyeagle787]

Hello Comrade Doge, Just downloaded this great looking mod but I keep getting "No connection to DCS". I retyped in the new lua edit line twice and no luck. I will attach the lua file. Hope you can help. Thanks

TheWay.lua

[Comrade Doge]

7 minutes ago, greyeagle787 said:

Hello Comrade Doge, Just downloaded this great looking mod but I keep getting "No connection to DCS". I retyped in the new lua edit line twice and no luck. I will attach the lua file. Hope you can help. Thanks

TheWay.lua 5.13 kB · 0 downloads

Hi, you shouldn't add that line in the TheWay.lua file, but rather in the Export.lua file. Try this, and if you're still facing difficulty, PM me on the forums

[Amarok_73]

9 minutes ago, greyeagle787 said:

Hope you can help.

Attach Your Export.lua file too.

Edited April 27, 2023 by Amarok_73

[greyeagle787]

5 minutes ago, Comrade Doge said:

Hi, you shouldn't add that line in the TheWay.lua file, but rather in the Export.lua file. Try this, and if you're still facing difficulty, PM me on the forums

Oh, Man. It's late and that went right by me. Thanks!

[greyeagle787]

OK, got everything going now except for the keyboard shortcuts Ctrl+Shft+S to save, etc  don't seem to work, do I have to be in VR?

[skywalker22]

There is some issue with this app, it stops working by it self, and disappears from task manager, but the shape of it stays (just gray window). I have seen this few times by now.

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I can also move this window around the desktop. If I start the app all over again, it opens another instance of the app (new windows), but I get this error warning dialog box:

[Potato]

On 4/18/2023 at 6:09 AM, Comrade Doge said:

Please PM me the full Expprt.lua file

There were no export.lua anywhere. I had to create it manually with the contentt in my second screenshot 

 

 

 

//update:

I've updated DCS some days ago and tried it today for the first time again and the connection is finally working  

I changed nothing at all. A Norton update could also have been the reason

Edited April 30, 2023 by Potato

[tmansteve]

Can anyone tell me if 2 people in multiplayer who already have waypoints in mission, can they enter new waypoints using TheWay.

Cheers

[TAIPAN_]

8 hours ago, tmansteve said:

Can anyone tell me if 2 people in multiplayer who already have waypoints in mission, can they enter new waypoints using TheWay.

Cheers

Yes, it will add waypoints after the last waypoint.

2 people will need two separate installs of theway

[JIGGAwest]

For the life of me, I can not get the waypoint transfers to work in the Apache.

If there are no waypoints or already waypoints, I get the same typeover error.

It seems to never save a waypoint and just continuously types over the first.

Could I be doing something wrong here?

 

v2 theway.lua , export.lua line is added. 

Edited May 1, 2023 by JIGGAwest

[Gremlin17]

anyone got any tips on how to use this with the harrier, specifically with entering target waypoints for JDAMs? Thanks.

[TheLongShanks]

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