In game mission planner

[FalcoGer]

I would like an option, particularly for dynamic multiplayer, for a mission planner that is available when the aircraft is cold. It should allow for editing waypoints, threat/hazard points for aircraft that support them (F16, AH64), fix points, target points, update points, (multiple) flight plans, etc, (personal, but shareable) map drawings (with the option to save and restore/delete them from hard drive) - potentially loaded into cockpits that support them (F16, AH64), area markers, laser codes, comm settings (with the option to save them to disk and load later as presets).

This would fix the issue of having threat rings magically populate for example in the F16 but then unable to target them as PPT. I heard real pilots also use custom PPT with 0 range to mark airfields on their HSD, which could be handy. Instead you can place a limited number of PPT (according to the real capacity for them in the aircraft) manually or automatically (along the flight plan as priority if there are too many) if units are visible on the map, but in the end the player has a say in it and more importantly it's not magic.

Mission planning is important, but it can't be done in dynamic missions. This would fix that.

All data there should be able to be saved to disk (so you don't have to redo the whole thing if DCS decides that it is time for you to suddenly have 1 FPM (1 frame per minute) for a while, or you die in a horrific accident) with the option to delete it if outdated.

Edited October 15, 2021 by FalcoGer

[Northstar98]

Agreed, and this is an integral component of a DTC system, we can't really have one without the other.

It should preferably provide functionality to edit everything that's programmable in our aircraft, on a per aircraft basis (see this post for the F-16, at least AFAIK).

For aircraft that don't use a DTC system (like the Tomcat and F-5E), it could be used to update waypoints on the kneeboard and change radio presets, laser codes etc (basically everything under 'additional properties for aircraft').

In multiplayer, how I envisage it would work is you enter the lobby, select an aircraft (as you do now), and then when you hit fly, it takes you to the mission planner where you can edit everything applicable for the aircraft you're in, with the option to save it (as well as edit the filename, and delete it).

Edited October 15, 2021 by Northstar98