already available Kneeboard in VR

[MattM1121]

Greetings,

I've been looking at some posts about the kneeboard feature and was wondering if this feature is enabled in VR. If not how do people get at airport/ATC freq data?

Thanks,

-Matt

[Hoirtel]

Kneeboard pages are currently one of the forgotten corners of DCS core. The only way to use it is DIY, or via an external mod. Still surprises me but that's the way it is for now. 

There is a great user file which gives all the map data for each map as a kneeboard page(s). This is the quickest workaround but obviously not specific to any mission. Integration with dcs also varies depending on the map which isn't helpful!

Edited November 18, 2021 by Hoirtel

[Coole28]

I’m unaware of any issues with VR and bringing up the kneeboard, it works perfectly fine for me w/o any mods or DIY workarounds.  Hitting your kneeboard binding should bring up the kneeboard as a UI overlay in front of you, roughly in the location were the communication options are when you communicate with ATC or ground crew.

I use the Oculus Quest 2.  It’s got some issues with DCS, but kneeboards isn’t one of them.

[pete_auau]

using  vr  too  and have  no  issue  without  using  a mod  to bring  up the  kneeboard

[Hoirtel]

Yeah apologies. I may have misread your question. Kneeboard certainly works, but by default is limited to the lack of information which DCS provides. Some 3rd party modules have some nice extra bits. I was sort of answering the Q about getting airports and freq data, as there is currently no way to actually add data to a kneeboard unless you make your own png pages outside of DCS (DIY) or use a mod (VIacom + others I can't remember)

Or you can use a premade user file kneeboard card which is a quick DIY version. I am sure ED have something better in the works but I would love it if they would put a text box in the ME that allows text to appear on a kneeboard page for that mission. We could then work with it. Currently the briefing appears only on the ESC briefing menu so not possible to add in co-ords or frequencies from there. If you create a mission with your own tacans, tanker frequencies etc there is no way to read these from anywhere once the mission has started, and no-where to record these details for the kneeboard, hence "forgotten corner". Not a game breaker, but a shame and not something I have never seen appear on a roadmap either. Workarounds are available. I always now include the freq and tacan in my unit names so they are at least available in the f10 menu. Sometimes I may forget to write them into word file, save as png, then add to the relevant aircraft kneeboard folders in saved games. 

Edited November 19, 2021 by Hoirtel

[MattM1121]

Thanks for the information. I've been testing out the usage.

I found that I can set up a specific kneeboard per aircraft. Is it possible to set up kneeboards per map? I found some kneeboard charts and freqs and such and also want to add some ILS procedures. Is there a way to load specific to a map? If so how would you do that?

Also, is there a way to persist pin's across sessions so I don't have to pin specific bookmarks each time I start up?

Thanks again for the info.

-Matt

[Shiroka]

On 11/19/2021 at 9:13 AM, MattM1121 said:

Thanks for the information. I've been testing out the usage.

I found that I can set up a specific kneeboard per aircraft. Is it possible to set up kneeboards per map? I found some kneeboard charts and freqs and such and also want to add some ILS procedures. Is there a way to load specific to a map? If so how would you do that?

Also, is there a way to persist pin's across sessions so I don't have to pin specific bookmarks each time I start up?

Thanks again for the info.

-Matt

I use VR Kneeboard as a separate app. Works really well and can have tabs set up.

 

 

[Hoirtel]

On 11/19/2021 at 3:13 PM, MattM1121 said:

Thanks for the information. I've been testing out the usage.

I found that I can set up a specific kneeboard per aircraft. Is it possible to set up kneeboards per map? I found some kneeboard charts and freqs and such and also want to add some ILS procedures. Is there a way to load specific to a map? If so how would you do that?

Also, is there a way to persist pin's across sessions so I don't have to pin specific bookmarks each time I start up?

Thanks again for the info.

-Matt

Yes, sort of. For most maps there is a folder inside the map files called kneeboard which you can add these pages to, these will show up for all aircraft on that specific map. However this is currently broken for syria and several other maps you need to add this folder in as it isn't there natively. For caucasus and nevada these folder also contain the many airfield charts you see which is nice but I find too many to cycle through, you can delete them but they re-appear on patches and repairs. 

This is an example of why I said the kneeboard is a forgotten corner in DCS, unless you use a mod, probably like the one above.

[jaylw314]

On 11/19/2021 at 7:13 AM, MattM1121 said:

Thanks for the information. I've been testing out the usage.

I found that I can set up a specific kneeboard per aircraft. Is it possible to set up kneeboards per map? I found some kneeboard charts and freqs and such and also want to add some ILS procedures. Is there a way to load specific to a map? If so how would you do that?

Also, is there a way to persist pin's across sessions so I don't have to pin specific bookmarks each time I start up?

Thanks again for the info.

-Matt

Don't forget DCSkneeboardbuilder.  It allows you to manage all the various kneeboard images and import PDF documents easily.

Incidentally, there are 4 categories of kneeboard that are lumped together in your DCS kneeboard:

• Global
• Map-specific
• Aircraft-specific
• Mission-specific

Each folder is located in a different location, which is annoying but the above app allows you to add and remove images easily to each folder