Pause Menu - Message History Behavior

[Mistermann]

I'd like to propose additional behavior of the message history option on the pause menu.  First off, thanks for creating this behavior.  It is a lifesaver for me as a VR user.

When I pause the sim, the pause menu appears and I select the Messages History button.

Which brings up this screen

This is perfect.  BUT ... when I press the "CLOSE" button, I am returned to the cockpit with the sim still PAUSED.  This means I have to press ESC again, move the mouse to "RESUME" and select it.  Might I suggest this quality of life improvement?

Add a button to the left of "CLOSE" that reads "RESUME" or "CLOSE & RESUME" or something of the nature.  Pressing it, closes the Message History window and returns the player to the cockpit with the sim UNPAUSED.

Thanks for considering this change.

[spikenet]

this mod might give you nearly what you want, you still have to select message history but the game doesn't pause.

 

Is there a shortcut key for message history?

 

 

Edited June 3, 2022 by spikenet

[MAXsenna]

On 6/3/2022 at 10:58 AM, spikenet said:

this mod might give you nearly what you want, you still have to select message history but the game doesn't pause.

 

Is there a shortcut key for message history?

 

 

Not that I'm aware of. Would be very useful. For the time being I use a VoiceAttack command with a mouse click.  

[spikenet]

49 minutes ago, MAXsenna said:

For the time being I use a VoiceAttack command with a mouse click.

how does that work? I created a voiceattack command to show/hide the briefing

[MAXsenna]

On 6/7/2022 at 1:04 PM, spikenet said:

how does that work? I created a voiceattack command to show/hide the briefing

Have DCS open, enter a mission, press Escape so you have the menu open

In your VA profile, make new voice command, call it "Message History" or whatever 

Add Escspe as keypress, and under select mouse, mouse move

Click set position, hold it over the message history in the menu, press F8, and accept. 

Add a left mouse click. 

That's it. 

NB! I had to change position after they added the Message History, and some modules have the option of opening the manual, so the menu might be different from module to module. Now, this is easily solved for me because I have VAICOM, and VAICOM knows which module it is, and will select the correct mouse position for me. It's just a little tedious, so I haven't added it for all my modules yet. 

Cheers!