Possible with LUA to read an indication?

[TOViper]

Hi folks!

With the trigger condition "X: COCKPIT INDICATION TEXT IS EQUAL TO" I can check for a certain value shown on a indicator.
On the Viggen's data panel for example, with this condition I can check if for the most right digit a "2" was entered, this works fine.
But in fact I want to check what number the user has typed in, so I have to use a script to determine the number.
Is this possible with LUA code as well?

After half an hour of searching I am still not able to find this certain information in the sources I currently use (DCS manual, Forum, Google).

Thanks for any hint!
TOViper

[PravusJSB]

Im almost certain you could do what you wanted in a single player mission, but not in multiplayer.

[TOViper]

No plans for MP, so it would be great to know if it works in SP and how. Currently I have no clue ...

[Jagohu]

Not that I found unfortunately. What you can do is set the trigger in the ME to read something and execute a script with that. Cumbersome, but it works.

[PravusJSB]

Yea the above would work fine but it's been a long time since I played with that and I can't recall how to do it however, you would need to be confident with Lua and to use a Hook on the backend to enable you to do it dynamically with code.

[Bailey]

Yes, it’s possible. You can read args, indications, cockpit values, etc. See list_indication and list_cockpit_params for examples.

https://dcs-bios.readthedocs.io/en/latest/lua-console.html

This is how, for example, I have “weapons” for the UH-60 UN Campaign based on the animation argument of a cockpit switch. You can download it from ED user files and take a look at the scripts in mission one to see how. 

Edited May 30, 2022 by Bailey

[TOViper]

It just needs 60 triggers (10 for each digit). e.g:

Trigger1 triggers the first digit if its 0, setting a value or flag to something
Trigger2 triggers the first digit if its 1, setting a value or flag to something
Trigger3 triggers the first digit if its 2, setting a value or flag to something
...
..
.
..
...
Trigger 60 triggers the last digit if its 9, setting a value or flag to something

Then it's done

Edited November 4, 2024 by TOViper