Map tool for taking notes (for VR users)

[Racoon-1-1]

Since it's often very important to take notes, for example: writing down coordinates of a ground target, this becomes a problem for VR users.

So something like a tool where you can copy&paste coordinates to a noteblock (on the kneeboard), so you can then manually transcribe it to your target/nav computer would be pretty nice.

[Hoirtel]

It exists (as an unofficial mod). Called DCS Scratchpad. Pretty simple, easy to install + works quite well.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Hoirtel

[cfrag]

56 minutes ago, Hoirtel said:

Pretty simple, easy to install + works quite well.

Do you perhaps have a link? This sounds interesting

[BIGNEWY]

https://github.com/rkusa/dcs-scratchpad

very handy tool

[MAXsenna]

Sniped by BN. It does also have a VoiceAttack profile, and while VAICOM has a dictation feature with the Kneeboard add-in, you cannot copy the text like in the scratchpad. 

Cheers! 

[sirrah]

In addition to all the above:

There's already a readback function within DCS core.

If you press ESC while ingame, you'll be able to select "message history".

There you can readback all communications.

 

It's not perfect, but at least no mods are needed. Hopefully at some point we'll be able to do this without interrupting our session, like for instance have the message history automatically copied to our kneeboard (VAICOM proves that this should be possible).

[Hoirtel]

41 minutes ago, sirrah said:

In addition to all the above:

There's already a readback function within DCS core.

If you press ESC while ingame, you'll be able to select "message history".

There you can readback all communications.

 

It's not perfect, but at least no mods are needed. Hopefully at some point we'll be able to do this without interrupting our session, like for instance have the message history automatically copied to our kneeboard (VAICOM proves that this should be possible).

This only helps if the information you want has been added to a radio message, usually co-ords. Then you can't actually add them into the aircraft from the esc menu, this is the case even if they are in the briefing.

For those of us on MP servers the ability to store co-ords and add them into the aircraft, while in VR, is an absolute game changer. Considering we cannot create our own waypoints or do anything like this unless in the ME, this simple pad helps fill a major hole in the DCS MP experience.

Edited August 31, 2022 by Hoirtel