Add ILS activate Beacon Script

[Shrike88]

Greetings

saw on hoggit and old rumblings to add an ILS to any runway by creating a beacon type over an object with scripting.

 Having a heck of a time getting it to work.  Hopefully someone in the community is way better than I with the scripting.  Please anyone any ideas adding an ILS to a runway without editing the core Beacons.lua.  Maybe @Grimes or anyone has had better luck 

Added just an object, named the static 

 

Quote

groupBeacon = Group.getByName("Beaconator")
groupBeaconCTL = Group.getByName("Beaconator"):getController()
ActivateBeacon = {
                    id = 'ActivateBeacon',
                    params =
                        {
                            type = 16640, --Localizer
                            system = 5, --localizer system
                            callsign = "mmm_beacon",
                            frequency = 108700000.000000
                         },
                    }
--groupBeaconCTL:(ActivateBeacon)
Controller.setCommand(groupBeaconCTL, ActivateBeacon)

                 

here is my reference

https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_command_activateBeacon

 

my code throwing errors or doesn’t work

 

[TEMPEST.114]

Why not just add a portable TTS 3030 TACAN unit at the end of the runway? 

[Shrike88]

On 11/8/2022 at 6:30 PM, Elphaba said:

Why not just add a portable TTS 3030 TACAN unit at the end of the runway? 

Because it is not an ILS or a precision approach system. 

[TEMPEST.114]

46 minutes ago, Shrike88 said:

Because it is not an ILS or a precision approach system. 

I'd like to be proven wrong but I don't believe you can just 'add' an ILS to any runway/airport. It's all hardcoded. Adding a beacon is just a TACAN. there is no glidescope.

[Shrike88]

possible.  I can add the Localizer and the Glideslope to the Beacons.lua for syria manually overriding it and get an ILS to work. I just wanted another way to do it without killing IC Oh well.  However I believe your right in that only TACAN's and ICLS emitters can be added to the map in the mission editor or with scripting.  Just another limitation of DCS.

Edited November 10, 2022 by Shrike88

[TEMPEST.114]

Oh, if you're hacking at Beacons.lua then for sure, but there's nothing in the editor or any of the normal things you can add that will add an ILS to a runway.