Change the weather and time in a replay

[loscsaba86]

Hello Community,

I would like to ask, if I can change the time and the weather in a saved replay file?
So I could make better screenshots even if the original flight had other weather conditions.

Thank you for your answers in advance!

Best regards.
Csaba

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, loscsaba86 said:

I would like to ask, if I can change the time and the weather in a saved replay file?
So I could make better screenshots even if the original flight had other weather conditions.

 

I have not really tried it, but it should be possible ... the procedure would be:

1) Make a backup of the track file, just in case.

2) Rename the track file to .MIZ

3) Open it on the Mission Editor as if it were a normal DCS mission, and change the weather conditions.

4) Save the mission.

5) On Windows, rename the mission back to .TRK

6) Try the result on DCS

[Ironhand]

1 hour ago, loscsaba86 said:

Hello Community,

I would like to ask, if I can change the time and the weather in a saved replay file?
So I could make better screenshots even if the original flight had other weather conditions.

Thank you for your answers in advance!

Best regards.
Csaba

Yes, you can. I do it frequently to change the time of day, cloud cover, add eye candy, or extra units.

While in the ME, use the Open File button. Change the file type to TRK. Locate and load the track file into the ME. Make your changes. Save the file. When saving, make sure that you have the type set to TRK. Otherwise it’ll be saved as a mission file.

Edited December 2, 2022 by Ironhand