A new (change?) a column in the Select Role dialog.

[Elphaba]

So there is some disconnect between what people see in the Mission Editor, what DCS thinks things are actually called and what people are presented with on the Select Role dialog. 

This is what a Mission Designer will see. If they want specific players in specific aircraft they might put the playerName in the PILOT field. This makes sense, but in DCS logic, that is actually the unitName. The 'player' has nothing to do at this point with anything on this unit or group.

The playerName is actually set in the Multiplayer screen (top right I believe).

This is what DCS Engine seems to think things are called:

However, when it comes to the Select Role screen, the playerName is obviously not possible to show, but frustratingly the unitName is not either. Therefore it's very hard for the mission designer to tell players which unit they want them in, unless (as I do) I've given people the choice of their own tail number and they have to look for that. 

 

Perhaps an addition column with the 'unitName' would be very useful here. Esp if Mission Designers use it like ED have indicated and put the PILOT NAME inside the unitName field.