new Monitor setup .lua file not visible in menu

[lesthegrngo]

Hi all, I have modified a setup file for the view to include the MFCDs, RWR and CDU based on my new combined resolution, but the file does not show up in the options drop-down. It is in the DCS World/config/monitorsetup folder, yet it simply doesn't appear as an option

has the default location changed? It's been a while since I last had to change the monitor setup

here's the file I created

_  = function(p) return p; end;
name = _('Camera+LMFCD+RMFCD+RWR+CDU');
Description = 'Left MFCD to left monitor,Right MFCD to right, CDU and camera on the center'
Viewports =
{
     Center =
     {
          x = 0;
          y = 0;
          width = 1980;
          height = 1080;
          viewDx = 0;
          viewDy = 0;
          aspect = 1.833333333;
     }
}

LEFT_MFCD =
{
     x = 290;
     y = screen.height -1080;
     width = 610;
     height = 610;
}

RIGHT_MFCD =
{
     x = screen.width -900;
     y = screen.height -1080;
     width = 610;
     height = 630;
}

ED_A10C_RWR =
{
	x = 1024;
	y = screen.height 0;
	width = 610;
	height = 610;
}

A10CDU =
{
   x = 2400;
   y = -1280;
   width = 800;
   height = 480;
}

UIMainView = Viewports.Center
GU_MAIN_VIEWPORT = Viewports.Center

 

Les 

Edited December 20, 2022 by lesthegrngo

[lesthegrngo]

All, I niggled and niggled at this for the last couple of days, and finally worked it out by some trial and error. I could make .lua file disappear depending on what text was written into the file, and it seems that if it comes across syntax it doesn't recognise it goes tilt and pretends the file does not exist.

In this case, for some reason the 'A10CDU' section was what was messing it up. Delete that and it returned. However if you substitute 'A10CDU' with 'ED_A10C_CDU' it will happily read the file, even if you have not updated the CDU_init file to match.

Now it would accept the file so I could start playing with the monitorsetup and  once the init file was updated I can now see the CDU

Hope this helps someone

Les

[Vinc_Vega]

Hi Les,

put the .lua file into your user's Saved Games folder to see it in game. If there is no MonitorSetup folder, just create it.

Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Config\MonitorSetup\

 

Regards, Vinc

Edited December 22, 2022 by Vinc_Vega