Is there a way to make the FUEL DUMP switch work properly?

[VFA41_Hedgehog]

FUEL DUMP switch on the Winwing throttle Startup panel.

Is has both ON and OFF positions.  The F/A-18 controls settings only has on ON/OFF toggle command.

Any workaround for this?

 

[MustangSally]

Locate your default.lua for the F-18....nomally here - ......DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\FA-18C\Input\FA-18C\joystick

Open the default.lua file in notepad++ and search for "Dump" (without the quotes) PLEASE DO NOT USE NOTEPAD

You should see the following line..

{    down = fuel_commands.DumpSw,                        up = fuel_commands.DumpSw,                    cockpit_device_id = devices.FUEL_INTERFACE,            value_down =  1.0,        value_up = 0.0,    name = _('Fuel Dump Switch - ON/OFF'),                                category = {_('Left Console'), _('Fuel Control Panel')}},

Add the following directly below it..

{    down = fuel_commands.DumpSw,                        up = fuel_commands.DumpSw,                    cockpit_device_id = devices.FUEL_INTERFACE,            value_down =  1.0,        name = _('Fuel Dump Switch - ON'),                                category = {_('Left Console'), _('Fuel Control Panel')}},
{    down = fuel_commands.DumpSw,                        up = fuel_commands.DumpSw,                    cockpit_device_id = devices.FUEL_INTERFACE,            value_down =  -1.0,        name = _('Fuel Dump Switch - OFF'),                                category = {_('Left Console'), _('Fuel Control Panel')}},

Save the file then in DCS options bind the switch.

You'll need to save your default.lua and redo this after each DCS update

I notified ED of this issue well over 12mths ago but alas, easy fixes seem to get put in the too hard basket!

 

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Edited December 22, 2022 by MustangSally

[VFA41_Hedgehog]

Very nice.  Thanks.  Unfortunate the hear that Winwing has not addressed this as quickly as they have similar issues.

[speed-of-heat]

It's not a winwing issue, it is, a Limitation of the module...

It is an ED problem

Edited December 22, 2022 by speed-of-heat