How does hud only view work?

[skypickle]

Which lua file defines the hud only view?  Can I modify it so it only removes mfds?

[Scott-S6]

Go into the lua for the MFCDs for your aircraft, in the purposes line remove render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW

 

 

[skypickle]

There are a lot of instances of that. For example just for the Apache

C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\AI\PrestonAI_indicator_noVR.lua (1 hit)
	Line 4: purposes 	 = {render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW,
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\AI\PrestonAI_indicator_VR.lua (1 hit)
	Line 4: purposes 	 		 = {render_purpose.GENERAL_AFTER_POSTEFFECTS, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW_AFTER_POSTEFFECTS, render_purpose.AUXILLARY_SIGHT}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Cameras\MAP\MAP_CAM_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 10: --purposes			= {render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Cameras\PNVS\PNVS_CAM_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 9: --purposes			= {render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Cameras\TADS\TADS_CAM_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 9: --purposes			= {render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\ControlsIndicator\ControlsIndicator.lua (1 hit)
	Line 4: purposes 	 = {render_purpose.SCREENSPACE_INSIDE_COCKPIT,render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\BRU\BRU_cpg_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 18: purposes		= render_purpose.SCREENSPACE_INSIDE_COCKPIT 	--{render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\BRU\BRU_plt_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 18: purposes		= render_purpose.SCREENSPACE_INSIDE_COCKPIT 	--{render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\HMD\indicator\HMD_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 27: purposes       = { render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW }
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFD\indicator\LCD\MFD_LCD.lua (1 hit)
	Line 6: purposes			= { render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW }
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFD\indicator\MFD_init.lua (1 hit)
    Line 17: --purposes			= {render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}

so for example in the file  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFD\indicator\LCD\mfd.lua I commented out line 4 giving

dofile(LockOn_Options.common_script_path.."devices_defs.lua")
dofile(LockOn_Options.common_script_path.."ViewportHandling.lua")

indicator_type		= indicator_types.COMMON
--purposes			= { render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW }

pages			= {{1}}
init_pageID		= 1

function declareMFD(left)

	local viewport				= make_viewport(1,left)
	dedicated_viewport			= viewport
	dedicated_viewport_arcade	= viewport

	if left then
		page_subsets	= {LockOn_Options.script_path.."Displays/MFD/indicator/LCD/page_plt_left.lua"}
		try_find_assigned_viewport("LEFT_MFCD")
	else
		try_find_assigned_viewport("RIGHT_MFCD")
		page_subsets	= {LockOn_Options.script_path.."Displays/MFD/indicator/LCD/page_plt_right.lua"}
	end

end

And it works! Now if I go to HUD only view I can use the mfd panels on my desktop and not be blinded by the ones in game

Thank you.

[MadKreator]

59 minutes ago, skypickle said:

There are a lot of instances of that. For example just for the Apache

C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\AI\PrestonAI_indicator_noVR.lua (1 hit)
	Line 4: purposes 	 = {render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW,
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\AI\PrestonAI_indicator_VR.lua (1 hit)
	Line 4: purposes 	 		 = {render_purpose.GENERAL_AFTER_POSTEFFECTS, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW_AFTER_POSTEFFECTS, render_purpose.AUXILLARY_SIGHT}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Cameras\MAP\MAP_CAM_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 10: --purposes			= {render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Cameras\PNVS\PNVS_CAM_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 9: --purposes			= {render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Cameras\TADS\TADS_CAM_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 9: --purposes			= {render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\ControlsIndicator\ControlsIndicator.lua (1 hit)
	Line 4: purposes 	 = {render_purpose.SCREENSPACE_INSIDE_COCKPIT,render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\BRU\BRU_cpg_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 18: purposes		= render_purpose.SCREENSPACE_INSIDE_COCKPIT 	--{render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\BRU\BRU_plt_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 18: purposes		= render_purpose.SCREENSPACE_INSIDE_COCKPIT 	--{render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\HMD\indicator\HMD_init.lua (1 hit)
	Line 27: purposes       = { render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW }
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFD\indicator\LCD\MFD_LCD.lua (1 hit)
	Line 6: purposes			= { render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW }
  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFD\indicator\MFD_init.lua (1 hit)
    Line 17: --purposes			= {render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW}

so for example in the file  C:\Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\AH-64D\Cockpit\Scripts\Displays\MFD\indicator\LCD\mfd.lua I commented out line 4 giving

dofile(LockOn_Options.common_script_path.."devices_defs.lua")
dofile(LockOn_Options.common_script_path.."ViewportHandling.lua")

indicator_type		= indicator_types.COMMON
--purposes			= { render_purpose.GENERAL, render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW }

pages			= {{1}}
init_pageID		= 1

function declareMFD(left)

	local viewport				= make_viewport(1,left)
	dedicated_viewport			= viewport
	dedicated_viewport_arcade	= viewport

	if left then
		page_subsets	= {LockOn_Options.script_path.."Displays/MFD/indicator/LCD/page_plt_left.lua"}
		try_find_assigned_viewport("LEFT_MFCD")
	else
		try_find_assigned_viewport("RIGHT_MFCD")
		page_subsets	= {LockOn_Options.script_path.."Displays/MFD/indicator/LCD/page_plt_right.lua"}
	end

end

And it works! Now if I go to HUD only view I can use the mfd panels on my desktop and not be blinded by the ones in game

Thank you.

Does it break IC doing it in individual aircraft? I do similar to remove the on screen mfd’s in the viewporthandling.lua.. it will do it for all aircraft but breaks ic right away in MP