vdi (night) filter control binding?

[eatthis]

i found the hud filter control in controls but cant find the vdi filter, is it in there or not?

[scommander2]

The VDI has a night filter that can be installed by clicking in the middle of the VDI screen.

https://heatblur.se/F-14Manual/cockpit.html?highlight=night#vertical-display-indicator-vdi

 

 

 

[WarthogOsl]

To clarify "installed", the VDI was dimmed by literally taping a transparent piece of red plastic over the screen.  That's where there's no switch to bind.

[eatthis]

yeh i know both of those, theres no bind then?

[WarthogOsl]

5 hours ago, eatthis said:

yeh i know both of those, theres no bind then?

Not that I'm aware of.  Similar to there be no bind to remove the HUD camera, I guess.  Maybe someday?  It's been mentioned in the bind request thread, but I'm not sure there was ever an answer from HB.

[Xl-45]

On 4/19/2023 at 7:39 PM, eatthis said:

i found the hud filter control in controls but cant find the vdi filter, is it in there or not?

You will need to add it manually by editing the default.lua file (Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F14\Input\F-14B-Pilot\keyboard), simply add the following line :

{down = device_commands.VDIG_VDI_filter, cockpit_device_id=devices.VDI, value_down = 1, name = _('VDI Filter Toggle'), category = _('Additional Keybinds')},

Furthermore, if you wish to add other keybindings that are not currently present, you can search for them in the clickabledata.lua file located at Eagle Dynamics\DCS World OpenBeta\Mods\aircraft\F14\Input\F-14B-Pilot\Cockpit. After locating the desired keybinding, add it to the default.lua file while respecting the correct format.

If there is an update, you'll need to repeat the same process all over again, that's why i recommend saving a copy of the "default.lua" file in another place once you are done with the editing, or use a mod manager like Ovgme.

[Spiceman]

On 4/19/2023 at 9:44 PM, WarthogOsl said:

To clarify "installed", the VDI was dimmed by literally taping a transparent piece of red plastic over the screen.  That's where there's no switch to bind.

It actually snapped in. It sat in that recess you can see along the perimeter of the screen, and had a clip that snapped onto that horizontal bar at the bottom. 
 

[draconus]

On 4/20/2023 at 3:44 AM, WarthogOsl said:

That's where there's no switch to bind.

That's not a good reason. We should have binds for all things pilot can do in the cockpit, not only switches, buttons, dials, etc. because even if we have full pit, the system has to know somehow that we have installed that filter.

[Despayre]

Problem solved.

 

[WarthogOsl]

On 4/27/2023 at 5:45 AM, draconus said:

That's not a good reason. We should have binds for all things pilot can do in the cockpit, not only switches, buttons, dials, etc. because even if we have full pit, the system has to know somehow that we have installed that filter.

Maybe?  I'm just assuming that's why they haven't provided a bind.  We don't have a bind for removing the HUD camera either.