The Encyclopedia - is it possible to contribute to it/update by user (non-coder)?

[salsantana]

I've always appreciated the Encyclopedia, often accessed from Mission Editor, but notice voids from time to time. Is there a way to fill the voids, by editing files and without being an actual programmer? I aced "Structured Program Design and Logic" in college but haven't yet pursued a specific language. The data would of course be submitted to ED for consideration and sources provided. Obviously there are much higher priorities, but if it's a case of a .lua file to peruse I'd be quite interested.

thanks in advance for any info!

[AdrianL]

23 minutes ago, salsantana said:

Is there a way to fill the voids

See MissionEditor\data\scripts\Enc under your main installation folder. They just txt files you can edit.

For the WWII Asset pack see Mods\tech\WWII Units\Encyclopedia

 

If you want to see lua that loads and display the encyclopedia then look at 'me_encyclopedia.lua' in the MissionEditor\modules folder

Edited May 1, 2023 by AdrianL

[salsantana]

5 hours ago, AdrianL said:

See MissionEditor\data\scripts\Enc under your main installation folder. They just txt files you can edit.

For the WWII Asset pack see Mods\tech\WWII Units\Encyclopedia

 

If you want to see lua that loads and display the encyclopedia then look at 'me_encyclopedia.lua' in the MissionEditor\modules folder

 

Many thanks, AdrianL. The paths to and names of those files much appreciated. Looking further in to Data/scripts I'm seeing some lights coming on

 

[draconus]

On 5/1/2023 at 9:08 PM, salsantana said:

The data would of course be submitted to ED for consideration and sources provided.

You can try to submit your data here:

https://forum.dcs.world/forum/259-sim-research/