MFD’s on screen in Alt-F1 view

[MadKreator]

Do the MFD’s pop-up on everyone’s screen using the Alt-F1 (Hud-Only) view? Just wondering if that baked into the game or if its some bug/artifact of exporting displays. Does it happen for everyone using a single screen and no exported displays? Its quite bothersome lol An option to not have those would be nice… I mean it is HUD-Only view, not HUD+MFD View.

[MAXsenna]

Do the MFD’s pop-up on everyone’s screen using the Alt-F1 (Hud-Only) view? Just wondering if that baked into the game or if its some bug/artifact of exporting displays. Does it happen for everyone using a single screen and no exported displays? Its quite bothersome lol An option to not have those would be nice… I mean it is HUD-Only view, not HUD+MFD View.

@lesthegrngo I might remember incorrectly, but you mentioned this and fixed it, or am I wrong?

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[MadKreator]

@MAXsenna I know he was working on it. Was chatting with him this morning (my morning) on discord about it. Haven’t heard back from him yet. Thats actually what prompted me to ask on here

[lesthegrngo]

Hi Guys, I answered but for reference this is what I suggested trying

 

go to DCS > Mods > Aircraft > A10C >Cockpit Scripts > MFCD > Indicator > MFCD_init.lua Make a backup of that file then open the original (edited)

In it you will find a line " purposes = {render_purpose.GENERAL,render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW} " (edited)

Replace that with " -- purposes = {render_purpose.GENERAL,render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW} "

save it and try the A10C to see if the MFCD's are still there

 

Remember this would only be for the A10C, if it works you would have to repeat it for the other affected aircraft

Les

[MAXsenna]

@MAXsenna I know he was working on it. Was chatting with him this morning (my morning) on discord about it. Haven’t heard back from him yet. Thats actually what prompted me to ask on here

Right!
Thanks @lesthegrngo Will try that.
For some reason I still have double exported MFDs to a second screen.


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[lesthegrngo]

it may be your active monitor .lua file, which one are you using?

Les

[MadKreator]

@MAXsenna @lesthegrngo As I responded on discord, You can do this exact same thing in the viewporthandling.lua and it will turn off the in-cockpit mfd’s for every plane ( that I have) except for the a-10. The a-10 must follow a different set of rules that other aircraft. 

Edited November 10, 2023 by MadKreator

[lesthegrngo]

So it didn’t function for the A10c?

Led

[MAXsenna]

it may be your active monitor .lua file, which one are you using?
Les

I use the one Helios created. I've even tried to comment out left and right MFDs. It's really strange. And only happen in the A-10Cs, (both).

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[Wrecking Crew]

5 hours ago, MadKreator said:

@MAXsenna @lesthegrngo As I responded on discord, You can do this exact same thing in the viewporthandling.lua and it will turn off the in-cockpit mfd’s for every plane ( that I have) except for the a-10. The a-10 must follow a different set of rules that other aircraft. 

 

Hey, thanks for this.  So, comment out this one line, only -- ?

-- edit: commenting out this one line only did not remove the A-10C II's MFCDs from LAlt-F1 HUD Only View

render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW,

 

16 hours ago, lesthegrngo said:

Replace that with " -- purposes = {render_purpose.GENERAL,render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW} "

save it and try the A10C to see if the MFCD's are still there

 

And, thank you @lesthegrngo for this.  It did not help with my A-10C II.  I will try the tip from @MadKreator

Edited November 10, 2023 by Wrecking Crew

[MadKreator]

1 hour ago, Wrecking Crew said:

Hey, thanks for this.  So, comment out this one line, only -- ?

-- edit: commenting out this one line only did not remove the A-10C II's MFCDs from LAlt-F1 HUD Only View

render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW,

 

And, thank you @lesthegrngo for this.  It did not help with my A-10C II.  I will try the tip from @MadKreator

 

This is my viewporthandling.lua for removing mfd’s from the in-game cockpit… just doesn’t work on a-10

 

[lesthegrngo]

So did you try editing the MFCD_INIT.lua file?

 

Les

[Wrecking Crew]

On 11/9/2023 at 11:32 PM, lesthegrngo said:

go to DCS > Mods > Aircraft > A10C >Cockpit Scripts > MFCD > Indicator > MFCD_init.lua Make a backup of that file then open the original (edited)

In it you will find a line " purposes = {render_purpose.GENERAL,render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW} " (edited)

Replace that with " -- purposes = {render_purpose.GENERAL,render_purpose.HUD_ONLY_VIEW} "

Hi, yes, but...  I did this ^^^ in the ..>Aircraft>A-10C_2>.., not the A-10 folder.  I flew my A-10C II and the MFCDs were still in the LALT-F1 view, for both On and Off.  I don't have the A-10C installed.

[MadKreator]

@Wrecking Crew @MAXsenna @lesthegrngo in the screenshot, commenting out this partial section ( line 4 ) DOES remove the MFDS from the Alt-F1 view in the A-10c2. See top of screenshot for full file path. Its in ....MFCD\indicator\BAKE\init.lua

Edited November 12, 2023 by MadKreator

[MadKreator]

Actually, commenting the whole line does the same too.

[MadKreator]

seems if you use both this AND the viewporthandling one together, it also removes the in-cockpit mdfs

[lesthegrngo]

Great, I must say that I hadn't see that init.lua file!

Cheers

 

Les

[MadKreator]

10 hours ago, lesthegrngo said:

Great, I must say that I hadn't see that init.lua file!

Cheers

 

Les

Truth be told it was a wild guess.  I started clicking on each folder and opening every .init file until I saw anything related to render.purpose_GENERAL

[MAXsenna]

Truth be told it was a wild guess.  I started clicking on each folder and opening every .init file until I saw anything related to render.purpose_GENERAL

Now, imagine if all these tweaks were available in the Special Settings Menu...

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[MadKreator]

6 hours ago, MAXsenna said:

Now, imagine if all these tweaks were available in the Special Settings Menu...

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Wouldn’t that be nice!

[Wrecking Crew]

On 11/11/2023 at 7:32 PM, MadKreator said:

commenting out this partial section ( line 4 ) DOES remove the MFDS from the Alt-F1 view in the A-10c2. See top of screenshot for full file path. Its in ....MFCD\indicator\BAKE\init.lua

@MadKreator thank you!  That took out the MFCDs for my A-10C II.  I did comment the whole line.  I will try my hand at using Open Mod Manager to apply it.  I do appreciate the time you took to figure it out.

 

One more thing    What I really want is to only remove the MFCD from LAlt-F1 when the MFCD knob is turned to Off.  That's the way it worked in the original A-10.  

 

edit -- the init.lua change is working perfectly with Open Mod Manager.  Thanks again!

MadKreator A-10C II No MFCDs.zip

Edited November 13, 2023 by Wrecking Crew

[MadKreator]

57 minutes ago, Wrecking Crew said:

One more thing    What I really want is to only remove the MFCD from LAlt-F1 when the MFCD knob is turned to Off.  That's the way it worked in the original A-10. 

Now that, I have no idea. I wouldn’t even know where to begin 

[MadKreator]

4 hours ago, Wrecking Crew said:

edit -- the init.lua change is working perfectly with Open Mod Manager.  Thanks again!

Quick side-track here… Do you like Open Mod Manager better than OVGME? 

[MAXsenna]

Quick side-track here… Do you like Open Mod Manager better than OVGME? 

I personally do. And since it is actually developed, I want to use it. Sendenion also takes change and feature requests!

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[Wrecking Crew]

22 hours ago, MadKreator said:

Quick side-track here… Do you like Open Mod Manager better than OVGME? 

Yes.  I used JSGME way back for rFactor.  I tried OVGME but found OMM and chose it because it is up to date.  I set up my OMM like this, it took a couple of tries -

C:\Users\..\Saved Games\DCS Mods\DCS Open Beta\Library

And

C:\Users\..\Saved Games\DCS Mods\DCS Open Beta\Backup