linklemming Posted March 14, 2024 Posted March 14, 2024 Is there a way to enter exact lat/lon coordinates for ground unit I have added without selecting the unit and moving it with the mouse. I am trying to place units with the complete lat/lon precision including decimal portion which is hard to get exact using the mouse. Why would I want this? I have created my own copy(which I will keep to myself) of a multiserver PVE map so I can play with all sort of strategies using GPS munitions without dying all the time.
cfrag Posted March 14, 2024 Posted March 14, 2024 2 hours ago, linklemming said: I am trying to place units with the complete lat/lon precision including decimal portion which is hard to get exact using the mouse. You can, but not in ME - you can spawn units via script. Remember to convert lat/lon to DCS's internal coordinates with the coord.LLtoLO() method.
TEMPEST.114 Posted March 14, 2024 Posted March 14, 2024 18 hours ago, linklemming said: Is there a way to enter exact lat/lon coordinates for ground unit I have added without selecting the unit and moving it with the mouse. I am trying to place units with the complete lat/lon precision including decimal portion which is hard to get exact using the mouse. Why would I want this? I have created my own copy(which I will keep to myself) of a multiserver PVE map so I can play with all sort of strategies using GPS munitions without dying all the time. Just a note from someone who spent an unreasonably long time with trying to resolve this... It's perfectly fine if you just want to spawn them at an exact lat/long (x/z in game). It will never work if you want to send them to an exact position once they already exist. The 'pathing' tech used by the DCS engine is shockingly awful and you will almost never get them to go EXACTLY where you want - they often stop somewhere near and how close is *seemingly* random (has more to do with orientation and poor collision detection/formation spread). So to recap; spawning new unit - exact, moving unit - horrifically awful and within 10-100m or so of the 'exact' point you specified. This has a knock on effect if you're trying to move infantry or tanks to use shelter behind the environment - don't even try for anything smaller than a large hill.
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