WIP: Kola beacon mod

[drPhibes]

I'm too impatient to wait for all the missing airports (with their associated navaids) to be added to the Norwegian part of the map, so I have started adding a few TACANS and DVOR/DMEs to help with navigation when flying along the coast. I have also fixed (or at least improved) the crooked LOC07 at Bodø, and added the missing LOC16 approach to Banak/Lakselv.

Nothing is ready for release yet, but if anyone is interested, I can see if I can get something done during the weekend.

[Rudel_chw]

12 minutes ago, drPhibes said:

Nothing is ready for release yet, but if anyone is interested, I can see if I can get something done during the weekend.

 

I'm really interested, but please do not hurry because of me, as I'm still busy on the swedish part of the map, porting my Viggen missions onto the Kola map. 

[fagulha]

I´m interested too. Take your time.

Thank you for working on this and sharing.

Keep up.

F.

[drPhibes]

All the VOR+DME (13) and TACAN (4) sites in the area have been added. Now I just need to check if they all work.

[IvanK]

Looking good, is this a modified beacons.lua ?

[drPhibes]

Yes.

[skywalker22]

Will it pass IC? I doubt it.

Pass this to Orbx, so they include it in the map.

[drPhibes]

Unless ED have changed the way the IC works since my last beacon mod several years ago, it will not pass IC.

[Tholozor]

Glad to see I wasn't the only one who thought to do this!

[drPhibes]

Here's what I've made so far. I have chosen to not publish a complete beacons.lua, since that would revert any improvements made by Orbx if I don't keep it updated, so you'll need to paste the code below into yur beacons.lua file yourself.

 

1. Navigate to \DCS World\Mods\terrains\Kola\ and make a copy of the existing beacons.lua

2. Open beacons.lua in a text editor, e.g. Notepad++, VS Code or similar.

3. Scroll down to line 185, and delete (or comment out) line 185 to 196.

4. Paste the code below at the end of the file, before the final }

 

	-- Bodø: fixed alignment for LOC 07
	{
		display_name = _('BODO');
		beaconId = 'airfield7_2';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_ILS_LOCALIZER;
		callsign = 'BO';
		frequency = 110300000.000000;
		position = { -66777.370239, 14.925576, -346636.089121 };
		direction = -96.100000;
		positionGeo = { latitude = 67.205775, longitude = 14.404108 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:22119438'};
		chartOffsetX = 3703.000000;
	};

	-- Banak LOC 16
	{
		display_name = _('banak');
		beaconId = 'airfield1_5';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_ILS_LOCALIZER;
		callsign = 'bk';
		frequency = 109350000.000000;							
		position = { 233270.852105, 1.404329, 88608.212175 };	
		direction = -8.267315; 									
		positionGeo = { latitude = 70.054556, longitude = 24.976822 }; 
		sceneObjects = {'t:24846604'};
		chartOffsetX = 2898.000000;
	};
	
	--Evenes TACAN
	{	
		display_name = _('ENEV');
		beaconId = 'airfield13_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_TACAN;
		callsign = 'EVS';
		frequency = 111000000.000000;
		channel = 67;
		position = { 60228.512886, 21, -239542.069812};
		direction = 0;
		positionGeo = { latitude = 68.491286, longitude = 16.675058 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:00000000'};
	};
		
	--Evenes DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENEV');
		beaconId = 'airfield13_2';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'EVD';
		frequency = 117350000.000000; 
		channel = 120;
		position = { 56431.193858, 37, -239526.363192 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 68.457336, longitude = 16.681939 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Bardufoss TACAN
	{
		display_name = _('ENDU');
		beaconId = 'airfield14_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_TACAN;
		callsign = 'BAR';
		frequency = 113400000.000000;
		channel = 81;
		position = { 117734.736203, 106, -159002.606530 };
		direction = 0;
		positionGeo = { latitude = 69.045764, longitude = 18.586586 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:00000000'};
	};
	
	-- Bardufoss DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENDU');
		beaconId = 'airfield14_2';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'BDF';
		frequency = 114200000.000000; 
		channel = 89;
		position = { 120058.40325, 167, -163708.159663 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 69.064883, longitude = 18.466397 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Andøy TACAN
	{
		display_name = _('ENAN');
		beaconId = 'airfield15_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_TACAN;
		callsign = 'OYA';
		frequency = 109100000.000000;
		channel = 28;
		position = { 150255.640500, 4, -254222.831391 };
		direction = 0;
		positionGeo = { latitude = 69.286269, longitude = 16.143767 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:00000000'};
	};
	
	-- Andøy VOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENAN');
		beaconId = 'airfield15_2';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'AND';
		frequency = 112200000.000000; 
		channel = 59;
		position = { 150435.995162, 6, -254305.101072 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 69.287822, longitude = 16.141328 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Tromsø DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENTC');
		beaconId = 'airfield16_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'TRO';
		frequency = 113800000.000000;
		channel = 85;
		position = { 190386.747391, 145, -140242.220054 };
		direction = 0.000000;
		positionGeo = { latitude = 69.702814, longitude = 18.996797 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:00000000'};
	};
	
	--Alta DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENAT');
		beaconId = 'airfield17_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'ATA';
		frequency = 117400000.000000;
		channel = 121;
		position = { 221498.954094, 1, 27908.980714 };
		direction = 0.000000;
		positionGeo = { latitude = 69.977478, longitude = 23.371758 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:00000000'};
	};
	
	-- Vardefjell (Mosjøen) DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENMS');
		beaconId = 'airfield18_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'VFL';
		frequency = 113300000.000000; 
		channel = 80;
		position = { -215654.999771, 618, -412765.810931 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 65.879508, longitude = 13.307842 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Mosjøen DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENMS');
		beaconId = 'airfield18_2';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_TACAN;
		callsign = 'MOS';
		frequency = 113900000.000000; 
		channel = 86;
		position = { -215852.697984, 616, -412763.685831 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 65.877756, longitude = 13.308417 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Kirkenes VOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENKR');
		beaconId = 'airfield19_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'KIK';
		frequency = 112000000.000000; 
		channel = 57;
		position = { 216335.661881, 84, 279276.143526 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 69.723786, longitude = 29.869081 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Vardø VOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENSS');
		beaconId = 'airfield20_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'VRD';
		frequency = 114100000.000000; 
		channel = 88;
		position = { 293231.183127, 8, 312737.43914 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 70.357628, longitude = 31.047253 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Sandnessjøen DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENST');
		beaconId = 'airfield21_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'STO';
		frequency = 112000000.000000; 
		channel = 57;
		position = { -201777.511861, 28, -449522.901048 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 65.960286, longitude = 12.469314 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Brønnøy DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENBN');
		beaconId = 'airfield22_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'BNN';
		frequency = 115300000.000000; 
		channel = 100;
		position = { -255826.390352, 2, -468859.820763 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 65.457086, longitude = 12.214417 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Hammerfest DVOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENHF');
		beaconId = 'airfield23_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'HMF';
		frequency = 112400000.000000; 
		channel = 71;
		position = { 302980.063217, 367, 36499.561332 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 70.704192, longitude = 23.690586 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Stokmarknes VOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('ENSK');
		beaconId = 'airfield24_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'SKG';
		frequency = 112800000.000000; 
		channel = 75;
		position = { 75496.377074, 1, -305477.120326 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 68.578325, longitude = 15.034969 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};
	
	-- Seida VOR+DME
	{
		display_name = _('Seida');
		beaconId = 'airfield25_1';
		type = BEACON_TYPE_VOR_DME;
		callsign = 'SDA';
		frequency = 113600000.000000; 
		channel = 83;
		position = { 263860.883040, 272, 203621.362394 };
		positionGeo = { latitude = 70.234261, longitude = 28.070178 };
		sceneObjects = {'t:000000000'};
	};

 

Edited May 26, 2024 by drPhibes

[Rudel_chw]

15 minutes ago, drPhibes said:

I have chosen to not publish a complete beacons.lua, since that would revert any improvements made by Orbx if I don't keep it updated, so you'll need to paste the code below into yur beacons.lua file yourself.

 

Thanks a lot, I agree that this approach is better, tough I will still implement it as a User Mod to have the ability to enable/disable  it easily.

A question cames to mind .. is it possible to add RSBN and PRMG beacons in the same way?  ... I believe that the Mig-21 does not use the Map's Beacons.lua, but has its own implementation, do you know if that is correct?

best regards,

 

Eduardo

[drPhibes]

I haven't experimented with RSBN/PRMG personally, but I have been approached by a few people who have started adding them to the Russian airbases, so I assume that it's just as easy as adding ILS and VOR/TACAN. You can find the frequencies for the PRMG/RSBN channels using

type = BEACON_TYPE_PRMG_LOCALIZER
frequency = 905100000 + 6825000 * (channelNum - 1)

type = BEACON_TYPE_PRMG_GLIDESLOPE
frequency = 939600000 + 6825000 * (channelNum - 1)

type = BEACON_TYPE_RSBN
frequency = 801000000 + 1000000 * (channelNum - 1)

 

I think the Mig-21 was released before RSBN/PRMG was implemented in DCS, so LNS chose to use a local beacon database, located in \DCS World\Mods\aircraft\MIG-21bis\Cockpit\Systems\R_NAV_data*.lua. It's similar to what Razbam did with the AWLS system in the Harrier before ICLS was added to DCS.

[Tarres]

The MiG-21 uses a system derived from when it was a Lomac mod, so every beacon, even NDBs and markers are coded for the mod.

RSBN system from ED has been present from Blackshark v1.0 onwards, but change the 21 code to the real one rsbn/prmg system implemented by ED from Blackshark 1.0 onwards required to rewrite basically all the code of the 21.

Edited May 26, 2024 by Tarres