Will it be possible to fly the F-4 in the air forces of countries other than the real ones? - Finland in my case

[talvikko]

Will it be (by default) possible to fly the F-4 in the air forces of countries other than the real ones? - Finland (fictional of course) in my case. I ask, because for  example F14 is (as in reality) available for US and Iran only and I have to edit \CoreMods\aircraft\F14\Entry - lua file each time after F-14 update. It isn't a big problem, but I would like to know.

[Cab]

I never noticed that limitation before reading your post and now wonder why it's there. After a quick spot check, I didn't notice it with any other aircraft.

[Volator]

58 minutes ago, talvikko said:

F14 is (as in reality) available for US and Iran only

Does that also exclude Task Force Blue? Because that might be a workaround short of having the aircraft available for nations that did not historically operate it.

[Gunfreak]

In these cases you'll have to use task force blue or red. Like you have to do with lots of ground units.

[ben_der]

We did not put country restrictions on the Liveries. 

[talvikko]

in my post I was talking about the ability to choose a plane (F-14) if I select the country Finland in the mission editor. In the case of F-14 this is impossible (without editing the lua file - in case of F-14B I have to add "Finland" in the line: {Shape = 'F-14B' , Name = 'F-14B' , DisplayName = _('F-14B'), Countries = {"USA", "Iran", "Finland"}, WorldID = WSTYPE_PLACEHOLDER}). Works fine, the only minor problem is that I have to edit the file every time an update is released (I understand that my edited file is automatically replaced with a new one - the default one).

[Punkmonkey22]

1 hour ago, talvikko said:

in my post I was talking about the ability to choose a plane (F-14) if I select the country Finland in the mission editor. In the case of F-14 this is impossible (without editing the lua file - in case of F-14B I have to add "Finland" in the line: {Shape = 'F-14B' , Name = 'F-14B' , DisplayName = _('F-14B'), Countries = {"USA", "Iran", "Finland"}, WorldID = WSTYPE_PLACEHOLDER}). Works fine, the only minor problem is that I have to edit the file every time an update is released (I understand that my edited file is automatically replaced with a new one - the default one).

An alternate option is to simply remove the "Countries" line. It's what I do for mods I download and makes it available to every faction that way instead of restrictions.

Like you said though, needs doing every update for core game.

[Art-J]

@talvikko I'd suggest using OvGME (or any other mod manager) to disable and enable that edited file with just a few clicks whenever DCS update comes. It's less annoying than editing it everytime after it gets restored.

Edited May 21, 2024 by Art-J