Are we ever going to get a visualizer?

[Honez]

Title says it all, DCS would really take a huge step forward by giving us a split screen visualizer so we can place objects exactly in the right place without having to run the mission only to see that the object is in the wrong position we intended it to be. Going in and out really costs us a lot of time. Forgive me if this topic is already posted somewhere. 

 

[Wrecking Crew]

Pardon the night-time image, I turned the Gamma all the way up for it.

We used to have a DCS Witchcraft that gave real-time placement of objects. That is what I made this factory setup with. What was that, ten years ago?

There is a new effort called DCS Web Editor. I've just started looking into it. It also has a Moving Map that runs in a browser that displays my F10 view on a tablet.

https://www.patreon.com/c/DcsWebEditor/posts

 

 

[Wrecking Crew]

And this, as well. Very interesting..

 

[Honez]

Thanks guys, I am aware of the web editor and am supporting it as a patron. I keep playing with it but don't find it as easy to use as the native DCS editor given I have so much time in learning it. I just need to breakdown and put in the time with the Web Editor. I just find it hard to believe that we haven't seen that feature added to the current native DCS editor. Again, I do appreciate the feedback. 

[Mistermann]

On 1/3/2025 at 9:46 AM, Honez said:

Thanks guys, I am aware of the web editor and am supporting it as a patron. I keep playing with it but don't find it as easy to use as the native DCS editor given I have so much time in learning it. I just need to breakdown and put in the time with the Web Editor. I just find it hard to believe that we haven't seen that feature added to the current native DCS editor. Again, I do appreciate the feedback. 

Do we need a visualizer, absolutely.  After YEARS of creating missions for DCS, I've simply stopped hoping for this.  Maybe that makes me part of the problem, IDK.  

I simply stopped putting any expectations on ED development of a visualization element of the ME.  I can only imagine the spaghetti bowl of code the ME is built on after all these years.  Probably 20K+ person-hours of work to incorporate something like that - and the risk of breaking other elements of the ME is probably fairly high.  That being the case, I'd theorize the only real solution is to create a brand new ME for DCS.  Given the limited set of resources and zero revenue opportunity for a modern ME, I simply don't see ED making significantly impactful features like a visualizer - ever.

Once the DC web editor is stable, I will probably invest my time there.

[Gambit21]

We need 3D editing ability in the native editor. I designed missions in 3D for years, once you have it, it's a kick in the teeth to go back to 2D only.

The DCS editor is superior on most ways, but needs a 3D view.

 

 

 

[Honez]

On 1/8/2025 at 10:56 AM, Gambit21 said:

We need 3D editing ability in the native editor. I designed missions in 3D for years, once you have it, it's a kick in the teeth to go back to 2D only.

The DCS editor is superior on most ways, but needs a 3D view.

 

 

 

Totally Agree!