Modify or replace required mods in existing missions

[TheBiggerBass]

Is there a tool or an easy way to modify or replace required mods in existing missions?

I have many missions for the MiG-29S that I would like to reuse for the new MiG-29A Fulcrum. I would also like to reuse F-14 or F/A-18 missions and campaigns for the F-16 or MiG-29A. Sometimes older missions require modules that are no longer available, and I would like to disable them. Manual editing with the Mission Editor is tedious and does not always work.

[MAXsenna]

On 9/20/2025 at 12:50 PM, TheBiggerBass said:

Is there a tool or an easy way to modify or replace required mods in existing missions?

I have many missions for the MiG-29S that I would like to reuse for the new MiG-29A Fulcrum. I would also like to reuse F-14 or F/A-18 missions and campaigns for the F-16 or MiG-29A. Sometimes older missions require modules that are no longer available, and I would like to disable them. Manual editing with the Mission Editor is tedious and does not always work.

You can edit the mission file directly. Rename from miz to zip. And then in the mission file, you can swap out modules. (Careful when you write mods, that's something different ). 

Maybe someone has made a script. Not sure. 

[TheBiggerBass]

vor einer Stunde schrieb MAXsenna:

You can edit the mission file directly.

That's what I do right now. I was just hoping for a nice tool which can be used quick and easy without starting DCS each time. I also found a tool named MIZ_RML Utility from @kuschmuto remove unsupported modules, which helps at least partially.

[MAXsenna]

5 minutes ago, TheBiggerBass said:

That's what I do right now. I was just hoping for a nice tool which can be used quick and easy without starting DCS each time. I also found a tool named MIZ_RML Utility from @kuschmuto remove unsupported modules, which helps at least partially.

It could probably be modified to replace instead of remove.  

[TheBiggerBass]

vor 1 Minute schrieb MAXsenna:

It could probably be modified to replace instead of remove.  

Probably, yes. However sometimes ME does not open older missions anymore which uses older modules that are not available anymore. Some of these older missions are also incompatible to actual DCS release.

As .miz files use the same format as .zip I also use .zip tools to access .miz files. Most of the files compressed in the .miz archive are just plain text files which can also be modified with notepad++. It sometimes requires time consuming searches when I do not exactly know what I am looking for but at least I have a way to work through. Like a SEAD mission in software