Full UTF-8 Support

[Spyros]

I'd like to see full UTF-8 support in the editor and during gameplay.

 

In Blackshark I could type Greek in the logbook, mission briefings etc, but not in the multiplayer chat (in DCS-A10 I cannot write in Greek anywhere).

 

I checked out the game's files and I found a TGA - TXT file pair if I remember correctly, in which the TXT had the HEX Char codes and the coordinates of the rectangles containing the characters, while the TGA file had the actual characters in the Alpha channel.

 

Unfortunately, this file has only got English and Russian, instead of the full character table.

 

I added a few Greek letters to test it and I could see Greek characters in the multiplayer mission briefing and chat.

 

Could the complete character set be added to these files?

[c0ff]

Good idea :)

[sungsam]

Indeed, a full UTF8 support will allow us for mission commenting/Briefing on native langrages. :)

Edited March 28, 2011 by sungsam

[Boberro]

Been wondering about that issue since LO1... and as c0ff stated it is good idea we will see that in next release or even patch :D

[Nate--IRL--]

Been wondering about that issue since LO1... and as c0ff stated it is good idea we will see that in next release or even patch :D

 

Heheh if only it was that easy, it just means it moves from this wishlist onto the internal wishlist, which is pretty big as it is :)

 

Nate

[Spyros]

Just found out that this works now, in the latest DCS patch.

Thank you ED!

[GGM]

+1 for that!