Pre-mission radio channel presets?

[PhoenixBvo]

Hey guys,

 

I searched the forums up and down with all sorts of keyword combinations, but couldn't find the solution for this. Also, I searched all the .lua files, ME and opened .miz files without success.

 

I'd like to set the radio channels pre-mission, either in the ME, the mission planner or per lua editing if necessary, as if the ground crew did it for me when I get into the cockpit. Anyone know how this can be done? (Or if it is simply not possible by design, then I could stop looking :P)...

 

Cheers

[Eddie]

Use the ME prepare mission function to configure radio pre-sets etc. Once you've made them for one mission, you can just copy the .lua files that contain the presets from one mission to another by upacking/repacking the .miz file.

[PhoenixBvo]

Thanks Eddie, I thought I checked the ME, but might have overlooked that function:doh:. I'll try it out asap!!

:thumbsup:

[Stuka]

And it's easy to just set 1 preset.

Pretty clear in the lua files what the format is to manually set the other presets straight in lua. Is much faster.

[PhoenixBvo]

Hmmm, wenn I do the prepare mission thing, it loads ok, I set my radio presets and hit esc and then quit. But then I get a crash message:

 

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I get back to the ME and save, but the presets aren't there in the mission :cry:

 

What am I doing wrong?

[EinsteinEP]

This is broken for me, too. I thought I read somewheres in these here forums that "Prepare Mission" functionality doesn't work for the current gen DCS.

 

Eddie, if it works for you, I'd love to see a sample mission that's been prepared so I can look at the folder/file structure.

[spikenet]

to make a preset file create a folder in your miz file like:

 

UHF

 

then put a file called settings.lua with this inside (edit as needed):

settings=

{

["dials"]=

{

["mode_dial"]=1,

["manual_frequency"]=225000000,

["selection_dial"]=1,

["channel_dial"]=1,

},

["presets"]=

{

[1]=251100000,

[2]=251200000,

[3]=265100000,

[4]=275300000,

[5]=285400000,

[6]=295000000,

[7]=305225000,

[8]=315000000,

[9]=325000000,

[10]=333225000,

[11]=333300000,

[12]=345600000,

[13]=355000000,

[14]=365400000,

[15]=374500000,

[16]=375400000,

[17]=385600000,

[18]=395400000,

[19]=396500000,

[20]=397000000,

},

}

 

the other radios are VHF_AM and VHF_FM

 

cheers

[PhoenixBvo]

Thanks for the help spikenet. But after including those .lua files and manually editing the freqs in the folders UHF, VHF_AM and VHF_FM, it still doesn't seem to work.

I'll attach the resulting .miz so you can check what I did.

The Shore 01.miz

[spikenet]

PhoenixBvo, looks ok to me. Not sure why it wont work for you, if I get a chance I'll fly the mission tomorrow.

 

cheers

[Habu_69]

Resurrecting this thread. Anyone get this to work in DCSW?

[WildBillKelsoe]

Use the ME prepare mission function to configure radio pre-sets etc. Once you've made them for one mission, you can just copy the .lua files that contain the presets from one mission to another by upacking/repacking the .miz file.

 

not to derail OP, but Eddie, does this work for weapon profiles as well?

 

Like if I want to move weapon profiles from a 'blank' mission to the intended mission, I might just create a new mission, prepare it, save it, pack it to Miz, unpack it to RAR and copy and paste which files for release parameters and radio presets to intended mission, then repack the mission to miz?

[Stuka]

Thanks for the help spikenet. But after including those .lua files and manually editing the freqs in the folders UHF, VHF_AM and VHF_FM, it still doesn't seem to work.

I'll attach the resulting .miz so you can check what I did.

 

 

The mission file is looking good.

We, at the 476th, don't have any problems with the presets in World.

 

Just to make sure: you are aware that on none of the radios, the displayed frequency changes when you change a preset?

The displayed frequency will always display the default or last used frequency in manual mode.

 

On UHF however, you can press the status button, just right of the frequency display, while in preset mode.

Doing so will show you the preset frequency on the display for a few seconds, before switching back to the default/last used.

[Habu_69]

Rgr, I know the displayed freq digits don't change with the preset channels. I have not got this to function correctly yet; but now that I know it does function, I will keep working on it.

[Habu_69]

Got it working now. Works great with WinRAR. Easy to add/edit the radio files to a mission file.

[PhoenixBvo]

Habu_69, could you (or anyone else with a working example) please post a .miz with working presets? I tried it out again yesterday and I didn't get a response from the radios using preset mode... I did edit the radio luas with the active frequencies for the particular mission.

[Habu_69]

Instrument approach to Batumi attached. It has VHF-AM file. UHF and VHF_FM use same format.

 

[ATTACH]74093[/ATTACH]

[PhoenixBvo]

Thanks, I'll fly it when I get home to test the presets.

 

EDIT: It works!! Thanks Habu_69. Now I'll have to find out what I did wrong in my edited missions. But a comparison of the lua files should go a long way to finding the cause.

Edited November 28, 2012 by PhoenixBvo

[Habu_69]

Resurrecting this OLD thread, as I have discovered that ED has changed the names of the folders in the .miz files that hold the radio preset .lua files, as follows:

 

VHF_AM is now VHF_AM_RADIO

VHF_FM is now VHF_FM_RADIO

UHF is now UHF_RADIO

 

So any old mission .miz files must be updated with the new radio folder names in order for radio presets to function. I did not see any changes in the .lua file formats themselves.

[Cyb0rg]

Isn't easier to set the correct frequencies in the radio console?

[Habu_69]

Isn't easier to set the correct frequencies in the radio console?

 

Not really. While programming 2 to 3 presets in the cockpit isn't too time consuming, if one flies a large number of missions, especially older ones, it is much easier and faster to simply add "standardized" SETTINGS.lua radio preset files to the missions. I use WinRAR for that purpose. Keep the preset list on your virtual kneeboard, and you will always know that Anapa is preset 1, for example.

 

In a related issue, I have discovered that the ME Mission Prep will now create a CDU/SETTINGS .lua file that contains WP data. So I think (still experimenting) one can easily add preassigned WPs for all the airfields to any .miz file. Saves creating WPs in the cockpit and handy in emergencies.

[sUrge0n]

We've done a quick test and indeed the pre-sets on Mid Radio (UHf) are functional after renaming the UHF folder to UHF_RADIO

... unfortunately renaming VHF_FM to VHF_FM_RADIO did not bring us much luck... pre-sets are not working. Toggling the pre-set switch multiply times forward and backwards but no joy. Maybe there are some path directions to the old folders in the mission.lua file?

[sUrge0n]

Hmm it seems to work but, it looks like there is quite a huge delay from the moment I issue (for example) an ATC request and the ATC response.

[dannyq8]

Hello all,

 

Is this still working in 1.2.11?

 

Everytime I try it, the frequencies that are in pre-sets seem to be a standardised loadout. ie

 

1 251.00

2 235.00

3 245.00

4 255.00

5 256.00

 

etc etc

 

Is this simply an indication that I am doing it wrong or has something changed?

[caponi]

Thanks Eddie, I thought I checked the ME, but might have overlooked that function:doh:. I'll try it out asap!!

:thumbsup:

 

hi guys ...

 

i did not found the button to create presets in the MissionEditor for the A-10c ...

 

what is wrong in my doing ?

[Hansolo]

You can do following:

1. Select "Prepare Mission" under "Flights" in the mission editor

2. Once the mission is loaded enter the A-10C and unpause.

3. Exit the mission and once you reach the mission editor again press Save

 

DCS has now included many preset files into the mission. For the radios you do not need all of them.

 

Please take alook at this example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/zrmzkohlb9uho0j/Preset%20test.miz?dl=0

 

Open the .miz with Winrar. Just double click. You can see three folder; UHF_RADIO, VHF_AM_RADIO & VHF_FM_RADIO. Inside each folder is a SETTINGS.lua.

Open the SETTINGS.lua with Notepad++ and change the frequencies to your likings, eg.

[1]=227500000,

[2]=238700000,

[3]=248900000,

[4]=255100000,

Which are Uniform radio presets 1=227.500, 2=238.700, 3=248.900 & 4=255.1.

Save the SETTINGS.lua and press Yes to the following question: 'File "SETTINGS-lua" was modified. Do you wish to update it in the archive?'

 

Close Winrar. DO NOT SAVE Winrar. Its already done when you update the archieve.

 

You can copy (CTLR+C) the three folder; UHF_RADIO, VHF_AM_RADIO & VHF_FM_RADIO into any mission you have created and then this will be you preset for those mission also :-)

 

Cheers

Hans