DCS Mods structure : How to create your plugin from scratch

[RagnarDa]

Duh! :doh:

 

It IS a standard delta time, except its in SECONDS and not milliseconds as I was expecting. I was confused because it was so freaking stable. Did two timing-runs where I tested first stable 60FPS and then one run where the FPS varied widely and it seemed to have no effect. The timing was accurate down to tenth of a picosecond: impressive!

[NineLine]

Anyone messing with custom planes, and having an issue with running two or more crashing your game remove this code that was similar to what is found in Wunderluft.lua:

 

 

       {
           name  = "fighter-1-crush";
           file  = "fighter-1-crush";
           fire  = { 240, 2};
       },

 

If you have the AI Bf-109, you will need to remove it as well if you are messing with custom planes. I think a fix might be coming along, but that should solve any crashing till then. I will probably explain this wrong, but "fighter-1-crush" is the default, declaring it again makes things go boom.

Edited August 1, 2013 by NineLine

[SVKSniper]

Anyone messing with custom planes, and having an issue with running two or more crashing your game remove this code that was similar to what is found in Wunderluft.lua:

 

 

Code:

{ name = "fighter-1-crush"; file = "fighter-1-crush"; fire = { 240, 2}; },

Today i upadte my DCS.....but game crash....

[SilentEagle]

DCS crashes for us as well after the last update and I haven't been able to get an answer as to why. I figured it was some change in the SDK that broke our connection to the core code, but if others are seeing it as well, maybe it is a more general problem with 3rd party aircraft.

[Spanky]

I spoke to Alex yesterday as we were also having the issue with our development models, he's informed me they've found the issue on their end and it should be fixed with the next update.

[storm363]

Why all the new modules doesn't have files like A-10c.lua, p-51d.lua, they all have only entry.lua and comm.lua files, where does the plane_name.lua information is now stored?

[NineLine]

Why all the new modules doesn't have files like A-10c.lua, p-51d.lua, they all have only entry.lua and comm.lua files, where does the plane_name.lua information is now stored?

 

 

I may be wrong, but most is moved into a dll, or into the main file structure...

[Ells228]

The plane details are stored in your main lua file within your mod folder

 

DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\DCS Hawk\Hawk.lua in our case

[NineLine]

The plane details are stored in your main lua file within your mod folder

 

DCS World\Mods\aircrafts\DCS Hawk\Hawk.lua in our case

 

I think he is talking about the ED ones and such....

[SkateZilla]

SFM_Data.lua or PlaneConst.lua.

 

 

Each aircraft has a ws_type assigned to it, and it loads it from there, or in A-10C's case, the AFM Data is loaded from the Flight Model Files in the A-10C Folder.

[storm363]

Ok, thank you all for reply, so other 2 questions, I have in my entry.lua file this line:

 

make_flyable('Il-76MD',current_mod_path..'/Cockpit/',{self_ID,'Il-76md'}, nil)

 

But in the game the plane is not flyable. What am I doing wrong and also how can I assign a plane to be available only in selected countries?

[woodsman]

it requires serious engineering and mathematical knowledge to produce a complete simulation of DCS standards

 

And that's why I support ED and so admire their accomplishments. Every product is the realization of flight sim fantasies I had as a child playing FS II on the Apple II. At my friend's house in the 80s we'd speculate that by the time we were X age, flight sims would look like Y. And now here we are with DCS, ROF, and even FSX still chugging along. Once the bugs are worked out of the Oculus Rift, the dreams of childhood will be ever closer to reality. It's a great time to be a flight sim fanatic.

 

What a fanboy I am.

[SkateZilla]

Ok, thank you all for reply, so other 2 questions, I have in my entry.lua file this line:

 

make_flyable('Il-76MD',current_mod_path..'/Cockpit/',{self_ID,'Il-76md'}, nil)

 

But in the game the plane is not flyable. What am I doing wrong and also how can I assign a plane to be available only in selected countries?

 

 

I believe the syntax has changed.

 

make_flyable( '<Display Name', '<path to cockpit>', {self_ID,'ws_type',old = R}, current_mod_path..'/comm.lua')

 

 

Display Name = Il-76MD

ws_type = IL_76MD

R= Aircraft ID (I Believe, will have to double check)

[aaron886]

Do you have an external flight model DLL called Il-76md? If not, this won't work. For SFM, you need:

 

make_flyable('Il-76MD',current_mod_path..'/Cockpit/',nil, nil)

[storm363]

Do you have an external flight model DLL called Il-76md? If not, this won't work. For SFM, you need:

 

make_flyable('Il-76MD',current_mod_path..'/Cockpit/',nil, nil)

 

Yes, I have compiled the dll from API directory files, I put it into the bin folder, called it il-76md.dll

[aaron886]

OK. Your syntax should not be the problem. Skate, what you're suggesting is wrong, as far as I know.

 

This:

 

{self_ID,'ws_type',old = R}

 

is self_ID, DLL name, and then some other setup things. No idea what this old = R thing is.

Edited September 26, 2013 by aaron886

[Alex Okean]

OK. Your syntax should not be the problem. Skate, what you're suggesting is wrong, as far as I know.

 

This:

 

{self_ID,'ws_type',old = R}

 

is self_ID, DLL name, and then some other setup things. No idea what this old = R thing is.

 

 

for enabling SFM aircraft without EFM table should looks like

 

{old = true} , old means that you will use SFM , also with same parameter you can specify FC aircraft which will be donor for weapon system

 

{old = 16} will mark that weapon system be from Su-25

{old = 6} F-15 as source for weapon system

 

first two parameters only need when you have DLL with flight model ,

[SkateZilla]

OK. Your syntax should not be the problem. Skate, what you're suggesting is wrong, as far as I know.

 

This:

 

{self_ID,'ws_type',old = R}

 

is self_ID, DLL name, and then some other setup things. No idea what this old = R thing is.

 

oops yeah, my mistake, I have ws_types on the brain right now.. lol..

[yufighter]

Does anyone have a file of this post ?

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1473979&postcount=21

[Ells228]

Does anyone have a file of this post ?

 

http://forums.eagle.ru/showpost.php?p=1473979&postcount=21

 

Attached for you :)

[RedBeard2]

I think he wanted it with the L-39 and cockpit. The zip you posted is the original wunderluft without those.

 

My recommendation, assuming you don't get what you want, is to follow my Dummies Guide to aircraft mods thread at http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=112245. That thread is intended to take example Wunderluft zip file and take it through the full process of making an aircraft mod.

 

I'm currently having the SFM tuning chapter reviewed and will post an update when that is ready.

[Ells228]

Ah sorry I thought mine had that.

C

[SkateZilla]

I doubt the Wunderluft Template w/ Cockpit would work 100%correctly in the newer versions of DCSW, since a lot has changed on that front.

[rubblebeam]

Hi,

I have a model In game all animated textured etc. I was wondering if someone could, in simple terms, explain the steps to get a working cockpit.

Say I was to use the P-51 cockpit. If I was to copy the "Cockpit_P-51D.edm" to my "cockpit/resources/model/shape" folder. What lua files do I need to edit and what do I need to enter into the lua files?

I've been through the forums backwards and forwards for the past week scratching my sore head. Somebody please help me.

Thanks in advance

Kind regards

[Blaze]

Look in the P-51D's Cockpit/Scripts folder for the mainpanel_init.lua, that's the backbone of the cockpit. Determines most of the arguments and animations, gauges etc to make a basic, working cockpit with simple instruments.