virgo47 / dcs-files

Custom files for DCS World simulator

Bunch of DCS files

Table of Contents

• Setup tips
• List of interesting config/ME resources
• Aircraft types and names
• Kneeboard viewport resize/position
  • Manual change
• Provided missions with included SnapViews

Notes, configs, kneeboards, etc.

Setup tips

• Curves in VKBDevCfg?

• TODO

List of interesting config/ME resources

• LUA Editing for additional Key Binds Tutorial with attached PDF document "How to Edit Control Binding Files".

• Guide - Enhancing head movement on TrackIR (by Rudel_chw) - this also mentions (?) what

Aircraft types and names

Aircraft in DCS are identified by various more or less precise names, starting with the e-shop name of the module (e.g. "DCS: P-47D Thunderbolt") which can contain multiple aircraft models. Then there are names used in the Mission Editor (e.g. "P-47D-30" and "P-47D-30 (Early)") and then the type name that can be found in the Mods/aircraft/<module>/entry.lua (e.g. "P-47D-30" and "P-47D-30bl1").

It is not easy to see the mapping between these names, as this seems to be contained in the compiled Lua files like CoreMods/WWII Units/P-47D-30/P-47D-30.lua (mostly under CoreMods/aircraft). You need to use the type name in the SnapView.lua or for KNEEBOARD subdirectories in MIZ files. Type is also returned by the Unit:getTypeName method.

The following table shows the type and ME names of the playable aircraft ordered by type (but grouped by module, only modules I know are shown):

Module	Type	Mission Editor name	Notes
A-10A for DCS World	A-10A		Also in FC3
DCS: A-10C Warthog	A-10C		Deprecated
DCS: A-10C II Tank Killer	A-10C_2	A-10C II
DCS: AJS-37 Viggen by Heatblur Simulations	AJS37
DCS: C-101 Aviojet by AvioDev	C-101CC
	C-101EB
DCS: Christen Eagle II by Magnitude 3 LLC	Christen Eagle II
DCS: F-5E Tiger II by Belsimtek	F-5E-3
F-5E Flaming Cliffs	F-5E-3_FC	F-5E FC	Part of FC2024
DCS: F-14 Tomcat by Heatblur Simulations	F-14A-95-GR	F-14A
	F-14A-135-GR
	F-14B
F-15C for DCS World	F-15C		Also in FC3
DCS: F-86F Sabre by Belsimtek	F-86F Sabre	F-86F
F-86F Flaming Cliffs	F-86F_FC	F-86F FC	Part of FC2024
DCS: F/A-18C	FA-18C_hornet	F/A-18C Lot 20
J-11A, see Su-27 for DCS World
DCS: Black Shark 3	Ka-50_3	Ka-50 III
DCS: L-39 Albatros	L-39C
	L-39ZA
DCS: M-2000C by RAZBAM	M-2000C
DCS: Mi-8MTV2 Magnificent Eight by Belsimtek	Mi-8MT	Mi-8MTV2
DCS: Mi-24P Hind	Mi-24P
DCS: MiG-15bis by Belsimtek	MiG-15bis
MiG-15bis Flaming Cliffs	MiG-15bis_FC	MiG-15bis FC	Part of FC2024
DCS: MiG-21bis by Magnitude 3 LLC	MiG-21Bis
MiG-29 for DCS World	MiG-29A		Also in FC3
	MiG-29G
	MiG-29S
DCS: P-47D Thunderbolt	P-47D-30
	P-47D-30bl1	P-47D-30 (Early)
	P-47D-40
DCS: P-51D Mustang	P-51D	P-51D-25-NA
	P-51D-30-NA
DCS: Spitfire LF Mk. IX	SpitfireLFMkIX	Spitfire LF Mk. IX
	SpitfireLFMkIXCW	Spitfire LF Mk. IX CW	Cropped wings variant
Su-25 for DCS World	Su-25		Also in FC3
DCS World	Su-25T		Plane included for free
Su-27 for DCS World	J-11A		Also in FC3
	Su-27
Su-33 for DCS World	Su-33		Also in FC3
DCS World	TF-51D		Plane included for free
DCS: UH-1H Huey by Belsimtek	UH-1H
DCS: Yak-52	Yak-52

Kneeboard viewport resize/position

2023-12-24 update: I don’t bother anymore and leave the kneeboard in the default position for the plane. I can use Kneeboard Builder, it is handy for KB preparation (which I don’t use), but it needs to run to reposition the kneeboard to my liking.

Manual change

Warning

This may not pass integrity check!

This needs to be done inside installation directory (not user config), under Scripts\Aircrafts\_Common\Cockpit in file ViewportHandling.lua. To place the kneeboard to the bottom left, modify the file starting with the first default_width appearance like so:

--[[ EDIT: Fixed to static values
	local default_width  = w0 + (64 * zoom_value)

	if default_width > h then
	   default_width = h
	end

	if default_width > 0.5 * w then
	   default_width = 0.5 * w
	end

	local default_height = default_width / aspect
--]]
	local default_width  = 768
	local default_height = 1024

	local default_y      = h - default_height
	local default_x = 30 -- for left side controls to be on screen too
--[[ EDIT: Fixed to static values
	local default_x      = w - default_width - x0
	if  is_left then
		default_x   = x0
	end
--]]

Provided missions with included SnapViews

In Mods/aircraft:

$ for i in */Missions/*/*.miz; do unzip -l "$i" | grep -iq SnapViews.lua && echo $i ; done
FA-18C/Missions/QuickStart/IA-FA-18C-Syria-Gauntlet.miz
Flaming Cliffs/Missions/Campaigns/CWW-Outro.miz
P-47D-30/Missions/QuickStart/P-47D - Caucasus -Train Strafe.miz
P-47D-30/Missions/QuickStart/P47D-IA-Caucasus-Low Level Hell.miz
P-51D/Missions/QuickStart/P-5125 - Caucasus - Train Strafe.miz
P-51D/Missions/QuickStart/P-5130 - Caucasus -Train Strafe.miz
P-51D/Missions/QuickStart/P51D-IA-Caucasus-Low Level Hell.miz
SpitfireLFMkIX/Missions/QuickStart/Spitfire - Caucasus - Train Strafe.miz
SpitfireLFMkIX/Missions/QuickStart/Spitfire(CW) - Caucasus -Train Strafe.miz
SpitfireLFMkIX/Missions/QuickStart/SPITFIRE-IA-Caucasus-Low Level Hell.miz