DMarkwick Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hi guys. I'm after information on how to use DCS in a way that means I don't have to quit & reload DCS after every LUA file update, so the file is essentially live-loaded somehow. By way of a direct example: I'm currently trying to develop a fire & smoke change for my own uses, possibly will put it up somewhere for general download too. I did this a long time ago for Arma 2 and it was generally well received and appreciated. (JTD Fire & Smoke.) I'm fiddling with the file [path]\DCSWorld\Bazar\ParticleEffects\effects\FireVehicle.lua and as far as I can tell I need to quit DCS and restart before seeing any change in the visual results. My question: can I do something which means I don't have to quit & restart after every file edit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grajo Posted June 14, 2020 Share Posted June 14, 2020 Hi DMarkwick. It seems cool the development you are into. :thumbup: I am very interested also in the info you are asking for... it would make things a lot more easy for general modding. EDM reload would be great also. I imagine there is some kind of debug mode with a console or something so we can write command and flush/reload desired files ? Thanks in advance :] Link to my MODs - So far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balu010 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Ye this would be cool. I know how to hot load a mission lua with a F10 radio message, I wonder what would happen if I call a unit lua there. You can find several tutorials how to do it in mission editor with mission files. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PravusJSB Posted June 27, 2020 Share Posted June 27, 2020 I can help you with that, can you contact me on my Discord, in my sig ;) Creator & Developer of XSAF ::An AI model that wants to kill you, and needs no help from humans. Discord: PravusJSB#9484 twitch.tv/pravusjsb https://www.patreon.com/XSAF https://discord.gg/pC9EBe8vWU https://bmc.link/johnsbeaslu Work with me on Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/pravusjsb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norman99 Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 @DMarkwick Did you ever find a solution to this? I'm currently playing around with the spawn/parking positions on the Supercarrier, contained within the file USS_Nimitz_RunwaysAndRoutes.lua. Ideally I'd like to create 2-4 different "templates" so to speak, and activate the appropriate one during a mission. Unfortunately, as with your Firevehicle.lua, DCS needs to be entirely restarted for any changes to be recognised. If you have any info on how these unit/core .lua files can be refreshed/reloaded it would help greatly. I'm also on discord at Norman99#7277 if that's easier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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