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COCKPIT HIGHLIGHT IS VISIBLE. Checks for a set cockpit highlight to be displayed.
Each cockpit highlight is assigned an ID by the mission designer. This trigger evaluates
whether a specific highlight is displayed in the cockpit.
ID – sets the ID value of the cockpit highlight to check (as set by COCKPIT
HIGHLIGHT ELEMENT/INDICATION/POINT trigger actions).
COCKPIT INDICATION TEXT IS EQUAL TO (requires console) – checks the contents
of a set cockpit digital indication string. Digital indicators in the cockpit are individually
identified by an ID number in the .LUA files. Each indicator displays a collection of
display elements. This trigger evaluates whether a specific display element of a set
indicator matches the desired string of characters. This is a very useful method of
evaluating whether the correct avionics parameters are set-up on the digital displays.
Indicator ID – sets the ID value of the cockpit indicator containing the desired
element. Indicator ID’s are described in Scripts\Aircrafts\Aircraft
Name\Cockpit\device_init.lua. To quickly locate the indicator ID’s in the .LUA file,
perform a search function for “indicators”. Indicator ID's begin with ‘0’ at the top
of the table and are increased by 1 with each subsequent indicator in the table.
For example, the HUD ID for A-10C is ‘5’.
Elem name (element name) – sets the name of the display element containing
the desired string. To obtain an element name, run a mission with the desired
element string displayed in the cockpit, open the game console and execute the
“console.out(list_indication(n))” command (where ‘n’ is the desired indicator’s
ID). The game console can be accessed by pressing the “`” command in-game.
The console.out(list_indication(n)) console command will list all currently
displayed elements with their associated strings for the set indicator. Note, the
element name entry must match the element name exactly, including capitals
and spaces (spaces may be present as initial characters).
String (not labeled) – sets the character string, which will satisfy the condition
to execute the trigger. Note, the string entry must match the element string
exactly, including capitals and spaces (spaces may be present as initial
characters).
EXAMPLE: To setup a trigger in A-10C that checks for the TAD map range to be set to
40 miles, enter “1” for indicator ID to set this to the left MFCD, enter “TAD_scale” as the
element name and enter “40” as the desired string.
COCKPIT PARAM EQUAL TO (requires console) – checks for the desired setting of a
set cockpit parameter. This trigger evaluates a number of specially-designed cockpit
parameter trackers for the A-10C (such as TGP zoom level, steerpoint name, etc.).
Param (parameter) – sets the name of the parameter to check. To obtain a
parameter name, run a mission with the desired parameter active, open the
game console and execute the “console.out(list_cockpit_params())” command.
The game console can be accessed by pressing the “`” command in-game. The
console.out(list_cockpit_params()) console command will display the current
states of all cockpit parameters.
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