DCS Waypoint Editor

Simple configurable script to input preplanned missions and waypoints coordinates into DCS aircraft.

Currently supported aircraft:

• F/A-18C
• AV-8B
• M-2000C
• F-14A/B
• A-10C
• F-16C
• AH-64D Pilot
• AH-64D CPG
• Ka-50
• F-15E

Installation

1. Download and install Google Tesseract
2. Optional (Recommended) - Download and install DCSTheWay
3. Unzip the contents of DCS-Waypoint-Editor.zip to a folder
4. Run dcs_wp_editor.exe and perform the first time setup.

How It Works

DCS Waypoint Editor uses a screen capture to search for the map coordinates in the top left corner of the F10 map using Tesseract OCR. When a unit is selected from the F10 map, the coordinates are captured from the unit information box in the bottom left corner. Any screen overlay or screen scaling that obscures or modifies the captured image will result in a "F10 map not found" error. A "No matching pattern" error means the OCR captured text was not successfully converted into coordinates. Capturing using DCSTheWay (Capture F10/F11 View) will capture coordinates directly from DCS without using OCR.

Usage

Waypoints and JDAM/SLAM preplanned missions can be added by either manually entering a set of coordinates or by one of the coordinate capture methods. When capturing from DCSTheWay, coordinates are captured from the current camera view. From the F10 map, it captures the coordinates of the center of the map. A target dot in the center of the map can be displayed using the included Target-jar-with-dependencies.jar which requires Java JRE. DCSTheWay can not be running when using F10/F11 View capture.

Manual coordinates entry

1. Choose a waypoint type (WP = regular waypoint, MSN = JDAM/SLAM preplanned mission)

2. Enter the latitude and longitude. Decimal seconds are supported.

3. Enter the elevation in feet (optional for regular waypoints, mandatory for JDAM/SLAM preplanned missions)

4. (Optional) Choose a sequence to assign the waypoint to.

5. (Optional) Assign a name to the waypoint.

6. Click Add to add the waypoint to the list of active waypoints

F10 map captured coordinates entry

1. Make sure your F10 map is in DD MM SS.ss or MGRS coordinate format. You may cycle coordinate formats with LAlt+Y.

2. Click Capture Coordinates or Capture To Profile

3. In the DCS F10 map, hover your mouse over your desired position

4. Press the key you bound to F10 map capture during first time setup (default is LCtrl+T). The results will be indicated in the capture status textbox.

5. (Optional) Assign a name to the waypoint.

6. Click Add to add the waypoint to the list of active waypoints

F10 map quick capture

Capture To Profile and Capture F10/F11 View work in a similar way to regular coordinates capturing, except it will automatically add a waypoint at the desired position every time the map capture keybind is pressed. Capture To Profile and Capture F10/F11 View can be toggled on/off with a hotkey (default is LCtrl+LShift+T and LCtrl+LShift+U).

Preset coordinates

You may select a position from a list of preset coordinates. Coordinates for all Caucasus, Persian Gulf, Marianas, Nevada and Syria airfields and BlueFlag FARPS are included.

Hornet JDAM/SLAM preplanned missions

Hornet JDAM/SLAM preplanned missions work in a similar way to waypoints, however, you must select the correct station for the mission to be assigned using the station selector. Aircraft entry does not skip stations, and available stations will be entered in order 8-2-7-3. Missions for different weapons (JSA, J-84, J-109, SLMR, etc.) must be entered separately.

Entering a list of waypoints into your aircraft

An optional hotkey can be assigned to enter coordinates into the aircraft. This is done during initial setup of the application.

F/A-18C

1. Make sure the main HSI page is on the AMPCD (bottom screen) if you are entering waypoints. HSI Precise mode is selected automatically and must not be turned on in advance.

2. If you are entering JDAM/SLAM preplanned missions, make sure to select the MSN preplanned missions page on the left DDI.

3. With a list of active waypoints and/or JDAM/SLAM preplanned missions, click Send To Aircraft

4. Tab back into DCS and let it enter everything

F-15E

1. If you are entering JDAM weapon missions, set the left MPD to the SMRT WPNS page from Menu 2, PB 14

2. Select the first station to load using NXT STA PB 2 if necessary.

3. PB 7 must be set to Weapon Memory mode (WPN MEM).

4. With a list of active waypoints and/or JDAM missions, click Send To Aircraft

5. Tab back into DCS and let it enter everything

AV-8B

1. Make sure the main EHSD page is on the left AMPCD (left screen).

2. With a list of active waypoints, click Send To Aircraft

3. Tab back into DCS and let it enter everything

All Other Aircraft

1. With a list of active waypoints, click Send To Aircraft

2. Tab back into DCS and let it enter everything

Profile saving

You may save your current list of waypoints as a profile and then load it later. Selecting "Save Profile" with a profile active will overwrite it with the current list.

Export to file

If you wish to share your current profile, select Save as Encoded file and give it a descriptive name.

Import from file

Profiles may be imported from a file that was previously exported by selecting Load from Encoded file.

Import from NS430

Waypoint data can be imported from an NS430 data file by selecting Import NS430 from clipboard or Import NS430 from file.

Creating your own preset locations

You may add more preset locations by adding more JSON formatted files in the data folder, following the format in pg.json and cauc.json.

Exporting to encoded string

Support for exporting current profile to an encoded string has been implemented to allow for quick sharing of waypoint and mission data to other people. Once you have created a mission, select Copy as String to clipboard from the menu. This will copy an encoded string to your clipboard to share with other users.

Importing from encoded string

Once another user has sent their encoded string to yourself, just copy the string to your clipboard (default LCtrl+C) and select Paste as String from clipboard. If successful, their mission data should be imported into a new profile and a pop-up should appear letting you know import was successful.

Known issues

• Attempting to enter sequence #2 or #3 without sequence #1 will not work.

About DCS-BIOS

DCS-BIOS is released under a slightly modified Simple Public License 2.0 (think "a version of the GPL readable by mere mortals"). Please see DCS-BIOS-License.txt.

DCS-BIOS: https://github.com/DCSFlightpanels/dcs-bios

Other credits

PyMGRS by aydink

DCSTheWay: https://github.com/aronCiucu/DCSTheWay