ControllerBuddy-DCS-Integration

Description

This is a small Lua script for your DCS Scripts folder that makes using ControllerBuddy with DCS World even more comfortable.

The script automatically starts ControllerBuddy in local mode with a profile that matches the current player aircraft when entering a mission.

Instructions

1. Create a new folder called ControllerBuddy-DCS-Integration inside your Saved Games\DCS\Scripts folder.
2. Place ControllerBuddy.lua into this newly created folder.
3. Create a text file called Export.lua inside the Saved Games\DCS\Scripts with the following content: dofile(lfs.writedir()..[[Scripts\ControllerBuddy-DCS-Integration\ControllerBuddy.lua]])
   If a file called Export.lua already exists, simply append the above line to the end of the file.
4. Create a new environment variable called CONTROLLER_BUDDY_EXECUTABLE that points to the ControllerBuddy.exe executable inside your ControllerBuddy installation folder.
5. Create a second environment variable called CONTROLLER_BUDDY_PROFILES_DIR that points to a folder that contains your ControllerBuddy profiles.
6. In order for ControllerBuddy to be able to match between a DCS aircraft and a profile, the profile filename must follow the following scheme: DCS_$DCS_INTERNAL_AIRCRAFT_NAME.json (e.g. DCS_FA-18C_hornet.json)

Please refer to the author's profile repository for a complete set of correctly named ControllerBuddy profiles for DCS.

License Information

GNU General Public License v3.0