DCS func getDescByName

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Envrioment:	Mission Scripting
Function:	getDescByName		Added with: 1.2.4
Member Of:	Unit, StaticObject , Weapon , Airbase , SceneryObject
Syntax:	table Unit.getDescByName(String typeName ) table StaticObject.getDescByName(String typeName ) table Weapon.getDescByName(String typeName ) table Airbase.getDescByName(String typeName ) table SceneryObject.getDescByName(String typeName )
Description:	Return a description table of the specified Object type. Object does not need to be in the mission in order to query its data. Function works with Unit, Static Object, Scenery Object, Airbase
Return Value:	table
Return Example:	A-10C Descriptor Table { ["speedMax0"] = 236, ["massEmpty"] = 11739, ["tankerType"] = 0, ["range"] = 1500, ["box"] = { ["min"] = { ["y"] = -1.2815840244293, ["x"] = -9.1228017807007, ["z"] = -9.4672021865845, }, ["max"] = { ["y"] = 2.3696703910828, ["x"] = 7.6860585212708, ["z"] = 9.4541301727295, }, }, ["Hmax"] = 10000, ["Kmax"] = 0.52999997138977, ["category"] = 0, ["speedMax10K"] = 134, ["NyMin"] = -2, ["fuelMassMax"] = 5029, ["speedMax"] = 236, ["NyMax"] = 5.9000000953674, ["massMax"] = 21081, ["RCS"] = 10, ["displayName"] = "A-10C", ["life"] = 32, ["VyMax"] = 30, ["attributes"] = { ["Air"] = true, ["Battle airplanes"] = true, ["NonAndLightArmoredUnits"] = true, ["Battleplanes"] = true, ["Refuelable"] = true, ["All"] = true, ["Planes"] = true, ["NonArmoredUnits"] = true, }, ["typeName"] = "A-10C", ["Kab"] = 0, }
Examples:	local a10CDataTable = Unit.getDescByName('A-10C')
Related Functions:	Unit Functions: isActive, getPlayerName, getID, getNumber, getCategoryEx, getObjectID, getController, getGroup, getCallsign, getLife, getLife0, getFuel, getAmmo, getSensors, hasSensors, getRadar, getDrawArgumentValue, getNearestCargos, enableEmission, getDescentCapacity StaticObject Functions: getID, getLife, getCargoDisplayName, getCargoWeight, getDrawArgumentValue Weapon Functions: getLauncher, getTarget, getCategoryEx Airbase Functions: getCallsign, getUnit, getID, getCategoryEx, getParking, getRunways, getTechObjectPos, getDispatcherTowerPos, getRadioSilentMode, setRadioSilentMode, autoCapture, autoCaptureIsOn, setCoalition, getWarehouse,
Notes:	Airbase.getDescByName was added in v1.2.6