DCS func getDescByName

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Envrioment: Mission Scripting
Function: getDescByName Added with: 1.2.0
Member Of: Object
Syntax: table Object.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 also 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: Object Functions: isExist, destroy, getCategory, getTypeName, getDesc, hasAttribute, getName, getPoint, getPosition, getVelocity, inAir
Notes: Airbase.getDescByName was added in v1.2.6