DCS enum formation

Enumerator:

Formation

Added with: 1.2.0

Description:

Formations are a set of numbers to define different formations aircraft and helicopter groups may use. Like callsigns the formation values are another set of constant values that are not directly accessible by the scripting engine.

Uses:

For assigning a formation via route or setOption for a group of aircraft or helicopters.

Format:

Formations are defined in two different formats of old and new. The old format is how the data is stored in the mission file. When set via the scripting function Controller.setOption() the old format can only be used to do a basic and default version of a given formation.

The new format is also stored within a miz file but its values show no apparent pattern for the majority of the data.

Different formation types have different values.

constants:

OLD Formation Type

Aircraft

  LINE_ABREAST    = 1, 
  TRAIL           = 2, 
  WEDGE           = 3, 
  ECHELON_RIGHT   = 4, 
  ECHELON_LEFT    = 5, 
  FINGER_FOUR     = 6, 
  SPREAD_FOUR     = 7, 
  WW2_BOMBER_ELEMENT = 12,
  WW2_BOMBER_ELEMENT_HEIGHT = 13,
  WW2_FIGHTER_VIC = 14,

Helicopters

  HEL_WEDGE       = 8, 
  HEL_ECHELON     = 9, 
  HEL_FRONT       = 10, 
  HEL_COLUMN      = 11,

NEW Formation Type

Fixed Wing

Formations	Line Abreast	Trail	Wedge	Echelon Right	Echelon Left	Finger Four	Spread	Bomber Element	Bomber Element Height	Fighter Vic
Close	65537	131073	196609	262145	327681	393217	458753	786433	851968	917505
Open	65538	131074	196610	262146	327682	393218	458754	786434	nil	917506
Group Close	65539	131075	196611	262147	327683	393219	458755	786435	nil	nil

Helicopter

Formations	Column	Wedge	Front Right	Front Left	Echelon Right	Echelon Left
70	720896	8	nil	nil	589825	590081
300	nil	nil	655361	655617	589826	590082
600	nil	nil	655362	655618	589827	590083

notes: