Is there a way of automatically/scripting "Start Recording" before every flight?

[Mysticpuma]

One feature I'd really love to see, is trk recording start automatically when a flight launches.

Then, when quitting the flight, you automatically get taken back to the screen (which already happens ) where you can stop the recording. If you don't do this, the trk file would automatically be deleted.

 

Currently, each flight needs the player to manually start the recording (even with the quick key now), and it can be guaranteed, the one mission where all the great stuff happens, you'll have forgotten to press the record option.

 

IL2:1946 used to do this, and as mentioned, if you didn't save the trk file it was automatically deleted.

 

Is there a way to just have trk files auto record from the start of a flight/mission, it's then up to the player to decide whether to save or discard the trk file at the end of the flight?

[FTC_Rostic]

Your proposal sounds over complicated to me. But I like idea in general!

I also would like to have tracks recorded automatically like it happens in DCS. Simple checkbox to force to do it always or never will be enough for me.

[Mysticpuma]

Or, more simply (like your suggestion).

Tick box on the controls screen, "Record each flight".

 

Then once you quit from the flight, a button to "Save trk file".

 

Click "Yes", it takes you to the "save file as" option so you can rename it and save it where you like.

Click "No", file is gone. Done

Edited January 21 by Mysticpuma

[TempestV]

Put another way. Have START RECORDING enabled when you start in game. This selection could be in GAME OPTIONS

[Volant_Eagle]

This would've been great to have this morning. While flying the Bf 110 I had both my rudder an elevator disabled by AA in London after a bomb run. Made it all the way back using elevator trim and landed where I had departed from at Caffiers. It was right on the centerline too (though it was a bit firm and bouncy). Of coarse it wasn't until I was shutting the engines down that I even thought about recording it.

 

Any of the methods already described for implementing this feature would be awesome in my opinion. I imagine it would also be a rather simple feature to add (at least in comparison to many of the other features we ask for). I can't even remember how many face-palm moments this would have prevented for me. Having the keybind to start recording definitely should be easy enough, but there are those of us who can fly straight and level all the way from London to France without even once thinking to press it.

[FTC_Rostic]

2 minutes ago, Stonehouse said:

Fairly sure the tool below does what you want as well as automatically circumventing the 500mb track limit.

 

 

Dude, tool for another game.

This is CloD!

[Stonehouse]

17 minutes ago, FTC_Rostic said:

 

Dude, tool for another game.

This is CloD!

LOL sorry. Wasn't paying attention to where I was browsing and Mysticpuma is often over in IL2 GB forums. I removed the post to stop it causing confusion. 

[Mysticpuma]

2 hours ago, Volant_Eagle said:

This would've been great to have this morning. While flying the Bf 110 I had both my rudder an elevator disabled by AA in London after a bomb run. Made it all the way back using elevator trim and landed where I had departed from at Caffiers. It was right on the centerline too (though it was a bit firm and bouncy). Of coarse it wasn't until I was shutting the engines down that I even thought about recording it.

 

Any of the methods already described for implementing this feature would be awesome in my opinion. I imagine it would also be a rather simple feature to add (at least in comparison to many of the other features we ask for). I can't even remember how many face-palm moments this would have prevented for me. Having the keybind to start recording definitely should be easy enough, but there are those of us who can fly straight and level all the way from London to France without even once thinking to press it.

Just this. A summary of why auto recording would be so useful.

[AWC]

20 hours ago, Mysticpuma said:

Just this. A summary of why auto recording would be so useful.

 

I reckon it would be cool. I also don't mind using the key binding. Tracks don't really work with lots of stuff going on for me anyway so I rarely use this in CLOD.

[Mysticpuma]

3 hours ago, Soto_Cinematics said:

 

I reckon it would be cool. I also don't mind using the key binding. Tracks don't really work with lots of stuff going on for me anyway so I rarely use this in CLOD.

Have you added this to the bug tracker?