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Getting started

Download the latest yams script

Move the script into a folder that you can easily access while in the mission editor. 

# EXAMPLE ONLY

mv $ENV:USERPROFILE\Downloads\yams-dcs.min.lua
"$ENV:USERPROFILE\Documents\Saved Games\DCS World\Scripts"

Open the mission editor and either create a new mission or create a new one. In the mission editor, click the triggers manager.

The DCS Mission editor, highlighting the trigger button

Create a new trigger, giving it a condition to wait for 1 second. Set the action to DO SCRIPT FILE and select the yams-dcs.lua file from your filesystem

The Trigger Manager, showing the correct settings for your DO SCRIPT FILE trigger

This concludes the process for loading yams, but now you want to build your own scripts around it.

Adding your first script

Now that yams is available for your use, your code can use the library in subsequent scripts.

Create a new trigger and use a FLAG ON condition checking for flag 31337, and use the DO SCRIPT action this time.

Example

In that DO SCRIPT block, paste in the following code:

yams.message
   :with_text("YAMS v0.1 loaded.")
   :for_seconds(15)
   :clear_previous_messages()

When you start the mission now, you should see the following message in the upper RHS of screen.

YAMS v0.1 loaded.