DCS Lua Runner

A VS Code extension to run lua code in DCS World (on local or remote server, in mission or GUI environment). A reimplementation of the DCS Fiddle web lua console. Allows for quick development and debugging of running scripted missions directly from the comfort of VS Code.

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Features

• Send whole Lua file or just selected portion of code.
• Execute on local DCS instance or remote DCS server (more details below).
• Execute in mission or GUI scripting environment.
• Display return value in output panel or as a file (for syntax highlight)
  • in either JSON or Lua table format.

Installation

See INSTALL.md.
YOU MUST SETUP THE DCS SCRIPT FOR THIS EXTENSION TO WORK.

Extension Settings

This extension has the following settings:

• serverAddress: Remote DCS server address. It can be an IP address or a domain.

• serverAddressGUI: Override remote DCS server address for GUI environment.

• serverPort: Port of the remote DCS Fiddle. Default is 12080.

• serverPortGUI: Override port of the remote DCS Fiddle for GUI environment.

• useHttps: Specifies whether the server is behind a HTTPS reverse proxy.
  If this is set to true, you should also change the dcsLuaRunner.serverPort to 443.
  Default is false.

• webAuthUsername: Specifies the username for authentication.
  Requires the modified DCS Fiddle script.

• webAuthPassword: Specifies the password for authentication.
  Requires the modified DCS Fiddle script.

• runCodeLocally: Whether to send code to 127.0.0.1:12080 or to the remote server set in dcsLuaRunner.serverAddress and dcsLuaRunner.serverPort.
  This setting can be quickly changed with the buttons on the upper-right of a lua file.

• runInMissionEnv: Specifies whether to execute in mission or GUI Scripting Environment.
  This setting can be quickly changed with the buttons on the upper-right of a lua file.

• returnDisplay: Wether to use output panel or file (which supports syntax highlight) to display return value.

• returnDisplayFormat: Display return value as JSON or Lua table. (Experimental feature, please report any issue.)

Release Notes

See changelog.

Credits

All credits of this scripts and its API implementations go to the original authors JonathanTurnock and john681611.
Under MIT License, see dcsfiddle.

License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE file for details.