How To Make Repeating Smoke Lag Free With DCS Trigger Zones

[@DCSChopsticks]

What situation will you be using your repeating smoke in?

[@bendydcs3504]

Generally FARPs, CSAR or Drop zones for regular missions.

[@Mojje42]

haven't had the need for smoke in any mission so far

[@DCSChopsticks]

Well I mostly use it for Helicopter Ops

[@Mojje42]

there's an easier way to make repeating smoke:
Triggers: Repetitive Action(Smoke) - Conditions: Time More (x) - Smoke Marker (trigger zone, 1, Green)

[@DCSChopsticks]

There are a few ways to do it

[@bendydcs3504]

This would likely spawn smoke every 1 second which isn’t so much of a problem for single player missions (although you’ll still have 300 smoke in the same spot) but for multiplayer this can cause a lot of lag

[@Mojje42]

@@bendydcs3504 oh i thought the trigger would wait until the smoke ended and then repeat the trigger?

[@bendydcs3504]

Yes this is a common mistake when setting up smoke for the first time, the repetitive action trigger runs every 1 second, if the condition is true it will perform the action

[@Mojje42]

@@bendydcs3504 i did not know that... very intersting

[@YlmazDALKIRANscallion]

Thanks mate!

[@bleghcore]

Is it possible to turn off the Smoke via Radio menu? Like i want to smoke my target real quick to know where it is as a reference and turn it of

[@DCSChopsticks]

If you are not using scripts, then I believe the smoke will always run for a set amount of time.

[@greatagqc]

Thanks for the video, what I'm trying to do is smoke requested on demand for unit moving, it works 1st time but when I choose again in menu it doesn't smoke again.. any clue?

[@DCSChopsticks]

It sounds like you need it linked to a triggered action, which is in turn linked to a radio menu. I am not sure if you can use it more than once though 🤔. Its not something I have tried to do before.

[@greatagqc]

@@DCSChopsticks I found it, just need to do Swithched Condition - Time since flag - smoke

[@DCSChopsticks]

@@greatagqc Nice, so that is the way to do it to only smoke when you are in the zone? The radio menu version would be the same but for when you manually turn it on or off.

[@CoyoteGamingYT]

Cant get this to work. The smoke never repeats after the initial 5 minutes

[@DCSChopsticks]

Its possible that this doesnt work after an update. But it worked last time i tried it in the Spring

[@paddygaming4856]

my god so complicated.... why there is possibility to place it as in the effect market where you put the normal black someke?!? the editor of DCS seems has been made by a psycho....