Guides

DCS Mission Planning Guides

DCS Planner is a browser tool for planning DCS World missions. These guides explain the workflow: pick a theater, build a route, map threats, check terrain, and export the plan into the cockpit.

Published guides

• How to Plan a DCS World Mission (Step-by-Step): The planning workflow: theater, waypoints, threats, terrain, and cockpit export.
• DCS Flight Plan: Waypoints, Headings & Routes: Waypoints, leg heading and distance, coordinate formats, airframe limits, and route export.
• DCS Bullseye Explained (BRAA vs Bullseye): Bullseye as a coalition reference: reading calls, BRAA vs bullseye, and setting it in DCS Planner.
• DCS SAM Threat Rings & Route Planning: SAM and AAA threat rings: engagement range, IADS layers, route planning, and overlay export from DCS Planner.
• DCS F-16 DTC Guide (Data Transfer Cartridge): F-16C DTC: steerpoints, COMM presets, CMDS, and how to export a cartridge from DCS Planner.
• DCS F/A-18C Mission Planning & Waypoints: F/A-18C Hornet: sequences, waypoints, A/A waypoint, TOT, and cockpit export from DCS Planner.
• Make a DCS Kneeboard Flight Plan (PNG Export): Kneeboard PNG export: spider card around bullseye, mission pages, and where DCS loads the files.
• DCS Syria Mission Planning Guide: Syria theater: airfields, frequencies, terrain, bullseye, and planning the route in DCS Planner.
• DCS Persian Gulf Mission Planning Guide: Persian Gulf theater: Hormuz geography, airfields, frequencies, carrier ops, and planning the route in DCS Planner.
• DCS F-15E Mission Planning (A/B/C Routes): F-15E Strike Eagle: independent A/B/C routes, steerpoints, and cockpit export from DCS Planner.