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Torque Tycoon > Game Components
Radio Menu
The Radio Menu holds every Tycoon cockpit action; the F10 map holds none of them. F10 does not open the radio menu: it selects Other after the radio menu is already open.
- On the ground, open the radio menu with #.
- In the air, open it with Alt+#.
- Press F10 to select Other.
Key bindings may differ when a DCS control profile has been changed.
Tycoon's entries stand in a fixed order, so each keeps its F-key:
| Entry | Contents |
|---|---|
My Location | The nearest site: its Projects, Institutions and Storage. |
Cargo | Load, deliver, store and drop crates. |
Navigation | Nearby sites and the sites that take the loaded cargo, with smoke, flare or illumination. |
Wallet | Balance, income, costs and recent activity, see Credits. |
Upgrades | Workshop upgrades for your aircraft types, see Upgrades. |
Insurance | Cover of your aircraft and its equipment, see Insurance. Only while insurance is switched on. |
Tycoon | Statistics, map overlays and situation reports. |
An offer from an encounter appears at the end of the menu under its own name and disappears once answered or expired.
My Location
Operates on the nearest valid site. Its first row names the site; below are the submenus Projects, Institutions (Cities only) and Storage.
├─ My Location │ ├─ Site: <Site> (inert row) │ │ │ ├─ Projects │ │ ├─ Upgrades (N) (site upgrades, no build site; same rows as below) │ │ │ └─ <Upgrade> │ │ ├─ Ready to build (N) │ │ │ └─ <Project> │ │ │ ├─ Build now │ │ │ ├─ <Cargo> N/M ok (status rows) │ │ │ ├─ Pin to map / Unpin from map (see below) │ │ │ └─ Print details │ │ ├─ Missing requirements (N) │ │ │ ├─ <Project> <badge> (individual, same shape as above) │ │ │ └─ <Pool> (N): <reason> (collapsed candidates, e.g. regional slots full) │ │ │ ├─ <reason> (status row, stated once) │ │ │ └─ <Project> (same as above, one per candidate) │ │ ├─ Built here (N) │ │ │ └─ <Building> │ │ │ ├─ CONFIRM: tear down <Building> │ │ │ ├─ Cost <Cargo> N/M │ │ │ └─ Print details │ │ └─ Region: N/M slots (regional slot ledger, inert row) │ │ │ ├─ Institutions (CITY sites only; branch absent elsewhere) │ │ ├─ Open (N) │ │ │ └─ <Institution> [same row shape as Ready/Missing above] │ │ └─ Built (N) │ │ └─ <Institution> [same row shape as Built here above] │ │ │ └─ Storage │ ├─ Stored x/y (airfields and Settlements: all cargo combined / storage limit) │ └─ <Cargo> (n) (n = crates staged + in storage) │ ├─ Spawn max free slots │ ├─ Spawn max payload │ ├─ Spawn 1 crate │ ├─ Spawn 2 crates │ ├─ Spawn 4 crates │ ├─ Spawn 6 crates │ └─ Spawn 24 crates
Storage
Storage takes crates out of the stock of the site you are at. Pick the cargo, then how many crates you want. A crate taken out of a store is the same crate that was stored.
| Entry | Crates taken out |
|---|---|
| Spawn max free slots | As many as your aircraft has free slots, even beyond its rated payload. |
| Spawn max payload | As many as stay within your aircraft's rated payload. |
| Spawn 1 / 2 / 4 / 6 / 24 crates | The fixed number, or whatever is left if the site holds less. |
Some of a site's crates may first have to be brought out of its storage. That takes a few seconds, and the crates appear once they have arrived. Where they appear depends on the site, see Cargo.
Messages you may see:
| Message | Meaning |
|---|---|
bringing N more <cargo> from storage… | The crates are on their way; wait a few seconds. |
only X of Y <cargo> requested are in storage - spawning what is available | The site holds fewer crates than requested. You get all of them. |
out of range for cargo here (X m away, max Y m) | Too far from the site: 500 m at an airfield, 80 m for an airplane at a pad, 30 m for a helicopter at a pad. Nothing is taken out. |
no room to place cargo near your aircraft | No free space behind the aircraft. Move a little and try again. |
rated payload already reached | Spawn max payload has nothing left to add. Use Spawn max free slots to load beyond it. |
cargo bay full | No free slot left. |
At an airfield, the first row Stored x/y shows how full its shared storage is.
Cargo
Use Cargo whenever a Torque Tycoon crate moves between the ground and the aircraft's internal cargo hold. DCS's built-in rearm/reload and cargo-loading menus do not recognize Tycoon crates. Slingloads use the helicopter's cargo hook; a crate set down from the sling is delivered or stored from Nearby.
├─ Cargo │ ├─ Show cargo status │ ├─ Load nearby │ │ ├─ Load all nearby │ │ └─ Load <Crate> (one per crate nearby) │ ├─ Deliver (only where the site takes deliveries) │ │ ├─ Deliver all loaded (N) │ │ ├─ <Cargo> (N loaded) (one per loaded cargo) │ │ │ ├─ Deliver all (N) │ │ │ └─ Deliver 1, 2, 4, 6, 24 │ │ └─ <Cargo> (N on ground) (one per cargo lying at the site) │ │ ├─ Deliver all (N) │ │ └─ Deliver 1, 2, 4, 6, 24 │ ├─ Store (only where the site has a store; same shape, with the fee) │ │ ├─ Store all loaded (N x 75 GEL) │ │ ├─ <Cargo> (N loaded) │ │ └─ <Cargo> (N on ground) │ └─ Drop loaded (sets crates down without delivering them) │ ├─ Drop all loaded (N) │ └─ <Cargo> (N loaded) │ ├─ Drop all (N) │ └─ Drop 1, 2, 4, 6, 24
Deliver and Store only appear where the site takes the cargo; which site takes what is listed under Cargo. The Store entries show the storage fee. Both also work from the wreck of an aircraft that was brought down in one piece.
Every cargo offers the same steps, whatever is aboard: a step larger than what is there unloads all of it. Crates leave the hold in the order they were loaded; crates on the ground go nearest first.
Navigation
Finds destinations and site information.
├─ Navigation │ ├─ Refresh nearest sites │ ├─ Cargo Sites (sites that take the loaded cargo) │ │ └─ <Site> │ │ ├─ Deploy smoke │ │ ├─ Fire flare │ │ └─ Drop illumination bomb │ └─ Nearby Sites │ ├─ Factory │ ├─ Source │ ├─ Hub │ └─ City │ └─ <Site> │ ├─ Deploy smoke │ ├─ Fire flare │ └─ Drop illumination bomb
Cargo Sites reads (no loaded cargo) while the hold is empty.
| Site | Smoke colour |
|---|---|
| Source | Green |
| Factory | Blue |
| Hub | Orange |
| City | White |
Smoke appears roughly 120 metres to the right of the approach. Fire flare launches a red signal flare directly from the selected site and can be requested again after 30 seconds.
Drop illumination bomb lights up the selected site at night: the bomb ignites 1000 metres above the site's ground level (never above your own aircraft) and slowly descends. It can be requested again after 5 minutes.
Wallet
Shows your credits.
├─ Wallet │ ├─ Overview │ │ ├─ This Session │ │ ├─ Last Session │ │ ├─ Last 7 days │ │ ├─ Last 30 days │ │ └─ All Time │ ├─ Recent Activity │ ├─ Since last visit │ └─ Refresh from backend
While credits are switched off, the entry holds a single row saying so.
Upgrades
Shows and sells Workshop upgrades.
├─ Upgrades │ ├─ Show my upgrades │ ├─ Buy Upgrade (on the ground at an airfield with a Workshop) │ │ └─ Cargo hold │ │ └─ <Upgrade> │ │ ├─ Accept purchase (<price>)? Yes │ │ └─ No │ └─ Find nearest Workshop
An upgrade the aircraft already has reads fitted and cannot be bought again.
Insurance
Shows and sells insurance.
├─ Insurance │ ├─ Overview │ ├─ Buy Insurance (on the ground at an airfield with an Insurance Agency) │ │ ├─ Aircraft (Agency I) │ │ │ └─ <Aircraft type> │ │ │ ├─ Accept purchase (<price>)? Yes │ │ │ └─ No │ │ └─ Equipment (Agency II) │ │ ├─ <Item> (one per fitted upgrade) │ │ └─ All equipment │ └─ Find nearest Insurance Agency
Buying needs a linked Discord account, see DCSBot.
Tycoon
Statistics, map overlays and reports about the situation nearby.
└─ Tycoon
├─ Statistics
│ ├─ Show my statistics
│ └─ Refresh from backend
├─ Map
│ ├─ Show Supply (60s)
│ ├─ Redraw markers
│ └─ Pinned projects (N)
│ ├─ Unpin: <SITE> <Project> (one row per pin)
│ └─ Unpin all
└─ Situation Report
├─ Most urgent demand
├─ Nearest pickup
└─ Open projects
Show my statistics shows your Player Statistics.
Pin Projects
Adds a User Marker to the F10 Map. To open it, click on the red circle or toggle all markers with this button in the F10 Map:
Pinned Project:
To delete it, click on the red cross or remove it via Tycoon > Map > Pinned projects.
Pins are removed on a server restart.
Encounter Offers
An offer from an encounter is added at the end of the menu, behind Tycoon:
└─ <Offer> ├─ <Option> (one per choice, including declining) └─ Show message again
It disappears once answered, when it expires, or on takeoff.
Chat Commands
Some answers are faster to type than to click. These commands work in the ordinary DCS chat and reply only to your own group.
| Command | Shows |
|---|---|
-tyc help | The list of commands. |
-tyc supply [seconds] | Full supply labels on the F10 map for a short while. |
-tyc info <code> | The detail card for one site. |
-tyc demand [n] | The most urgent demands. |
-tyc source [cargo] | The nearest pickup for a cargo. |
-tyc projects | The open projects. |
-tyc rumors | The current rumors. |
-tyc threats | Threat contacts nearby. |
-timeleft gives the time to the next restart, and -linkme links a Discord account, see DCSBot.