[Lonestar]

And now the answer


I was digging around trying to solve another problem (DCG not loading the Yak's in campaigns under HSFX)....

when I found the loadout culprit.

From what I can see, the longer loadout names are longer than the columns in the payloads.dcg file.

So when you select one of them.. DCG takes the load name from the allplayloads.dcg file, and then dumps it into the payloads.dcg line for that aircraft.
However, if the payload name is longer then the column width allowable, it truncates the name.
Then it appears that truncated name is sent to the game when that aircraft and loadout is selected.
The game says.. "ahhh what?" and throws the error.

So be careful using long named loadouts with DCG

Okay, thanks for your work!