Jump to content

Major SNAFU

Members
  • Posts

    137
  • Joined

  • Last visited

Everything posted by Major SNAFU

  1. Hi Socket7, So I landed in the wrong place. thanks for the tips. Will continue trying. Am not going to try updated version until at the utmost desperation.
  2. Okay. I just created a mission and everything works fine. But the training mission for the Ka50 with wingmen and target hand off non of the in flight coms work. You cannot talk to the towers and you cannot talk to your flight. Regards,
  3. Hi all, So I ran another mission and all of the coms worked fine, including the switching from ground crew to air. I will try the training mission again. It is still odd that the ATC didn't work, because I was dialing in the correct frequencies according to the documentation. Could be a mission specific issue.
  4. Hi Sokol1_br, Thanks for responding. I did read your other thread and I am following your instructions. However, even when I use the SPU-9 PTT I am not able to communicate with my wingmen or ATC. That is why I created a new thread. Easy communication is disabled and I am never using the "\" key. "RAlt+\" is already mapped to the SPU-9. I always use this, so i will leave "\" as it is because I am not used to using this. I am not sure how to add this information to the kneeboard. Can you point me in the correct direction?
  5. I have noticed in the KA-50, the Mi8 and the Huey that setting the global "unlimited Ammo" setting in the options has an erratic effect. Some missions I have unlimited ammo (Ka50 target practice) instant mission, for example. I can shoot all of my missiles and then it acts like I am out. I then switch to a different weapon and then back and *sometimes* I have a full load out again). It is funny because for the Mi8 target practice mission the instructor recommends setting the global setting to unlimted. So I do that and I run out of everything no matter what I do. So I end up flying back to reload, etc. So I have just turned if off now and just assume that I will have to spend a lot of "training" time practicing landing and rearming (which isn't a bad thing).
  6. Hi all, I am also having many problems with the radio communications with the latest version. I have tried all of the things below with Easy Communication DISABLED. I see no change to the behaviour of the sim regardless of mode. I am always using (having read the other threads) the "RAlt+\" to toggle the SPU-9 PTT. (Note, I have noticed that in many of the threads it is mentioned as "RCtrl+\". I have no such option mapped and I am using the defaults.) I am trying to perform the wingman training for targets, etc. If I dial in 127.5 on the 800 and the "RAlt+\" I am unable to communicate with my flight or any individual wingman. If I dial in other frequencies (say Batumi or Koubleti (sp?)) all well within range of the 800 - I can elicit no response from ATC. I can abondon the training and fly to either airfield, hover 100 meters from the tower at either and still elicit no response from ATC - so I am pretty sure I meet the range and line of sight criteria) The odd thing is that if I set the 800 back to 127.5, and I designate a target and store it - it appears that I can send the information to any of my wingmen as the lights go off indicating a successful transfer of data. But I cannot then issue any commands to them to attack a target, change formation, etc. I have followed all of the instructions, as best I understand them, in the other radio threads - but I must be missing something because others are reporting the "RAlt+\" is working to allow them to communicate. I am having similar issues in the Mi8 as well. If kind soul notices a missing step in any of the above, please let me know because I would like to get this sorted.
  7. Wow. What a challenging mission! So I am part way and have just arrived at/near the first SOR. At least I believe I have as I have flown back and forth from different headings and watched for the needle to jump. I've noticed the needle doesn't completely reverse itself, but usually swings about 90 degrees of the track, first one way and then the other. So I picked a place to land - but nothing happens. So I am either in the wrong spot, or too far way. But I am not sure what the next steps should be to refine the rescue point. Anyone have any suggestions along this line?
  8. Never mind. I found one here:http://ariescon.com/NavigationalAids.pdf
  9. See second post - I found one. I thought I had found a link to one but the link was dead. Is there a master list of all such stations valid for ADF-type activities for any aircraft? Thanks,
  10. RESOLVED - PEBCAK on my end. (Problems Exists Between Chair And Keyboard) Okay. I have tried to follow the directions, but I am misunderstanding something. When I first opened this path: "...\DCS World\Mods\aircraft\Mi-8MTV2\Cockpit\Resources\Model\Textures\" (before I copied or installed anything). Inside of this textures folder is a zip file called "Mi8MTV-STND-TEXTURES.zip" This zip file is there from the beginning. So I then tried each of the following, non of which have worked: 1) I copied the 18 files and placed them into the directory along with the "Mi8MTV-STND-TEXTURES.zip" file. That didn't work so I then: 2) created a folder with the same name as the zip file "Mi8MTV-STND-TEXTURES" and then I copied the 18 files into this new folder. This does not work either. Going back yet again to the install instructions for the mod. Open the zip file (I already have, that is how I am reading the txt file with the installation instructions). Move the "Mods" folder into the DCS World folder. Okay. I riight-click on the "Mods" folder in the same directory that I am reading the txt file in. I select "Copy". I then go to the DCSWorld folder and right-click and select "Paste". Windows informs me that there is already a directory named "Mods", do I want to replace any files with the same names. I select "Yes". This last one did it. I must have missed something the first time b/c I would have sworn I did this the first time before I went on to try the alternatives. Anyway, I looks great! Thanks for making it!
  11. Hi all, I cannot seem to get this to work. I downloaded the most recent version. I have unzipped and copied all of the files into the Mod directory in DCS world. I still see the original cockpit text. I opens both of the folders all the way down and re-copied the files for the Mod into the correct directory, confirming the copy and replace each time. I am not sure what I am doing wrong.
  12. I thought I had them in the correct place for the Huey, but when I fire up the sim the missions are not listed.
  13. I know I saw it mentioned in a video, but I can't recall which one. How do you remove the pilot model for the seat you are occupying so your view isn't obscured by the body of the pilot in the seat? Also. I have been trying to use the LAlt+Y and LCtrl+Y to set the text box that I have noticed in some videos. I cannot get these to come up. Is it a settings thing to disable them? Regards,
  14. One additional question. Are the sales available on the main site, or on steam, or both. I ask because I will never willingly use Steam again. I have never had anything but problems with it with the few games I purchase that way.
  15. I completely agree. I have many 10s of hours in BS1. I kind of like the non-gunship missions I have watched with the other helos as well. I will keep a watch out for a sale.
  16. Title says it all. I finally have a rig that will run DCS World and A10C great and now I have been looking at adding a helo. If there was a BS1 upgrade path that would be great - but otherwise I am looking at the two new helos with interest.
  17. Hi all, I Bought A10C when it first came out, only to put it on a shelf b/c the computer I had would not run it (I had BS1 and I flew the heck out of that). Then real life intervened and I never got back to it. I have just got a new machine, and I installed the latest DC world and installed my copy of A10C and activated it. But when I run DCS world it does not show that A10C is available. If I click on the greyed-out icon, it informs me that I have to purchase it. But I already did that years ago. My next question is regarding the patches. The last one I downloaded back when was the 1.1.0.6 patch. Do I need to download each of the later patches and install them in sequence, or can I grab just the latest patch and it will take my 1.1.0.6 installation all the way to the current version. Thanks in advance.
  18. Do you have a MB recommendation? WHen I last went shopping Asys was the best.
  19. Hi all, Almost every time I start DCS World it says there is an update. I work my way through the update, indicate it should use my administrator account and then it crashes/fails. Some times it was there was a memory fault at a certain location, sometimes it is that there is another instance of the updater running (not according to task manager there isn't). Is this common and just a matter of persevering?
  20. Hi all, I am in need of some upgrade suggestions. Completely replacing my current system is not possible right now, but I can spend a "reasonable" amount on upgrades. Currently I have: AYSUS P5K-E Intel 2 Quad CPU running at 2.4 2 GB RAM WinXP SP3 NVidia GeForce 8800 GTS Lian Li case 700 Watt power supply I am planning on moving to Win7 64-bit, although I am concerned about this as I run many legacy wargames that may no longer function and this will be a major problem for me. I also am not sure if I can keep the same motherboard and processor. If not, the I may have to gut the case and start from scratch. My next concern is that I have multiple HDDs with lots of game files, pictures, etc. Will these all be read on a 64-bit machine without issue? I am expecting, at the least to replace the video card (nothing bleeding edge), the OS and the power supply and add RAM. I am seeking recommendations Thanks,
  21. Hi all, I bought BS1 and A10 during beta, but I had to leave off for a while. Now I am back and just installed DCS world and then installed A10. I think I need to buy BS2 to get it into DCS World, but that is for another day. I system is below spec, I know that. It is 32-bit Win XP. It ran BS1 fine. I ran the A10 beta sorta okay. I had all kinds of problems getting DCS World to update itself. And once it did that the Su-25 would at first crash during loading a mission, then crash when I tried to shoot something. Then I tried A10. It works better when I tone the options way down, but it has crashed a few times. But the real problem is this: When A10 does exit okay, and I review the mission info and return to DCS World, it always (100% of the time) crashes if I try to launch any mission again. The only solution that I have been able to figure out is that I have to re-start my computer each time I want to fly another mission. Exiting and re-starting DCS World is not sufficient. I am planning on upgrading my machine, as a completely new one is out of the question. But I wanted to see if the sim works well before I spend money on hardware and a new OS.
  22. I have a Thrustmaster Cougar HOTAS that I have replaced sensors in over time. I don't think the CWHWM will allow me to purchase the WartHog HOTAS seeing as life prevents me from setting up the Cougar more than a half dozen times per year right now (or so it feels).
×
×
  • Create New...