Bruce_D

"This thread makes me want to buy CA. Problem is, I dont think I have time to learn how to be a ground commander as well as P51 ace, KA50 dude and A10C jock. And do real work as well." I'm creating a new mission that, if it works as planed, i'm sure that you are going to buy it. If you buy it remember that I want 10% of this sell value. Hahaha...

Does the AI fires this rockets before an attack or do I have to set something on the mission editor?

Does the KA-50 has illumination rockets or do I have to input another flight to do that?

Why is it not a night chopper?

I'm on a business travel at the moment. On Friday I'll be back and then I'll upload the mission.

I’ve created a mission where you have to invade the city of Tbilisi and conquer the airport. The sides are Russia (invader and playable – Red Side) and Georgia (defenders – Blue Side). For the Red side I’ve put 87 ground vehicles (13 trucks with ammunition, 4 T-80U, 4 T-72, 4 BMP-3, 4 BRT-80, 3 Shilka, 1 Tunguska, 12 Artilleries using 6 Msta and 6 Akastia, 1 BRDM-2, 1 Command truck and the rest was soldiers with AK and RPGs). There were 2 groups of 2 Ka-50 armed with canon pods and Vikhr. I’ve put a Su-34 armed with guided bombs to attack buildings at the city. The Blue side had 104 vehicles (4 SAMs, a lot of BMPs, BRT-80, AAAs, artilleries and MBT of the both types that Georgia has, soldiers with AK and RPGs and Watch Towers at the airport), a pair of MI-24V armed with rockets and 1 Predator Flying high to watch my position. Almost all vehicles are moving around the city during all the time of the mission (5 hours of movement). All the vehicles and air planes are on the Highest AI level. The mission started at 23:30:00 and finished at 04:38:00 with my victory. I’ve lost 8 vehicles and 4 helicopters (1 was shot down and the others 3 ran out of fuel because of a possible bug that I’m going to report at the end of this text). The blue side lost 103 vehicles and 1 plane. Resume: When the Su-34 was bombing the buildings I could see on map most of the enemies so I used the artilleries to destroy the SAMs, AAAs and artilleries. After the SU-34 left the area I started to use the BRDM-2 to JTAC. I’ve found the enemies using the binoculars and turning on the laser to write down the coordinates and passing them to the artilleries. It was very funny and took a lot of time because the BRDM-2 was not invisible or immortal, so I maneuvered the car prevented been detected. I drove at the top of the hills outside the city 9,000 to 5,000 meters away from the targets. Sometimes I was attacked and had to reallocate the BRDM-2, but I manage to JTAC all the enemies’ artilleries, AAAs and SAMs. The first Ka-50 group started at 00:00:00. They’ve found 2 groups of T-55 and a group of BMP-2. They destroyed 2 T-55 and damaged 1 BMP-2 and 1 T-55. They’ve used all the ammo and were guns only when one BMP-2 shoot down one Ka-50. The second pair took off at 02:30:00 and they destroyed 2 BMPs and 1 soldier. Invading the city was difficult; it was a short range fight. I’ve lost one BRT-80 by an RPG fire from a group of soldiers behind a building that the AI discovered after the RPG attack. I’ve lost 3 BMPs and 2 T-80s by a group of 4 T-55s. My other two loses happened at the end of the mission (about five minutes before I conquer the airport); I’ve lost 1 Tunguska for a Watch Tower and the BRDM-2 was destroyed by a T-72. With the soldiers I’ve killed a group of 20 enemies with AKs and RPGs using a pincer movement with two groups of 10 in a pincer movement behind a building. I’ve had no loses. Possible Bugs: Took a lot of time for the Su-34 to bomb all the six targets. It made lots of turns before firing one bomb. The Ka-50 spend a lot of time to aim and attack, and they missed more than 90% of theirs Vikhr. When they managed to destroy or damage 1 enemy of the group, the tanks stopped and a message appeared on the top left of the screen saying something like “Can’t attack, Impossible to use the weapon on the enemy”. They could only be signed to attack again when the enemy started to move. First I thought that the buildings where the problem, but the same thing happened in an opened and plain field outside the city. When this happens, with you try to designate on the map a target to the helicopters instead of appear a green cross on the enemy appeared a red cross and the message. It happened on a group of T-72 that where stopped in the middle of the airport. I’ve send they back to the base (put a waypoint close to the heliport), but they didn’t land an crashed running out of fuel. They don’t land! Some places at the city and around it, when you drive on the road the vehicles stays under the ground when you try to reach the top of the slope. After you reach the top the vehicle appears above the ground again. Nobody detected and attacked the watch towers. That’s why one of them destroyed my Tunguska when it was 50 meters from the watch tower. I’ve entered in first person in a T-80 located and destroyed then. But they didn’t appear on map. I thing that’s all! Even with these bugs I’ve had a lot of fun.

Same problem with 1.2.3. They simple don't fire missiles againts enemy naval units.

How many are in service?

Tks! I thought it was a new RWR design. :doh:

Can someone tell me if this is the cockpit from Su-27SM and wich version it is (SM1, SM2 or SM3)? Does anybody know how many SU-27SM are in service? And for my last question, can anybody translate what’s written on the middle display?

New update same problem. Now the Ticonderonga don't fire the missiles!

Hi, I don`t know if somebody has reported this, but only the Moscow, Molniya (Tarantul-3) and Ticonderoga atack enemy ships with missiles. The Admiral Kuznetsov and Pyotr Velikiy don`t fire their missiles againts the enemy. The Ticoderonga only fires one missile against the enemy. The Moscow and the Molniya fire multiples missiles againts the target. I hope you can correct this. Thanks

Yeah! I hate when they do that. When I need their mavericks, they drop because of a Sa-9. Who wants to live forever? Try to survive! Be more Rambo!!!! And They have another problem, they have psychic powers! Before take off they know exactly where the enemies are!!! :mad:

Well, I always play with my brother in multiplayer. We use the Skype to communicate, I pass the coordinates and say which weapon he has to use. Just us on a server. It would be nice to have some opposite or allied forces controlled by others players. In fact we need another A-10 pilot, because the AI wingmen is so stupid. When a sam fires on him he drop all bombs and missiles. I have the CA and he has the A-10C. Our missions take at least 3 hours. Sometimes my wife tries to interrupt the action after two hours of mission, so I bought The Sims for her! The only problem to play with me will be the huge ping that an outsider will have on my server.

No, it's not necessary.

Install Lock On, after that install FC2. It's not necessary to install FC. After install FC2 and run the game you can uninstall lock on (this case works for download version, but I believe that it will work for the CD version as well). I prefer to maintain the lock on installed waiting for FC3.

I'm sorry my friend, but you are wrong, the Rshift + I changes the frequency even with a radar lock. I’ve made a track showing how to use the frequency change when lock a target. I forgot to put the subtitles, so I’ll put then on a .doc file. Texto LC.doc RShift+I.trk

Exactly! I forgot that! In the 90’s I read an interview of the squadron leader of the Brazilian air defense squadron about an exercise between Brazil and French air force. At that time Brazil was flying the Mirage III for air defense and France came with the Mirage 2000C armed with Super 550. France was trying to sell the Mirage 2000 to Brazil. The commander of the Brazilian squadron said that he was going to be used as targets for their missiles, so he started to training a tactic developed by the British named “Beam” (I don’t know if this is the correct spelling of the maneuver) to fight the Serbian Mig-29 with Harriers. In the exercise the result became equal to favorable to the Brazilian pilots, given a lot concerns and “little fights” between the French pilots. They knew that the Mirage 2000 was 1,000 times better than the Mirage III and that they had a superior training than the Brazilian (an air force with more financial resources has more training sections and are superiors, this is a fact). This tactic works because the psychological effect on the enemy that does not expect this. Against the AI it has less effect because the computer doesn’t get pissed off if he loses the radar contact, but this affects a human being. I manage a lot of victories using IR missiles against F-15C with aim-120 in a multiplayer game with friends using the “Beam”. My brother, who was playing against me, was pissed off because he couldn’t fire on me and I used the R-27ET or R-73 to destroy his plane. But when a person discovers what you are doing the maneuver lost more then a half of its effects. But it’s good against ARH missiles. Of course I’ll not tell how to prevent the maneuver!!!! :smilewink:

Hi, I’m sending these 5 tracks for FC2. The track named “Treino” is the use of Ironhand’s tactic. I have 2 tracks for FC1 of one shoot one kill against a fighter using ECM killing him without he shoots or 1 sec after he shoots. This tactic was funny because sometimes instead of hit your enemy your missiles hit’s the enemy’s AIM-120! :) I haven’t try it on FC2, maybe later I’ll try. This tactics that I’m sending will work against ECM, I haven’t made a track but I now that works. The problem of this tactic is that when you do not use it correctly it will give you a disadvantage against your opponent. That is why I prefer the Ironhand’s tactic. But it will always depend on the situation. R-27ER Vs AIM-120B.trk R-27ER.trk R-27R Vs AIM-120B.trk R-27R.trk Treino.trk

Hi, I don´t know why everybody keeps complainting about the su-27 radar and missiles. You just need to use a different tactic from the F-15C. After firing your missile you have to maintain your altitude at least 2,000 meters lower than your enemy, slow down your speed and maintain the income fighter at least 30º from your plane Look at the RWR to sustain this angle. Ok, when the enemy figther starts to maneuver to flee from your missile just press Rshift + I. This will change the radar pulse repeat frequency and will keep your radar lock even if the enemy turns 180º from you. I like to use too different tactics in a BVR encounter against a plane with the aim-120. You can use the Ironhand training (go to flankertraining.com) firing two missiles (which is the safer one). Or you can use a one shoot one kill tactic in a kamikaze way which works fine (every 10 times that I use this 8 times works fine, the other 2 I went into a CAC). This tactic will not work against the Aim-120C, because the enemy missile will reaches you before your missile reaches him. If somebody wants I can send a video with the one shoot one kill tactic using R-27ER, but I prefer the Ironhand’s training. You can use the Ironhand’s tactics with one shoot one kill.

AFAC: You can use planes with the role AFAC to illuminate areas in night attacks missions. In this role they will use S-100 (or other kind of illuminate bomb) in the target area.

Problem resolved. I bealive it was the coalition problem. Tks for the help :thumbup:

Yes, it has player-controlled aircraft . I have discoverd something: On the second mission I forgot to put one country on the red coalition. I'll try to change this. Tks

Hi my friend, "If you didn't do it yourself, then the default is for a range of 0 .. 100 for every mission..." I`ll try that "What I think your problem might be is simply the slightly strange way the campaign is presented..." That is the problem. When I select back the campaign it shows as inative and when I re-enter the campaign It start the stage 1 again "Also be aware that when you add a mission to the campaign, the game copies it into the campaign directory..." Yeah, I saw that, I`m sure thats not causing the problem. I`ll try your first tip. Tks for the help