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Also heard the debate on the PC Gamer podcast - Podcast Page Some guys will be going head-to-head to duke it out My 2 cents: While flying on-line - with labels on - it is like a being a squirrel while a hawk circles over-head - you're always watching them The A-10, if it has any height, is difficult to lock onto It also has radar-guided missiles, which do not show up on the Black Shark (NO RWR !!!) I think the IR missiles do show up - I'll have to test I do get some indirect kills - on-line A-10 pilots sometimes get tunnel-vision in trying to strafe me - but as I'm only 30m off the ground, they tend to lawn-dart :P :D

I have the Cockpit View mapped to a spare throttle - It allows very rapid zoom in and out Check Axis Commands - at the bottom - Zoom View IIRC

Since you are flying the DCS Black Shark, which has a very narrow capability of locking up anything - it sounds surprising that it'd jump from object to object Which joystick do you have? - we have all types of users in this forum - most :smartass: with functioning joystick profiles Are you running in Real Mode or Game Mode?

When do you lose your mouse? At the Main Menu of the Black Shark? or when you are inside the cockpit ready to fly - But you cannot see the yellow cursor inside? Do you know what type of video card you have in your Laptop?

Bump That was going to be my next question - otherwise it's just the Kh-25ML and Kh-29L that can be used with the Laser Designator - and I will test those too Thanks

In reading the Manual, it mentions Laser Bombs being used with the Laser designator panel. It mentions Kh-25ML, Kh-29L or laser bombs can be used. I could see Kh-25ML and Kh-29L being launched off the wings of the Ka-50 But I couldn't find any laser bombs on the Loadout screen Set me in the right direction - would I be able to use the Laser Designator for the laser bombs? All I see is dumb bombs Thank you

I'm using Alt-Tab right now to read the forum while my Black Shark is starting up And it's the same for Teamspeak I have to go check the EKRAN - it's noisier than usual

I've checked through the ME Guide - Is there any way I can get the Satellite view in the Editor While playing the mission, you can hit F10 and select Satellite View but while creating a Mission, I cannot find the button that will give Satellite View. It would help with placement of objects

obvious, brilliant, and thank you

I keep having trouble sending my Wingman to a datalink position entered into ABRIS by Shkval The steps I take are as follows: Check on the PVTz-800 Off-Board Targeting Data Link Mode Panel to see if my ID Number Dial is set to `1` and Data Mode is set to COMmander On the Targeting Mode Control Panel - turn on `Automatic turn on target` and `Automatic tracking – gun sight` Uncage the Shkval Turn on Targeting Laser Slew the Shkval to the position (follow on the ABRIS) Lock the Position (a distance to Target will show up on my Shkval TV Monitor) Hit Ingress button on the Datalink Panel [LeftSHIFT-4] and then Send/Receive Memory on the Datalink Panel [LeftSHIFT-U] Do a Target Reset(BackSpace) and the point is stored into the ABRIS system. It'll show up on the ABRIS as a little Blue house On the Datalink Panel - I then hit Ingress button, hit DLINK to Wingman 2, and then Hit Ingress button again to select the correct Datalink point - On ABRIS, both the Datalink Point and Wingman2 will be flashing Then hit Send/Receive Memory on the Datalink Panel to send Datalink Point to my Wingman2 The Datalink Panel clears and the wingman should be have my datalink point I then issue, through the Comms menu, either a Goto command or Reconnoitre to the Datalink Point command to my Wingman - A voice command is issued My Wingman2 responds `Unable` or `Negative` When I send my wingman out to reconnoitre, input some targets into ABRIS, and then order him to attack a datalink Target, he completes that task I`ve attached a Track of what`s happening Any help would be appreciated DLProblem.trk

Can anyone fly the BlackShark in overcast to see what it is like? Because I thought that FC 2.0 would be using the DCS Engine(1st iteration Black Shark)

Haven't had much trouble with them. What sort of command do you give to the wingmen? My standard is Complete Mission - \(comms menu) F1 F7 and then Rejoin. I keep a very tight control on them and do most of the work myself. I did see it happen in one mission but thought I had compensated. Was it on all missions? The number of targets are usually found by visuals - (usually through the Shkval) My preference is to have the targeting diamond in the correct area and the Player to be using his skills to hunt them down. Directly having target diamonds on moving Tanks seems cheap. I will review in Tacview 0.94 - I'll see if there are hidden ones or if it's just a bug. I can just change it to a Stationary object or have a nearby tank kill them within seconds. Most are there to give the fiction of Intel to the briefing(Forward Observers) and can be dropped or changed. [EDIT] Is this mission called "Over the Mountain"? I've just loaded it and see no Igla's at all. If you use TacView, you might be able to see what happened. Most of the medium range mobile air defences are off the main mission track. Otherwise I'd put in a anti-SAM weapon-load. They give a general idea where the enemy is in the theatre. Thanks for your input.

Besides de-classifying the mission, you can also try clicking on the next mission(Mission #2) on the Mission List and then saving. That will bring up the Mission #2 description. That sometimes works. I'll look at that tonight when I get home.

Why not sort them into the different planes and make up surprise bags of missions hehe

I don't know about how good his computer can handle Flaming Cliffs 1.12 But as he'll have to upgrade through Flaming Cliffs anyway, he might as well get it now. There's a lot of content(missions/campaigns) that Lockon Flaming Cliffs 2.0 won't be able to run. And the wait might be a few months Better to fly now than wait :) - that's what my pilot heart says

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I have finished a larger campaign for the Su25T A longer campaign with a medium difficulty - more night missions Russian forces are trying to push back Extremist Nationalist forces back onto the Kerch Strait starting in the foothills north of Novorossijsk. Your air unit has the job of breaking resistance points and destroying any enemy forces. A basic style of mission with no labels. I've uploaded them to Lockonfiles - Please make a donation - I have - Thanks Thomas You need to be logged in For the Campaign - download Campaign here - it's a ZIP file to be unzipped into your Campaigns Folder For the MissionPack - download MissionPack here - To be unzipped into your Missions Folder Or at my Flightsims Page Let me know if there are any problems. It was a big one with lots of de-bugging and reviewing. Extremophiles will find it a bit mild but for each mission, I usually tried to throw in a curve or two. Enjoy!!

Try the DCS: Black Shark forums - this is Lockon forum http://forums.eagle.ru/forumdisplay.php?f=72 There are various tutorials and FAQs - http://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=39015 But as your question is a bit more advanced, feed-back from other BS flyers would be your best bet.

I like Lockon Platinum - In regular games(RPGs and Shooters) Gold and Platinum mean COMPLEAT versions with all the extra content. They may be offered at a lower price, but you get more content.

As BRD has so kindly provided my missions page - all my missions have the same password - gilliguck It's what the Skipper on Gilligan's Isle really says when Gilligan screws up and they don't get off the island again - Gilligan! ***k! Current Projects - with FC1.12 - I want to get it out before 2.0 Foothills - a Large campaign in the mountains north of Novosissyrk - on last run-through of testing. It'll be out soon. Sideshow Abkhazia - smaller campaign with heavier historical background as separatist forces in Abkhazia use the Ossetia conflict to secure more of Abkhazia from Georgian forces - on last run-through of testing and want to edit some of the historical info DCS:Black Shark Up-to-Speed Guide - Just got back into BS and made much progress but I still have lots to learn - late alpha stage

TeamSpeak/Ventrillo Much better than the Comms Menu

Make sure the Coalitions are set up correctly Place the Red Unit and then change the country on the drop-down box on the Upper Right

I'm polishing up a fairly large campaign - called Foothills (mainly using the Krysmk airbase) and have a number of night missions. How fair is it to have IR SAMs(Iglas & Strelas) at night. I usually don't have them at all but was considering adding them. Or if I have them, what sort of rules would I use? Mark them on the map? as if I have Intel or ID them in the HUD as if there are Forward Observers or Special Ops guys spotting directly??(I use friendly Igla symbols) Let me know your thoughts.

Have you widened the gates ? Take a look at the TV seeker screen CTRL-MINUS and CTRL-EQUALS increases the size of the gates. Ships are much bigger than tanks.

For EB, PC games are usually in their "GFW" section Ghetto for Windows Yuck