Gibo

Ciao a tutti, ho appena postato un thread anche sull'internazionale per sapere se vi risulta che in F14 il padlock funzioni o meno. Pur avendo abilitato il padlock nella pagina delle opzioni ed aver debitamente assegnato i tasti di controllo quando si preme l'apposito taso non succede nulla. Io non ho Track Ir e quindi il padlock risulta essenziale per il dogfight. Grazie per le informazioni che potrete darmi Gibo

Even with the padlokc option checked in Gameplay the padlocking system in F14 is not working. Nothing happens when you press the button "padlock next" even if you are cole to other aircraft and yuo are watching in the correct direction. Padlocking system is very important for dogfight (I really can't dogfight without padlock).

I concur, yesterday I tried to use padlock in F14 without succes. Because the F14 is a dogfighter I think it is mandatory that padlock works otherwise you cant doghfight at all.

Look at the manual page 313 it says: In addition to computing the solution to put bullets at the targets location the RTGS sight will also calculate where the bullets actually are in relation to the target when at target range. When the bullets fired are computed to be at the target’s location the diamond switches from target indication to indicating bullet position at target range (BATR). This is also indicated by the diamond flashing. Using this symbology it’s possible to see where the target would have needed to be to be hit by the bullets. If the gun engagement was executed successfully this means that the diamond should still be on top of the target, blinking, indicating that the bullets passed through the target’s location.

I do use a lot of mud mover (a-10 and Ka50) but I decided to buy F14 because I always loved that plane. I have some difficult in dogfight. I think that these difficulties derive by two factors, the enemy dimension and the padlocking difficulties. I would like to give Eagle Dynamics two suggestion to remove this handicap which, I think, depends by the screen dimension which is compressed if compared to real life. Enemy plane dimension. In real life you will dogfight at a distance from 0 to 2 nm; at this distance you can clearly see your enemy (if you can keep eyes on him); in the game a plane 1,5 nm away is a little point on the screen which is almost impossible to be seen; that is because in the screen everything is smaller than in the real thing. So my first suggestion Is to allow the player to enhance the dimension of the enemy to restore the possibilities to see your enemy like the real thing is ( I know that this may be considered cheating but I don’t think it is because is just a way to remove a handicap you have by the small dimension of the screen). Padloking enemy plane. In a game I played a lot in the past (Falcon 4.0), there was a way to padlock your enemy in dogfight in the same way a real pilot would do. I try dogfight with Track Ir but because of the dimension of the enemy plane (see problem above) it is very difficult to keep an eye on the enemy. So my second suggestion is to allow the player to padlock the enemy (as you can do with sam). I think that introducing these two options should not be a great software problem and would not be something that alter the realism of the game but restore it to be more adherent to the real thing.

Try not to use Pal. I completede the mission using Sparrow in Boresight mode and Sidewinder with Seam without radar lock. In this way i did not experienced crahs (wich immediatly happen as soon as you lock a target with Pal).

Dear friend I really can't refuel. I see your video tutorial and your aircraft seems so stable! My Cat seems unable to stay stady. The biggest problem I have is with pitch; i can't keep the plane at hte desired altitude. I do use trim but the plane can't be stabilized in pitch. Can you please help me? I use Ch Fighterstick and Ch Pro Throttle and I set them with a deadzone of 2 and curve 18 and I run the refuel in bomb mode. Even in normal flight I can't stabilize the altitude (it seems that at a stady speed you have to have a neutral attitude when correctly timmed. I do not think that is something wrong with me it seems that is something concerning the settings. Thanks for your help. Gibo

For the external lights, after you have switch them on from the right console, you have to light them up using a switch on the trhrottle (see pag 28 of the manual). Gibo

There is a switch controlling taxi lights also in the Master Light Control Panel (see manual 1.0 pag. 93 and 94)

I decided to buy Persian Gulf and I downloaded it. I started the game and dowloaded Persian Gulf but when it finished i get an error about ed_api.dll not working in windows. I tried repair wiyhout success. please help.

Hy Leonardo I tried your campaign and all goes well till 3th mission (the one you have to destroy Batumi bridge). I destroyed the bridge with Gbu 10 but I do not get the mission accomplished message. I tried the mission tree times withe the same resoults (bridge destroyed but mission faild). First and second mission ok. Thank you for the campaign. regards Gibo

Is it playable also as single player?

Hi pj. I was interested in the campaign and i downoaded it a cuople of weeks ago. Wiht 1.5 the frame rate are ok (at least for me) but almost all the mission are without any action. I can see that the ground unit are in contact with enemy but during the CAS flight no one call me in. Is it the same for you?

I vote for the Sp version. Bye bye Gibo

Did you sucees? I tried but no way i could change the tanker speed.

I need help to complete Vergeev group campaign please. I reached mission 17; i take off and reach the operation area; when i reach wp 12 the russian para shot the green flare and mark last enemy position with the green smoke but i can't see any enemy (or there is'nt any enemy); so i can get a maximum of 20% of advancement and cannot comlete the campaign. Can someone help me please?

Are the BS 1.01 and 1.02 Sp missions working with Black Shark 2?

I had had the same problem last week (killed everything with the friend units in the city without losses) but the mission result was a no success. I tried again, same result, In the third try after killing everibody (at least I thought to have killed everibody) I ordered wingman to "engage target of opportunity"; he went in and killed someone I couldn't see and....the result was ok. So my advice is: use wingman!

I vote for singleplayer. It is the only real campaign.

I have KA50 since a month now and I think it is not so easy to fly. I think that the difficulty came from the fact that I had never used Helo but only fixed wing aircrafts (A10). I don't have rudder but i can fly the thing (I use the keyboard for the rudder); wath is difficult for me is predict the helo; some times it behave as it has a proper life and it's not easy for me to gain control back. Anyway it is a great sim but hard to master. So my advice is: buy it but don't expect to be able to perform acceptably soon

I have recently installed everything back (because of system failure) and the correct procedure is: 1 Dcs world 2 Modules (each one must be activated. I had had like you problems with the FTP Usa and I solved the problem using the Russian one.

Same for me!

logbook problems Does anybody have logbook problem? My logbook will not update anymore; it does not keep track of the flight hours and the kill I made. Am I the only one having this problem?

No the red smoke markers were ok; the mission was too difficult to me witout Tgp (i do not have track ir) so Iwent with Tgp on. I have played as Sp. Ciao

Wonderful mission. I tried it without Tgp: no way. Than I put Tgp on and all went ok. Enyoied a lot. My best compliments; looking forward for the next one.