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So managed to get the mission to work as intended. Following Jakes advice: 1.deleted fxo & metashader2 2.Ran long repair with "find additional files after" ticked (most likely the solution) 3.Up until now i had released the talds at 30 & didnt turn right till 15-20 out from wp5, then when the 8 came online i turned in left and attacked. This run when 2 said "ready for right turn", basically immediately after releasing TALDs i turned right, and didnt run in until a full circuit, and actually found there was extra dialogue in between, so not sure if this was causing the issue either? I just realized ive had to run repair after the last probably 3-4 updates, so maybe theres a core issue there, but regardless, heres a solution if anyone else gets this problem

oh and fwiw, easy comms was off, tacview isnt installed, and "force my options" was also unchecked

So just updated to the latest hotfix patch (DCS 2.9.16.10973), and while it did play a little different this time, it was similar result, but fortunately i was able to capture the error. So the error comes up, when the SA8 comes online (after talds), or possibly when i fire on it, and as mentioned the error stayed in place this time so i screen capped it, but after i clicked ok, it asked me to report to devil (as i splashed it), but after trying approx. 10 times, the command wouldnt tell devil, it just closes the comm menu, then obviously mission couldnt progress. So last time the mission kept going, and told me to take out the oil rigs, but i was able to report destroying the SA8 that time. Anyways heres the error

I only play campaigns, so no mods etc installed. I dont usually have easy comms on, although i know for a while it kept re-enabling itself, but i think that was the launcher, which ive disabled also! Tacview may be on there, i never really use it though, will check that its disabled. Some nice little tips in there though, i will try the mission again, if i still have issues will try this list and report back, thanks Jakes

First half of mission was fine, launch the talds and got the SA8 first time round, then as i circled back, we were getting words for the oil pumps etc a windows box came up (with error chime), was too quick to read but i thought i seen the word "script" or "schedule", then vanished. Me being the naval aviator that i am, i continue... There was no F10 option to tell wingman to attack the targets either (as he was the only one with bombs). So i tried 'wingman 2>attack my target' nothing, then tried 'flight>engage mission & rejoin' to which he broke off, but instead of attacking targets he just started heading south (i think?!) and just kept flying away. asking for rejoin etc had no effect. Then after some time it came up with "tell devil you are unable with F10" so i went to that but "player" just said "engagement complete" and the dialouge played as if i hit the targets (but they were still fine in tgp), wingman still heading south, but he then also said "another gecko popped up near the city". At this point i conceded something was fubar and quit. Tbh, not a fan of the half in built menu for orders and half F10, i just find it confusing and when i use inbuilt orders at the wrong time in earlier missions, it just breaks the wingman, forcing me to quit & restart, i'd suggest going all F10 orders if its not too much work. Sorry didnt get a better look at the error, so may not be much help but wanted to report Otherwise, great campaign, i like the simplicity, i did have to learn the simrate function though haha theres some looong transits

I really wish ED would make the tanker voices say, "nose cold, switches safe, ready pre-contact", although i think its a navy thing primarily, but still, its a good reminder. Boom operators deserve the ability to have kids too !!

So my first 3 tries of this got a weird bug of being locked out of my keyboard/controls mid mission, but this may be a ME issue, as i think it happens when i return to normal speed (shift+Z), i may have buggy binding or something (reshade is on the same binding too)? Anyhow, once i (finally) arrive on station, i first found a convoy with a bus, but initially there was no F10 option, took a good couple minutes before it came up, but eventually it showed under F10, and the dialouge with wingman works, but all other groups i came across there was no F10 option to report it (is there 2 groups of 2 cars? plus a single apc). i was flying around for ages, trying to lock them etc, but the mission couldnt progress, there wasnt an option to cancel the task either. I tried bombing the APC but this done nothing, an ended up quitting the mission Are we meant to do show of force or something? also not too clear weather i should be reporting, via F10, to my flight freq or to image? Any ideas as to what im doing wrong? or is this a bug in the mission? cheers

Thanks for that, good to know thats SOP (departure, tanker etc). As far as the convoy i guess we were still missing one, i should of got myself. Both times those tanks were already destroyed though, are you able to verify with F6 yourself, using co-ords in PP mode? at first i thought it was a failsafe thing, but when i got the BDA, i realized there was an issue there

Just finished mission 3, and noticed a couple things.. First, on start up, we do radio checks and i can hear wingman, other flights and myself, but nowhere through the departure, does departure actually respond OR if im meant to change freqs it doesnt tell me too, in which case, that would be handy. second, im using PP to drop the JDAMs and i actually played the mission twice, as i ran into an issue i'll cover next, but both times when using co-ords, i follow the bomb with F6 and the trucks are on target, but the other bomb goes to fuel tanks which are already destroyed, and this happened both times, and both times on BDA he says target partially destroyed. Could the co-ordinates in the kneeboard be wrong? Also, as mentioned above, on my first play through when i got to the convoy, now this part im not entirely sure, but he says its south of the target but it seems north? regardless i couldnt find first time through, so i ordered wingman to attack convoy, he said target destroyed, but there was no option for "attack complete", so i headed off, ended up calling winchester as fuel was past joker. Second run i realized we both need to get the convoy and after several units the option for "attack complete comes up, but i guess it wasnt very clear. even after getting 2 trucks myself and wingman got 2, got the message "attack complete, but still scored partially destroyed. cuz it was a bit confusing i ended up abandoning the first run. Lastly, when grabbing a drink on the way back, i got in observation, ordered wingman to tank and he didnt, tried several times, he just went into observation, so i got my fuel and left, i figure hes set to have unlimited anyway, but just thought i'd report it. Also thought it was a bit weird to be tanking inside the corridor especially when clearance is given he says "assigned alttitude" (which is 28) but tankers at 25, but again not entirely sure, this may be SOP? Anyway, hope this helps, may also be user error on my part, there never seems to be enough time to stay "current" these days

Absolute legend, thanks for the step by step !! Cheers man, just added the whole DCS folder then

Ive been getting this issue when trying to update the latest patch, its started flagging the F14.DLL as a virus and kills the update. Everyone on this thread says its Antivirus, but i only have defender installed, and i added DCS, DCS-MT & dcs-updater to my firewall (private only ticked, do i tick public too?). So i've uninstalled the F-14, and was able to get the update installed, and performed a slow repair, but at some point i will want to get the F14 installed again, any solutions?

ah ok, theres no zip file in there, theres a few "old" versions of the files though, perhaps from previous install? but no zip, it didnt come up with a box saying it crashed either, as is sometimes the case. I just jumped back in and tried to reproduce it, and all seemed to work this time, maybe was just an anomaly?!

Hi, so i went to the logs folder in my save games, theres several in there, but the 2 that seem relevant are either DCS or CEF, so i attached both. if its something else let me know cef_log.log dcs.log

Just took off from khandahar, in the Afghanistan cold and dark mission in the F/A-18C, was just going to target something with my helmet and slew the pod, so made the hud soi, then looked at my 2 oclock low (had the ring of lines on the hmd) and pressed TDC depress, to tag the target, and immediately after the diamond appeared on my target, the game froze, followed by a CTD 10seconds later. Due to the crash was obviously unable to get a track, and i dont have capture software sorry. Just wanted to report. This is on the latest update (afghan east one).

once you make the pod soi, i always hit enter "(is that TDC depress?), BEFORE choosing the target and selecting the track. I think there was an update a while back, and even though the pod is soi (diamond), it needs to know you want to follow the pod now and not the weapon designate. Sorry, i havent flown in a few weeks, memories not the best. Also have u set the code in all 3 areas (2 on the pod, and the one on the mavs themselves? master arm & ag and laser need to be on, for the 3rd one to show up) TL/DR : try hitting enter before targeting