Spectre_USA

I reckon it is well on it's way! I bought the Hawk as an alpha a few years back, and it is still alpha. This beast is well beyond it, and shows every indication that it is going to be a solid piece of kit. having a few intro lessons goes a long way to show some love of their project/product.

>Sigh!< Yeah, after 3+ years of not flying DCS, I have returned to the fold after virtually kicking the tires and lighting the fires. Been looking forward to it!

Same issue. I started whacking buttons after checking that the key mapping was correct, and discovered that the right throttle is LCtrl+ home, the left engine is RAlt+home. One engaged correctly, it lights right off!

I've seen it in prior releases, and just had it in 1.5 Beta. "Springfield 1 is RTB at 900." I kept checking on the flight, and it continued to repeat after touchdown, and even while taxiing. Lead was damaged and smoking, if that makes a difference.

Just to put a skewer in this subject, 2 items. The newest version works great, for now. Hopefully it doesn't just die like the last iPad app seems to have. Also, the Easy Comms thing is only slightly harder than before, as now you have to bind keys to the mic switch, like UHF, which gets the options to hear your flight. So, "\" for menu, then whatever key you bound to whichever direction points to UHF, then you get the options for wingman, flight, etc., and they actually respond! I guess I missed the memo that detailed that extra step and binding info...

Mostly to re-learn stuff while away from the game box, and stuck at work for 10+ hours. There are lapse times where I can read a bit, but not enough time to go home and fly!

The Hornet man wins! That narrowed it down, so I searched the AppStore for Sky Jet International, NOT DCS World. There are a few other entries, but that heading has the new version, and, get this, it even WORKS! :D

I am not seeing anything in the way of updates in the App Store, nor links to it in the Wags announcement, nor on the dcsworld.com website. Odd. Opening it from the purchased page of the appstore changes nothing.

Languishing since January? No news is bad news, it would seem. As I have to relearn the comms for the A-10C as easy comms is broken, again, I figured I'd use the handy iPad manuals. No such luck. The app crashed after spinning for about 4 minutes. Abondonware?

Mic switch? I was unfamiliar with that, but did a print out, and then searched the html file. Under HOTAS, 4 positions listed. 2 look defaulted in. Will have to give them a whirl in the AM. Thanks for the assistance, SiTh, good to see you're still around, and as helpful as ever!

I was thoroughly unaware of a needed to choose a radio, I never had to in prior iterations that I used a year or so ago when I last flew. Just bring up the menu, choose the Wingman, Flight, ATC, AWACS, etc. then the sub-items. I reckon I'll just hang back until the new engine comes out in the Fall instead of re-learning the newer commands I haven't kept up with.

In easy comms, (hence the subject title)? No, just the "\" key to bring up the menu which says AUTO at the top, followed by recipient. It transmits OK, as I hear my alter ego make the call, but there is no reply. At all.

Well, the second attempt was a big ol' bust. I started hot ramp park, popped the canopy, and requested reload. Got confirmation, and then notification that load was completed of the same loadout I had hung. Closed canopy, requested startup, as it was the only option available on the ATC menu. No response. Taxiied to the ramp, and requested take-off as I approached the EOR area. Still nothing. Went full acceleration, disconnected NWS, and then I get a "cannot clear" message from ATC, followed shortly by "clear when ready." Yay! Or not. Call AWACS, bogey-dope, quiet. Flight, change formation. Crickets. Attack by bandits, request he also take them on, not a thing. He wouldn't even attack as I rode the silk elevator into the ocean. :cry:

I greatly appreciate the heads up on the cause of the issue, or at least a workaround that doesn't involve re-installation of the whole she-bang. I had, long ago, tweaked my missions to start on the runway, to avoid the lenghty start-up every time. I fired up a mission with a ramp start, and the easy comms were working just fine, thanks very much! Well, for some reason the ATC "F1" command to land wasn't recognized, but my wingman brought in the Mavericks when I requested he do so, and that is GREAT! I will try the canopy manuver when I get some more stick time in the next day or 3. Thanks for the input Shaman!

Hello, yeah, it's been a while. Not much, how `bout you? So, I got back into this because of the Hawk, nifty little jet, but it has no comms at all in it's beta format, as it tends to crash things, I am told. So I figured I'd fire up a good old A-10 campaign again, as I've flown them all a couple of times or more. The last time I flew, moths ago, I had to jump through some hoops to get the easy comms going, as I can transmit (Auto?) but no one responds. With the Advent of the latest patch, it's back again. I would normally have just blown off patch 1.2.16 like usual to avoid this, but it had to be installed for the new RAF trainer. I hope there is a quick fix short of attempting to relearn radios and switching freqs for any object I need to call in to assist.

How cool! Another light striker to round out the stable. It will make a good wingman for the Hawk, if we could do mixed flights. Either way, I look forward to it, as it looks quite well developed already!

Roger that. Just a Holiday themed header that is in keeping with the overall theme hereabouts. Nothing else to see here, move along, this is not the Superbug you're looking for... :D

OK, so, do you want to hear something really weird? Suddenly, in mission 6, I did my usual check-in for Bogey Dope from AWACS, just so I can hear every other flights progress and call-outs, and. He. ANSWERED! So I pressed to test and cot a response from my wingie as well. All back in 6 & 7, and am about to go try it in 8.

Mine says Auto at the top, how does one pick a radio in Easy Comms? My issue is some weird hybrid of what good ol' Easy Comms used to be. The F10 menu seems to work, when available, as does the F8 ground crew. But my wingman, AWACS and Tower are all non-responsive, sort of. My wingie calls out targets, says rejoin, and I hear my comms to him, in the A-10C, but he never does a blessed thing. Attack armor, silence. Attack air defenses at my SPI with Maverick, crickets. Anchor here, nada. He is just a missile magnet. I can't even tell his worthless self to go home. Why is easy comms such a target for coders to play around with? The last 2 patches are this way for me, and it looks like at least one other airframe, (Mi-8)

A big +1 to SFC Tako's comment. My issue is some weird hybrid of what good ol' Easy Comms used to be. The F10 menu seems to work, when available, as does the F8 ground crew. But my wingamn, AWACS and Tower are all non-responsive, sort of. My wingie calls out targets, says rejoin, and I hear my comms to him, in the A-10C, but he never does a blessed thing. Attack armor, silence. Attack air defenses at my SPI with Maverick, crickets. Anchor here, nada. He is just a missile magnet. I can't even tell his worthless self to go home. Why is easy comms such a target for coders to play around with?

Something like, "That's got it, mission complete, RTB, tea & medals," that kind of thing...

Better! Just took a run in 1.11, and it is improved. Su-25T's did their damage, at the cost of 2 out of 3 of them, but got the call to roll in. Mortars and arty made their appearance, and were eradicated, each event was announced on the radio, same when the bunkers were busted. Seconds later, it was reported by radio that a T-55 had broken out, headed for the beach. Hit him, after 2 runs, and nothing. Toodled around the flares area, and still nothing. Started following waypoints, and just after passing the inner runway marker on short finals, a message appeared, with no radio message, to the effect of a successful completion, as I'd degraded the beach defenses enough. And Drinks, oh, yeah! I say I, as my wingie again ignored me, but did call out when the T-55 made an appearance. He was not particularly needed, but still. Debrief showed 100%, so it is working, for runway start anyway... :thumbup:

ZB, I am pleased that you took the constructive criticism in the manner it was offered, as a chance to improve upon your work. I tried it a 3rd time, with labels on, and all hidden items unchecked, but still cannot see any arty or mortars anywhere to do damage to. Maybe the randomness you mentioned is too low a percentage or some such? I do look forward to any improvements made...

I spied a new upload today for the A-10C, and decided to give it a go. I flew it twice. The first time, the Georgian Su-25s got shot down, leaving a lone 2S6, and the EWR. Killing the latter kicked off the message we're cleared in. Killing the 5 bunkers started a second wave of inbounds, and a ZSU-23-4. Killing the Zeus ended the mission, as nothing else happened. I replaced the Georgian jets with a pair of SEAD equipped Falcons, which fared better, and were even able to assist with bunkers, as I had turned on commander. The Georgian BTR's made it to their flag, and nothing else happened. Again. I hit all the waypoints, landed, and nothing else kicked off. I'd look at triggers, and zones, but kind of suck at them. The flares worked when F10 command initiated, but my Wingman ignored me. There were to spots marked with smoke, but there were no vehicles there. I figured I'd start a thread as opposed to giving it a star and verbiage on the download link...

I just downloaded, was presented with a login screen by tapping the profile icon, and it is not accepting my login, as used here, and at the DCS Store? Does one need to register once again?