Whambam Jiggyjam

How does the logbook track stuff, anyway? It only seems to register my kills at random intervals. I just did two campaign missions, got 12 A-G kills and none of them registered in my book but it registered the time flown and two landings. :huh: And while I'm at it, how does it calculate score? It seems like most of the time, I'll get zero score regardless of how many things I kill. I also noticed that I score more after spectacularly screwing up than from successful missions. Two of my promotions in beta 4 came after horrific crashes. Posthumous, perhaps? :D

In all seriousness, a lot of the stuff in the manual for the CDU is useless. Many of the CDU pages consist of things that concern the ground crews rather than the pilot. It's a testament to the level of detail ED has put into this sim. Refer to the navigation section of the manual, specifically pages 444-458 for a more practical approach to using the CDU.

Bring JDAMs instead? You could try pointing the target, climbing above the cloud cover and dropping the bomb through the clouds. I've also found that if I skim the very top of the cloud cover, I can see right through it which feels a bit like cheating. Not sure if the laser would still work doing that, however.

Hog pilot's coloring book Also keep in mind, the higher your dive angle, the tighter your groupings. The best way to kill a T-72 is to dive almost directly on top of it. Hog drivers used this tactic to great effect during Desert Storm and it works equally well in the sim.

Pretty much all of the missions in "The Shore" campaign that involve a JTAC and many of the single missions including Smerch Hunt, Khashuri Gap and others. I try to contact them when I hit the steerpoint stated in the briefing (CP) and I continue trying periodically throughout the course of the mission. I don't know if it's a range issue because it's the same problem with AFACs too.

Why can't I ever seem to contact a JTAC during a mission? It seems like 80% of the time, I check in and get no response. Yes, I am using the correct frequency. Yes, I am hitting all of my steerpoints. I don't think they're getting killed right off the bat because they'd disappear from the comms menu. Obviously I need to get under the hood and figure out what's going on and what I'm doing wrong. How does this work exactly? What triggers a JTAC to be available? It's very frustrating flying around with no SA because the JTAC ignores me. :helpsmilie: