tankaviator

It looks like none of the autopilot options are working for me in the hornet. In the attached track neither the bhold or hhold worked. The indicator for both of them was on so they should have been operational but there was no response. Is this a known bug? no_autopilot.trk

I did, its empty. Its in the Hornet. I also found out today that while the controls editor sees my trim switches the aircraft isn't responding to me at all.

I know there are a bunch of reports about not being able to get launched off of a super carrier but my problem seems a little different. I can either start on the cat or from parking and the crew will respond up to the point where the shooter is giving me the run up signal on the cat. However when I salute the shooter never responds, just keeps giving me the run up signal. I have tried the following: - Various combinations of U and LShift+U - Checked F2 view for the following - No chocks are showing - Verified control surfaces work - Verified connected to shuttle - Cycled the launch bar - Cycled idle->AB - Cycled flaps - Cycled refueling probe - Cycled LG handle - Ejected Unfortunately nothing works. This started occurring after the clouds update. I've uninstalled and reinstalled the Hornet aircraft and used DCS Updater utility to do a repair. Any help is appreciated. cant_launch_from_cat.trk

I loaded up a super carrier mission last night, taxied to cat 3, pulled up slowly, and ended up getting frustrated that the cat operators didn't acknowledge me no matter how I approached or how far from them I was. I tested across all cats and the same thing happened. On one of the attempts I noticed that my wingman also didn't follow me out of her parking spot either. It seemed as if the engine wasn't tracking my position and triggering events based on it. When I came on this morning I saw a bug about the AI aircraft not taxiing when on land. This seems to be the same issue. The aircraft aren't getting command, or at least aren't executing them, when the player's movement would normally trigger it. I haven't tried it but I am wondering if this would also apply to refueling where the pre-contact condition has to be met by the player's position in relation to the tanker for them to get auth'ed.

Will this work for the templates at https://www.digitalcombatsimulator.com/en/downloads/texture_templates/fa-18c_template/. I'm trying to figure out how to go from those files to the diffs referenced in the file you gave me. Any guidance?

Thank you very much.

I would like to make a new skin for my Bug and would like to use the templates DCS provides because of how they use layers. However I can't find a description.lua that works with it. All of the default skins are arranged completely different and aren't working. Thanks, Tank

I have all of those set. Here are a few pics of the mission (with tacan/ils settings), one with tacan selected and bearing info in hsi with t/r selected, and one with the ils system. I'm not getting range to the tacan even though I am in a perfect position to pick it up. I'm not seeing anything change when I select ils.

I'm just starting to work on using the tacan in the Hornet and am not seeing what all of the videos and tutorials say I should. I setup my carrier in the mission editor, deleted the tacan activate action, then added tacan on 74X and ICLS as 2. I then started the flight, clicked the tacan button on the ufc, pressed on until it says ON, and pressed clear, 74, enter. I did the same with the ILS system. After this I see the bearing and station id, but there is no distance and the time to go stays at 0. Also the station symbol doesn't show up since it has no distance data to it. I toggled the ILS in the HSI and there were no changes to any displays. Any thoughts? Is anyone else seeing this?

Hell of a nice hack. Thanks.

Hello all, Sorry if this isn't the right forum but I couldn't find a decent place. I'm wondering if there is any way to allow someone to use a VR headset when watching a track and have that person control the camera? The camera position is recorded along with the flight events, and I can't tell if its possible to turn off. This way I can let a friend who doesn't have any experience a flight with weapons delivery and all.

Hello all, I cannot get tacview to export flights. I've tried uninstalling/reinstalling tacview a few times without any success. I have even followed the directions for the older version by manually editing files in saved games without success. It's definitely registered in game as it shows the tacview icon and shows version 1.7. Any ideas on where to look?

Hello all, I've got a friend that would like to see what it is like to do a bombing run using VR. I can run the mission and get a track recording, but when playing back the view is locked to what I was looking at at the time. This is very unsettling in VR. Is there any way to turn the head lock off so my friend can look around as she wants? Thanks

Yea, I use a TM Warthog and sit on the base. However, I have a shameful bit of info I didn't think of until about a half hour after I posted this... I may be able to set a deadzone so those slight toe presses get ignored. I am so ashamed :). I haven't tried it but I would think it would work.

I have the Saitek rudder pedals and find that I can't keep the Hog lined up on the runway during either take off or landing. It's been killing me. I couldn't figure it out. Then it dawned on me, due to the shape of the pedals and the height of my chair my toes are lightly applying the brakes (damnit man!). I tried the different angles but they didn't help. I was looking at the TM pedals but don't feel like dropping $90 just to have the same problem. I was hoping to get some feedback on 1) how to fix the Saiteks, or 2) if the TM pedals are better. I use a desk chair which is completely in the up position so I can fit a buttkicker on the post. That leaves my legs at quite a steep angle and my feet in just the right position for an instructor to go "Oh hell no, get out of the seat now". Thanks in advance. Tank