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I never knew any mission which required you to stop your engines nor taxiing somewhere. (from stock campaign at least) Usually you can quit as soon as your hear the success ringtone. For contacting the tower, Doveman, there's no reason for the tower to prevent you from landing. could you provide some tracks of your troubles?

Just sent you a long wall of text in French to help you out. My short answer is : don't use the clutch button, but the pinkie switch (found the word!)

Don't Be Fool, 1.2.3 broke the mechanics and my beautiful guide ! :cry: And 1.2.4 resolved almost every bugs. :beer: THANK YOU ED ! Seems working well with 1.2.6 too Lesson 2 & 3 available : Deal with a Chaparral or Patriot/S300 :book: Hello Black Shark Community ! Today, my lesson will be about the Datalink System in Single Player mode. :smartass: Don't get me wrong, the BS Manual page 14-6 is right, but sometimes, the A.I. Pilot will not do exactly what you've asked to do. This guide will help you to send the right order, at the right time. I've made some images, for lazy readers like me. :book: Nota Bene : The Russian Map Editor is far more detailed than NATO Editor. ED said the AI Helicopter threat reaction will be increased in the next patch. (right now, they're pretty dumb making strafe left/right at 100kph to evade AA threat) Edit : AI has indeed a new threat reaction in 1.2.4. See below. Off we go : The setup : On a small island, are waiting (in order from left to right) : - 3 IFV Stryker - 3 HMMVV TOW - 3 MRLS - 3 Predator CP (unarmed - more like a structure. Fits in "Other" datalink point) - 2 groups of M1A2 Abrams a few kilometers away - 4 SAMs Avenger on the second line (4.5km range) You lead a 4-group of KA-50, 6km south of the first IFV. You've sent to your Wingman 2 a Datalink Ingress Point, and a Datalink Vehicle Target. "Orange chopper" is the path that WM2 will follow. Mission : DatalinkTuto.miz Attack Target Behaviors : a/ Order to attack Datalink Target : Every targets seen within 2km are engaged, with SAM first. No Fly Zone is respected until Air Defenses removed. b/ Order to attack Datalink Targets : Every targets within 3km are engaged. SAM first. No Fly Zone is respected until Air Defenses removed. c/ Order to attack Datalink Target Group : Every Vehicles target category within 2km will be engaged, sorted by threat level. NO SAM will be engaged ! (Since v1.2.4) Therefore, if WingM 1 has not enough range to hit the farthest tank, he will try to find a better spot, following the No Fly Zone circle. d/ Order to attack Datalink Targets Group : Extend the Vehicle category engagement within 3km. SAM is still NOT engaged. Same tactic as C/ - F3 e/ Additionnal important infos (not illustrated ;) ) : - For some reason, if there's no break in target position (for example, 1 vehicle every 500m) the wingman will engage every targets, no matter the range as long as he has ammos. - If you send the whole flight with sorted targets (example : WM2 Vehicle / WM3 Others / WM4 SAM) They will not enter the No Fly Zone until air defense has been removed. - Note that they never fight for the same target. They also "reserve" for themselves the next target in sight within a "tiny delay". (Example : Flight engage DTL Vehicle Target : if wingman 4 arrive on launch position first, he will engage the closest IFV, and reserve the next one. When WM2+3 arrive on site, they will share those 2 HMMVV, and reserve the third HMMVV and first MRLS) If you want only one wingman to deal with SAM threats, send him first. - Each time you send an attack order, they erase ALL their datalink points. If for some reason, you have to call them back, you can't order them to attack again without re-sending datalink targets first. - Using "Hold Position" command will make your wingmen make circles (1.6km radius or more) around the true spot. - Their also a chance after an attack that Wingmen doesn't return in formation, but do nice circles too around their former attack position. Use "rejoin" Ingress Point Tricks : Yes, the ingress point is tricky, and bugged (YES SIR !), be cautious before sending your WM to a certain death : a/ You have designed ONLY a datalink ingress point, and sent it to WM2 : He will say : In Position, then make a 90° Left turn from his ingress path and Auto-Hover. (Hurray ! :cheer3nc:) b/ You have designed an Ingress Point (sent) AND a random target (sent too) Prepare to assist imminent death of Wingman 2. He won't engage anything. It's there since BlackShark 1. But it's a minor bug anyway. End of Lesson 1 ---------------------------------------------------- Lesson 2 : How to deal with longer ranged SAM. Now AI has a new threat reaction in 1.2.4, if you encounter SAM with a larger threat area, you have to drive carefully your wingmen to their engagement zone, or they will never kill anything In my new example, the setup : - Random ground unit (IFV / HMMVV / MRLS) on the first line - 4x SAM Chaparral. 10Km radar acquisistion / 8km theorical missile radius / 4km true launch radius. A/ You've made a SAM datalink point and an ingress point INSIDE your AI launch zone. Then ordered him to engage datalink target (group or any) He will reach Ingress point, then get out of the no fly zone, turn back again and fire one Vikhr in a foward flight. Attest the kill, and exit the no fly zone again. Rinse and repeat until all air defense has been eliminated. Once done, he will auto-hover and finish the job. Note, you don't need any ingress point if your own flight is already in the no-fly-zone. B/ You're in a rush, made a ingress point too far from his (WM2) launch position or you didn't even made one (ingress point). He will try to reach his launch position, but will abort when approaching the No-Fly-Zone. Rinse and repeat indefinitely. Conclusion, If SAM gets toughter, force your wingmen to fight in the danger zone. End of Lesson 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Lesson 3 : "The Patriot" and his counterpart, SA-10 S-300 A/ Let your wingmen in a safe spot (behind a hill via an ingress point or hold command (ATTN if using "hold", check e/ of lesson 1) Fly low, use terrain masking and shoot the commander center or tracking radar as soon as you can. B/ Same as lesson 2. but when your wingman will align himself to shoot (gain altitude), an enemy missile should be in flight already. End of Lesson 3 ------------------------------------------------------------ Now you know that, you will never loose a wingman again, right ? I have other guides in preparation. If you don't like them, please tell me. I will stop loosing time for nothing. If you like them, support me too :) Erforce Old images from 1.2.2 you can use them to see changes more precisely. F1 F2 F3 F4 Ingress A/

Page 15-2 from BS manual. I saw someone advising to export those page to have instant access later. Happy flying !

Hehe... what i love most in BS2 :) Well, at first glance : You turn you SPU9 PTT to ground crew : You can start without External Power you know ;) Ground crew is used especially for rearming (+HMS/NVG) without cutting engines. Re-switch to normal comms (VHF-1?) once you don't need them anymore. If you are on real communication options, be sure to check the airport frequency in mission editor or manual. But if you can talk on comm with ground crew... you should be good with tower too on VFH1.

First i would check manual HSI Waypoints selection to see where it's taking me. And remember PVI-800 can have 6 waypoints maximum. Beware or PVI rounding Decimal. last time i've tried, i've typed 042104 / 0(+)041423. It has displayed 042103 / +041422. BUT, when targetting with skhval, the true location was the one i've typed. @ seikdel : ... good question !!! never tried that yet.

Looking for this ? look in your program/ED/DCS/database/scripts for others numbers ;) cannon.lua missile.lua

Example : [1] = { ["created"] = "23/10/2012 16:53:03", ["player"] = "New Pilot", ["campaign"] = "./mods/aircrafts/Ka-50/Missions/en/Campaigns/Deployment_eng.cmp", ["status"] = "Active", ["history"] = { [1] = { ["datetime"] = "23/10/2012 16:56:03", ["agKills"] = 0, ["aaKills"] = 0, ["result"] = 5[b][color=Red]1[/color][/b], ["deathsCount"] = 0, ["stage"] = 1, ["mission"] = "Deployment01_eng.miz", }, -- end of [1] [2] = { ["stage"] = [color=Red][b]2[/b][/color], ["mission"] = "Deployment0[b][color=Red]2[/color][/b]_eng.miz", }, -- end of [2] }, -- end of ["history"] }, -- end of [1] Initially, my score was 50, and the next stage was 1 again, with deployment01_eng.miz. Accord this to your mission.

Ahh on the other side, one of the best stock mission i remember ;) And so many threads about : "i cannot pass the moutain please help" :-) You can (unfortunately for cheaters) edit your logbook and choose the stage you want : Open your logbook with a good text software, like notepad++ it's here : c:\Users\YOU\Saved Games\DCS\MissionEditor\logbook.lua Look for the good line, the campaign has always the "last mission" and the "next mission". If your score is 50, the next mission is the same If your score is 51+, a new mission will be selected depending the campaign "dynamic evolution" If your score is 49-, you're stepping back, (can also be a new mission, but one step toward the campaign failure anyway) your goal is to "modify" the score results. put something higher than 50 in the last mission entry, and the next "DeploymentXX_eng.miz" in the next loading path. (don't forget to increment the stage number too) I hope i'm clear Good luck

Yes Bigfoot, but this case applies only if you have no activation left. Having only one activation possibility can be problematic if you have multiples computers. Right now i have 4 actives liscences for BS2 and 1 lost.

Lukasdan, like almost everyone (me included), you've lost 1 activation. So don't worry about this, BUT : Now, you have 2 active keys on your computer. If you decide to reformat your HD, or reinstall Windows3.1(err, 8 sorry :-p) NEVER FORGET TO DE-ACTIVATE before playing with M$ installs. To deactivate, just go to Programfiles/EagleD/DCSW/Mods/Aircraft/KA50/Ka-50_Protect.exe and click the tiny link "deactivate" If you fail to to this, you will loose 2 activations. and never get them back. Happy flying !

Confirming it's working here. 1.1.1.1 + 1.2.2, with 2 activations.

Welcome to BS world Well, basically, before the auto-updater(since 1.2.1), every version needed a new registration. I have 1.2.2, 1.2.1 with the same activation. When installed 1.2.0 yesterday, it asked me to register again. Tomorrow, i will reinstall v 1.1.1.1 and re-activate it. If no one answered you, i will tell you how it worked here. One thing, i didn't saw "Wrong activation key" with 1.2.0. It just asked to reactivate. (didn't accepted, because you can easily loose 1 activation with old version of DCS if it mess the registry or something) No, I don't think you're limited to 1 version by Computer.

Always sad to see this. Arcade games, why not, but every games with a foot on console are arcade. It just miss the "insert coins to continue" dialog.

Yes yes yes i'm on it guys ! The fact is, my thread being mainly about BlackShark, and this "feature", which didn't existed in BS1/2 being common to every modules (well... i think). There are numerous glitches about DCS Ships ATM, i don't really know what ED is doing with their code. I'll probably make this entry in a hour or 2, when i'll update one or 2 other things. Thanks again ! Edit: BTW, an A10 cannot takeoff from there. and i don't have FC3. if any of you have it, please tell me if this bug still present. Edit 2 : Ok, added the drifting feature. I've worked on the datalink problem last hours, i think i'm close to a solution. will keep you updated. I've posted a track of my instant engine failure too, get a look, try to do it yourself :D The easy comm works as intended, i can control everyone again (=> wingman4).

Muhahahahahaa*** Dr Evil YEP, that's what i warned you about (can i say this in English?) :D:D If i had 32Gb RAM, after a fresh Win7U install, it would take about 50-70GB. I won't quote myself, but i said "with SSD Optimization" i read a very good french review about this, and, fortunately, the writer has excellent French skills, so Google Translation should perfom very well. Here the ENG translated review Some personnal infos : -Download folder : well... your choice. -Windows AHCI : not possible on a Mac without tweaking registry, bootcamp and some other stuff. Please PM me if you want to try. Max bandwidth will be about 210MB in IDE mode, Max performance with AHCI mode. -TRIM : not without AHCI. Useless if your SSD stay with Win+DCS. Useful if you start to fill/empty memory cells (ie :abusing the trash). - Index (spotlight-like) : I didn't de-activated it. - Save points : deactive this ! - Deep Sleep : For the mother of god, please kill this aweful feature. - Swap File : Set a 500MB swap on your SSD. Windows will be happy and never yell at you. - Defrag : Never Defrag a SSD. (it's a Multi-Cell RAID0) - Prefetch/Superfetch : well, you will load Win in 11 secs. maybe 10s will make you happier. As you wish. - Image stickies : i'm ok with it, and it looks cool. The 2 reds lines are the main cause about your system over-sizing. It's mandatory. Hope that will help. Welcome in the dark side. :P Erforce Edit : Oh by the way I didn't understood, you reinstalled your optical drive, and installed Win on a HDD ? When i built my PC, i forgot to buy a DVD drive :) Windows loaded successfully via a 4GB usb stick formatted by a Microsoft specific tool. Then i screwed the install (it's a hobby, check my signature :)) and Windows install didn't worked anymore via the usb stick. It wanted a DVD-ROM, because i had an optical drive installled Oo If you talked about a fresh MacOs install, Disk Utils + 6GB "anything" (USB/SATA/ATA/FW/Network) will let you install anywhere. I've just upgraded my MacPro to 10.7 today. (Noooooo ! SL ! please come back !)

MSI AB wokrs fine for me in DCW BS2. but i'll check your new toy too ;) Edit : Ok, finally, i'll stick with MSI for the moment. -Dxtory cost 33€ and can record up to (only) 720p, from what i've read. His Website doesn't inspire me. had to "google searched" the price! -FRAPS, being less "thread optimized" costs 30€, well known, and can record up to 7680x4800. -MSI : is free :D but can have trouble to know how it works. It didnt worked today, i don't know why. Made the update to 2.3.1 and followed instruction HERE. Now it works like a charm. Testing H264vfw 30FPS@1200p atm. EDIT 2 : I AM SORRY, I've diggged further. It appears you're absolutely RIGHT ! I've got lag (when zoomed in)sometimes with MSI AB, lack of cursor game appearance, hard to use to video afterwards etc.. I've tried DxTory, after some hours reasearching pro and cons. Fraps Demo is a real s**t to uninstall, and Dxtory can easy the livestreaming process. I've recorded a 60fps@1200p real smooth video on BS2, at max setting. I will make more tests soon. Very good suggestion TheMoose. In fact, 3600Yens is 29.5€ ;)

Hi Neroroxxx. Well, Windows 7 ultimate is about 20Gb which is the highest install (with SSD optimization (hiber.sys, swap etc.. which add your total amount of ram in a system "Disk Image"). DCSW is about 9Gb, and "about" 500mb per module. (50 for CA) If you plan to use another HDD or partition to save more Windows Files, 60GB will be more than sufficient. About RamDisk, on mac you have makeramdisk, on Win, you have ImDisk, a freeware which creates unlimited dynamic ram disks like on Mac. I've used this method but there's some bad sides : i've seen DCS over 4GB active ram, Win7 is about 2GB, add a 10-12Gb RamDisk, and your system will be struggled. Especially if you deactivate the swap, virtual memory... Don't forget it will add latency too. You will be forced to duplicate your install at each startup. A SSD imho, has already a very good loading time. Nota Bene, a 60Gb will not let you record movie at high bitrate like an uncompressed codec.

This is insane. The Deathstar has 4500+ pieces too, and thought it was about 500$ :huh: Good luck ! Lord Vader !

LOL. A way to force airports to increase landstrip for A380 ? ;)

Guys, I'm really glad to see more and more participation in this thread to help me out. Yes BlackShark community is quiet as hell, and i don't understand Russian. Just made last edits, it took me 1h30 (it was just Edits !!) It's a quite difficult task because majority of bugs listed about BS2 are not common to everyone (install/harware problems) but everyone thinks ED is responsible. (Ex : i might get a clue about datalink wingmen new behavior) BaD CrC : About ADF channels, JG_Smil asked me to investigate the problem but i must confess i'm a complete Newbie on those indicators. And didn't had time to re-read the manual and made tests. I will do this shortly. In the meanwhile, you're entered the red line because a wrong Lua file is common to everyone. The Crazy Shkval : I've got this bug once, and assimilated it to a low-hardware lags, like my Trim auto-disable/enable when passing throught heavy dynamics clouds. This is a complex glitch, not always happening. I've added it too, but i'm not sure this will be resolved anytime soon. Some glitches dissapeared after my hardware upgrade (Xeon to i7 3770k) LordLobs : Yes, sure ! I knew it, just forgot to "correct" the definition ;) It's done. Someone said it's a normal behavior(so BS1 was wrong), we'll probably get an ED statement on this. My car has this exact behavior too :smilewink:, but it's cheaper. Doveman : Always a pleasure :D But don't count on me to start a "mods-optimization" thread :smartass: I'm not a modder, and i think gathering updated infos on everyone will be tought ! Because Modder can stop their work anytime. My best advice on this, just submit yourself to the specific threads. Usually, when a patch come out, the modder should try his mod first. Anyway, what you're asking could be nice. ------ A new update about this last update : No, unfortunately only a moderator can change the Title. I do change the title, but it's just change the name once you're IN the thread. I've added links to "official" threads too. It will get easier to follow discussions. Thank you again I'm working on "The Fighters Collection" guide. should be out soon :D

Seems like some guys definitely wants to start the 3rd world war, sadly. But since modern world, China lost every battle. WW2 Korea Vietnam (while USA pacekeeped) Edit : My point was I don't see Chinese army on many fronts lines nowadays. Even if (do they have real threats nearby?) they support another country of fire those missiles on its own, everybody will immediately knows where they're coming from, triggering a major international incident (or worse) Don't think they'll come with nukes aboard especially with a limited range missile. It's just a standard weapon. Everybody has a military program still running. @EtheralN :Didn't wanted to start political discussion about China. Sorry

Hahaha, I am not American, but, i learn at school some useful things : - If you piss off Americans, they will make you pay. (happened to Japan and Germany) - USA is a sanctuary. If a foreign soldier break through frontiers, welcome in WWIII. - If a WWIII happens, Einstein said a we would fight WWIV with rocks and stones.

Depending the SAM, but the tracking radar should always be your priority. Daniel_M 's showing the right switch for lazer illumination. The switch on the reight 'red circle" is the Auto/Manual fire selector too, you'll need manual enabled. :)

If i even hear that in a restaurant, i will laugh out loud. Even most movies are not translated in French now, because their meaning is ridiculous. Yes you are off thread ;) Je voudrais le Super Frelon Combattant n°18 s'il vous plaît, et que ça saute ! Garçon ! I let you google it ;)