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This is a funny one I saw reported but cannot reproduce. Still, the whole taxi logic will soon change and I'll have to run through all the campaign and update it so I am sure this problem will be solved. BTW, didn't know there now are such nice holes on the deck afterxplosions!

Hey, thanks a lot. The AI AAR is wonky and every few updates some bugs with it return that are later repaired.. unfortunately I have no control over the AI and how it behaves. I will have a look at the tanker part on RTB and see if I can do something about it. Funny thing is I just read two or three reviews of this mission (quite recent) where everything work as intended - tanking and "incident" when returning to mother - but I learned long time ago there are bugs that appear for some people and will not for others (I know 3rd party mods do have impact on campaigns as others programs like Voice Attack etc.) In any case - I will be going through the whole campaign and updating it for taxi directors (and adding some other goodies, check the video below for the details) so I'll make sure to make things as playable as possible.

Sorry, didn't have time to get to it yet, but will soon - will need to go through the whole campaign and update it for taxi directors, and will polish a lot of things along the way (currently doing it with the Raven One). Some extra features I am planning to add explained here: https://youtu.be/I3Xyq8TME9Q?si=xfIOzcEdu4z5e3XJ

Thanks. I'll have a proper look at this mission when I start overhauling whole campaign for taxi directors and adding some cool extra features (check video below). I did try it twice and it worked OK for me and VAICOM is known to (for some unknown reason) mess the DLC campaigns and create bugs with AI behaviour others cannot recreate. Still, I'll try to get to bottom of this, but most likely not before full campaign redo which I hope to have finished by November. The BRC will be something that is dynamically changing during the recovery. I will have a look at it but I might not be able to fix it (I had to use several tricks to make this mission interesting that limit my options). In any case that is not a huge thing. The Texaco and Cajun turning.. yeah, that's the AI being AI. Not much I can do about it.

Yep, those things happen. Having said that, I will be checking whole campaign soon to prepare it for Taxi Directors and also add some other goodies, as described here: Raven One should be ready for October and hopefully RO:DF for November.

@Jalava thanks, will check what's going on there.

Thanks. Got it on my to-do list. I'll see if I can squeeze fixing it for the October patch, if not I'll have it sorted out with the full campaign review / overhaul for taxi directors. Thanks!

I admit to having used some tricks, otherwise it would be impossible to get the custom Knight bullseye calls. There is no way around it. As to difficulties locking the proper aircraft - I have no control over that.. but I did try this mission not that long ago and it did work OK for me.

Thanks. I'll see what is going on there soon, as I will have to run through whole campaign to make it ready for taxi directors and polishing / improving things as I go. Already halfway through original Raven One, I plan to have RO:DF ready for November. Also, I am going to implement all this:

Thanks @Jasonmoofang. I will soon have to go through all of Raven One campaign to get it ready for the taxi directors (it will be a lot of work with all the custom voiceovers for Case 3 departure) - so I will also try to address any other issues like the ones you mentioned above. I'm trying to have Raven One ready for October OB patch (not sure if taxi directors will be available then), and RO:DF for November if things work out well.

You just need a DL - having said that, new link4 system is being implemented now and things should be better once it hits the OB. But I have no control over all that and the "dolly sweet" call is more for immersion than anything else in this campaign

Another update, guys - please check this teaser: Thanks to Blinxis for creating this video!

Hey guys, I just came home after almost 2 months away and tried to launch the DCS in VR mode as always (using Closed Open Beta). Before I did I ran Windows Update, grabbed new nVidia drivers etc. I am using HP Reverb 2 with WMR and native OpenXR support. However, despite the headset working OK in WMR, the DCS doesn't load - it just hangs on the first splash screen forever. Any ideas what could be happening and how to fix that?

It will take some time. I need quite a few additional features to make it, as it will be a training one. For the time being I will be focusing on a manual and more training missions.

OK, will be in touch! Are we in touch on Discord?

I've tried it many times and it works fine for me 100%. I really don't understand why this is not the case for some users and it makes troubleshooting extremely difficult as you can imagine. Can I ask you for your machine specs?

Should have been out with last OB update. Sorry for late reply @Rune I've been bogged down with real life and was away from DCS for the last 1 month. Getting back to it now!

Thanks Dave. For the snipers part, I cannot reproduce it, it works fine on my end - the ground troops are advancing, enemy is spawning... I've seen it many times that certain bugs appear from some people and not for others. As for the helos I'll ask someone to check it, I am away from my rig until early September so can't fly any missions.

Thanks, I will have a look.

@Aja thanks for your feedback. This is because this campaigns follows the novel and the briefing is mostly using the same info that was there. Also, you can find most of the stuff in the kneeboard plus by M10 you should at least know what is the callsign of your own character Both Raven One campaigns briefings were written by former F-18 pilots and closely follow the real thing, and this is done on purpose. You just need to prepare better for these sorties, especially the larger packages like in M10...

Yes, this is intentional. This mission uses Dynamic Weather to be true to the book and have clear sky over the carrier, but clouds over the coast. Unfortunately, dynamic weather uses old clouds. IIRC this is the only mission having these.

Thank you @Odessa, appreciate the feedback a lot! I spent some time to overhaul a campaign and I think it was worth it. Planning to do the same with both Raven One campaigns in the next few months.

Thanks, I will check this. Yeah, I haven't touched anything so it must be something introduced on the meantime by ED

I have this reported, but had no time top fix it yet - hope to do it in the next few days. Definitely some new bug / problem in core game introduced with an update. I'll try to increase the speed of the carrier, but as I am away from my gaming rig until early September I won't be able to test anything...

I jump the gun here, this was in closed open beta and is not available yet. There will be some changes coming to the datalink.