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@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.

To actual learning - no, but I think he adds a lot of flavour

This! Also, why would you want to adjust the loadout for the training mission? If you touch the fuel tanks, then you will basically break the mission because you will have way too much (or too little) fuel to finish it

Use your A/G radar in sea mode, it helps a lot. Then ATFLIR to spot the targets and then just fly over them low enough and close enough. There will be moments in this campaign when you will feel being behind your jet a lot, but since the aim was to make it as realistic as possible, this is normal. And the more you play it, the better you will get.

There have been problems with datalink since the release of the campaign. For the time being treat them as calls to "sweeten" the radio dialogue, but I know there are some updates to core datalink logic and then things may get better.

Hey guys. Sorry I've been quiet, I am away from my gaming rig for almost two months, so there is only so much I'll be able to do to fix bugs / check things until September. Last time I flew M11 (a patch ago) it worked fine for me. The problem I am seeing more often, that there are bugs that some people experience but don't exist for other users, based on the strength of the machine they have (more bugs are apparent on older PCs), whether they fly the MT version or not, if they have 3rd party mods installed etc. Which makes the troubleshooting extremely difficult. In any case, I'll have to look into all the Raven One and Raven One Dominant Fury missions because of some cool upcoming DCS features which will heavily affect both campaigns, so I'll be busy with that in the next month or two, trying to fix any bugs along the way.