Charly_Owl

Could there be a mission editor option to set the map in war-time vs peace-time conditions (blackout vs night illumination)?

It's a way to reference the direction of a contact/target in relationship to you (or anyone else). The "o'clock" is based on the position of needles on a watch indicating the time, but it is used to reference a direction as a quick way to know where to look. 12 o'clock would be in front, 3 o'clock to the right, 6 o'clock behind, and 9 o'clock to the left. "My 12 o'clock" means "look to the direction straight in front of ME", while "your 3 o'clock" would mean "look to the right in relationship to YOU".

I did a sneaky update for the Hornet guide (6/02/2023 revision), finally including the mysterious ACLS Case III Recovery. It's a fairly complex procedure, but I tried to simplify it as much as possible compared to the ICLS tutorial. Let's learn how to do a "hands off" landing and how to make a ham sandwich while doing so. Oh, and as a side note, I also realized that some of the advice I was giving in my air-to-air refueling tutorials for the Harrier, JF-17, Hornet, F-14B and Mirage 2000 was incorrect (or, more accurately, it made the player's life more miserable than it needed to be). Hopefully, the notes in the revised documents should be more helpful.

It's being worked on as we speak.

Is it normal that the RWR sounds seem like placeholders taken from the A-10? I cannot un-hear this.

Working on it.

Hi folks, After months of leaving the F-16C Viper guide gathering dust, I have now included the new updates implemented by Eagle Dynamics over the last year or so. This update is a very important milestone since it is the very last item on my backlog before starting to work on "new" guides. The page count increased from 730+ to 780+... happy reading! Changelog (1/02/2023) Updated HMCS Bore Logic Added IFF NCTR (Non-Cooperative Target Recognition) Added Spotlight Scan Radar Mode Added ACAL (Navigation Altitude Calibration) section Added Navigation Fix section Added HSD (Horizontal Situation Display) and HAD (HARM Attack Display) EXPAND functions Updated CRUISE page section Added Destination Page section Added Offset Aimpoint (OAP) description and procedures Updated Maverick missile controls (Cursor Enable DEPRESSED cycles between Visual, Pre-Planned and Boresight Modes) Added PDLT (Primary Datalink Track) Added Datalink Steerpoint, Markpoint, SPI (Sensor Point of Interest) and HTS Pod Radar Emitter sharing procedures Updated RWR (Radar Warning Receiver) section Updated Air-to-Air Refueling Section Corrected typos and errors across the whole document

@Rudel_chwI can't wait to start working on the Mirage F1 once I'm done with the Viper update.

Hi folks, With the Black Shark III expansion, I thought it would be a good idea to improve a few lacking sections on top of adding the new features implemented by Eagle Dynamics. So there it is. The page count increased from 200+ to 420+... happy reading! Changelog (18/01/2023) Updated Start-Up procedure Added INU drift section and navigation fix procedures (Overfly and Shkval methods) Added Igla air-to-air missiles Added ODS (Onboard Defense System) section Added MWS (Missile Warning System) logic Added a proper Powerplant & Ancillaries section Re-wrote Sensors section Re-wrote Weapons section Improved Cockpit & Equipment section Improved Datalink section Added EKRAN information Improved information on takeoff and taxi Typo and errors fixes across the whole document

I have not.

Hi folks, The Hind module was given a few new features in the last months, so I thought it was about time to include them in the guide. See first post of this thread for a direct link to the website library. Changelog (10/01/2023): Added R-60M Aphid IR Missile Added aft gunner tutorial Updated 9M120 Ataka Missile air-to-air operation procedure Updated Petrovich AI with latest standard Updated Special Options Updated Controls Updated Magnetic Declination Setup procedure with Compass Rose Added Anti-Torque pedal microswitch notes Added NVGs (Night Vision Goggles) Added loadout compatibility matrices Added notes about power effects with use of dust protection system and anti-ice system Updated Weapon Section structure to be more intuitive Corrected typos and mistakes

As of now, my priorities in order of importance are: Complete the Mi-24P update Add Black Shark III features and give the Ka-50 guide some much needed love Perform the Viper update

Hi folks! The F-86F Sabre guide got a brand new remaster. It was one of these "legacy" guides that was gathering a lot of dust and that wasn't up to snuff with the current library. Therefore, I standardized the formatting, cleaned up a few sections and significantly expanded some sections like the one for the Powerplant and Fuel Systems. I added an intro, added a proper profile for control bindings, expanded the cockpit description, added a few pretty pictures, added better explanations for the A-4 gunsight and most important of all... I feel better having done this. The page count went from 91 to 150+ pages. *** The MiG-15bis guide also had a similar treatment I also added in bonus a bunch of missing items such as the engine air start procedure, fire extinguisher system... I'll spare you the details, you can look it up and see for yourself. I do hope that one day, we get a bigger era-appropriate playground to fly these birds in. Korean War theater when? Oh, and... the page count went from 91 to 140+ pages. *** But wait... there's more! Here are a few other guides that got updated during the holidays. AH-64D Apache: First revision pass to fix typos, errors and inaccuracies. Spitfire Mk IX: Added beer kegs (because... beer?) I-16 Ishak: Updated cockpit F-5E3 Tiger II: Added some missing bombing profiles. JF-17 Thunder: Added configuration panel (new ground crew interface). AV-8B Harrier: Added new logic for QA (Quick Access) Menu when changing between steerpoint types Mirage 2000C: Added information on radar emission channels and fixed some inaccuracies F/A-18C Hornet: Added ADM-141A TALDs (Tactical Air Launched Decoys), removed Snowplow mode from ATFLIR pod, fixed a few errors DH.98 Mosquito: Added low level bombing and delayed fuzes.

Dampé the gravekeeper says "no".

I can't wait to get my hands on the Lavka, she sounds like an awesome warbird!

A page number would be helpful. Are you talking about p 223?

Syria, Grid BV47.

Undecided. I have a bunch of updates to do before either of those (F-16, Mosquito, Hind, etc.).

My pleasure!

Chuck's Guide to the AH-64D is finally available! *** Link: https://chucksguides.com/aircraft/dcs/ah-64d/ *** I am a few months behind schedule and I apologize to all of you for that. This project was a huge undertaking, and I still have trouble wrapping my head around the fact that I started working on it back in March of this year... 9 months ago. As they say in the business, I was stuck in scope creep hell for a while. The Apache is one of the most complex modules in DCS, but I do not think it is prohibitively difficult to learn. The page count (770) might seem daunting at first, but keep in mind that the operation of the AH-64 is overall not that complicated once you understand the basics. It's a machine of war with modern capabilities that can do many, many things in all sorts of environments. As some of you may know, the Mudspike website is shutting down. With the help of a kind and generous soul, I have found a new home at https://chucksguides.com/, which is where you will find the latest versions of my guides. The next few weeks will be a kind of "test run" to work out the kinks and see what works (or not) with the website. Expect some changes/improvements down the line, but I believe what we have now is functional enough to be useful to the community. Happy reading and Merry Christmas to all of you! Chuck

Whether that is intended behavior or not is exactly what I'm asking. The logic of many systems in many DCS modules has changed more times than I can count. It would seem strange to me that Snowplow mode is just removed from the ATFLIR while it was used in the LITENING... without having this change documented anywhere in the Eagle Dynamics manual.

Source? If it is slaved to the VVI, it should be stated somewhere in the developer's documentation.

I fixed it from my side, thanks @imackenfor letting me know.

Fixed. Thanks.

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