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Hello everybody. I just started the campaign and after flying around for about 2 hours trying to find all of the ground targets I finally found the last group of t-72's the problem is I was bingo fuel a longtime before that. I landed at Batumi with 100 pounds left! I was wondering if this game was like Lock On in the sense that when you land you are re armed/re fueled. After landing I realized this was not the case unfortunately. Is there a command that I need to use or perhaps the radio? I have not figured out how to use the radio yet and have not had any practice with in flight refueling and im not sure if that is even available in the first mission. Any insight would be great as this mission took me over 2 hours to complete and Im one t-72 away from done! If I quit will the mission be a success? Or will I have to play it over because of that one tank. Thanks for your help.

I was under the impression that the forced correlate mode was what you used to lock onto an area as opposed to an object. If so this would make engaging manpads easy as you could just fire on the land around it instead of actually having to lock on to the individual. Can forced correlate mode be used on the T.V mavs or is it only a feature on the D model?

Yes The cannon method is very effective however it still requires you to get well withing range. I noticed using HEI greatly increases effectiveness against infantry/manpads (obviously) I wonder why even with the tgp slaved when I switched to mavs and the target is right in the cross hairs it still gives me a non tracked launch indication and does not allow me to fire. I have to uncage the seeker and then get it back right in the same place to launch. Does anybody know of any way to engage an area with a mav without having a seeker lock? Is this possible with the boat switch in the middle position with the 65D? Also does anybody know why they got rid of the 18 round rocket pods for DCS? Is the A-10C not capable of carrying them or something? Seems silly to me to put a 7 round pod in the same place that an 18 rounder would fit. In dcs rocket effectiveness is greatly reduced by the lower capacity launchers. I remember I used to create missions in lock on and put like 10 18 round pods and just saturate an area with hydra fire. Seems like a shame I cant do that in dcs however I do like the new warheads! P.S I wish the A-10 was equipped with a missile that could be guided and launched by the tgp. Wonder why nobody ever thought to slap some AGM-114's on it with the charlie upgrade.

I was wondering if anybody has any good strategies for taking out manpads. In lock on with the A-10A it was easy enough with the bigger rocket pods but for some reason in DCS it is limited to the 7 round launchers ( anybody know why? ) I tried tracking with the tgp and switching to mavs but the seeker was unable to acquire a lock even when it was slave to the same spi as the tgp. So short of launching a mav I have not been able to find a relatively "safe" method for engaging manpads. Any tips would be great. What do you guys usually do? Also referring to what Furious said about "chopping the throttle" is that effective against the D.C.S model of IR Sams? In other words does the in game Ir sam actually lock on to simulated heat modeled from the engines and is that simulated heat reduced when the throttle is killed?

Thanks again Smokey. Lately it has consistently been working thankfully. If it starts acting up again I will post a track for you to look at. Thanks for all of your help everybody. On another note I was wondering if anybody has any good strategies for taking out manpads. In lock on with the A-10A it was easy enough with the bigger rocket pods but for some reason in DCS it is limited to the 7 round launchers ( anybody know why? ) I tried tracking with the tgp and switching to mavs but the seeker was unable to aquire a lock even when it was slave to the same spi as the tgp. So short of launching a mav I have not been able to find a relatively "safe" method for engaging manpads. Any tips would be great. What do you guys usually do?

Thanks Smokey great info on using tgp for mavs. If I could only fix this ridiculous pac error. Its about a 50/50 chance at this point that p.a.c will function. Sometimes it wont work early on in the mission and then when I get to the target area it will work but only sometimes. This is a great sim and I love it but every time I conquer one problem another one pops up instantly to fill the others shoes!

No it is not. Strange thing is it seems to be working now however it is still off and on. Random question. Can mavericks be used with the litening pod? Seems weird that the litenings capability be limited to just guided bombs and not missiles.

Can somebody tell me how to upload a track please? Anyways its hit or miss after playing a little Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt. When it doesnt work it the warning system voice says " warning auto pilot " even though auto pilot is not on and never was.

E.A.C is on however still no pac inication or function.

Thank you all very much again for your help. I have reinstalled the game and that has fixed all my issues so far. I am having one more problem but it is user error related I believe. When I take off and turn all the systems on sometimes even with the gun in P.A.C mode when I press the first stage of the trigger the P.A.C indication does not appear on the hud and when I fire it is evident that the pac is not doing its job. Any advice? Thanks agian!

Thank you d.burnette for yoru input. I have now uninstalled DCS A-10 and tried reinstalling it and now I cant because all that happens is the ATI catylst prompt comes up and after I install that nothing else happens. The universe does not want me to play DCS A-10 warthog! I tried downoading version 1.2.0 which for some reason is only 700 and something mb what is that? I am so confused!

Yes I have Hotas no I do not have target as somebody said that it is not a good program. When I first got it all I did was plug everything in and it worked fine. I think I got to the root of my problem... It was on A-10C Game not Sim.... Now I deleted the folders you told me too and now everything is blank. I tried unplugging the controls and plugging them back in buck that didnt work. Can somebody please tell me how to uninstall the hotas and my rudders so I can plug them back in as if it was the first time and have them upload there controls to the game like they did before.

AceKng1 thank you for clearing that up for me that makes a lot of sense. I have however already attempted to reset the controls. The rudders and every other function on my Hotas warthog joystick is recognized however when I go into the game nothing is changed regardless of what I have done in the axis commands. Neverminded you seem to think that this is all my doing perhaps if you were here to witness what is going on you would understand truly how severe this problem really is and it is not something I can fix by using common sense because I have already tried that. Thank you for your suggestions and at this point I am almost ready to do what you suggested however I would at all costs like to avoid remapping the entire Hotas warthog as the amount of controls would make this a daunting procedure.

I have already tried remapping manually... does nothing.

Ok well I cant figure out how to post the screenshot so never mind. I tried unplugging the rudders nothing changed. Now the joystick is only moving in the Y axis HAHA this is so ridiculous I spend an entire week learning all the systems on the plane and when Im finally ready to start the mission my controls go awol! I appreciate everybody's input please keep the suggestions coming. Does anybody know how to uninstall the Hotas/ or rudder pedals? I cant seem to find the files anywhere. Thank you.

Im not sure why inverting the axis would solve the problem if the brakes are still assigned to the rudders. For what possible reason would the brakes be assigned to the rudders? I dont understand why when I go into to reassign a control and manipulate that control and then its name is recognized and I save it that nothing changes. I'm not entirely sure deleting the folders will help I also am not fond of the idea of spending 2 hours reassigning every control on the Hotas. I just went to the thrustmasters website and downloaded the latest patch that did nothing aswell. I am completely lost. Here is a screenshot of my axis controls page. As you can see several controls are designated Axis Y or axis X, I do not know why they are labeled the same thing however when I manipulate the control to assign it these are the names that come up.

I have now tried everything including clearing all profiles and re assigning them manually and nothing is working. I was unable to locate anything that said invert axis however I did clear the wheel brakes from the rudder pedal profile and thats when these even worse issues began. I suppose I will be reinstalling the game/contacting Thrustmasters support line. This is truly unbelievable I am amazed at what is happening. I literally just removed wheel brakes from the rudder pedal profile and now all that works on my throttle section is the left throttle lever that is now operating the rudders even though it is assigned properly. Every button is assigned properly as a matter of fact. This is absolutely frustrating.

Ok now I have an even worse problem! I went to look for the brake axis and just like you guys said the rudder pedals were for some reason assigned to wheel brakes. Great I clear the rudder profile and reset the rudder function which is apparentley "Joy Z". I go to the same mission that I was using as a test bed before. I begin the start up process and I switch my apu on button on my HOTAS Warthog and nothing happens! I then movie the throttle and find out that the left throttle is assigned to as the rudders! I didnt even make this change. I go to check if the apu switch was assigned to something else. IT WASNT! It was still "btn 20". So now the only thing that works on my HOTAS Throttle module is the left throttle assigned to the rudder. None of the switches work even though they are correctly assigned in the controls menu. I am beyond confused and frustrated. Any help or method of reseting/reinstalling my Hotas controls would be great or any explanation as to why this peculiar thing is happening.

Thank you all for your help. It is not an issue with weight because I didn't even modify my load out in the mission planner. The amount of throttle required to taxi is way to much i can tell that there is something wrong. It takes full throttle for about 4 or 5 seconds just to get any movement at all. Yes I am using rudder pedals. Is the brake axis something I can change in the control settings? The input problem is very strange as when I play a training mission and am prompted to put in a value it works however as soon as that segment of the mission is over I can no longer type in values. I will try to make a track today if I can figure it out. Thank you all very much for your assistance I will check the brake axis.

Hello. I have just completed all of the training missions for the game and am somewhat familiar with the plane finally. Anyway I am having two reoccurring issues. When I attempt to play the mission "Defending camp Yankee" I start the plane and all of its systems, taxi to the runway for take off however there seems to be no thrust at all. It almost seems like the brakes are on or something. Is there something I am forgetting to do? By the end of the runway I am only going about 110 kts and that is with full power the entire time! This is very frustrating as I am finally ready to play and now I cant get off the ground. Also I am having an issue typing in values in the dsms profile pages. If i try to type in ripple quantity or minimum alt for a bomb profile nothing happens after I punch in the numbers and then press the corresponding OSB. Any help would be much appreciated as I am very frustrated and want to start playing but these issues are getting in the way. What am I doing wrong? Thank you.

Hello. I was just playing a training mission and I was doing hard maneuvering and the engines stalled. I restarted the apu and engines and power came back on to the mfcd's and the hud however most of the information on the hud was gone. All I had was altitude speed and a few other instruments but when I pressed master mode nothing I was not getting the gun reticle or bomb reticle for ccip or ccrp and I couldnt even tell what mode I was in. Does anybody know what J am doing wrong or what I forgot to turn back on? Thank you. Also I am still unclear how to patch this game. Somebody told me to download the complete new version. How do I do that without paying if I have the box version? Thank you.

Also while im here without starting a new thread. I just got the Hotas warthog from thrust master. Can somebody please tell me the meaning of Hotas and china hat!!!!???? I cant find anything about it in the pdf manual.

I got it from the ED website it was the first U.S.A mirror. Thank you for your help! So do I uninstall the current copy I have or just replace it with the new copy. I suppose I could just experiment however I am curious... Is it going to ask me for authorization? I was surprised when I clicked the link and it asked me if I wanted to save the file as if it was going to download had I chosen too. Does it automatically detect my current installation and license? Is that why it doesn't ask for payment before downloading? Thank you all for you help I am not the most computer savvy however knowing that this Simulator exists and me not being able to play it to its max capacity/potential will be a constant burden on my life.

Why do you recommend not patching? Can I download the new version in full with the licsense I have for my current copy? I am very confused now as the mirror that I downloaded it from offered me only two files. One was approx. 1.8 gigs and the other was like 2mb. Uhhh confusion confusion. Thank you for your replies please help.

Hello, I am new to this forum however I have been playing lock on and its sister games since they were distributed by Ubisoft! Anyways I finally got my hands on D.C.S Warthog I am doing my best to learn but can tell im gonna be spending a lot of time searching and posting questions. Anyways I apologize if this has been covered and it most likely has been. I have no idea what program I am supposed to use to open the 1.8 GB file in the latest D.C.S Warthog patch. Any help or advice would be much appreciated. It shows that it is a bin file and I unfortunately have no idea what that is! Thanks again and I look forward to coming to this site to learn all that I can about the coolest game/sim every made.:thumbup: