Gloom Demon

Here is a track - the orange bulb didn't even blink... Su-25 S-25L Issue.trk

Even without the orange lamp lighting up?

I can't seem to make the S-25L work on the Su-25A. 1. I turn the air to ground mode (7) 2. Turn the Laser on 3. Slew the seeker to the target and lock it (Enter) 4. Whait for the orange lamp to light and... 5. Nothing happens - at one point it briefly blinks and that's it What am I doing wrong?

Here is a photo of me starting up in the UH-1H for the blue side in the same mission - the airport's name (Gudauta) is white (neutral).

I think something is wrong here. Look at the attached pictures - it is me joining a game on the WAR server for the red coalition as a Su-25A pilot (we all know there's no such plane, right? ;-) ) starting from Sochi-Adler - The name of the airfield is white. The other airfield which belongs to my coalition is Maykop-Khanskaya (it might be spelled differently in English), however it is still, again, written in white. In this particular mission Gudauta and Sukhumi-Babushara belong to the blue coalition, however the names of these airfields are also written in white. Is this a bug, something wrong with this particular mission or something else? Flaming Caucasus Stage 0 The State Border.miz

It appears I have the same problem with the Su-25T - failure of one hydraulic systems leads to the failure of the second one - and, what is even more strange, the mechanical control system fails too.

If Sochi-Adler belonged to the red coalition at the beginning of the battle (i am sure of that, because I refueled there)- how could it have become neutral? I would presume, that if it was overtaken it would become blue, not white...

In the Mission editor a white name of an airfield denotes a neutral one, a blue is for the blue coalition and a red for the red coalition. However, when flying missions online (i haven't checked offline), all the airfield names on the map (F10) are white (at least on the WAR server). Already on two occasions i have landed on the Sochi-Adler airfield to find out that I cannot refuel and rearm, probably because the airfield was taken by the blue coalition. I had to leave the plane there, because I didn't have enough fuel to reach another airfield - suprisingly - that didn't count as a loss of an aircraft for my side. So how can I tell which airfield belongs to which coalition?

Does that mean that one target consists of several objects? I do not understand.

Well, that's the problem - the Su-25T cannot carry 9 S-25L's (4+5). And I only shot 3 at each target in two separate runs - where did the other 3 come from? 8-()

No I didn't, but normally this doesn't happen despite the fact, that I am often too anxious to get in the air and do not pay attention to the ADI (maybe HSI too) being misaligned. Do You think that it has to do with the gyros?

What do the numbers in brackets on the debrief screen mean after the name of the weapon used? In this case I fired 3 S-25L's. In this particular flight I shot 3 S-25L's at a ship, presumably the (3) after the С-25Л implies that, however why is it that there is a 4 and not a 5 after the ship was hit? Same with the second ship - it's 3 vice 4. Maybe the 5 and 4 are not hits, but what do they mean?

On several occasions my Su-25T HUD was incorrectly showing the horizon. Is this a bug, or was I doing something wrong? This is especially visible on the second photo where on the HUD the aircraft is aligned to fly straight, however the real horizon implies that it doesn't.

Извиняюсь за дезинформацию - комп вис из-за того, что видеокарта плохо контачила. Электроника это наука о контактах :-)

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Попробовал полетать ту же миссию (State Border) в оффлайне - никаких проблем. Только неинтересно это.

Только что зашел на обычный Вар и машина свалилась моментально, даже кокпит не полностью подгрузился - темный экран и зависший звук. Перед этим играл на каком-то другом Варе без проблем. Что может ТАК вешать? 8-()

Кликабельный кокпит?

Простите, а что - в DCS есть уровень реалистичности больше чем AFM?

Вчера летал на основном Варе и раз пять подряд через пару минут после взлета намертво висла машина - черный экран и дрычащий звук в колонках - будто аудио тоже зависло. Такое может быть из-за сервера? Убрал разгон, не помогло, переставил DSCW, тоже не помогло, убрал моды - без толку, прогрел видяху OCCT - никаких артефактов. Сегодня утром летал - все пучком, правда не на основном - его не было.

Try watching through the takeoff training demo - it is explained there. The manual (in the case of the UH-1H) is also a good place to start. Essentially you gently increase throttle, while compensating for the tail rotating moment and, once airborn, gently lower the nose to gain forward momentum, still compensating for the tail rotor - I do that by watching the slip indicator. I haven't played Arma, but helo controls in Battlefield are way tоo simplified. Mybe you should consider trying the Game mode, instead of Sim mode if it is too complicated?

eXPeRT I read the whole thread, but still do not understand what to do to prevent ARMs from exploding. Only shoot them at targets which are filtered out by RShift R, have a description below them (like R for Roland) and are TR radars? In some cases it helps to get closer before firing even if the Lock Authorized message is already visible. And another thing - how do I use the Override function with ARMs? It works great with laser guided weapons, but with ARMs or, come to think of it, with the Kh29T, it fails.

Oh, so I shouldn't be doing anything about it, right? Thanks :-)

In multiplayer, I occasionally see a red flag, or even several of them, on the F10 map. What does it mean?

Another thing to do in multiplayer is flying over water - a lot of mission scenarios include coastal areas, so a lone Su-25T can attack targets there without getting into trouble. Just don't be greedy - one pass - one shot, and you will return home in one piece :-)