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Thanks, great news! Thanks for looking into this so quickly after my suggestion. I know how difficult these rare bugs can be being a SW dev myself ;) Best, Huppel

Don't think it is such a very rare problem and shouldn't be so hard to reproduce. Just take the first mission of the "Operation Persian Gauntlet - Jane's F-15 Iran Campaign Reimagined (F-14B)" campaign and it happens 4 out of 5 times trying to lock/shoot down the helicopters (single player, no multiplayer needed), at least for me and other people reporting this problem with this mission. Best regards, Marcel

Using the Operation Persian Gauntlet campaigns first mission it is rather easy to reproduce a crash, it does that 2 out of three times I fly it (and for others as well, read the campaign thread). Indeed I did not report a crash report as none is generated nor is there anything special in the log. In the Windows event viewer an access violation is reported. This is in SP by the way. Kind regards, Marcel

Hi, Tried again, this time used VSL Low (or is that in the same buggy category?). Was already on my 6th heli or something and had at that point not even a lock and then it happened again. BTW don't think it is in any way caused by the mission, must be something with DCS or the F14. Checked the DCS logs and there is nothing special in there. Checked the windows event log and indeed an access violation (0xc0000005) is reported for DCS.exe. Had that before but for some reason in this case I do net get offered the chance so send a but report including dump file. Best Marcel

Ah, yes I was indeed using PAL to lockup the helicopters (in both cases on the two different machines). Wasn't aware that this is a known problem at the moment. Thanks, now I know how to workaround it. Best Marcel

Really love this, Remember flying the F15 version in the past ;) I only have a problem, I have a CTD when I shoot down the helicopters in mission one. Same happens on my sons PC if he tries this. Anybody has a clue what is causing this and how to workaround this? I do not even get the option to send the logs to ED, it just goes to the desktop. Kind regards, Marcel

Perhaps Heatblur changed something in the latest update but this does not work anymore, Jester goes active again after the wake up call, it is no toggle anymore. This makes working with the targeting pod impossible as you have to switch between pilot and RIO continuously and jester sets the TCE active immediately if he gets a chance ;) Would it be possible to add a Jester activate/deactivate option like we have in the wheel? Thanks! Marcel

Please see: https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=239675

Hi, Do I understand correctly that the LINK 4C mode can only be used in multiplayer? I cannot find how to find or set the frequency for my virtual wingman. Thanks! Marcel

I might have found it, could it be "Wake up"? Is that a toggle? At least it seems to work. Two more questions, how do a change a steerpoint? (for example create one from coordinates or from a steerpoint label I set in the F10 map) Regarding the chaff prorgrams, where you can select a number, where are these programs defined? Thanks! Marcel

Hi, Is it possible to set the RIO inactive like you can with the wheel? This is really useful for example when doing a lantirn attack. Regards, Marcel

Ah, was trying to find some info using google and although I used the search function of the forum before posting that gave me two hits here and one on another forum (which I don't know if I'm allowed to link to here so I wont do that) on which also somebody apparently from heatblur replied. But what I get from it indeed in PD search the scale on the left indicates closure rate and the aspect switch moves the rate scale up and down it does not zoom (see one of the link for details). The closure rate mark on the right side is only shown in STT hence the vc switch only has an effect there. It is an error in the manual that it is mention to be shown in other modes then PD STT. Reply by 'gyrovague' from heatblur on the vs scaling: "OK, I checked our docs and the implementation again. AFAICT, it's correct, however it does not change the scaling of the DDD itself, only the Vc bug on the right hand side of the DDD in STT modes... It seems like it might be wrongly described in our manual therefore." https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=237319 https://forums.eagle.ru/showthread.php?t=236649 Hope this helps!

Thanks, but indeed this I already got from the manual. However the manual is confusing on the scale and what influences it. Take the paragraph in the "AN/AWG-9 radar/Pulse Doppler Mode" section that starts with "The scale shown on the DDD (what rate region is shown) can be set by the Vc switch on the DDD panel. X-4 sets..." that seems not in line with how its working at the moment. So I'm still curious what the scale is used on the DDD in the different PD modes and how it is influenced by the aspect and x4 switches.

Hi, After reading the manual and watching some video's on the subject I'm still puzzled about the DDD and scale in PD modes. If in PD non STT modes I thought I understood the scale was on the right side and either fixed (0-800) or influenced with the vcx4/norm/vid switch. However the Vcx4 switch does not make any difference when I have a target in PD showing closure, however if I change the Aspect switch to the left of the DDD that makes the target move in the DDD, so that one seems to influence scale. So in a PD non STT mode the scale is on the left and is the scale set with the aspect button? And what is the scale? If in PD STT if I'm right the right scale shows a line in the scale indicating closure (and indeed the line moves when I change the Vcx4 switch) but what scale is used? (Does not seem to be fixed as the line changes when I change the vcx4 switch position) On the left I see a target image as well that also shows closure but then depended on the aspect switch (as the target moves in the scale when I change that switch), correct? Also sometimes the RDROT is just lighted when I have a target locked, sometimes it is flashing, What is the difference in what it is indicating if it is just on vs flashing? Thanks, Marcel

Hi, Saw this in the release notes: "Added radar beam structure emulation to the RWR". Does anybody knows what it means? Regards, Marcel

Thanks, that helped! Working now. Best, Marcel

Hi, I have a problem that my added kneeboard pages do not show up, guess it is not a bug as it seems to be working for others. I copy them into the C:\Users\bla\Saved Games\DCS.openbeta\Kneeboard\F14 folder as that one is created by kneeboardbuilder, and the folder of the plane is in the game folder is Mods\aircraft\F14. The same pages when copied in another planes kneeboard folder do work, so they seem to be okay. I also tried to use a Kneeboard\F14B and F14-B folder (as somehow some of the kneeboard pages zip files I downloaded want to put them there) but that also does not work. Any idea what I could be doing wrong? Thanks! Marcel

I never even noticed this in the manual but it must indeed be the display at the right knee as that displays the exact same thing as the pilots HSD in NAV. I looked everywhere in the RIO cockpit but I cannot find a switch to change what it is displaying

Hi, If I may ask as enabling the jester Menu Wheel is not mentioned in the 2.5.1 release notes under the "planned for upcoming updates" section is this still something you are looking into? Or is this technically not feasible? Kind Regards, Huppel

I do not have an afterburner detent on my throttle. Could we have an option like the FA-18 to make the detent bindable to a button?

Saw that there is no fix yet in today's beta. Is there any idea on when we might expect a fix? I bought the Blue Nose Bastards campaign (before I knew of this problem) and it is no fun flying this with unlimited fuel...

Thanks, this helped! Took a while to figure out what was going on after I decided to fire up the Mustang after some time. Was this problem recently introduced? Cannot remember I noticed it before. Will it be fixed? Best Regards, Huppel

Hi, I just tried to watch a track with my oculus rift and noticed the head tracking goes all weird (using latest open beta) when doing that, like your head is in a fixed position. When just flying a mission all is fine. Is this a known problem? Best, Marcel

I certainly like the more detailed training missions very much, I learn a lot more than just "click here". Also splitting them up in short versions next to the detailed main one and presenting alternative challenges in these (e.g. night version) is really a great idea! Thanks for all the effort!

Am I missing something or is it still not working in 2.5 (both cockpit switch set and hotas button assigned\pressed)? Best, Marcel